Burgerbanism: Telway Hamburgers, the Final Frontier of Southwest Detroit
Burgerbanism is an ongoing, however infrequent, series on restaurants and their architectural, economic, and social context in cities. A sticky
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“MDOT will be the ultimate decider on all roadway decisions.”
Not quite the Grand Prix yet and we’re already having issues. Can we protect Belle Isle from being clogged by car traffic?
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Greenways, The Ultimate High-Density Corridor Development Tool?
Nat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.
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COVID Didn’t Close Roads. Why Is So Much Transit Still Shut Down?
Transit in DC was good! Not great, but good! Buses? A+. Metro? Well, it was a mixed bag.
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Decarbonizing Transportation With… More Fossil Fuels?
I just want clean air and buses. Is that so much to ask?
Read MoreShould We Give Up on The QLINE?
As life has changed dramatically for many over the past year, the workers of Detroit have continued to rely upon
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NPC21: The Rapid Evolution of Virtual Conferencing
Nat is attending the National Planning Conference “in” Boston this week, and reflecting on growth in the planning field alongside leaps and bounds in progress made in virtual conferencing.
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New Grand River Streetscaping: Safer, Slower, Greener
New streetscaping improvements have turned portions of Grand River Avenue, on Detroit’s West Side, from a street-level freeway into something more closely resembling a real city street that people might be able to safely hang out and shop on.
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Morning Coffee, Detroit Traffic: The Post-COVID Craze Is About To Be Wild
Yesterday, Detroit was a whole traffic jam, as an increasingly vaccinated cross-section of, well, everyone, emerged from the cocoons of Michigan winter and lockdowns.
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Durable, Illiquid, Efficient, and Thoroughly Unsexy: Building Envelopes vs. Climate Change
Building envelope retrofits aren’t very flashy. But they’re a crucial way to address the climate crisis.
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