The Dig

Detroiters spent years imagining the State Fairgrounds’ future. Why didn’t the city listen?

Detroit neighbors held countless community meetings over the past decade to create a forward-thinking vision of possible uses for the…

4 years ago

Words of advice for Detroit home renovators, from a first-time flipper

Lessons from a first-time flipper: He thought his Detroit home renovation would cost $30,000. It ended up being closer to…

4 years ago

Get ready for The Dig, bringing you all the dirt on Detroit development and real estate

Coming this month from Detour Detroit: A newsletter examining the built environment, for all of Detroit’s 143 square miles.

4 years ago

How Southwest Detroit’s 48217 zip code became known as the ‘most polluted’ in Michigan

Detroit's 48217 zip code is known as the "most polluted" in Michigan -- here's how it got that moniker, and…

4 years ago

What are the Detroit real estate and development issues that matter most to you?

Detour is planning to expand our coverage of Detroit real estate and development, and we need your help. Fill out…

4 years ago

Michigan has a plan to prevent thousands of evictions — rent relief for landlords

With some 75,000 eviction cases pending, housing advocates worry the funding is just a drop in the bucket of what's…

4 years ago

An A to Z guide to Belle Isle, the ‘Jewel of Detroit’

From the aquarium to the zoo, and everything in between.

4 years ago

Skills Ville, Black-owned gymnastics center in Detroit, shuts down for good

Families have been bringing kids to Skills Ville for a quarter century -- but the gym couldn't make it through…

4 years ago

The oppressive history of curfews in Detroit

Historian Jamon Jordan traces the roots of Detroit's protest curfews to a Black uprising in 1833.

4 years ago

Should you have to pay rent during a pandemic?

Michigan activists are pressing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to cancel rent and other housing payments as the state’s eviction moratorium is…

5 years ago