Community and Neighborhoods – The Urbanist Dispatch

Madcap Coffee, Grand Rapids, MI. Photo by Author

The History of the Coffeehouse Conversation

March 27, 2012

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Next time you enter into a coffee shop, just stand up and dive into political discourse by speaking out loud to all the welcoming patrons. This is apparently doing it old school, as London historian Dr. Matthew...

Night of the Living Burbs

John Cruz

October 29, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Featured, The Burbs

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When I was a kid, I grew up in a subdivision in Clinton Township, Michigan (a northern suburb of Detroit). Despite being part of the urban sprawl that is the greater metro United States, this neighborhood was a...

Church in Portland. Photo by cronncc on Flickr.

The Proximity of Actions

David Mieksztyn

October 11, 2011

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured

"He who stands unyielding and immovable upon a principle is often a fool, and often bigoted, and usually left standing alone with his principle while other men adjust their differences and go on." – Bendigo S...

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...

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The History of the Coffeehouse Conversation

Night of the Living Burbs

The Proximity of Actions

What is Detroit?