The Detroit Free Press
Digital Mapping Is Changing The Way We Drive
Tele Atlas NV, a Boston-based mapping company, is incorporating the latest technologies to change the way drivers navigate.
Motor City Gamble: Three Casinos To Be Built In Downtown Detroit
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.
Mayor Kilpatrick Envisions The 'Next Detroit'
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.
The Revival of Detroit's Housing Market
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.
Detroit Set To Expand Riverwalk
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.
Loft Development in Detroit Accelerates
Thanks to new Neighborhood Entreprise Zone designations, loft development is becoming more viable in Detroit.
Oceangoing Ship Ban Explored
The Great Lakes ecosystem is in chaos. The solution, say policymakers and scientists: ban all oceangoing cargo ships.
'African Town' Plan Draws Protests
A concept for an economic development plan to benefit black business owners comes under attack by the community.
Detroit To Create 'African Town'
A new economic development plan that calls for racial isolation is hotly debated in Detroit.
SUV's To Blame For Higher Gas Prices
Trucks and SUVs are causing record consumption this year and refineries are already operating at capacity.
DC's New WWII Memorial: Grand And Bland
Architecture critic John Gallager reviews the new World War II memorial in Washington D.C.
The Mall Before The Sprawl
A 50th birthday retrospective of a mall that started it all and the sprawl that followed.
Lights Out For Public Safety?
What legal responsibility do cities have to provide adequate public services, such as traffic signals and street lights?
Section 8 Failures in Detroit
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.
Preemptive War On Sprawl
In a city rated as one of the nation's best places to live, a proposed plan asks voters for money to fight sprawl.
Detroit Residents Discover The Rural Thumb
Michigan's Thumb region, long overlooked as either a residential or vacation area, is starting to grow as Metro Detroiters migrate towards it.
Detroit Pins Hope On Downtown Complex
Detroit, MI, hopes a new urban park will bring urban vitality and street life to its downtown.
New Image For 8 Mile
Community leaders try to break image of road as barrier between have and have nots.
No Cookie-cutter Subdivion For Detroit's Lower East Side
There won't be a cookie-cutter subdivision in Detroit's Far Eastside project. Planners have come up with innovative approach for city lots that only 30 feet wide.
Unearthed Marker Plotted Detroit's Future Growth
Long buried, 200-year-old pillar marks start of Detroit's mile roads.
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