Here's what the Metro Times website looked like 15 years ago

By Alaina Nutile

Jul 27, 2015 at 1:49 pm

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We thought we'd take a little trip down memory lane today, back to a time when MT was first starting to grapple with this whole "Internet" thing. The above photo is a snapshot of metrotimes.com circa July 2, 2000, a time when it was common practice to list your headlines willy nilly on a page and write feature stories about cell phones and things.

But don't just take our word for it, experience it for yourself on this interactive webpage. Go ahead, click around — you may even find some familiar names on the masthead.

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Alaina Nutile

Alaina Nutile is a Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Detroit Metro Times and Cleveland Scene Magazine. Previously, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College where she double majored in...