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Opinion: Heart of Midtown threatened by widening of I-94

Tommy O'Flynn Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The expressway would be expanded from six lanes to 10, and a two-lane continuous service drive would be added in each direction. In total, the author points out, I-94 would grow from six lanes to 14 lanes in width.

Detroit by district: Restore the 'Moor

Matthew Lewis Tuesday, June 18, 2013

A vacant home transformed into a community message board. Public art found in nearly all directions. Hand carved signs at assorted garden sites. This is Brightmoor today, ready to engage the political process. Matthew Lewis reports from the northwest side.

Green City Diaries: Dig this

Matthew Piper Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sustainability advocacy journalist Matthew Piper talks to Detroit urban farming pioneer Patrick Crouch, who never tires of putting his hands into the soil and coming up with all sorts of wriggling organic life. The point? A healthy, naturally balanced ecosystem for all.

DIY in Detroit: Allied Media Conference is this week

Model D staff Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The 15th annual conference is filled with media workshops, panel discussions, talks on art, technology and gentrification. Not to mention after dark activities featuring musical performances by Kyle Hall, Bahamadia and Dez Andrés. We're there.

UIX: Camilo Pardo and Art & Development Inc.

Tunde Wey Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Camilo Pardo is owner of the Bankle Building, an artist and founder of Art & Development and, perhaps most famously, the designer of the Ford GT. Tunde Wey gets the story for the Urban Innovation Exchange.

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Opinion: Heart of Midtown threatened by widening of I-94

Detroit by district: Restore the 'Moor

Green City Diaries: Dig this

DIY in Detroit: Allied Media Conference is this week

UIX: Camilo Pardo and Art & Development Inc.

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