Popular coffee shop leaving 1515 Broadway in downtown following dispute
What’s next depends on the eccentric owner, who is in danger of losing the building.
Dan Gilbert’s team trespasses, installs cameras on downtown buildings without permission
The cameras are among hundreds installed downtown by Bedrock in the past few years, sending live feeds to a secretive command center in Chase Tower.
City pays millions to private contractor with chronic problems, probes death threats
The Detroit construction firm was accused of causing a preventable death while working for the city, and then made death threats of their own this weekend.
No more excuses: Negligent owners begin removing hazards from Wurlitzer
After thumbing their noses at a judge’s orders for more than three years, the negligent owners of the Wurlitzer high-rise in downtown Detroit are finally removing dangling bricks and masonry from the abandoned building.
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.
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.