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Joe Donovan's Detroit History-The Man Who Began Americanizing Detroit
205 years ago, Judge Augustus Woodward rode into the charred ruin that had been the frontier settlement of Detroit http://cbswwjam.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pod-det-history-0709.mp3
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Woodward Light Rail Plans Move Forward
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced Monday that the federal government is expected to conduct an environmental impact study before construction can begin on a $450 to $500 million Woodward Avenue light...
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New Signs To Mark Woodward As "All American Road"
The Detroit City Council has approved a request to install 20 Woodward Avenue All American Road signs from Jefferson to Eight Mile Road. WWJ Newsradio 950′s Florence Walton reports only 32 roadways in...
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Motown Winter Blast Kicks Off Friday!
DETROIT (WWJ) - This year’s Motown Winter Blast kicked off Friday in downtown Detroit. Visitors heading down Woodward Avenue on their way to the Winter Blast will get stopped right at Gratiot Avenue....
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Forums Planned To Discuss Woodward Light Rail
DETROIT (WWJ) – Some local groups want to make sure Detroiters clearly understand the proposed Woodward Light Rail project. The D-DOT project is designed to improve transportation and economic...
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Neighborhood Meeting Set On Detroit Rail Project
DETROIT (AP) – Details of a proposed light rail project along Woodward Avenue in Detroit will be presented during a neighborhood meeting at a church along the planned route. City officials say in a...
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Pedestrian Hit, Killed On Woodward Avenue
PONTIAC (WWJ) - Authorities in Pontiac are investigating a fatal pedestrian accident. It happened Monday night, right in front of police headquarters. Investigators said a 51-year old woman walked out...
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Traffic Alert: Woodward Ave. Safety Project Underway
OAKLAND COUNTY (WWJ) – Improving pedestrian safety is the goal for a $400,000 investment by the Michigan Department of Transportation on Woodward Avenue (M-1) at 12 Mile Road in the communities of...
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Somerset Collection Comes To Downtown Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – A block party in the heart of Detroit to celebrate the opening of a Somerset Collection… right downtown. Music, champagne, hors d’oeuvres and hundreds of people packed into a block on...
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Woodward Rail To Break Ground This Year
DETROIT (WWJ) – After years of talking, is a light rail system on Woodward Avenue in Detroit about to become a reality? Federal transit administrator Peter Rogoff, speaking Monday with business and...
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Video: “Motor City Muscle” Business Breakfast
Kicking off the Woodward Dream Cruise … with an education in engines. At WWJ’s Dream Cruise Business Breakfast “Motor City Muscle” a crowd of auto enthusiasts heard from an expert panel about the...
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Developers Hear Complaints About Proposed Woodward Mall
DETROIT (WWJ) – Eight years after it was initially announced, developers of a proposed shopping center at Eight Mile and Woodward Avenue say they will break ground on the mall in November. They heard...
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Detroit’s Veterans Day Parade To March Down Woodward
DETROIT (WWJ) - The 6th Annual Metropolitan Detroit Veterans Day Parade will take place along Woodward Avenue, beginning at 9:15 on Saturday, Nov. 5. The parade will start and end at the Vietnam Vets...
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Police: Drunk Driver Caused Accident That Injured Highland Park Officer
HIGHLAND PARK (WWJ) - A man arrested after a crash that injured a Highland Park police officer faces drunk driving and other charges. John Robert Galvin was arraigned in Highland Park District Court on...
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Woodward Avenue Communities Launch Sustainability Partnership
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — Five Woodward Avenue communities, in conjunction with Oakland County, have launched a partnership to examine sustainability issues. The five communities of Berkley, Ferndale,...
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Dilapidated Woodward Ave. Building Demolished
HIGHLAND PARK (WWJ) – It’s the end of the line for another vacant old building in Highland Park. The dilapidated Eason-Wood Apartments is located on north end of the city on the corner of Woodward Ave....
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Detroit History: Detroit’s First Car Ride
We were still “The Paris of the West” and “The Stove Capital” when a handful of Detroiters along Woodward Avenue on a chilly and damp Thursday night got the first look at the city’s 20th Century...
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Groundbreaking Held For Meijer Site In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – After 8 years of planning, ground has been broken on a highly anticipated new shopping center in Detroit. The Gateway Market Place will open at 8 Mile Road and Woodward Ave., north of...
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Denise Ilitch: What’s Wrong With Light Rail?
DETROIT (Talk Radio 1270) – Detroit businesswoman Denise Ilitch, of Ambassador Magazine, is throwing her support behind the proposed Woodward Avenue light rail project. “It’s official, it’s economical,...
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First Midtown Theatre To Be Restored
DETROIT (WWJ) – Work currently is underway to finish a project 10 years in the making — the restoration of The Woodward Avenue Garden Theatre. Built in the early 1900s, the theater is sandwiched on the...
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