The Whitney Restaurant, one of Detroit's jewels, has been completely renovated is quickly becoming a dining destination in Detroit. Originally a mansion built for David Whitney, one of Detroit's lumber barons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, The Whitney is located in Detroit's Midtown near Wayne State University. 

Built in 1884 at a cost of $400,000, the mansion includes over 21,000 square feet with 52 rooms, 218 windows, 20 fireplaces and an elevator; as well as a 6,000 square foot carriage house. Over the years, the Whitney Mansion has been the home of the Wayne County Medical Society and the Visiting Nurses Association. It was purchased in 1980 by Richard Kughn and transformed into a restaurant in 1986. In 2007, another Detroit supporter, Bud Liebler, bought The Whitney and restored it to its present splendor. The Whitney continues to be a treasured Detroit icon.

The staff at the Whitney is preparing for a wonderful Mother's Day celebration; reservations are being accepted for the special menu for the special day.

The Whitney restaurant is on Woodward Avenue in the heart of Detroit's cultural center.

The Whitney
4421 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 832-5700

You can email The Whitney at info@thewhitney.com

Model D reports that on Thursday April 15 at 11am, a groundbreaking will be held for the long-awaited Midtown Loop. This "greening" project has been spearheaded by Detroit's non-profit University Cultural Center Association, and has been in development for seven years. The $8M project is funded with private and government funds, including 2009 stimulus funding.

The first 0.85 mile phase of the Midtown Loop Greenway will run along Kirby between Cass and John R to Canfiled and is slated to be completed by October of 2010. The complete loop back going north along Cass Avenue back to Kirby will be completed by the summer of 2011.

 The Midtown Loop will ultimately connect Wayne State University, the Main Detroit Public Library, The Detroit Historical Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the College for Creative Studies, the Detroit Science Museum, the Charles H.Wright Museum for African-American History, and the Detroit Medical Center. Several amenities are planned: dog watering stations, human watering stations, bike storage lockers and racks, LED pedestrian lighting, benches, signage, and perennials and grasses to add to the mature trees.

Eventually the Midtown Loop will connect to the Dequindre Cut, another greenways project that runs through the Eastern Market all the way to downtown Detroit.

The groundbreaking ceremony will take place on East Kirby and Canfield in Midtown.