Is Underground Parking Really That Expensive?
Underground parking is a good way to rethink the largest single urban land use– and the way to finance and develop it is actually deceptively simple.
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Follow The Sharrow To My Heart: An Urbanist Valentine’s Day
Love comes in many typologies and densities. This Valentine’s Day, you can celebrate by thinking about some parallels between relationships and cities!
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Detroit Park City No. 7 – Lafayette & Cass
There’s a funny little corner parking lot in downtown Detroit at the corner of Cass & Lafayette. The lot is
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Detroit Park City No. 6 – Eastern Parket District
Eastern Market is home to about 1400 city-owned off-street parking spaces, representing a massive public subsidy for the motorcar.
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Detroit Park City No. 5 – Crossing The Post Office Desert of West Fort Street
One of the interesting things about Detroit’s built environment is the hub-and-spoke street layout. There are multiple, conflicting street grids,
Read MoreDetroit Park City No. 4 – Corktown and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Low Density
As Detroit’s hottest neighborhood, at least according to Buzzfeed, Corktown has to live up to a high standard. It’s got
Read MoreDetroit Park City #3: Dog Walks In Morounville
The other day (awhile ago, sorry about the delay), I deviated from my morning routine and took the hound down
Read MoreDetroit Park City, No. 2: West Larned (2/52)
Any effort to address the Motor City’s glut of surface parking might well start, ironically, downtown. At the risk of
Read MoreDetroit Park City, No. 1: Mexican Village (1/52)
In my last post I introduced Detroit Park City, a planning research project focusing on the positive potential of converting
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