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Urban Planning 

Detroit: Vote No On Proposition N

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments mike duggan, economic development, proposition N, duggan, community development, demolition, Detroit, distressed property

Detroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.

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Historic preservation Parking 

Making Detroit Great Again– Through More Surface Parking

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments surface parking, tax revenue, emmett moten, demolition, Density, detroit city council, detroit saturday night building, detroiters for parking reform

Well, this is awful. Today, developer Emmett Moten began demolition of the Detroit Saturday Night Building. This will give him

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Urban Planning Affordable housing 

A Mayor Should Create Value, Not Refinance The Lack Of It

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments violet ikonomova, affordable housing, HHF, HUD, kwame kilpatrick, mike duggan, blight, brian farkas, christine ferretti, deadline detroit, duggan, demolition

Mike Duggan’s latest proposal to “eliminate blight” includes a proposed $250 million bond issue to finance his ongoing demolition program,

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Urban Planning Historic preservation Parking 

Saturday Night Parking Fever

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments michigan, fort street, francis grunow, green task force, ilitch, Mike Ilitch, olympia development, parking, surface parking, emmett moten, coleman young, demolition, detroit saturday night building, Detroit, detroiters for parking reform

En route to the Green Task Force meeting at Walker-Miller Energy Services in New Center, I stopped at 550 W.

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