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[VIDEO] Watch the Explosive Demolition of Historic Detroit Basketball Arena, the Palace of Auburn Hills

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From 1988 to 2017, the Palace of Auburn Hills was home to the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. The razing of the arena will make way for a new development which is expected to house several corporate offices. The NFL’s Detroit Lions called the Silverdome home from 1975-2001. via YouTube.

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s first U.S. project breaks ground in Detroit

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The northeast corner of Detroit’s Campus Martius Park will be home to Monroe Blocks, Schmidt hammer Lassen Architect’s first U.S. The project will span a 134,548-sf site across two city blocks and include the first high-rise office tower built in downtown Detroit in more than 25 years.

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Transportation Grants Help Create 880 Jobs In Metro Detroit

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million to the City of Detroit and the Road Commission for Oakland County. City of Detroit. In the City of Detroit, the condition of Mt. million in TEDF Category A funds and nearly $4 million from the City of Detroit. Elliott in the city of Detroit, creating 120 new jobs. chief operations officer.

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MSF Supports Job Creation, Economic Growth Across Michigan

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The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) recently approved projects including business expansions in Zeeland, Detroit, and Sterling Heights; community revitalization projects in Lansing.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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Must See: Detroit's Beaux-Arts parking garage

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The storied Michigan Building in downtown Detroit, built in the grandiose Renaissance Revival style of the Roaring Twenties, has now been used for a while as a facility the original architects perhaps never intended it to be used as: a parking garage. Body Image: read more.

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Former Public Officials Indicted on Criminal Charges in Flint Water Crisis

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The indictments make clear the charges flow from the government determination in 2014 to switch the water supply from the Detroit water system to the Flint River as a cost cutting measure without properly considering the possible impact on human health. Read Rick Snyder’s Grand Jury Indictment. Two were charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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