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fabulous thing happened to David and Missy Bean
that they had not exactly counted on—their family of
four grew to be five. Maya, 111/2 and Adam, 71/2 are
now the older siblings to the family's newest bundle of
joy, a baby girl named Annabel whose first night home
from the hospital ended with an early morning phone
call to—Gittleman.
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"Add on another room!" commanded the happy—though .
sleepless—couple as they awoke (repeatedly) to the
reminder that a newborn, whose only needs are to eat,
sleep and cry (a lot) could not really share a room with
anyone, either doting parents or a loving sister.
That's when the Beans turned to Gittleman to do the job,
do it fast and they did.
Less than four months later, Annabel sleeps through the
night in a cozy nursery, not far from her parents but all
on her own. Below her, a new mudroom and laundry room are the unexpected and highly valued pluses of the
motivating factor—getting Annabel a room of her own and a full night's sleep for mom and dad.
"Every morning when David left for work, he would say to the guys, 'Get it done!' " recalled Missy. The Gittleman
guys knew what he meant. Four years ago, Gittleman added a master suite and a great room to the Bean's home.
The job went quickly and the results were spectacular, a scenario that repeated itself a second time.
"It went perfectly," said Missy, "It's absolutely wonderful"!
For planned projects or those that come up unexpectedly, Gittleman Construction is a company to count on.
JUST ASK THE BEANS.
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n a beautiful, where else and can't wait to get home.
It's why the highways are filled with
cloudless
potholes.
Florida
Detroit is one of the only big Rust
evening in Decem-
Belt cities whose revival is barely begin-
ber, we sat on the
ning, yet we're still inviting people to
restaurant's outdoor
come visit.
deck, enjoying the
Downtown Detroit has about 4,000
people-watching as
hotel
rooms, and Windsor has another
much as the meal.
3,100
to accommodate those lucky or
I took the long
HARRY
rich
enough
to get a room near Ford
way to Hallandale in
KIRS BAUM
Field.
It
leaves
the balance of the
my car, stopping in
Columnist
100,000 fans and 3,000 working press
Jacksonville to visit
expected at the Super Bowl next Feb. 5
my brother.
to fend for themselves because the per-
With six weeks to go before Super
manent riverfront hotel casinos prom-
Bowl XXXIX, the city was still getting
ised to be open by then haven't broken
dressed up for company.
ground yet.
Workers strung neon lights across
The fans can stay at suburban hotels
the downtown bridges and replaced
nearby, but they'll have to fight their
the trees and flowers
way through the
destroyed by the
traffic to get to the
hurricanes a month
"NFL experience,"
before.
or
the other down-
Earlier that day,
town
activities that
my brother took me
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Detroit's
famous for:
on a tour of the
casino gambling and
downtown area,
ice-skating.
showed me how
Potholes the size
they dressed up the
DETROIT,. 114IPUG
of
minivans will
SUNDAY„
FEBRUARY
5,
2006
few bad areas of
greet
those who
downtown
decide
to rent a car
Jacksonville. But all in all, the city
in
Detroit
unless
they
want
to risk a
looked beautiful.
"mass transportation" system that con-
I remembered those scenes as I read
sists of a few buses that run on
the front page of the Detroit Free Press
untimely schedules and a "People
Monday morning, below the fold.
Mover"
rail system that runs (when it's
How civic and business leaders were
not
broken)
in a loop around the
considering lighting up the skyline and
downtown
district.
placing temporary bars in abandoned
The city of Detroit was relatively
storefronts to dress up the not-so-few
uninvolved the last time we hosted a
bad areas of downtown Detroit.
Super Bowl because the game was held
Sharing that front-page story was
in the Pontiac Silverdome. Now
another all-too-common one. Two
Motown is in the spotlight.
Detroit children were shot within 36
Detroit also will host other huge
hours of each other in separate drive-
events,
including Major League
by incidents. One died.
Baseball's
All Star Game this July 12
Every city has problems, but Detroit
and the NCAA Men's Final Four bas-
seems to have more than its share.
ketball tournament in 2009.
The school system is a mess, and the
Less than 300 days remain until
illiteracy rate in Detroit among those
Super
Bowl XL.
16 years old and older is estimated as
Instead
of trying to cover up the
high as 47 percent.
scarred
landscape
of downtown Detroit
The mayor and city council are at
with
temporary
bars
and restaurants,
odds with each other, and the only
fix the problem first, then invite the
thing they have in common is their
guests.
utter inability to solve Detroit's prob-
If you lived in a home where the car-
lems.
penter
was in the midst of fixing the
Detroit's a commuter city. Most peo-
walls
and
the plumber was busy repair-
ple who work in the city live some-
ing the toilets, would you throw a
catered party and invite every friend
Harry Kirsbaum's e-mail address is
you knew?
hkirsbaum@thejewishnews.com
Didn't think so. ❑