Meet the man crazy enough to fix iconic light atop Penobscot in downtown Detroit
The red orb that towers 650 feet above the city will soon be lit up again.
Mayor Duggan’s team approves demo of historic Deck Bar with ’emergency’ order
For the past seven years, city of Detroit officials and preservationists have waged a long and expensive legal battle to prevent Grosse Pointe Park from demolishing the historic Deck Bar.
Photos: After 15 years of abandonment, the new David Whitney Building
After 15 years of abandonment, the architectural gem re-opened as a boutique hotel and apartments.
Body found inside burning historic apartment building in Detroit
Firefighters found a body inside the historic El Tovar apartment building shortly before 9 p.m. tonight.
Leland Hotel fire nearly turned catastrophic because of faulty standpipes
The former four-star hotel is now a dingy apartment with cheap rent.
Detroit’s first black hospital hits tax auction with $3,800 starting bid
The beautiful Romanesque Revival home is just three blocks east of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
From Duke Ellington to high ed: Long-abandoned lot on Woodward gets new life
The elegance and luxury of the once-famed block in Detroit have long been replaced with a McDonald’s and vacant lot with broken liquor bottles and empty bags of snacks.
Detroit mulls graffiti task force as vandalism gets out of control
At a devastating clip, a new brand of graffiti vandals is hitting Detroit’s small businesses, historic and occupied buildings, freeway signs, church sanctuaries, houses and cars.
Castle makeovers: Demand for lofts drives restoration of historic buildings
One was a mansion for a gambler and hard-partying bachelor. The other was a police precinct.
DTE finds 4-month gas leak under abandoned hospital in Detroit
The gas company responded only after Motor City Muckraker published a story about the unaddressed problem in Virginia Park.