Close to two dozen buildings in the neighborhood are practically abandoned, putting the viability of the neighborhood and its ...

DETROIT — It was not yet 8 a.m. when the van pulled up behind Lee Plaza. A towering art deco monolith standing 16 stories tall over central Detroit, the former luxury hotel had been modeled after the ...

Detroit is the broken tooth in Michigan’s smile. Nevertheless, the preternaturally optimistic governor, from whom never is heard a discouraging word, cheerfully describes his recent foray with a crew ...

We've got a double-header for today's edition of Detroit Cliche Watchdog, an ongoing series examining media coverage of Detroit from everywhere except Detroit. Are you ready? YouTube user proshea01, ...

Detroiters may despise the ruins that surround them, but the hundreds – if not thousands – of tourists who come to see the derelict buildings say the experience helps them understand the Motor City.

DETROIT -- Detroit has more than 70,000 abandoned buildings. Among them is an old Cadillac plant that houses piles of wood. Where others see trash, Mark Wallace sees buried treasure. Wallace started ...

The Michigan Central Station stands empty in Detroit. Built in 1913, the building closed in 1988 and has since been a major attraction on so-called "ruin tours" that focus on the city's abandoned ...

DETROIT — He’d heard stories of ruin and blight, but that didn’t prepare Oliver Kearney for what he saw: Prostitutes roaming the streets at 8 a.m., rubble-strewn parking lots overrun with weeds, ...

Installation view of Nancy Mitchnick’s ‘Uncalibrated’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (all images courtesy the artist and MOCAD) (click to enlarge) Mitchnick was a member of Detroit’s Cass ...