Greenspace
Highway to Greenway
In Madrid, Spain, when a highway becomes noisy and pollutant, they bury it underground and put a park on top. The New York Times recently featured Madrid Rio, an urban park created on top of a once above ground highway. The article touches on other urban areas turned green as well, but Madrid Rio seems [...]
Parks, Open Space, and the Right to Revolution
The Bill of Rights of the New Hampshire Constitution, Article X, reads: [Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, [...]
What exactly IS the DEGC looking to do with the old Tiger Stadium site?
It seems that the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation has rejected yet another proposal to keep activity on the ball field of former Tiger Stadium. The stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was demolished in 2009 after years of failed efforts by people from the preservation association. A major argument they presented was that there [...]
TV Politicians and Urban Improvements
Can fictional politicians be more effective than real politicians when it comes to urban beautification? That’s the implicit question posed by cable network station HBO when their latest advertising campaign for their television show Boardwalk Empire hit the atlantic shoreline recently. Take a look at this before and after picture posted on by HBO on Facebook touting Nucky [...]
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