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Home»Posts tagged with»Coffee Shop

Popular coffee shop leaving 1515 Broadway in downtown following dispute

By Steve Neavling on February 27, 2015   Art & Entertainment, Headline, posts, Real Estate  

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.

City pays millions to private contractor with chronic problems, probes death threats

By Steve Neavling on October 27, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline, posts  

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.

Wurlitzer still crumbling, but Mayor Duggan helps coffee shop with water

By Steve Neavling on October 13, 2014   Government, Headline, Mayor's Office  

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.

Judge – finally – orders Wurlitzer owners to safeguard crumbling building

By Steve Neavling on October 3, 2014   Development, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts, Urban Renewal  

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

By Steve Neavling on October 2, 2014   City Government, Government, Headline  

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.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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