Rethinking rightsizing in North Corktown
N. Corktown - Established 1834 Rightsizing has been a buzzword in Detroit for at least a year and a half, but for all the talk so far, there’s been little focus on the actual neighborhoods of Detroit....
View ArticleRighting the rightsizing process
On Tuesday the Detroit Works Project kicked off with a mass meeting at Greater Grace Temple on the far west side. Nearly a thousand Detroiters answered the mayor’s call, filling every seat and lining...
View ArticleRetrofitting Detroit: Stop the sprawl
This is the second in an ongoing series on retrofitting metro Detroit for urbanism. Read the first here. 1920s Suburbia - Dearborn, MI Great cities have great neighborhoods. But not only has Metro...
View ArticleDownsizing for density
Looking south at Mitchell and Medbury on the east side. Writing in Fast Company, Greg Lindsay argued this week that downsizing Detroit “won’t make Detroit any denser, but the opposite.” He then quotes...
View ArticleHow Kresge plans to reconfigure Detroit
For more than a year now, there’s been growing talk of “rightsizing” Detroit–consolidating the city in some fashion to restore density and make it easier to deliver city services. Just this Tuesday...
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