The midtown re-zoning thread has raised a question in my head. The common theory for the revitalization of Detroit is that when [[and if) the growth of midtown and downtown are enough, then it will spill into the neighborhoods. Do the neighborhoods themselves need to be rezoned to support more dense, urban housing? I truly do envision North End or the neighborhoods west of the Lodge [[Woodbridge, Briggs, and Core City), Corktown, or the Villages to become the closest thing to Brooklyn, especially Bay Ridge or Park Slope, in Detroit.

I don't know anything about zoning or zoning laws, but since Detroit was once a city of single family dwellings and we want to create a more urban landscape, I'm not sure the inner Grand Boulevard [[and North End) neighborhoods should be built the same way they were before.

Any thoughts? Insights?