A battle over a controversial steam project in Detroit’s Lafayette Park Historic District is boiling over as residents accuse utility company Detroit Thermal of trespassing, violating permit ...

A judge on Thursday upheld a temporary restraining order that blocks Detroit Thermal from running steam lines though the historic Lafayette Park neighborhood in Detroit, forcing 600 residents of a ...

Dozens of Lafayette Park residents packed the Detroit city hall auditorium the evening of July 2, expressing concerns over plans to reopen a steam network running underneath the historic Mies van ...

Townhouses by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in Lafayette Park in Detroit on Thursday, April 14, 2016.© Jessica J. Trevino, Detroit Free Press ...

Meantime, we will pursue every appellate and legal option at our disposal to serve our neighbors at 1300 East Lafayette,” Harvey Hollins III, spokesman for Detroit Thermal, said in a statement.

Detroit Thermal is asking a judge to lift a temporary restraining order from doing work in Lafayette Park's Mies van der Rohe district to build an underground steam heat network. The company asks ...

Detroit Thermal previously said that the 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative, which is a housing cooperative, disconnected from Detroit’s underground steam system years ago and invested in a self ...

The typical heating season begins Oct. 15, according to the court filing. Townhouses by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in Lafayette Park in Detroit on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

However, some neighbors in Lafayette Park oppose the project, concerned about the placement of a steam vent near the playground and the impact on the area’s pristine landscape and historic trees.