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Judge blocks Detroit Thermal from using historic Lafayette Park townhome property

A Wayne County judge has permanently blocked Detroit Thermal from using property owned by the historic Mies van der Rohe townhome associations in Lafayette Park to run steam service to a nearby high-rise, handing residents a major victory in a yearlong legal fight over easements, trespass, and historic preservation.

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Neighbors say Detroit waterfront park bears little resemblance to what was promised

Detroit officials celebrated the reopening of AB Ford Park last fall as a major step forward for the waterfront site. 

But months later, residents who live next to the waterfront park say it’s plagued by flooding, dead trees, leftover construction debris, a crumbling parking lot, and missing amenities that were promised to the community.

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Detroit Thermal declares premature victory while historic Lafayette Park residents keep fighting

Energy company Detroit Thermal is claiming a Wayne County jury handed it a “sweeping verdict” in a controversial case over whether the utility can run steam lines across Lafayette Park townhomes to heat a nearby high-rise. But the legal reality is far more complicated.  The jury on Tuesday rejected one claim from townhome residents, finding […]

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Judge rules Detroit Thermal cannot run steam lines across historic Lafayette Park

A Wayne County judge has ruled that Detroit Thermal does not have the legal right to run steam lines across private property in Detroit’s historic Lafayette Park neighborhood, delivering a major victory to residents of the Mies van der Rohe–designed townhome cooperatives.

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‘Rehab Addict’ canceled as clip surfaces of Nicole Curtis using racial slur

Nicole Curtis’s run on HGTV seems to have come to an end.  The network abruptly canceled the new season of the Michigan-born home renovation star’s popular show Rehab Addict on Wednesday after a leaked production clip caught her using a racial slur. “I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not […]

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