Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor
Beginning next week, Second Avenue in the Cass Corridor and Midtown will become a two-way street, a sign of the incredible decline of the street since the 1930s.
Storied Temple Hotel demolished in Cass Corridor for DTE
DTE reportedly purchased the Detroit hotel for more than $3 million as the Red Wings arena .
Wet cement candles? Leather bike locks? Shinola selling more than watches
Shinola, which makes its name on Detroit, is selling luxury candles, piggy banks, and footballs made out of state.
How a flophouse along Cass Corridor fetched $3M-plus
The purchase price is a stark sign of what’s about to happen to the Cass Corridor.
‘Bring on more gentrification,’ declares Detroit’s economic development czar
“I’m sorry but, I mean, bring it on,” George Jackson said of gentrification. “We can’t just be a poor city and prosper.”
Dumas: We can’t ignore impact of gentrification
Detroit is a place of extremes. Take Midtown, where theaters, lofts, restaurants and hospitals are cropping up. Driven predominately by young, educated, white people, Midtown and much of downtown are bursting with development. Then there’s the rest of Detroit – clusters of neighborhoods, many marred by crime and abandonment, losing residents every day. Too often, when […]