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Residents of the 1300 Lafayette high-rise (background) want to use steam heat that would impact the Historic Lafayette Park townhouses (right).

Detroit Thermal lacks green light for steam project in historic Lafayette Park — for now

The controversy has pitted neighbors against each other as one side presses for steam to heat a high-rise

By Steve Neavling

Image: Amp Fiddler to be honored with street name in Detroit’s Conant Gardens

Amp Fiddler to be honored with street name in Detroit’s Conant Gardens

Image: Detroit Thermal seeks to calm fears over steam project in historic Lafayette Park

Detroit Thermal seeks to calm fears over steam project in historic Lafayette Park

By Steve Neavling

Image: Lafayette Park residents rise up as steam project threatens historic development

Lafayette Park residents rise up as steam project threatens historic development

By Steve Neavling

Dave McMurray.

Tino G’s ‘Tales From the D’ returns to PBS

Attendees dress in red at the Marche du Nain Rouge.

Detroit’s Marche du Nain Rouge keeps local folklore alive

Anne Frank the Exhibition includes a replica of the secret annex where Frank’s family (and four others) hid from the Nazis.

Lapointe: A somber replica that feels all too real

By Joe Lapointe

Guitarist Mike Walker (right), the last remaining member of Bogue, decided to release the band’s unfinished 2002 recordings. Fellow band member Dan Maister died by suicide in 2005.

Twenty years ago, addiction, tragedy, and industry hijinks kept Detroit band Bogue from launching. Now its lost album is ready to blast off.

By Chris Handyside

Chris Cornell 660 W. Baltimore St., Detroit “On a raised platform in the back corner of Northern Lights Lounge sits a red leather booth. In the booth, on May 18, 2017, the lead singer of Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, sat with his bandmates. This was just prior to the band’s gig at the Fox Theatre, and the booth could very well be where Cornell had his last meal.”

Detroit’s hidden celebrity landmarks

By Layla McMurtrie

Image: A rare Grosse Pointe English manor is now on the market for almost $1.9M

A rare Grosse Pointe English manor is now on the market for $1.9M

By Sydney Catinna

892 W. Boston Blvd., Detroit

Historic Edward F. Fisher Mansion’s rare furnishings available in upcoming Detroit estate sale

By Layla McMurtrie

Image: Detroit’s Schinkel Fine Art breathes new life into the city’s historic Moross House

Detroit’s Schinkel Fine Art breathes new life into the city’s historic Moross House

By Layla McMurtrie

Image: Bloomfield home designed by Minoru Yamasaki listed for $2.95M

Bloomfield home designed by Minoru Yamasaki listed for $2.95M

Image: When Michigan State desegregated the college gridiron

When Michigan State desegregated the college gridiron

745 S Meridian Rd., Midland

Rare Alden B. Dow mid-century modern masterpiece in Midland hits the market for the first time

By Layla McMurtrie

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