Saturday, June 3, 2023

The Handbuilt City

Dispatches from the Rust Belt

The Handbuilt City

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Business & Economics Historic preservation Urban Planning Transit infrastructure 

Detroit Fairgrounds Site: Alternatives to Permanent, Monumentally Bad Decisions

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The State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.

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Events 

StartingBloc: Learning Generosity at Hunt Street Station

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In a couple of weeks, I’ll be attending the StartingBloc Institute in Los Angeles. A preview was offered last night

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Business & Economics Urban Planning Parking 

The Billion Dollar Hot-And-Ready: Touring Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena

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Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena is impressive. Whether it’s a masterpiece of sustainability of community development, on the other hand, is up for debate.

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