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Don't demolish Detroit

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 15:50, last updated Sun, 11/06/2011 - 23:11

The following story about a presidential program to demolish whole neighborhoods of inner city fabric in the United States and turn them back into wilderness has been making the rounds around news blogs.

Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country.

Fake Complexity - Mixed Used Development

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 01:03, last updated Sun, 11/06/2011 - 01:05

The economic crash has cities scrambling to keep their real estate markets alive. Disappearing credit has caused many of the most capital-intensive projects, meaning big buildings, to halt. Some have been surprised that projects modeled on traditional patterns of urbanism, such as mixed-used developments, have been caught up in the storm. It's one thing when a lone skyscraper or a subdivision at the edge the city stops dead in development. It's simple to ignore and get around.

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