“People are dumping money on him left and right but have no idea what he’s doing,” said a neighbor, whose house was burned in two arson fires targeting the Heidelberg Project. “It is pitiful.”
Chief Craig opens up about becoming Detroit’s top cop.
When more than 1,000 people gathered to help plant trees Saturday, only a handful were compensated employees.
Investigators believe the fire on Woodward Avenue near downtown was intentionally set.
Then-Treasurer Andy Dillon played a role in securing a lucrative contract for the Birmingham-based business, where he now works.
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.
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.
I arrived at the blaze on Woodward near downtown shortly after the first engine made the scene at 6:20 a.m. Flames were already busting through every window.
The owner of Taylor Moving & Storage in Brighton said he was outraged after learning an Obama doll was tied up in one of his trucks.
Flames quickly burst through every window of the hulking church, raising suspicions that an accelerant may have been used.