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Home»Posts tagged with»vacant building

A glimpse inside the neglected, recently purchased Detroit Free Press building

By Steve Neavling on November 3, 2016   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Headline  

A glimpse inside the neglected, recently purchased Detroit Free Press building

The Art Deco high-rise that housed Michigan’s most storied newspaper for 73 years.

Photos: Demolition begins on legendary, crumbling Eastown Theatre

By Steve Neavling on November 23, 2015   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Headline, History, Lens On Detroit, Photo Gallery  

Photos: Demolition begins on legendary, crumbling Eastown Theatre

A large claw poked through the stage of the once-celebrated theater on Detroit’s east side today.

Firefighters battled to save fire station from party store blaze

By Steve Neavling on July 19, 2015   Crime & Fire, Fire  

Firefighters battled to save fire station from party store blaze

A fire broke out inside a vacant party store in southwest Detroit this afternoon and came dangerously close to spreading to an active fire station next door.

‘Another F—ing Bar,’ former punk hangout is demolished in Red Wings district

By Steve Neavling on April 24, 2015   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline  

‘Another F—ing Bar,’ former punk hangout is demolished in Red Wings district

During its last incarnation, the bar sold beer from urinals, and food came in a dog bowl.

Crime lab becomes hideout for armed robbers, thugs

By Steve Neavling on August 11, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Crime & Fire, Headline, Life in Detroit, Police, posts  

Crime lab becomes hideout for armed robbers, thugs

Brush Park residents and Tigers fans are getting robbed, sometimes at gunpoint.

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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