Group tours at Packard Plant? Visitors placed at risk
For whatever reason, the risks aren’t deterring opportunists from profiting off of group tours of the cavernous ruins.
Photos: About 60 North End homes sell for as low as $500
Most of the properties didn’t sell during the Wayne County tax-foreclosure auction Monday.
9 ugly Detroit houses selling for $500
Many of the houses up for auction are dilapidated and structurally unsound.
Bold scrappers cause partial collapse at Packard Plant
Firefighters perused the debris for a scrapper who had become pinned in the debris.
28 Detroit houses selling for $500 at county auction
Some of the properties are abandoned and gutted, while others could fetch more than $85,000 in any other community.
Packard Plant fetches $21,000 bid from anonymous investor
Whoever wins the auction will inherit hefty costs, from demolition to a six-figure tax bill.
Riding with Benny: A look at Napoleon’s neighborhood plan
During our one-hour drive, we saw scrappers, suspected drug dealers, a loose pit bull, gang-related graffiti, wide-open abandoned homes, dilapidated businesses and yards covered in trash.
Photos: Canadian developer gobbles up Corktown properties
North Corktown is witnessing a steady drizzle of development and new residents, but it’s not envisioned as a rehabilitated neighborhood under Mayor Bing’s blueprint for land use.
Recount changes primary election results by just 9 votes
The cost to taxpayers – nearly $500,000.
12 beautiful gems for auction in historic neighborhoods
Once selling for six figures, the houses are on the auction block for as low as a few thousand dollars.