That’s what Detroit has been doing since 1974. As a result, 17% of the city’s land area is now composed of vacant land where ...

Once a thriving industrial powerhouse, Detroit is now a city of contrast— where abandoned buildings and urban decay tell a story of resilience and reinvention. From crumbling factories to forgotten ...

Residents in Detroit, Michigan, are dealing with the aftermath of a water main break that flooded homes earlier this week. On Monday, a 54-inch steel transmission line built in the 1930s ruptured ...

The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit's decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create a ...

Detroit’s population plummeted, in part due to the growth of the suburbs in the 1950s, race riots in 1967, the decline in auto manufacturing, and the 2008 financial crisis. Over the decades each ...