‘Whateverfest’ transforms Detroit house into music festival
The event attracted a splendid array of young artists with a mission to “showcase some of the best up-and-coming talent Detroit has to offer.”
The event attracted a splendid array of young artists with a mission to “showcase some of the best up-and-coming talent Detroit has to offer.”
Thousands of people packed Midtown for the annual festival of lights.
The Ilitch family’s Olympia Development held a groundbreaking Thursday afternoon for the new $450-million Red Wings arena.
The ATF and Detroit’s arson squad are investigating the fires after the sixth house was destroyed by an intentionally set blaze.
An arson squad was en route to investigate.
The damage occurred after Grosse Pointe Park officials acknowledged at a public meeting recently that they may back out of an agreement with Mayor Mike Duggan to remove the sheds.
Works is beginning on the $140 million M-1 Rail for streetcars and laying groundwork for a new $450 million Red Wings arena.
Battling fires is a constant struggle in a city with thousands of malfunctioning fire hydrants, an inadequate number of firefighters and 85,000 abandoned structures.
The children – ages 4, 6, 8 and 11 – were home alone when the fire broke out at 5236 Cecil.
The Detroit Medical Society claimed it had no idea the house was up for foreclosure and said members invested more than $400,000 into the building.