Detroit Strip Clubs: Detroit’s new factory of dreams

July 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

On the other hand, just down the road, stands an icon of hope, a gargantuan factory complex, the Russell Industrial Center. It has the same lofty pedigree as the Packard plant (both were designed by Albert Kahn) and a similar vintage (it was built in the 1920s). As the former headquarters of Murray Corp., which made bodies for Ford in the glory days, this plant, too, is inhabited by ghosts. Here, however, the ghosts share quarters with some spirited company: a menagerie of glass blowers, cabinetmakers, architects, seamstresses, a sneaker designer, and three women who teach pole dancing, among others — 160 small-business tenants in all, most of them operating on the frontlines of Detroit’s burgeoning creative economy.
Their landlord is Dennis Kefallinos, 55, who immigrated from the Greek island of Zakynthos when he was 15, found a job as a dishwasher, and in all these years has never once stopped working long enough to learn how to read and write properly. Today, while he’s best known around town as the owner of Niki’s Pizza and a place called Bouzouki (which is, gulp, a strip club), he’s one of the city’s biggest real estate barons.

See the full article from “CNNMoney”

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