House-as-a-Service? The Unbearable Silliness of the 50-Year Mortgage
Not a day goes by in 2025 without some egregious display of incompetence, overtly contemptuous behavior, or general foolishness from
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Cities & Urban Planning
When Is A Building A High-Rise?
No, this is not a silly riddle with a dad joke punchline, it’s a genuine question– and one that comes
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Fond Memories From DC, An American War Zone
I had a great time living in DC. It was hardly a war zone, no matter what the president of the United States says.
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Dan Gilbert Juggles Tenants, And Taxpayers Are On The Hook.
The University of Michigan says that the Hudson’s Site in Detroit will pay off the cost of the public subsidies, which amount to the better part of a billion dollars– by 2052. Is it worth it?
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The I-375 Removal Project Is Dead. So, Too, Is Irony.
Jason Garza, Deputy Region Engineer with the Michigan Department of Transportation, announced yesterday that the next meeting about the I-375
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Mike Duggan’s Value Destruction Saga Continues
Today, the city of Detroit began demolition of the former Federal Department Store, a.k.a. the Mammoth Department Store, at the
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Affordable Housing Crisis: Why Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)?
The ADU is everything good about tiny house, without the contextual vacuum. Is it enough to solve the housing crisis? Perhaps not, but it’s a significant enough tool in the toolkit that everyone should think about it.
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Hot Empire in Decline Summer
The coneflowers, the monarda, and a multitude of pollinator friends have taken over the yard; the wildfire smoke has taken over the air; bizarre news continues to come out of DC every few hours.
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A Kei Truck Made in Detroit? Or, Hell Has Really Frozen Over?
Trucks have been getting bigger and more expensive. Until a recent startup asked the question, “what if we didn’t?”
Read MoreHappy New Year! Wrapping up 2024.
A wrap-up of another year, the last half of which saw me writing a historically limited amount, which is a
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