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Home»Posts tagged with»Diana Ross

Photo tour: Abandoned Brewster projects like a mini-city of decaying red bricks

By Steve Neavling on November 16, 2012   Buildings, City Government, Government, Lens On Detroit, Mayor's Office, posts  

Photo tour: Abandoned Brewster projects like a mini-city of decaying red bricks

Rows of burned out townhouses and high-rise apartments are decaying, windowless and tagged with graffiti. Broken furniture, garbage and dead trees are strewn across the 30-acre ruins near downtown.

Massive, crumbling Brewster projects to be demolished but no plans for future site

By Steve Neavling on November 15, 2012   Buildings, City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts, Real Estate  

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.

Video: Cass Tech alumni recall better times in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on August 29, 2012   Buildings, Lens On Detroit, posts, Schools and Education, Video  

Video: Cass Tech alumni recall better times in Detroit

When the mighty, historic Cass Tech High School came crashing down this time last year, dozens of alumni gathered to catch one last glimpse of the 93-year-old building.

Photos: Cass Tech remembered a year later

By Steve Neavling on August 27, 2012   Buildings, Lens On Detroit, posts, Schools and Education, Video  

Photos: Cass Tech remembered a year later

A year ago this month, demolition crews knocked down the final wall of the storied and mammoth Cass Tech High School in Detroit, shattering hopes of reviving the 93-year-old building.

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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