I have a new blog called Detroit Urbanism. It's about the way history shapes our maps and built environment in both the city of Detroit...

Inspired by the 200th anniversary commemoration of the survey of Michigan and surveyor Joseph Fenicle's April 2015 article on the subje...

I became a Corktown resident ten years ago today. My first address in the neighborhood was a large Victorian house that had been divided in...

Last Thursday, michiganradio.org published a story in answer to the question, " 8 Mile Road is eight miles from where? " I love e...

Prior to 1889, only a small, single-story brick building stood on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue and Wabash. Built in 1878, it wa...