Wurlitzer still crumbling, but Mayor Duggan helps coffee shop with water
A judge and attorney who own the dilapidated Wurlitzer high-rise continue to defy orders to remove shedding bricks and masonry.
Detroit demands $12,000-plus for e-mails between Mayor Duggan & EM Orr
This is the third time in two months that the Duggan administration has demanded that we pay thousands of dollars for public records. One bill was $42,000.
Mayor Duggan secretly worked with EM to abolish state-mandated transparency law
This isn’t about the effectiveness of a city ordinance or emergency management. It’s about a mayor intentionally misleading the public.
Help on way for downtown coffee shop forced to use water from hydrant
A crew on Wednesday will begin removing bricks and masonry that are hanging loosely from the Wurlitzer high-rise next door on Broadway Street.
More bad news for downtown Detroit coffee shop relying on fire hydrant for water
Crumbling bricks from the adjacent, neglected Wurlitzer building aren’t the only danger to 1515 Broadway.
Judge – finally – orders Wurlitzer owners to safeguard crumbling building
The crumbling brick exterior of the Wurlitzer in downtown Detroit has been falling for more than a decade.
Neglected Wurlitzer forces downtown coffee shop to get water from fire hydrant
The city of Detroit won’t repair a broken water line that serves a downtown coffee shop and adjacent jewelry store because the neighboring high-rise would endanger workers.
Before relinquishing control of Detroit, EM Kevyn Orr abolished Citizens’ District Councils
CDC members expressed shock and said the councils are an important link between residents and government.
SUV slams into controversial farmer’s market that blocks Detroit’s border at GP Park
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.
Dozens of employment publication boxes illegally dumped near Detroit River
How’s this for a sign of the times?