DETROIT -- Detroit may be broke but it will soon have a first-rate motor pool, featuring 23 new ambulances and a fleet of 100 new police cars. Some ci...

Belle Isle has certainly been a hot topic of conversation lately, and it seems like the nation's largest city island park is going to get a little out...

Tall grass stretching up to your knees. Garbage. Rusted play structures. That lonesome image will become the reality in 50 parks located in neighb...

Mayor Dave Bing announced on Friday that the city of Detroit will close 50 parks across the city -- just days after Detroit City Council vetoed a plan...

A prestigious organization of architects wants public input on an effort to re-envision Detroit's riverfront. The Detroit chapter of American Ins...

"We're getting a dog," It wasn't a question just an inevitability.And now, here we are, with this goofy mutt and no yard to exercise him in. Detroit should have a dog park, just like every other progressive and functioning city.

Weeks after Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder announced a plan for the state to operate and manage Belle Isle, an island park in the city, ...

Go-karts and merry-go-rounds could be the answer to the fiscal problems dogging Belle Isle, Detroit's island park, say some of its elected officials. ...

Detroit City Council won't vote on a proposal to lease the city's Belle Isle park to the state without further details, members said Tuesday. Mayor...

A Detroit City Council hearing to discuss the future of Belle Isle has been postponed until next week, Fox 2 reports. The body previously schedule...

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announced a plan Wednesday for the state to lease Belle Isle, the country's largest city-own...

This story originally appeared in Model D. There’s a curvaceous new concrete landscape at Klinger Street and the Davison, in the Detroit neighbo...

Mayor Dave Bing still hasn't reached a decision regarding control of the Parks & Recreation Department's crown jewel -- the 932 pastoral acres of Detr...

When a group of lawyers decided to transform a neglected park in southwest Detroit, they put down their legal pads, picked up paint brushes and got to...

New York City is installing adult playgrounds for fitness-hungry grown-ups, touting the benefits of a grade-school workout. For those of us who had...

As the city struggles to maintain its public spaces, some Detroiters are taking it upon themselves to keep parks safe and open. Greg Mudge, owner ...

Visitors to Detroit's Palmer Park will have a rare opportunity to take a tour of the city's only surviving log cabin this Sunday. On Michigan's 26t...

Racing fans are falling over themselves this week to scoop up tickets for the Detroit Grand Prix, making its return to Belle Isle. The IndyCar event r...

Could you transform your neighborhood with $2,000? The competitors in the "It's About Place" contest from Let's Save Michigan have come up with ide...

Mayor Dave Bing is proposing an ambitious plan to transfer Detroit's recreation centers to a new conservancy backed by private funding. Chief Oper...

It doesn't take a college degree to start tackling Detroit's problems and making the city a greener, more walkable place. While Wayne State University...

Visitors to Detroit's Scripps Park will have an opportunity to get in touch with the natural world through a unique garden designed to engage the five...

The City of Detroit will conduct controlled burns at two west side parks Wednesday. The Detroit Fire Department will oversee the blazes, which will co...

The city of Detroit is closing Riverside Park temporarily due to concerns about environmental contamination. The 20-acre-park, which is located ne...