Ford Electrifies and Detroit Keeps it Grounded
The Mustang Mach-E: Innovation in Electrification Coming Out of Detroit’s Corktown
The Mustang Mach-E: Innovation in Electrification Coming Out of Detroit’s Corktown
Life in today's Detroit is reflected on its streets and sidewalks. The People Mover operates through a spirited city core. Cars and trucks clog intersections just as they did in the ’70s. You’d be hard-pressed to miss commuters and residents— tourists even—breezing along Woodward Avenue
When Ford Motor Company purchased Michigan Central Station in 2018 in Corktown, Detroit, the landmark had been vacant for years. Billionaire Matty Moroun’s company Controlled Terminals Inc. owned the station since 1992, promising restoration plans that never transpired. The station decayed over time from years
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are plenty of reasons to celebrate the revival of Detroit. A city that once saw its street lights shut off has become a model of urban renewal. But there is a downside—notably a surge in traffic that in decades past would have led to
Ford recently opened its new Information Center at the Factory in the Corktown neighborhood. It features a vast array of Ford’s contributions to the culture of Detroit, as well as updates on new efforts for the new Corktown Campus. The goal of its opening was to engage with the
An architect, preservationist, and practical design thinker, Michael Poris is the principal and co-founder of McIntosh Poris Associates. Founded in 1994, by Poris and Doug McIntosh, McIntosh Poris has a diverse portfolio in both style and scope, from private homes, to multi-family housing and restaurants to arenas. Within the breadth of this diverse portfolio,
Detroit seems to have been down this road before. Last month Ford a unveiled a mission to redevelop Detroit’s looming symbol to ruin porn, Michigan Central Station, a structure the city gained world renown for the recently coined term “urban exploration.” Could yet another plan breathe new life into decades of speculation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today there may be driverless cars, over a hundred years ago, things were different. Slow and prone to backfire, offering few amenities and little protection from the elements, the Ford Model T helped put the American masses on the road and, in the process, began