Digging Detroit - Episode 1: Tommy's - Inside a Detroit Speakeasy

It's been a bar off and on since 1840, but in the summer of 2013 an archaeological team from Wayne State University did some digging to uncover a hidden staircase.

A look underground with Tom Burelle, the owner of Tommy's Detroit Bar & Grill along with Prof. Krysta Ryzewski of Wayne State.


The first episode of Digging Detroit, produced in October 2014 by Tom Reed, Pete Kalinski and Kevin Walsh (MMD Productions).

To read about the creation of this series and episode 1 read about it on Huffington Post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevinwa...

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Photos courtesy of the Walter Reuther Library, Wayne State University and the Detroit Historical Society.