Tagged public policy

A night view of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Campus Martius. Circa 1910. Photo from the Library of Congress.

How the rise of electricity transformed urban life in Detroit

Amy Elliott Bragg

August 8, 2014

Here's a famous story: Alex Dow, manager of the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, saw promise in his young chief engineer, and in 1896, he invited the engineer to join him at a conference in New York. One...

Outside the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Photo by roeyahram on Flickr.

Gentrification: Small business survival

John Cruz

May 20, 2014

Economic Development, Featured, Policy

Ever since gentrification has existed, there have been constant struggles between existing and the new residents, who bring with them cultures, preferences, lifestyles, and spending habits which greatly alter t...