For nearly two decades, Developing K.I.D.S. has operated without air conditioning. Now, thanks to millions in state and local funding, the organization has renovated a former eyesore on West McNichols ...

A husband and wife bought an old house in a notorious part of the city and opened it to the neighbors. Then came the ...

A former Detroit bank building that was abandoned and then turned into an impromptu nightclub has now undergone a much more intriguing transformation—after being made over into a stunning family home.

Crews on Tuesday began demolishing another large section of the hulking, abandoned Packard Plant on Detroit’s east side after the negligent owner failed to do it himself. This is the second block-long ...

DETROIT – An abandoned apartment building on Detroit’s west side is drawing heavy concern from neighbors who say it has become a magnet for criminal activity. “A lot of folks that are in that building ...

A man was injured in a fire at an abandoned church on Detroit’s west side early Monday morning. The fire erupted at a vacant church in the area of Grand River and Ohio just before 5 a.m. on Nov. 10.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Skidmore, Michigan State University; Camila Alvayay Torrejon, Universidad ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950. In the ...