Michigan's record-breaking $16 billion AI data center investment raises a bigger question: are we creating the next engine of economic growth – or repeating a century-old cycle of giving corporations public concessions for limited long-term community benefits?
As Michigan competes in the winner-takes-all NCAA Championship, let's reflect on other key March Madness moments in Detroit history.
Palmer Park’s 57 apartment buildings represent one of Detroit’s clearest examples of intentional, high-quality multifamily planning.
This year's history lesson? There’s almost always a story from Detroit’s past that helps to provide context for today.
Detroit’s first step into public sports infrastructure construction came in 1960 with the opening of Cobo Arena, the stadium component of the larger riverfront redevelopment that led to the convention hall and Hart Plaza.
During the second half of the 19th century, Thanksgiving traditions in America varied from region to region. Michigan's observance began in 1834.
Nearly a century later, the brutal slaying of Detroit preacher and mystic Benny Evangelist remains one of the city’s darkest unsolved crimes.
When Ford Motor Company left Dearborn, it closed the book on one of the Midwest’s greatest modern landmarks — a shimmering symbol of Detroit’s mid-century confidence.
Before Hard Knocks, there was Paper Lion — George Plimpton’s wild Lions experiment that made football a content machine.
July 24, 1934, was a day filled with extremes; lumber fires, traffic deaths, police crackdowns, baseball hysteria, and City Hall hijinks.
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