Detroit City Council approved ending a brownfield redevelopment plan for upscale housing units on the 44-acres. The plan ...

The old buildings like the Fisher, Guardian and Masonic, with their embellishments by architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci. And then there's Belle Isle, where her first official event was a 700 ...

but we basically want to restore the building and make sure it becomes a community asset, not the private club that it was." ...

He describes Sir Ralph as having ‘much improved and beautified’ the island with ‘very costly and pleasant buildings and improvements’. He is also described as having renamed it Belle Isle. The same ...

Some note, however, that the signs detailing the history of the buildings were difficult to read due to wear. Belle Isle is located in the James River, just south of downtown. Limited, free ...

At Detroit’s Belle Isle Park, the lush botanical garden at ... to make way for a $10 million project that will update the building’s glass and steel dome. So fans of the gardens only have ...

Belle Isle Park is open year round, from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Facility hours vary and are more restricted. For instance, the ...