Hantz Farms: Massive tree-planting project never intended to be job-generator
When more than 1,000 people gathered to help plant trees Saturday, only a handful were compensated employees.
Video: Drone captures large urban farm project in Detroit
More than 1,000 volunteers helped plant oak trees on 20 acres of Detroit’s lower east side Saturday afternoon.
Photo essay: Explore blighted area to be turned into 140-acre forest in Detroit
The largely abandoned area is littered with trash, tires, furniture, rotting homes and discarded boats.
DDA: Metropolitan Building has ‘rapidly deteriorating facade’ in downtown Detroit
Still, officials hope they can find a buyer before it’s too late.
Debris falls from neglected Metropolitan Building in downtown Detroit, hits truck
The 15-story gothic-style building is owned by Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority, which has let the building rot while spending $285 million in public funds for a new Red Wings arena.
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.
Big names drop out of Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival over trans-exclusionary policy
“Orange is the New Black” star Lea DeLaria, poet Andrea Gibson and Canadian rockers Hunter Valentine are the latest to drop out of the female-born-only festival.
New Packard Plant owner cracks down on trespassers by stranding them
Some photographers and explorers are walking out of the ruins to find themselves without a car in the crime-ridden area.
Storied Temple Hotel demolished in Cass Corridor for DTE
DTE reportedly purchased the Detroit hotel for more than $3 million as the Red Wings arena .
Metro Times, Real Detroit merge as ‘superweekly’ in tough media market
The goal is to revive the once-booming Metro Times with more investigative reporting, features and progressive viewpoints