My friend Pete and I eat lunch together a few times a month. Pete, who’s an academic, tells me of his travels to fascinating places like Malawi and Sweden, where he’s either conducting field research on the spread of parasitic diseases, or sharing his findings with leaders in the field of world health, and I […]
Tag Archives: urban development
On the optimism and pity of the non-Americans passing us by
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized Also tagged American flag lapel pins, back pain, best places to live, Canada, Department of Education, education reform, environmental protection, Gini coefficient, growth, immigration, income inequality, infant mortality, investing in the future, life expectancy, Malawi, Mitt Romney, neo-feudalism, no child left behind, optimism, parasites, Pete Larson, Presidential politics, public education, republican primary, RIck Santorum, Stockholm, Sweden, tax the rich, teaching for the test, the future of American cities, The Greatest Canadian, the state of the world, Tim Hortons, Tommy Douglas, Toronto, Vancouver, wind power, windmills 14 Comments
No Robocop for Detroit
Perhaps due in part to that Chrysler ad that captured everyone’s imagination during the Super Bowl , the city of Detroit is, once again, attracting national media attention. Today, there’s a feature in the Washington Post entitled, “With Detroit in dire straits, mayor invites big thinking.” Here’s a clip. …With no salvation in sight, Bing, […]
Posted in Detroit, Uncategorized Also tagged Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, Chazz Miller, Chrysler, Dave Bing, downsizing of Detroit, Egypt, Ford Foundation, Knight Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Martha Reeves, rightsizing of Detroit, Robin Boyle, Robocop, Rockefeller Foundation, Skillman Foundation, the Detroit situation, Tunisia, urban farming, urban homesteading, Urban Land Institute, urban planning, Wayne State 18 Comments
It’s time to invest in America’s cities
The “New York Times” has a good piece today on how we’ve put off investing in America’s cities for far too long. The author of the piece, Nicolai Ouroussoff, doesn’t focus on Detroit specifically, but I think a great deal of what he has to say is applicable here in the region. Here’s a clip: […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Detroit, Everett Ehrlich, Felix Rohatyn, infrastructure, National Infrastructure Bank, New York Times, Nicolai Ouroussoff 5 Comments