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Why the Future Of Art is on City Streets

Tere Garcia
November 7, 2014
Community and Neighborhoods, Culture
Violence rates have increased markedly in Caracas, Venezuela. This ranks the city among the top five most dangerous in the world, not only for high homicide rates, robberies and kidnappings, but the hostility a...

Pensions, Art and Water in Detroit Bankruptcy

James Courtney
December 9, 2013
Policy
Diego Rivera Mural at the DIA. Photo courtesy of Michigan.org Detroit is bankrupt. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), however, is doing well, increasing its attendance by approximately 30% (460,000 to 600...
RTA Bus in Cleveland. Photograph by John Cruz.

Transit Oriented Economic Development for Rust Belt American Cities

John Cruz
August 13, 2012
Economic Development, Featured
The final work of my graduate program at Wayne State was a masters essay on TO(E)D for Rust Belt cities, since this has been the reason why updates have been so sparse as of late, I felt that it was only fair t...
Turkish Protest. Photo by turquoisedays on Flickr.

Parks, Open Space, and the Right to Revolution

John Cruz
October 1, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Sustainability
The Bill of Rights of the New Hampshire Constitution, Article X, reads: 10.  Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private inter...
Detroit Crackheads. Photo by John Cruz.

What is Detroit?

David Mieksztyn
September 30, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Featured
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Gunshots ring throughout an eastside neighborhood killing 3 year old Aarie Berry.  Local artist Philip Lauri of Detroit Lives!, with the help of Public Art Workz and Blight Busters, just finished a new mural on...
Tortilla Soup. Photo by shutterguy on Flickr.

Harnessing the Power of Soup

John Cruz
August 18, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured
When planners and community leaders look at an old neighborhood which is in need of revitalization efforts, a common train of thought is to appeal to a community of artists. They are willing to live in low inco...

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