In Detroit’s heyday, it was the place where workers in a rising middle class flocked to factories to build the cars that changed America’s way of life. It was a city of innovation, of pride ...

Army soldiers patrol Detroit streets after wartime race riots between blacks and whites swept the city, June 1943. Gordon Coster—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Not published in LIFE.

The City of Detroit razed 3,500 abandoned buildings in 2014. There were 3,839 cases of suspicious fires in the city last year, according to a report from The Detroit News . Then there are the ...

Detroit's Renaissance Center has been a crowning gem of the city's skyline since the 1970s. But since General Motors announced plans to move its headquarters out of the towers, the RenCen has ...

F ive decades ago, during the long, hot summer of 1967, the city of Detroit erupted in one of the deadliest and costliest riots in the history of the United States. Reportedly sparked by a police ...

Explore Detroit's visual beauty through Metro Times's captivating photos. Discover the city's picturesque moments in stunning images.

What was Detroit like in the 1920s? These vintage photos take you back in time. Between 1920 and 1930, Detroit's population soared from 993,678 to 1,568,662.

A few years ago, I was sitting at my kitchen table in Oakland, Calif., reading an article about a New York artist who had moved (part-time, as many do) to Detroit, my then-former hometown. Midway t… ...

The Detroit Fire Administration said the subject of the photos is a 9-year veteran of the department who has had no other issues on his record working for the city. Detroit Fire Department Chief ...

Detroit City Year has placed 10 young people ― a mix of college students and aspiring teachers ― into Bethune to help students in grades 3-8 in reading and math.

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers have unveiled their new City Connect alternate uniforms. Photos of uniforms The uniforms are black with a blue tire tread pattern down the center.