Detroit

Win free tickets to the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience!

Join us in Cadillac Square on September 14 for the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience! We'll be chatting…

5 years ago

A historic Detroit bookstore that celebrated black culture is getting a new life

The Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore and Cultural Center is getting a new look and focus when it reopens.

5 years ago

On the environmental legacy of L. Brooks Patterson

Planet Detroit took some time to delve into how L. Brooks Patterson's 29-year career has impacted Metro Detroit’s environment.

5 years ago

Meet Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the City of Detroit

Detroiter Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of development for the city, chats with Detour about 20-minute neighborhoods, social mobility and her favorite…

5 years ago

A Renaissance Man of Note

We couldn’t do what we do here at Detour without our paying members -- all of you who support our…

5 years ago

Seeing through the smog to a tenuous green future in Detroit

It's not a total surprise that Detroit neighborhoods deal with some of the worst environmental injustice issues in the state.…

5 years ago

When Hudson’s imploded, this architect’s imagination took off

The Shin sisters created De-troit Detroit," a collection of demolished building fragments inspired by a 2018 visit to Detroit.

5 years ago

Show-stopping Detroit Airbnb was once an empty ruin

Who hasn’t fantasized about buying and restoring one of the city’s grand old homes to its former glory? Living that…

5 years ago

U of M’s role in Detroit Evictions

Here's how Outlier Media founder Sarah Alvarez uncovered University of Michigan’s controversial role in Detroit evictions.

5 years ago

Helpless, angry and stranded — what it’s like living on a flooded Detroit street

A wet summer, record-high water levels across the region and a crumbling water and sewer system have submerged a community…

5 years ago