Chicago-area investor begins gutting asbestos-laden factory after tiff with city
The Department of Environmental Quality received complaints that Bill Hults was forcing employees to work around hazardous materials.
Detroit at night: Exploring dark neighborhoods, downtown’s bright lights (photos)
From downtown’s beautiful bright lights to the darkened neighborhoods, Detroit is a different city at night.
What’s in store for Detroit’s long-idle Chinatown?
Key to the transformation is a tattoo artist and a nonprofit that has been wildly successful in Midtown.
DNR ranger under investigation for vandalizing Detroit with graffiti
The ranger has defaced historic buildings and signs throughout the city while collecting a check from the state.
Man refuses to leave Packard Plant in Detroit, demands to be parking attendant
The bald, self-described war veteran with boozy breath also is asking for $10,000 for allegedly injuring his leg at the plant.
One man’s last goodbye before historic Brewster Projects demo
As a towering claw dug into one of four remaining high-rises, Prince forlornly posed as cameras chronicled the beginning of the end for the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Scrappers cause collapse of ornamental ceiling in storied Eastown Theatre in Detroit
The 2,500-seat theater once hosted the Kinks, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, King Crimson, MC5 and the Stooges.
Biohazards, medical records languish in abandoned Detroit nursing home
A Grosse Pointe Park company closed the building and left behind bloody syringes, prescription pills, medical supplies and thousands of confidential medical records stacked from the floor to the ceiling.
Second stage of demo begins on historic Brewster-Douglass project
The Brewsters are the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Heidelberg Project reaches fundraising goal of $50,000 following fires
The fundraiser is aimed at protecting the installations of lost art.