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Review: Reimagining Detroit 22 Jun 2011 | 02:26 am
The 2010 Census was unkind to the Rust Belt. Buffalo, Cleveland, Flint, and Youngstown all posted double digit percentile declines in population, falling back to levels last seen a century ago. Detr...
Liveblogging: State of the City 2011 23 Feb 2011 | 12:38 pm
7:50 pm – You can read the text of the speech here. Nothing too memorable, I’m afraid. I liked most of what he said, but it was all boilerplate. No new proposals to speak of, and while he took on crit...
Detroit: Do-It-Yourself City 7 Jan 2011 | 04:03 pm
Detroit gets a lot of bad press, and 2010 was no exception. Stories of Detroit’s corruption, crime, and civic collapse regularly made national news, and locals loved to grouse about it. But in many wa...
Rethinking rightsizing in North Corktown 9 Nov 2010 | 08:16 pm
N. Corktown - Established 1834 Rightsizing has been a buzzword in Detroit for at least a year and a half, but for all the talk so far, there’s been little focus on the actual neighborhoods of Detroit...
Righting the rightsizing process 17 Sep 2010 | 04:27 am
On Tuesday the Detroit Works Project kicked off with a mass meeting at Greater Grace Temple on the far west side. Nearly a thousand Detroiters answered the mayor’s call, filling every seat and lining ...
Retrofitting Detroit: Connect the dots 8 Sep 2010 | 05:10 pm
This is the last in a series on retrofitting metro Detroit for urbanism. Also see the first, second, and third. Willis Street in the Cass Corridor / Midtown Detroit. Courtesy of Andrew Jameson @ Wiki...
Retrofitting Detroit: Filling in the blanks 9 Aug 2010 | 03:50 pm
This is the third in a series on retrofitting metro Detroit for urbanism. Also read the first and second. Downtown Detroit: The urban heart of the region. Courtesy of ifmuth @ Flickr. The mayor of P...
Retrofitting Detroit: Stop the sprawl 16 Jul 2010 | 04:00 pm
This is the second in an ongoing series on retrofitting metro Detroit for urbanism. Read the first here. 1920s Suburbia - Dearborn, MI Great cities have great neighborhoods. But not only has Metro D...
Retrofitting Metro Detroit for urbanism 26 May 2010 | 10:04 am
When friends come back from trips to Chicago, they often lament that Detroit is not a “real city.” As quick as I am to protest — we have great parks, renowned museums, incredible architecture, huge fe...
Saying so long to Cityfest / Tastefest 19 May 2010 | 10:15 am
Cityfest, Detroit’s best summer festival, is no more. After a great 20-year run, the New Center Council, the organizers of the festival, have decided to focus instead on redeveloping New Center Park. ...
