Demolishing historic University Club for a new McDonald’s (photos)
From a collegiate gothic building to the golden arches.
Explore Eminem’s beloved teenage home after blaze (photos)
Eminem loved his teenage Detroit home so much that he took a model of it with him on tour.
Explore crumbling remains of newly bought Packard Plant
Over the past two months, we’ve chronicled what’s left of the plant – blocks of crumbling buildings, ravaged by scrappers, fire and extreme weather.
Photos: Heidelberg house burns down
Melted plastic dolls, charred metal chairs and soot-covered stuffed animals poked out of the house.
Thousands of books discarded in Detroit schools, libraries
Vacate a building. Leave everything behind. That’s the Detroit way.
12 beautiful gems for auction in historic neighborhoods
Once selling for six figures, the houses are on the auction block for as low as a few thousand dollars.
Photos: You won't believe the Detroit properties up for bid
Up for bid: Beautiful colonial homes, abandoned factories, gas stations, churches, a hospital, countless boarded-up bungalows and ornate apartment buildings.
Video: Demo begins on storied Brewster projects in Detroit
The project is the centerpiece of Bing’s plan to demolish 10,000 abandoned buildings in four years.
Video: Napoleon says God saved him to run for mayor of Detroit
“God spared me for a reason,” Napoleon told media and supporters at a church last week.
Faces of Fast Food: Getting by on $7.40 an hour in Detroit
In a city like Detroit, where unemployment is rampant, fast food is anything but a temporary job.