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Thanks again.

That's why I said hudkina and LMich should be blogging [[assuming they aren't already under another name). People don't generally send out links to message board posts.

I started...

Thank you.

Sorry for the blatant self-promotion, but I put together a blog post trying to highlight some of the best parts of Detroit, ranging from photos of intact neighborhoods to key assets to surprising...

Lowell, you are the owner of this site? When writing that article I searched all over it looking for a contact email to ask permission to use the St. Cyril photos. I couldn't find any, so I just...

Thank you for posting the link. I appreciate it.

I try to read this site regularly, but am generally a lurker.

I bought a brand new '92 Saturn SL2 when I graduated from college. To this day it is still the only brand new car I've ever owned. I love it. It was a great car that lasted until 200,000 miles with...

Don't I recall that Moroun claims the original concession for the bridge gives him right of first refusal to build any additional spans? I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it would be...

Demolition would be extremely painful given that it sits on top of the Eisenhower Expressway/Congress Parkway.

The population declines in Detroit have been been slowing for some time now. It doesn't seem realistic that Detroit will get down anywhere near 350K or other absurd figures. I'd guess somewhere...

Won't save you on Phoenix, but now that Mexoryl is approved in the United States, much better UVA protection is better than in the past. My favorite brand is the LaRoche-Posay Anthelios SPF 50+ XL. ...

Dude, that site is awesome

I don't know if there's a polisci definition out there, but I think there is a big difference between electing council members by district, and a ward system. Cities cities seem to elect by...

I thought I'd share this recent post from my blog. [[I looked for TOS to see if it was legal to post your own stuff, but couldn't find it. This is non-commercial and on-topic and others have posted...

Here's an interesting web site: http://www.buffalorising.com/

Buffalo gets tons of snow.

Buffalo seemed to exist primarily for transportation routes that no longer are needed.

There has...

Regarding Coleman Young, I do not remember him, but you might find this comment that was left on my blog from a Detroit native and currently a city planner in the Chicago area interesting. NB: He is...

One quibble I have is his focus on urban renewal. Lots of cities obliterated historic buildings with urban renewal, freeways, etc. That's not unique to Detroit.

Also, by 1960 the problems were...

O-Dawg, liked that analysis.

Hi. Sure, economically vibrant cities attract people off all stripes. But they become vibrant because they attracted enough ambitious people and civic boosters to start with. Vibrancy isn't an...

The growth of Warren was incredible.

1900 2,567 —
1910 2,445 −4.8%
1920 3,564 45.8%
1930 14,269 300.4%
1940 22,126 55.1%
1950 42,653 92.8%
1960 89,426 109.7%
1970...

Thanks for posting the link to my blog.

I think you hit on something, which is that there are really two separate matters:

1. The higher ambition levels of the South, or as you so aptly put it,...

Roundabouts are very popular around the country. Modern roundabouts are not to be confused with old school traffic circles like you see on the east coast. There are about 1,000 or so modern...

Something to remember: Chicago is the hub of the Midwest system. Look at the map. Clearly, a St. Louis route has the most political support in Illinois because the route passes almost entirely...

Novine, clearly a business group by themselves can't make it happen.

GR has one huge benefit over Detroit: it is much smaller. The elites of various stripes likely all know each other personally...

Lorax, you highlight one interesting thing I'd probably add to the list. Detroit has one of America's largest stocks of pre-war skyscrapers. What to do with these? It is easy to say preserve them...

Novine, the New Economy Initiative has something like $100 million to invest. The money is there if the conditions for success are right.

I actually don't think you need to have a politically...