Huge Hospital To Get New Use
INTRO: The Herman-Kiefer Hospital complex will be saved. Detroit officials introduced two New York City developers to residents off the Lodge Freeway near the Boston-Edison neighborhood. Michigan Now’s...
View ArticlePark Ave Hotel To Landfill
Detroit is sending another building from the golden age of architecture to a landfill. Wednesday night, the Detroit Historic District Commission put a rubber stamp on City Council’s demolition of the...
View ArticleEnd of the Suburbs
Suburban America has been declining since at least the 2008 housing and banking crisis, says an editor at Fortune Magazine. Leigh Gallagher was the keynote speaker today at the annual affordable...
View ArticleBlacks Want Gentrification Whites Don’t
A Canadian artist has bought the original Highland Park High School for $18,000. In New York he made money from old buildings by adding art. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus reports that New York City...
View ArticleNYC Art/Real Estate Formula Here
How did Highland Park, Michigan compete and win against Brooklyn, New York? It was the abandoned Highland Park high school. A company called Galapagos Art Space bought it. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus...
View ArticleIlitch Parking Lot Legacy
INTRO: Detroit media have given favorable reviews of the new hockey stadium planned along Woodward Ave. It’s a $650 million project. More than half, 58%, is coming from taxpayers. It’s expected to...
View ArticlePerma-Culture House
INTRO: Do-it-yourself is what people do in Detroit. It could date back to Henry Ford or even the fur trappers. There’s a new crop of these people coming in, mainly in their twenties, mainly white....
View ArticleI-375 Tear Out
INTRO: The state of Michigan is thinking about removing I-375 in Detroit. It peels off of I-75 before dead ending at the Renaissance Center. Detroit is the capital of cars and freeways. But both...
View ArticleStorm Rips Out Rotted Trees
Roadblocks are all over Detroit side streets this morning. Last night’s storm pulled down oaks, maples, elms, sycamores and others planted decades ago. Fire and police are on scene when there are...
View ArticleSeemed Like an Investor
INTRO: City officials estimate Detroit now has 78,000 abandoned properties. The Wayne County auction allows some of them to be bought and fixed up. Many others get bought and recirculated. Paper...
View ArticleEscaping Like Theives in the Night: the New wave of Black Flight
After years in the business realm, Lauren Hood sought work that had more meaning. While studying for her Masters in Community Development at the University of Detroit Mercy, she developed a passion for...
View ArticleMourning Fallen Church
This story is written only. It has no audio. It was written and photographed by Chris McCarus. The address is supposed to be 2680 Woodward Avenue. It stood for 123 years as dark red sandstone and...
View ArticleBankruptcy #1– Pensions
INTRO: Detroit could emerge from chapter 9 bankruptcy this year. The city is $18 billion in debt. Both Wall Street and local pensioners have to accept it. That’s been the news narrative for almost a...
View ArticleSue, Sell And Less To Landfills
INTRO: The City of Detroit is Detroit’s largest land holder. The school district is the SECOND largest land holder. They’ve had trouble coordinating all the vacant buildings and vacant parcels. Now...
View ArticleIce Dams Make Traffic Jams
INTRO: Severe cold has broken water pipes all over the state. No city has more infrastructure to manage than Detroit. Mayor Mike Duggan promised improvement within 6 months. Michigan Now’s Chris...
View ArticleWrecking Ball Likely for Hospital Complex
INTRO: Another huge historic Detroit building could soon be demolished. It was designed by Detroit’s greatest architect: Albert Kahn. City and state officials are ready to let it go. Preservationists...
View ArticleHow Can Scrapping Stop?
INTRO: The state legislature has spent months hearing testimony about metal scrapping. Several lawmakers are hoping to turn their bills into law when they return to the capitol in January. Michigan...
View ArticleI-375 Tear Out
INTRO: The state of Michigan is thinking about removing I-375 in Detroit. It peels off of I-75 before dead ending at the Renaissance Center. Detroit is the capital of cars and freeways. But both...
View ArticleStorm Rips Out Rotted Trees
Roadblocks are all over Detroit side streets this morning. Last night’s storm pulled down oaks, maples, elms, sycamores and others planted decades ago. Fire and police are on scene when there are...
View ArticleReal Estate Mogul Once Owned Drug House & Still Gets State Fair
(UPDATED October 18) The text below reflects conflicting ownership documents provided by Joel Ferguson’s office, the City of Detroit and Wayne County. There is no indication that Ferguson was involved...
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