The Dig

Why the University of Michigan is eyeing a bigger slice of Detroit

In many ways, the school has been able to operate in bucolic Ann Arbor while existing wholly separate from Detroit:…

6 years ago

Detroit testing free Lyfts from bus stops to make late night commutes easier

It turns out, as we were glued to the inter-county drama over funding regional transit that ended in defeat, Detroit…

6 years ago

Detroit’s street grid is a lot stranger than it seems

It's definitely not as simple as counting the mile roads.

6 years ago

What the wildest train station renovations in America could mean for Detroit

Yes, the entire world knows that Ford bought the abandoned Michigan Central Station. But what on earth will they do…

6 years ago

Remembering Asian Village, a Detroit development project that crashed and burned

Take a trip back in time for the story of Asian Village -- an early New Detroit success story that…

7 years ago

You can’t cut corners in Corktown

As everyone holds their breaths waiting to hear Ford’s plans, a townhouse development may seem like small potatoes. But it’s…

7 years ago

Can Detroit aquarium harder?

An aquarium along the river -- an idea floated by the Detroit Zoo last week -- seems like an obvious…

7 years ago