Tag: Development and Neighborhoods
City Guide 2025: Detroit Murals
With some of the best museums in the country, like the Detroit Institute of Arts (named the best art museum in the country by...
City Guide 2025: A Second Look at Detroit
On the first morning of my second trip to Detroit, I opened the curtains of my 29th-floor hotel suite to a wide-screen view of...
How the Rose Estate is Preserving “Her Story”
Tucked at the end of a private drive in Detroit’s Palmer Woods neighborhood, a house stands as a testament to resilience. Nearly lost to...
Downtown Detroit Development Projects in 2025
Hotels
The District Detroit development consists of 10 new builds and renovation projects, including the 14-floor Little Caesars Arena Hotel. It will have 291 guest...
Wright Here in Metro Detroit
If Norman Silk is right, the skies and sidewalks will fill with socks Sept. 25-29 when the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy comes to...
ICYMI: The Detroit Zoo’s New Water Tower & More Top Stories
Detroit Zoo Reveals New Logo for Their Iconic Water Tower
The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) unveiled a new design for the nearly 100-year-old Detroit Zoo...
ICYMI: USPBL’s 2024 Season & Other Top Stories
United Shore Professional Baseball League’s Ninth Season Starts Today
United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) is starting its ninth season on May 17 at Jimmy...
ICYMI: Top Towns and More Top Stories of the Week
Top Towns 2024: The Best Places to Live in Metro Detroit
Last November, we asked Hour Detroit readers to tell us what matters most to...
ICYMI: GM to Relocate Headquarters and Other Top Stories
GM to Move Headquarters From RenCen to Hudson’s Site Building
General Motors is relocating its Detroit headquarters to Bedrock’s Hudson’s Site building from the Renaissance...
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched for Downtown Farmington’s Masons Corner
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the City of Farmington, and the Farmington Downtown Development Authority (DDA) announced the launch of a new crowdfunding...
ICYMI: Hudson’s Site Tower Topped & Other Top Stories
Detroit’s Hudson Site Tower Has Been Topped Off
The Detroit skyline changed forever today as the final beam of the Hudson’s site skyscraper was lifted...
ICYMI: An Interview with Jason Benetti & Other Top Stories
Meet Jason Benetti, the New Voice of the Tigers
For the last eight years, Jason Benetti was the TV play-by-play announcer for the Chicago White...
Cristy Lee’s New Design Studio & Other Top Stories
HGTV’s Cristy Lee Opens a Design Studio in Metro Detroit
Cristy Lee may be known best for her television career — but recently, she added...
HGTV’s Cristy Lee Opens a Design Studio in Metro Detroit
Cristy Lee may be known best for her television career — but recently, she added “metro Detroit business owner” to her resume. MotorCity Built,...
Detroit’s First 3D-Printed House & Other Top Stories
Detroit’s First 3D-Printed Home is on the Market
Construction of Detroit’s first 3D-printed home, located in the Islandview neighborhood, is now complete and on the...
Detroit’s First 3D-Printed Home is Now Available for Sale
Construction of Detroit’s first 3D-printed home, located in the Islandview neighborhood, is now complete and on the market with an asking price of $224,500.
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Michigan Properties Added to Historic Places Registry & Other Top Stories
19 Michigan Properties Were Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced 19 historic Michigan properties were...
Detroiters Weigh in on MDOT’s I-375 Reconnecting Communities Project
In 1964, the 1-mile highway of I-375 stretching north from Jefferson to Mack Avenue was built without the consent of the neighborhoods it destroyed....
Farmington Hills City Council Approves Demolition of Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
The longtime home of Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is officially on the demo block as Farmington Hills’ city council unanimously approved a partial redevelopment...
A Guide to the Local Burger Scene & Other Top Stories
Your Guide to the Metro Detroit Burger Scene
From creative menu items in Corktown to Cuban-inspired eats downtown and delicious eats out in the suburbs,...
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