September 30, 2017
Semi-protected bike lanes appear on Pinecrest in Ferndale
The repaving of Pinecrest, which closed the north-south connector street between Nine Mile Road and Pleasant Ridge for most of...
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September 25, 2017
New walking trails just the start of planned Ferndale parks improvements
As I’ve previously written, work has been under way at Harding Park to install new rain gardens and a paved...
September 2, 2017
2 former Ferndale schools to be razed for housing: Here’s what it’ll look like
Two former Ferndale schools will meet the wrecking ball after the Labor Day weekend to make way for new housing...
July 31, 2017
Reprieve means 8 Wood Motel can stay open if it cleans up its act
Ferndale’s only two overnight lodging establishments have been operating in limbo ever since the city moved to decline each of...
July 24, 2017
New footpath among improvements under way at Ferndale’s Harding Park
A new looping non-motorized path, playscape, gardens and a solar-powered electronics charging station are coming to one of Ferndale’s largest...
June 19, 2017
Car-free pedestrian plazas suddenly all the rage in the Motor City
Detroit, for decades a monument to the hegemony of the automobile, is increasingly ceding road real estate to pedestrian uses,...
May 18, 2017
Abandoned building on 8 Mile to get mural as part of ‘Art on 8’ initiative
An abandoned building on Eight Mile Road near Livernois will soon be brightened with a new mural, thanks to a...
April 3, 2017
Ferndale wants to launch ‘Fab Cab’ trolley service to Detroit Zoo, neighboring cities
Voters may have deflated hopes for more robust public transit when it defeated the Regional Transit Authority proposal last fall,...
March 29, 2017
Here we go again: Ferndale gets its knickers in a bunch over a parking deck
Fake news is rearing its ugly head in Ferndale, threatening to derail the city’s attempt to follow through on its...
March 18, 2017
Ferndale’s building boom pushes development to long-neglected corners of city
It’s easy enough to forget nowadays, as it continues to attract new restaurants, bars, retail and housing, but it wasn’t...
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