Diesel Exhaust, Potholes, and A Vision of Better Commercial Corridors in Southwest Detroit
Greg Mangan, real estate advocate for the Southwest Detroit Business Association, picks me up at the northwest corner of West
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Cities & Urban Planning
Germans Have At Least 7 Words For Train Stations. Because Of Course They Do.
Fahrkarte, bitte! We’re going on a lingusitic-infrastructural journey to learn about how infrastructure thinking is baked into the very language we use to describe it.
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Wishes For A Greener Spring
The advent of warm weather! The return of street fairs! The sniffles from spring allergies! And ever so much more.
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Can Second-Floor Apartments Make A Comeback? A New SDBA Grant Program Thinks So.
An ambitious new program in Detroit seeks to provide $10,000 to property owners to renovate and rent out second-floor and third-floor apartments in mixed-use buildings along several major corridors in Southwest Detroit.
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Radiators Vs. Forced Air: Who Will Triumph In Efficiency?
A recent Twitter debate prompted me to think about whether we can’t come up with a better metric to compare the efficiencies of heating systems using radically different methods of thermal transfer. As you can probably guess, there is a better way– but it’s not easy to figure out.
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Detroit Awards Development Package to the Dark Lord Sauron
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces an unprecedented subsidy package to the Dark Lord Sauron to assist in sustainable redevelopment of Barad-dûr.
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New Ideas For Utility Policy (Idea No. 2)
In my last article, I looked at this question of “dig once” and how it might influence utility affordability and
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The Collapse Of SVB Is A Big Deal. It’s Not a Catastrophic Big Deal.
The tech world and the finance world are both abuzz this week over the nearly overnight collapse of Silicon Valley
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Will California Get Out Of Its Own Way?
The Bear Republic has been bearish on housing prospects. But a new bill could change that– provided the state and its residents can shake off its affinity for car-dependent suburban sprawl.
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Right-To-Renew, And Other Things
Gentrification and predatory housing practices led policymakers in Ann Arbor to create a new “right-to-renew” ordinance. Could it be a valuable tool in the fight for tenant protections?
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