I was trying to find some images of what the old pedestrian mall on Woodward use to look like when I stumbled on this awesome find: It's an article from the American Institute of Architects[[circa 1959) about a huge plan to redevelop downtown Detroit as a super suburban central district. Pretty much where the People Mover runs today would be one single ring road where you would drive to different campus type mega-blocks and park underground. Most of the streets and urban layout would have been bulldozed with the exception of the major arterials. Only the ring would service the downtown with the arterials and freeways feeding. Everything would be rebuilt like giant shopping malls or suburban styled office building campuses. Even though it appears to be truly a car centric city plan, it still calls for massive regional monorail systems to support the center as well[[surprised me too). Well I’m still reading into it but here are the links for you to enjoy.



Part One
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=269
Part Two
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=270
Part Three
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=271
Part Four
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=272
Part Five
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=273
Part Six
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=274
Part Seven
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=275
Part Eight
http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/?p=276