No area of Detroit is changing as rapidly as the Cass Corridor. The construction of a new Red Wings arena and entertainment district has attracted developers who are converting long-abandoned ...

As Detroit plunges into bankruptcy, many people are asking, “How could this happen to a once-mighty city?” The answers are complex and the subject of voluminous research. Below are five compelling, ...

Eight neighborhoods in Detroit have been so ravaged by crime, foreclosures, fires and scrappers that more than a third of the homes and businesses are abandoned, according to recently released ...

The iconic Packard Plant bridge collapsed onto East Grand Boulevard late Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured, but a part of Detroit’s history has crumbled. The brick bridge connected the sprawling ...

Across from the Palmer Park Golf Course is one of Detroit’s most ravaged neighborhoods and a hotbed of prostitution. Some streets such as Robinwood and Goldengate are more than 80% abandoned and often ...

The Eastown Theatre, a once-elegant movie palace that became a legendary rock venue in the 1960s and ’70s on Detroit’s east side, has been reduced to rubble. A demolition crew knocked down the final ...

New York City graffiti writer Katsu appears to have hit several buildings in Detroit recently with paint propelled from a rigged fire extinguisher. At least four buildings were targeted, some as ...

Detroit gang members are terrorizing two West Virginia communities with violence and drugs. More than 350 miles from home, Detroiters are selling pills, heroin, cocaine and marijuana at an alarming ...

Cemetery theft: Close-up look at mausoleums damaged at historic Woodmere Cemetery By Steve Neavling on January 2, 2013 681 Comments ...

On this day in 1968, Michigan Chronicle columnist, nightclub impresario and local dance studio instructor Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson joins the ancestors. He was 54. Johnson was master of ceremonies at the ...

The Detroit News has removed its veteran city hall reporter from his beat following allegations that he was having an affair with the ex-wife of state Treasurer Andy Dillon and then threatened to kill ...

Photo essay by Steve Neavling Gratiot Avenue was once teeming with restaurants, bars and retail stores. Now more than half of the buildings south of 8 Mile are abandoned on one of original avenues ...