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Culture & Language Lifestyle Environment

A Love Burning Brighter Than The Gas Flares Of Zug Island

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 48216, 48217, 48219, air pollution, ambassador bridge, boynton, crossing us canada border, delray, delray detroit, engagement, engagement photos, gordie howe, gordie howe international bridge, marathon oil, marathon petroleum, marathon refinery, matty moroun, moroun, most polluted zip codes in michigan, Nat Zorach, noah balanda, oakwood heights, river rouge, rouge river, southwest detroit, us canada border, us canadian border, US Steel, water pollution, who is gordie howe, windsor, Zug Island, zug island hum, zug island iced tea

As many of you know, or don’t, I got engaged in September! Yes, folks– if someone thinks they can put

Real Estate Policy Urban Planning Law

The Morouns Tore Down A Warehouse For More Truck Parking. Really. [EDITED]

July 9, 2021July 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments BSEED, building department, city of detroit, city of detroit government, climate change, corktown, criminal negligence, david bell, Detroit, drainage, drainage assessment, duggan, duggan administration, enforcement, flooding, hardscaping, impervious surfaces, industrial slumlords, manuel moroun, matty moroun, Michigan Central Station, mike duggan, moroun, moroun clan, moroun empire, municipal incompetence, pervious surfaces, rain tax, Regulation, slumlords, southwest detroit, southwest solutions, ted bundy, west side industrial

Walking from home to Corktown last night in search of food and drink with some out-of-town visitors who were eager

Urban Planning Burgerbanism

Burgerbanism: Telway Hamburgers, the Final Frontier of Southwest Detroit

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments burgerbanism, burgurbanism, Detroit, DTW, earl owens, martin rd, martin st detroit, southwest detroit, telway, telway hamburgers

Burgerbanism is an ongoing, however infrequent, series on restaurants and their architectural, economic, and social context in cities. A sticky

Cities & Urban Planning Environment

A Common-Sense Rezoning Hits Billionaire Resistance

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Guest 0 Comments downzoning, industrial zoning, manuel moroun, matty moroun, moroun, moroun detroit, moroun trucking, nonconforming uses, rail corridor, rail corridors, rezoning, southwest detroit, toledo detroit, toledo st. detroit

The billionaire Moroun family’s trucking empire, which also owns the Ambassador Bridge, is pushing for a controversial zoning measure that would allow them to develop a trucking depot in Southwest Detroit. Residents do not favor the effort, and the city has declined to enforce its own ordinances to stop them from starting development. (Guest piece by Dion Thompson-Davoli).

Urban Planning Government Vacancy

Why Is Detroit Giving Industrial Slumlords Like Moroun A Free Pass?

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ambassador bridge, BSEED, building department, building inspections, building inspector, corktown, dan gilbert, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, DIBC, economic development, enforcement, gordie howe, gordie howe international bridge, green dot stables, logistics, manuel moroun, matty moroun, Mike Ilitch, moroun, northern border transit, rosa parks blvd., southwest detroit, trucking, UST properties, UST Properties of Michigan, ust properties of michigan llc, Vacancy, warren, west side industrial

The owners of the Ambassador Bridge, their trucking empire, and a plethora of shell corporations own many acres of prime real estate close to Detroit’s downtown. Why have they avoided regulatory scrutiny?

Email Your 2020 Into A Literal Dumpster Fire

December 14, 2020December 13, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments andy didorosi, arsenal of clean, basecamp, bolsonaro, boris johnson, brexit, catharsis, corktown, coronavirus, covid, detroit bus company, Donald Trump, fire, frivolity, hey e-mail, jair bolsonaro, machinery, marketing, outdoors, robots, shipping container, snacks, southwest detroit, trump

2020’s apt description as a dumpster fire has manifested itself in, well, a literal dumpster fire, which Nat will be manning for a few days.

Adaptation & Resilience Public Health Culture & Language

Handbuilt: Gratitude and Resilience In The Strangest Year On Record

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments american history, coronavirus, covid, COVID19, covid19 diaries, culture, Detroit, historiography, history, hubbard farms, mexicantown, native and indigenous peoples, southwest detroit, thanksgiving, thanksgiving dinner, windsor

LAST NIGHT, MY PARTNER AND I SAT AT THE DINING TABLE THAT CAME INCLUDED WITH OUR 1895 HOUSE in Southwest

Detroit Adaptation & Resilience Urban Planning

An Evening Stroll Down Bagley’s New Streetscape

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alexander vlachos, bagley, Detroit, detroit homecoming, greater alexander, greater impact house, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, matterport, mexican village detroit, mexicantown, rainwater, southwest detroit, stormwater, stormwater infrastructure, streetscaping, xochimilco

Bagley St., between I-75 and 24th St., has undergone a charming streetscape renovation. It is now modeled in 3D for your viewing pleasure!

Alleys: The Back Road To Sustainable Development

January 13, 2020February 10, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Accessory dwelling unit, ADU, affordable housing, alleys, Cadillac Escalade, combined sewer overflow, CUBA, currently unsubsidized but affordable, Density, Ford F150, garages, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, infrastructure, naturally occurring affordable housing, NOAH, residential construction, southwest detroit, stormwater infrastructure, stormwater management, stormwater retention

Alleys, an oft-forgotten component of the urban fabric, have transformative potential for infrastructure and real estate.

Urban Planning Burgerbanism

Burgerbanism: The Twelve Dishes Of Detroit Christmas

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments bangladeshi, black-owned business, dearborn, Detroit, dime store, downtown detroit, food, hamtramck, ima detroit, livernois corridor, livernois streetscaping, michigan avenue, ottava via, peso bar, rock city eatery, sheeba, som tam, southwest detroit, yemeni

At the risk of seeming like all I do is think about parking lots and protected bike lanes (which, admittedly,

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