Campus Martius named top U.S. urban park

**Carey** · April-16-10, 09:01 AM

The Urban Land Institute has given Campus Martius a prestigious award:

http://www.freep.com/article/2010041....S.-urban-park

**Detroitnerd** · April-16-10, 09:06 AM

Ah, the irony of downtown Detroit getting an "open space" award ...

**Detroiters123** · April-16-10, 09:37 AM

How awesome is that??? Campus Martius is a really cool place to go in the winter and summer.

**English** · April-16-10, 12:53 PM

Wonderful! Thanks for the link. I hope our Riverwalk gets some recognition as well. With every phase, it is getting nicer and nicer. It's quickly becoming my favorite spot downtown for a walk, and I think I'll start biking there soon.

**Gistok** · April-16-10, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitnerd

Ah, the irony of downtown Detroit getting an "open space" award ...

LMAO... irony indeed.... next thing you know the Hudson Block girder farm will win an award from Entremanure... the magazine for enterprising farmers....

All kidding aside... this is nice recognition...

**313WX** · April-16-10, 06:52 PM

Campus Martius ranks higher than Grant Park, Central Park and Centennial Park?

**dtowncitylover** · April-17-10, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by 313WX

Campus Martius ranks higher than Grant Park, Central Park and Centennial Park?

It won for an urban park that has changed the enviroment around it. Central, Grant, and Centennial Parks are the great urban parks of the US, Campus Martius has really changed downtown for the better.

**Gistok** · April-17-10, 02:16 AM

Here's hoping that at sometime in the next few years that Capitol Park could win a similar award!

DetroitDad · April-17-10, 09:22 PM

It really is an amazing park, I'm looking forward to continuing my blog from there this Spring, with daughter in tow!

Ravine · April-18-10, 10:14 AM

Jeez. Seems like she'd be too big for that, now.
Still, make sure you wear open-toad sandals, or something.

**JVLIVS** · April-18-10, 12:16 PM

Simply beautiful! Glad 2 C that Detroit is getting some positive news.

DetroitDad · April-18-10, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Ravine

Jeez. Seems like she'd be too big for that, now.
Still, make sure you wear open-toad sandals, or something.

Originally Posted by Ravine

Jeez. Seems like she'd be too big for that, now.
Still, make sure you wear open-toad sandals, or something.

Oh my! I used toe instead of tow! Good catch!

A horrible teacher am I? Well, I'll get gooder in time.

Maybe I'll even get as good as my hipster teachers over at...

Ravine · April-19-10, 12:51 PM

Just be a good dad to that girl and she'll never give a damn whatcha carried her around in.

Blarf · April-19-10, 04:48 PM

Why does the ice skating rink play such shitty music? Detroit has a rich music scene from nearly every decade, and we are stuck hearing crap like Miley Cyrus and Nickleback blasting?