Now showing items 41-50 of 133
Wearable Society
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architcture and Urban Planning, 2019)
In this piece, I grapple with several questions: What types of architecture will the future hold? How will it influence and interact with us? How will it impact urban society? Wearable Society proposes a radical concept: ...
Strategic Demolition
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2014)
As noted in Cleared for Development, the Detroit Blight Authority is emerging as an important actor in blight remediation in Detroit. This inset takes a close, critical look at the organization’s arger current efforts ...
Complementing Demolition
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2010)
The need for a multifaceted approach to address residential abandonment in Detroit.
Letter from the Editor
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2017)
Racially Restrictive Covenants in the United States: A Call to Action
(2018-04-14)
This paper examines the history and structure of racially restrictive covenants in the
United States to better comprehend their continued existence, despite their illegality.
While unenforceable, racially restrictive ...
Letter From the Editor
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2015)
Benefits and Costs
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2016)
American politicians often struggle to find a politically acceptable way to fund infrastructure projects throughout the country. This piece compares the historical, economic, and social aspects of the vehicle miles traveled ...
Arriving at Employment
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2016)
The Detroit Future City (DFC) strategic framework of 2012 proposes that industrial redevelopment in the Mt. Elliott and Southwest industrial employment districts will provide jobs for the greatest number of unemployed and ...
A Tale of Two (Gentrified) Cities: Detroit and Brixton
(A. Alfred Taubman College of Architcture and Urban Planning, 2019)
On what basis are places compared to one another? Population? Geographic location? Historical background? Size? Detroit, a city often associated with decay, has been categorized as a ‘dead,’ ‘empty,’ and ‘miserable’ city ...