City, state fail to assess Grand Prix’s environmental impact on Belle Isle
What is the environmental impact of the Grand Prix on Belle Isle? Here’s why no one knows.
Is Belle Isle a race track or park? Protest planned over Grand Prix mess
Writer: “The Jewel of Detroit” look more like a corporate whore.
Video: Incredible aerial views of Detroit’s train station, Belle Isle, Packard, more
The beautifully captured video features the Fox Theatre, Belle Isle, Michigan Central Station, the Packard Plant and Comerica Park.
Plan: Restore Detroit Boat Club, transform into boutique hotel
A Hong Kong-based investor wants to return the historic jewel on Belle Isle back to its original beauty and create a boutique hotel with 100 to 120 rooms and restaurants.
Plan to rename Belle Isle after dating website is old PR trick
The extramarital dating site wants to post its slogan, “Life is short. Have an affair,” on the island.
Council approves tweaked plan to make Belle Isle a state park
Approval of the plan prompted outrage in the small audience as security removed some shouting residents.
Live blog: Detroit council debates state’s Belle Isle plan
Today is the council’s deadline to offer an alternative, which must save the city at least $4 million a year in maintenance costs.
Get it while you can: Scavenging the remains of Detroit
This isn’t the 1967 riots. There’s no smoke or soot billowing into the air, but Detroit is still being looted by desperate people.
Belle Isle to become state park with $11 annual entry fee
The lease calls for the creation of a seven-member advisory committee that will oversee improvements and master planning.
Council slams private deal to turn Belle Isle into state park
“How dare someone come into this city and take away the most treasured jewel of our citizens,” Councilwoman Joann Watson steamed.