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Computer rendering of a rectangular building at night with windows on the ground and top floors, and a textured screen surrounding the middle floors. An older building behind it says “Music Hall” on the roof’s marquee. Dozens of people walk on the street in front of the buildings.

One good building: Historic Music Hall getting $122 million expansion

by Aaron Mondry November 15, 2023November 14, 2023

Aerial view of skyscrapers on a sunny day.

The Dirt: The niche economists who love Duggan

by Aaron Mondry November 15, 2023November 14, 2023

Aerial view of urban downtown with baseball stadium showing green, manicured field and empty seats centered in the foreground. A river is in the background behind skyscrapers.

The Dirt: District Detroit limps toward groundbreaking

by Aaron Mondry November 8, 2023November 7, 2023

Aerial view of urban downtown with baseball stadium showing green, manicured field and empty seats centered in the foreground. A river is in the background behind skyscrapers.

Don’t ask, don’t tell at the Detroit Housing Commission

by Aaron Mondry November 8, 2023November 7, 2023

Black woman with long dark hair, glasses and a blue striped cardigan standing outside the white front door of a brick house.

Detroit Housing Commission has stopped making inspection reports public after recent failures

by Aaron Mondry November 8, 2023November 7, 2023

Map of Detroit with the vast majority various shades of purple. Key in the bottom right corner labeled “Detroit Land Value Tax” has an “estimated tax change (residential)” radiant that goes from dark purple to dark orange.

One good map: A parcel-level view of changing taxes in Detroit

by Aaron Mondry November 8, 2023November 6, 2023

Man in a white t-shirt holding a coffee mug stands in front of a house with weathered wood siding. A plastic sheet surrounds the base of the house with the words “Tyvek” repeating on it.

Fix it or lose it: Land Bank homebuyers going broke repairing water lines cut by the city

by Aaron Mondry November 1, 2023October 31, 2023

Spanish-style building with white peeling paint, on the coast at dusk.

Land Bank lemons: Homes with cut water lines leave buyers in sea of debts

by Aaron Mondry November 1, 2023October 31, 2023

Spanish-style building with white peeling paint, on the coast at dusk.

Coming down? Uncertain future for Belle Isle Boat Club

by Aaron Mondry November 1, 2023October 31, 2023

Computer generated image of a tall glass building connected to a longer brown building. Blurry cars zoom by on the street in front and pedestrians and cyclists use the sidewalk in the foreground.

The Dirt: Community benefits from the Morouns and latest with Henry Ford expansion

by Aaron Mondry November 1, 2023October 31, 2023