{"id":12959,"date":"2015-04-01T20:27:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/amandagettgen\/?p=207"},"modified":"2015-04-01T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:27:47","slug":"10-cool-shops-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/10-cool-shops-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Cool Shops in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. City Bird<\/h1>\n

460 W. Canfield \u00a0| \u00a0www.ilovecitybird.com<\/em><\/p>\n

City Bird offers hand-made, trendy Detroit-themed housewares, jewelry, and gifts. The brand started online with their signature decorative soaps featuring Detroit\u2019s street grid and has grown from there. The brick-and-mortar store, offering work from more than 75 designers, opened in November 2009.<\/p>\n

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2. Hugh<\/h1>\n

2233 Park Avenue\u00a0| \u00a0www.lovehughlongtime.com \u00a0(best website URL of all time)<\/em><\/p>\n

Hugh isn\u2019t just a store. It\u2019s also a life-lesson: Quality barware is essential. Buxom ski bunnies in delightfully tight sweaters will keep you warm at night, so long as you don\u2019t serve cocktails in red plastic cups.\u00a0The idea is to invite customers to live their very own version of Mad Men by purchasing household items that, as owner Joe Posch describes it, are inspired by “classic bachelor pad style.” Customers can buy items like vintage champagne buckets, stainless steel cocktail shakers, and shaving brushes and razors.<\/p>\n

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3. Nora<\/h1>\n

4240 Cass \u00a0| \u00a0www.noramodern.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Nora sells an array of things like Scandinavian housewares, Japanese pottery, Detroit jewelry and more. They have a variety of contemporary designed housewares, gift items and trinkets. Next time you are looking for a cool gift or housewares item you should check them out.<\/p>\n

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4. Detroit Mercantile Co.<\/h1>\n

3434 Russell St. \u00a0| \u00a0www.detroitmercantile.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Located in Detroit\u2019s historic Eastern Market, The Detroit Mercantile Co. offers a curated collection of “Made in the USA” new and vintage items from our hometown of Detroit, the Great State of Michigan, and across America.<\/p>\n

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5. Bob’s Classic Kicks<\/h1>\n

4717 Woodward \u00a0| \u00a0www.bobsclassickicks.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Bob\u2019s Classic Kicks is a study in contrast and combination’s. It\u2019s a sneaker boutique that could only have been conceived without the obstruction of a corporate formula. The pairing of the old school and the new; the splashes of paint alongside the rows of kicks; and the national line of products competing with the local designer, are all brought together seamlessly in one room. We are a sneaker head store that carries various Nike, Adidas and Reebok. Set under lofty ceilings on the corner of Woodward and Forest, Bob\u2019s Classic Kicks is the culmination of Detroit\u2019s long-time desire for a sneaker shop for the real \u2018sneaker heads\u2019. Open for nearly four years now, Bob\u2019s Classic Kicks is a unique shop that is a direct reflection of our great city, bright, vibrant, and full of life there is a mural that reflects, abstractly, the spirit and body of Detroit<\/p>\n

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\"Frida<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Frida<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Frida<\/h1>\n

15 E. Kirby \u00a0| \u00a0www.facebook.com\/fridadetroit<\/em><\/p>\n

Frida is about the color and texture of life. An eclectic collection of women’s apparel and accessories. Curate your everyday wardrobe with modern, bohemian, and world influences. Your favorite pair of denim, your softest sweater, your adornments for everyday.<\/p>\n

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7. Michigan Artisans<\/h1>\n

1400 E. Fisher \u00a0| \u00a0www.michigan-artisans.org<\/em><\/p>\n

Michigan Artisans is a collective of artists, designers and musicians all from the Great Lakes state. These artisans create unique, high quality products by hand, and original musical works. They\u00a0offer you the peace of mind knowing where your products are coming from, and the quality of products used within them. Michigan Artisans\u00a0supports local and small businesses and encourages you to do the same.<\/p>\n

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8. Savvy Chic<\/h1>\n

2712 Riopelle \u00a0| \u00a0www.savvychictrends.com<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s a shop in Eastern Market that bills itself as “the Paris of Detroit.” To get to it, you’ve got to walk past meat trucks, crates of fruits and vegetables, and lots of other vendors that seem better-suited to this famous open-air destination. And yet, Savvy Chic, the longtime Eastern Market boutique with a sophisticated style all its own, is flourishing after years in the same graffiti-covered building. Filled with a little bit of everything, the boutique sells clothing, specialty foods, unique kitchenware, detailed artwork, and other home d\u00e9cor items. The sound of French waltzes and accordions fills the air.<\/p>\n

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9. John K. King Used & Rare Books<\/h1>\n

\u00a0901 W. Layafette \u00a0| \u00a0www.kingbooksdetroit.com<\/em><\/p>\n

The store has an estimated 1 million books in stock, with a large collection of rare and used titles.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>In a 2011 article from the online magazine Salon, the store was described as “one of the largest and strangest collections in North America.”\u00a0The store has four above-ground floors open to customers. An adjacent building has a collection of rarer and notable items available for viewing by appointment only. The rare book holdings are the only cataloged part of the inventory and can be viewed and order by visiting rarebooklink.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10.\u00a0Pure Detroit<\/h1>\n

500 Griswold \/ Suite 250,\u00a0\u00a03011 W. Grand Blvd \/ Suite 101 \u00a0| \u00a0www.puredetroit.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pure Detroit is more than just a clothing store. It\u2019s a lifestyle brand that has come to represent the city itself. Since 1998, Pure Detroit has continually reinvested in street level brick-&-mortar businesses in the city of Detroit via retail, coffee shops and more. Additionally, Pure Detroit has enhanced the cultural cache of the city through one-of-a-kind cultural programming, events, projects and initiatives. Opened on Thanksgiving Day over 15 years ago, Pure Detroit has grown their retail presence to a trio of brick-&-mortar shops in three of the most architecturally significant landmarks in Detroit including the Guardian Building, Fisher Building and GM Renaissance Center.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 1. City Bird 460 W. Canfield \u00a0| \u00a0www.ilovecitybird.com City Bird offers hand-made, trendy Detroit-themed housewares, jewelry, and gifts. The brand started online with their signature decorative soaps featuring Detroit\u2019s street grid and has grown from there. The brick-and-mortar store, offering work from more than 75 designers, opened in November 2009. \u00a0\u00a0 2. Hugh 2233 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}