Articles of note: “Unfortunately, it is inevitable that these further cuts will affect our academic programs in ways that students will notice,” Courant said. > From “Proposed 5% cut alarms U-M” > And “State OKs petition to ban affirmative action”
I just found this excellent Washington Post feature called “Faces of the Fallen.”
Here are David Sucher’s ‘three rules’ to follow to build an ‘urban village’, from his book “City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village”: 1) Build to the sidewalk2) Make the building front “permeable” (i.e., no blank walls)3) Prohibit parking lots in front of the building “The Three Rules are the “one big thing” we […]
A Michigan blogger has just posted some photos taken in the abandoned Michigan Central Station and the Fisher Body Plant #21.
Think you know what makes for a “cool” city? Michigan state government wants to know – they’ve posted a lengthy survey on the web at michigancoolcities.com.
Wondering why the flag on the U-M diag has been at half mast recently? On December 10 Governor Granholm ordered flags in Michigan to be flown at half-mast “whenever one of Michigan’s own is killed in the line of duty. “
” […] Chicago is a city alive, a pulsing metropolis that stands out in 21st century-America’s muddy urban landscape. Except for a handful of West and East Coast cities, American cities are either struggling (Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore) or are not really cities in the first place (Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas). It’s easy to romanticize those […]