Graffiti removed from historic Detroit hotels but fate of buildings uncertain
The buildings’ fate remains entangled in a potential legal battle with preservationists and Detroit City Council.
Postmodern skyscraper in downtown Detroit hits market for $100M
One Detroit Center is Michigan’s tallest office building.
Preservationists fight to save historic Park Avenue Building in downtown Detroit
The abandoned, neglected Albert Kahn high-rise is in the shadow of the planned Red Wings arena and entertainment district.
Plan would convert Metropolitan Building into apartments in Detroit
Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority is negotiating the sale of the 89-year-old building to a group of developers that wants to build 60 high-end apartments with commercial and retail space on the lower floors.
New life for Detroit’s train station? Billionaire Moroun pledges more rehab
Billionaire Matty Moroun has pledged for years to clean up the Michigan Central Station, one of Detroit’s most iconic symbols of decay.
8 elegant churches, synagogues on Woodward in Detroit
They are architectural gems, many of them more than a century old, with fascinating histories.
Video: Historic Detroit church engulfed in flames by time firefighters arrived
Investigators believe the fire on Woodward Avenue near downtown was intentionally set.
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.
Scrappers cause collapse of ornamental ceiling in storied Eastown Theatre in Detroit
The 2,500-seat theater once hosted the Kinks, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, King Crimson, MC5 and the Stooges.
Alfred St. in Brush Park: A microcosm of Detroit’s early decline
Once lined with opulent homes, Alfred Street in Brush Park is largely vacant, an early victim of residential flight.