Downtown Detroit

Spirit of Detroit keeps dream alive in renewal efforts

We're less than a week from the first pitch in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at Comerica Park, and the state of downtown Detroit might startle the doubters. To those whose image of downtown, where it's heading and how it'll look to outsiders disinterested in the region's petty squabbles, take another look. You'll be surprised.

Boat club site may become school

Port authority reviews $20 million proposal to create charter to offer maritime studies in Belle Isle Park.

Travel Channel – Secrets of Detroit

Detroit is the oldest city in the Midwest, but it reinvents itself to keep up with the times. Head inside the city that put the world on wheels.

Downtown Takes A Turn
Rethinking A Rebirth
Music Might = Revitalization
Detroit To Host NCAA Frozen Four in 2010

Detroit has been selected to host the NCAA Men's Frozen Four hockey Tournament for 2010. The economic impact to a city in hosting the Frozen Four is estimated at $10 million, but the number could increase based on Ford Field's larger capacity compared to past Frozen Four facilities.

Up and Away

dETROITfUNK Blog captures some incredible shots.

Detroit Downtown’s crime rates 26% below national average
Study reports dropping crime rates in Detroit’s Downtown

 

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