To engineer The Runwell Turntable, Shinola partnered with VPI Industries, the premier American maker of turntables. The family-owned and operated company was founded almost 40 years ago in the basement of Harry and Sheila Weisfeld. The young couple didn’t intend to revolutionize turntable industry—the music made them do it. As the story goes, Harry, a […]
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An Afternoon in the Cadillac Community Gardens
The bright sun beat down on us as we pulled freshly ripened tomatoes off the vine and scavenged for peppers from the Cadillac Urban Garden on Meritt. The vegetables were ready for harvest, and the watermelons would be ready in a week. It was prime picking time, and young volunteers were in every corner of […]
One of Many: It Was Written But Never Told
View an excerpt from Wesley’s photo essay on Detroit below, or visit oneofmany.co to see more of his work. IT WAS WRITTEN BUT NEVER TOLD Featured above, Airea D. Matthews is a writer, poet, and the assistant director of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Her poems have won […]