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Red / EHERG

@hergenreder.bsky.social
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I write about and document Detroit, the Great Lakes State, and historic buildings everywhere. I like bicycles, soccer, and pasties. eherg.com & miroadtrip.com/

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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 16h
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 17h
Dealing with our second break-in at the house this week. Pretend I made some fun social copy for this video that makes you really want to watch it. See ya next week, y'all. youtu.be/Qfd1KXjHMU4
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This Abandoned Detroit Bar Has A Dark Prohibition-Era Past
YouTube video by This Building Matters
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So you're saying if I do $20 as I had planned, they will fly off the table?!?
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
HELP! This weekend I'm selling some prints to benefit a nonprofit that some friends and I started. They're 11x14 & printed professionally on thick cardstock. You can hang them as is, or they're high enough quality to frame. What should the price be per print? ALL the money goes to the non-profit.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
THE CULPRIT RETURNED TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I would have legit thought this was AI lol
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Somebody busted into our place and stole my lawnmower yesterday. It's genuinely the worst lawn mower I've ever used and is probably 'just put it out to the road' levels of shit. Just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support more than you know.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, it's really bad. Just AI slop scripts! Wild to me how many people comment on these videos like they aren't junk, lol
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This song has always felt like the start of fall to me. It might just be a nostalgic thing, not really sure youtu.be/-oN94B3LJh8?...
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The House on Highland Ave.
YouTube video by The Gun Club - Topic
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This video used AI to summarize things I spent days researching and documenting to create this drivel. They also stole an image from my site without credit. I rarely do this, but please consider commenting on this video. I mean, come on. Look at the fucking thumbnail. youtu.be/9rJUwgE-lSY?...
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Detroit’s Neighborhood That Disappeared | Exploring Dodge Main & Poletown
YouTube video by History Loves Company
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As someone who has literally no opinion of LTU, it makes me think it's a shit school. Probably isn't. But the commercials using AI sure make it seem like it
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
welp, the Lions are ass
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Lawrence Tech ads that are literal AI slop are so miserable
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've got the same camera but the shutter is sticky 🥲
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Should I finally send in all the film I shot in NYC in February? Or should it just rot away in my dresser for a few more months?
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You probably know Mexicantown Bakery for the treats and coffee, but did you know the building is more than 130 years old? Before it became an iconic Southwest #Detroit bakery, it was one of many Odd Fellows Halls in the city. New video live on my channel now: youtu.be/_RpEMkwX1IQ
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good morning
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a hilarious goal from DCFC lol
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wish the #USL didn't have playoffs. Just make the regular-season winners the champions. They're trying to make late-season matches mean more, but if it were just based on the table, they'd mean even more. Let the East and West champs play for a ceremonial championship after if you're so inclined.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
should be a fun one
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
happy ending
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
U-Haul's 'we'll buy back any unused boxes!!!!!!!' shtick is hilarious. They're basically just saying that they accept returns in a fun way
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
happy Tuesday
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
in what world is this not a red card for literally manhandling the referee
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
birbs
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So, what's next for the Roberts Brass Company Building on Fort Street? In this snippet from my video, I talk about what's going on with the property now and what I would do with it if I had unlimited money. What would you do with it if you had the cash? Check out the full video: youtu.be/CvoNVNLe7Kg
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think bots have found my channel because people keep commenting 'this would be a good place for a data center'
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The number of people who tell me what I should and shouldn't do on my own YouTube channel is honestly hilarious
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For years, Mayor Mike Duggan wanted the building demolished, but a demolition quote shown to City Council in 2024 showed it would cost $1.8 million to get the job done, so it was tabled. Image from the Detroit Free Press, 1916.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week's video is about Roberts Brass on Fort Street, a building that's seen everything from the manufacture of brass fittings to a pack of dogs that mauled a man in 2023. IMO, this is one of the most unique industrial buildings still standing in Detroit. Watch the video: youtu.be/CvoNVNLe7Kg
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You made it to my hometown. Congrats 😂
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Finally finished my appeal video (what YouTube asked for). I'm going to watch it in the morning again before submitting it. If they don't accept my appeal, I might just quit social media for a few months to regroup my life because I'm so sick of all of this shit.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I will truly never go to a Sheetz due to their demolition path through Metro Detroit
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have a few days to appeal and have to make a video to show them that this is not true. I truly have NO idea what caused my channel to be flagged. 99.9% of my footage is my own, and the .1% that isn’t is properly cited. Just maddening that I have to prove this to anyone. I'M IN THE VIDEOS BRUH
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I got an email from YouTube today that my channel will be suspended from earning ad revenue because I am breaking the “reused content” policy, and my “content is clearly not an original creation of this channel.” Truly WTF, I’m literally in my videos lmao
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
some photos from a recent walk
A vacant cold storage warehouse seen from the train tracks with foliage in between A burned out truck under an overpassScary clouds over a highway overpassTwo vacant structures by the railroad tracks
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm hopeful for a future where Gratiot works for people using all transit methods, as this is safer for all and can help promote the growth of small businesses on the thoroughfare, which better serves Detroiters. (3/3)
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Considered by many to be a stroad, or a hybrid roadway that jumps between being a high-speed road and a local street, it's one of the most dangerous streets in Michigan for pedestrians and cyclists. (2/3)
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's a snippet from my video from yesterday on the Wohlfeil Building that dives into the present status of Gratiot Avenue, one of Detroit's spoke streets. (1/3)
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dick's has really expanded
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
bro what
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some fun with the thumbnail on this one youtu.be/fK_EY2OpmeY
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Detroit's Best Mural Is on a Vacant Building
YouTube video by This Building Matters
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This former furniture warehouse/restaurant equipment business has sat vacant for years. The building, made famous by a stunning Pat Perry mural, offers a look at how Gratiot Avenue has changed over the past century and what to expect for its future. New video live on my channel: youtu.be/fK_EY2OpmeY
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you're hungry enough (and they wrapped it right), any shawarma is walking shawarma
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm sick and tired of nobody doing the hard hitting journalism that we need right now, so I've taken it upon myself to research a few things.
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A better look at the structure/more context via the thumbnail: youtu.be/lCLhQC6cz-Y
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This Detroit Building Was Almost Burned Down For Insurance Money
YouTube video by This Building Matters
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This week's video is on this century-plus-year-old structure, which had stints as a cigar factory, theater, clamp company, ice cream cone manufacturing facility, union hall, and church. Plus, I dive into how I feel the city is holding this neighborhood back. New video: youtu.be/lCLhQC6cz-Y
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Red / EHERG @hergenreder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I work close to Ford's Michigan Central Mobility Innovation District @ MCS. They must force their workers to drive Ford vehicles because there are huge Ford Broncos everywhere. I mean EVERYWHERE. Reminder: the MOST fuel-efficient Ford Bronco gets 21 miles per gallon. This reads like a joke.
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