By Kate Abbey Lambertz 103,557: How many more affordable rental properties Metro Detroit would need to add so all the region’s extremely low income families could...
In many places, streets force you to engage in risky behavior — sidewalks disappear without warning, or you have to walk several blocks to get...
“Desolation.†“Moribund.†“Shabby.†“Mostly empty.†“Once-vacant.†“Mostly vacant.†“Seldom-used.†“Oblivion.†From the descriptions in this Free Press article earlier in February, you’d think we were...
The system is rife with rule breaking, but has been punishingly harsh for low-income Detroiters ...
Last week, after leaving 36th District Court, the activists were triumphant: real estate magnate Dan Gilbert hadn’t been the one on trial, but it still...
Last month, Sterling Heights erected the “Golden Corridor icon,†a giant circle sculpture on M-59 by Lakeside Mall. With a cost of about about $180,000,...
It’s hard to imagine something in Detroit that provokes as much nostalgia as the former Hudson’s downtown — double it for the holiday season, when...
Michigan voters passed Proposal 1 by a wide margin Tuesday, making us the 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The law won’t go into effect for about...
Detroit’s first Cocktail Classic launched in 2014, with a respectable 12 bars and restaurants serving drinks alongside a relatively modest brunch. In the fifth year, more...
For a couple months this summer, the “Questions Guy†billboard loomed over Trumbull and Michigan in Corktown. With a powder blue blazer and a glazed...
