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Canada Trip IV – Toronto’s Vertical Suburbs

September 27, 2019November 15, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments capital markets, capitalism, Density, Development, housing, liberty village, ontario, prenzlauer berg, suburbs, Toronto, Zoning

There is this old chestnut in the right wing media echo chamber that goes something like this: “Capitalism provides variety!

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Real Estate Urban Planning Cities & Urban Planning Parking Housing 

Detroit Park City, No. 2: West Larned (2/52)

August 14, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Corrado Parducci, Density, Detroit, detroit park city, Development, downtown, high-rise, parking, surface parking, underground parking

Any effort to address the Motor City’s glut of surface parking might well start, ironically, downtown. At the risk of

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Cities & Urban Planning Parking 

Detroit Park City, No. 1: Mexican Village (1/52)

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments Density, detroit park city, Development, housing, mexican village detroit, mixed-use, parking, parking lots, real estate, surface parking

In my last post I introduced Detroit Park City, a planning research project focusing on the positive potential of converting

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Finance Detroit Real Estate Urban Planning Cities & Urban Planning 

Gentrification: Inevitable In Detroit, Still Not Actually Our Biggest Problem

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments $500 house, Density, Detroit, Development, Expropriation, Foreclosure, Gentrification, Market urbanism, Real estate finance, Tax foreclosure, Vacancy

Have you heard the good news? Detroit’s coming back! New stadia, high-density development, a 3.3 mile streetcar line, and the fact that

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