August 24, 2017
Plans for Monroe Block suggest density, modernism coming to Detroit
There’s big downtown Detroit development news — and to no one’s surprise, Dan Gilbert is involved — as Bedrock Detroit...
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February 28, 2017
Whether or not Gilbert’s tower rises, Detroit’s skyline poised to grow
Dan Gilbert, the mortgage and real estate billionaire, has proposed building Detroit’s highest skyscraper on the vacant former site of...
November 17, 2016
Fall in the hood: Watch a sugar maple change colors (slideshow)
Here’s a little homage to autumn, starring one of my favorite trees. It’s a sugar maple that stands on the...
July 31, 2015
In praise of good urban design: Detroit’s new Townhouse restaurant
Detroit doesn’t always feel like the big city it is — or at least was. Whether that’s because it essentially...
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