Notes From the Neighborhood

The Wall That Shouldn't Have Been: Detroit's Birwood Wall and the Legacy of Redlining

  If you’re spent any time looking at a Detroit neighborhoods guide or driving through the Northwest side, you’ve probably noticed that our city has some of the most incredible architecture in the country. We have Tudor Revivals that look like they belong in a storybook and mid-century modern gems t

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Raising the Roof: Why Organic Shingles Are the Ultimate Detroit No-Go

  If you’ve lived in Detroit for more than five minutes, you know our weather has a bit of a personality disorder. We can go from a humid 90-degree afternoon to a freezing rainstorm that turns the Lodge into an ice rink by midnight. While we’re tough enough to handle it, your house might not be: esp

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Detroit 101: The No-BS Guide to Moving to the Motor City

So, you’re thinking about moving to Detroit. Welcome to the club. I’ve lived here long enough to know that this city never fits neatly into the boxes people try to put it in. It’s not just a "comeback story," and it’s definitely not the post-apocalyptic wasteland you see in old movies. It’s a bold,

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