What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
When it comes to planning our city, we had hoped developers might have learned a lesson after the demolition spree of the last few decades, where building after building was torn down for surface parking lots. After all, Dan Gilbert (and a host of other developers, large and small) have clearly shown that people want to be part of re-using historic structures, whether for …
An example of mid-century architecture and former home of psychiatric services to troubled girls behind the Detroit Institute of Arts is being demolished. The work at The Barat House at John R. and Frederick began over the weekend, with construction equipment making quick work of the two-story structure that was built by the League of Catholic Women in 1961. The …
Good morning! Hope you're staying out of the crazy wind and snow out there. Here are five stories we found interesting around the web this week about Detroit, posts that are either interesting, in-depth, or noteworthy in other ways. We've had a reading list before, but we thought we'd touch it up a little bit and hopefully make it more useful. If you have an article you think …
Detroit is in line to get one of the first five of the new West Elm boutique hotels, to be built on a corner parking lot at Cass and Canfield. The location is in the bustling heart of the Midtown neighborhood, right next to a Wayne State residency hall. Shinola, Third Man Records, Hugh, Traffic Jam & …
