The Detroit Free Press

Long a symbol of urban decay, downtown Detroit is attracting residents and investment, though obstacles remain.

Designed in the 1960s as part of a wave of largely unsuccessful urban renewal projects across the U.S., this continuously thriving mixed-income and racially integrated community just east of downtown Detroit stands as a model of good urban design.

With over 23,000 miles of streets and roads and more to come, naming thoroughfares in metro Detroit is fast turning into a creative exercise.

Planned communities that blend residential, retail, and recreational uses are becoming a popular type of development.

State and local officials hope Google's announcement of plans to open new facility in Ann Arbor, MI, will attract more companies to the area.

In order to decrease his city's budget deficit, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is looking to sell Rackham Golf Course. However, the potential sale, which has upset the surrounding community, may be denied by a deed restriction.

Tele Atlas NV, a Boston-based mapping company, is incorporating the latest technologies to change the way drivers navigate.

The City of Detroit plans to add three new casinos and thousand of jobs to its core by 2008. City officials are betting on the new mega-complexes to draw more visitors to the struggling downtown.

In his annual state of the city address, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks to build on the success of last summer's MLB All-Star Game, Superbowl XL, and the recent boom in downtown housing starts.

For the first time in decades Detroit has captured the largest increase in housing units for its seven county metro area, despite still large numbers of people leaving the city on an annual basis.

After years of planning, the City of Detroit will finally demolish the last remnants of industry along its waterfront, making way for the expansion of its riverwalk and future development.

Thanks to new Neighborhood Entreprise Zone designations, loft development is becoming more viable in Detroit.

The Great Lakes ecosystem is in chaos. The solution, say policymakers and scientists: ban all oceangoing cargo ships.

A concept for an economic development plan to benefit black business owners comes under attack by the community.

A new economic development plan that calls for racial isolation is hotly debated in Detroit.

Trucks and SUVs are causing record consumption this year and refineries are already operating at capacity.

Architecture critic John Gallager reviews the new World War II memorial in Washington D.C.

A 50th birthday retrospective of a mall that started it all and the sprawl that followed.

What legal responsibility do cities have to provide adequate public services, such as traffic signals and street lights?

A Detroit Free Press expose reveals the neglect of lead-based paint inspections in many properties that accept Section 8 vouchers, and the children who are paying for it.