From Duke Ellington to high ed: Long-abandoned lot on Woodward gets new life
The elegance and luxury of the once-famed block in Detroit have long been replaced with a McDonald’s and vacant lot with broken liquor bottles and empty bags of snacks.
Interactive before-and-after photos of Detroit offer unrivaled look at city’s decline
Detroiturbex.com takes you on a journey of Detroit’s good times and bad times.
Photo essay: Once-grand Gratiot Avenue in Detroit is deteriorating
More than half of the buildings on Gratiot Ave. in Detroit are abandoned.
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.
Graffiti vandal defaces iconic sign atop historic Whittier near downtown Detroit in daylight
The tagger was spotted late this afternoon atop the high-rise that once hosted The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, actress Mae West and playboy Horace Dodge Jr.
Interactive map offers new perspective on age of Detroit’s houses, buildings
The map is so precise and detailed that you can zoom in on each parcel and collect information such as owner, year built, assessment value, tax status and size.
Detroiter finds 1964 Marvin Gaye passport worth at least $20,000
“Out of an album fell this passport,” the man said. “It literally fell into my hands.”
Feb. 4, 1913: Civil rights icon Rosa Park is born
Parks will later move to Detroit and work as an assistant to Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Jan. 20, 1986: MLK Day observed for the first time
The holiday was initially proposed by Rep. John Conyers (D., MI) and Sen. Edward Brooke (D., Mass) in 1979.