Thanks much for this post, DetroitPlanner. Detroit missed out on the Post War desire for homes with more space: with family rooms, attached garages, and bigger yards, which is what much of the market craved for over time - yes, that suburban look of brick and siding. We all know this style of house, and certainly a version of it could have been seeded across the city. So here we are once again, but first the deconstruction of thousands of not-to-be-missed dwellings, and then what? Row houses, town houses, communities of single family homes that are energy efficient and with yards that aren't all sod. Something for everyone. It's probably tempting for a developer to see acres upon acres of newly cleared land and think, "Canton." But this is where thoughtful and resourceful architects and builders MUST act as caretakers of the urban experience and think boldly about what city living has been and should be. Places and spaces for all of those emigre engineers that we desperately need; for the next group of health workers; and the teachers and first responders. Civilized folk in wagon trains bound for the Detroit housing rush.