Frank Arvan, an architect who has written about design and urbanism for Model D since 2005, recently traveled to New Orleans and teased out some tasty comparisons to a changing Detroit. The key words in his notes are "density" and "creativity." Read on and join the conversation with your own comments.
Producer Tom Hendrickson went searching for hot properties along the Woodward Corridor and came back with some beauties. Looking for a place to rent or, better yet, buy? Turn on Model D TV and behold the growing number of options.
After a whirlwind three-day exploratory tour of Detroit, we catch up to New York developer-social entrepreneur Tony Goldman back home in his Soho office. Walter Wasacz gets an earful from the self-described street practitioner-urban theorist who has animated big city neighborhoods since the late 1960s.
Earthwork's Patrick Crouch is a busy guy, serving on food policy councils and collaborating with other players in Detroit's growing agricultural networks and projects. But not too busy to write about developments here getting attention around the world. Welcome aboard, friend.
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