Bridge Co. turns neighborhood in Windsor into ‘slums’
Bridge owner Matty Moroun’s heavy-handed tactics raise questions about mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon’s support for the billionaire.
What’s Mayor Bing hiding? Crews flatten 10 city blocks in 10 days. Church, school, houses gone
In just two weeks, demolition crews flattened 10 blocks on the lower east side, leveling homes, a 19th-century church, school, and trees on the lower east side.
Oops? State demolishes recently purchased homes in Detroit, shocking new owners
An economic development engine for the state has demolished an estimated 20 houses that were purchased at a recent foreclosure auction. State officials mum.
Detroit plans takeover of Packard Plant; defiant owner responds, “Kiss my ass”
The city is preparing to seize the Packard Plant because of unpaid taxes that the owner refuses to pay. He maintains he owes no taxes because the city won’t provide basic services to protect his property from arsonists, vandals and thieves.
Massive, crumbling Brewster projects to be demolished but no plans for future site
The nation’s first federally funded public housing project for black people is coming down on Detroit’s east-side, removing a behemoth eyesore looming over I-75, Mayor Dave Bing announced today.