Neighborhoods

Our coverage of activities happening at the neighborhood level as told by the neighbors themselves. Coverage of the characteristics of given neighborhoods.

SPECIAL REPORT: Taking the ‘high road’

Green stormwater infrastructure is one of the most important tools we have for cleaning the Great Lakes. But paying for and managing it with public assets alone is daunting. Here's how leveraging private sector resources for green infrastructure can achieve multiple public goals.

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Roger Margerum House
The 10 most interesting houses in Detroit

Detroit has its share of stunningly beautiful houses. It also has its share of interesting, unusual, and downright bizarre houses. We sent Anthony Lanzilote to photograph our 10 favorite. 

Javanbakht and Grasser
Suffering in silence: How Metro Detroit supports the health of its youngest immigrants and refugees

The experience of moving to a foreign country can be traumatic for children, especially those fleeing persecution or war. Metro Detroit organizations are giving immigrant and refugee children tools to heal from traumatic experiences for a better future.

Some projects developed by students
Detroit youth harness science to create homegrown solutions to neighborhood problems

Thanks to mentorship from several forward-thinking organizations from around the city, a small but growing population of students are ready to tackle the problems of today and tomorrow through the power of science.

Take a walk in Grosse Pointe Park’s Cabbage Patch neighborhood

Join us in this first in a series of stories about metro Detroit's most walkable suburban neighborhoods.

Residents and businesses work together in Dearborn’s Eastborn neighborhood

In a changing neighborhood, one thing is constant: Neighbors who care.

Dearborn’s eclectic neighborhoods reflect city’s diversity

When it comes to neighborhoods, Dearborn has 'something for everyone.'

Chinatown kiosk at Peterborough and Cass
The yin and yang of Detroit’s fastest changing neighborhood

For the first article in our series on walking as a means of neighborhood discovery, Walter Wasacz heads to Chinatown, a place where booming economic activity confronts history. 

Aviation subdivision: A neighborhood in two cities

It's a tale of two cities...in one neighborhood. Metromode's David Sands digs into the mystery of the Aviation Subdivision, a unique community straddling the border of Detroit and Dearborn.

Kids practicing their short range throws
Can disc golf break out of the neighborhood park and into the mainstream?

Disc golf has been around in Metro Detroit since the 1970s. The sport continues to attract new players, new events and new courses every year. But is it ready for the mainstream?

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