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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
The resulting phenomenon of urban shrinkage and vacant lots only serve to perpetuate the unemployment and poverty plaguing the Detroit inner city. [3] In response to the issues of “urban blight,” Detroit has accelerated demolition projects with faster, less cumbersome guidelines, demolishing 3,739 vacant buildings in 2014. [4]
The Detroit Land Bank Authority [1] is a public authority that owns and manages approximately 100,000 parcels of property in the city of Detroit, making it the city's largest landowner. [ 2 ] Occasionally framed as a quasi-governmental entity , the Detroit Land Bank operates a number of programs to reduce the number of Detroit properties that ...
About 633,000 people call Detroit home — more than a million fewer than the 1.8 million who lived in the city in the 1950s. What Detroit may lack in population, it makes up for in land. Currently, about 19 square miles (49 square kilometers) of the 139-square-mile (360-square-kilometers) city is vacant.
The city claims the Census Bureau is underestimating Detroit's population, which it says is 625,561, based on demolitions of abandoned structures and ignoring the restoration of vacant homes and ...
An icon of Detroit’s ruin is now a symbol of Motor City’s economic resurgence. Alicia Wallace, CNN. June 6, 2024 at 12:59 PM. For more than 35 years, Michigan Central Station has lain dormant ...
The developers of the long-vacant Lee Plaza in Detroit, who once hoped to begin work on the 16-story tower by early 2023, are now asking city officials for a third extension to the project's ...
With at least 70,000 abandoned buildings, 31,000 empty houses, and 90,000 vacant lots, Detroit has become notorious for its urban blight. In 2010, Mayor Bing proposed a plan to bulldoze one-fourth of the city. Detroit is a metropolis that sprawls 139 square miles. In comparison, Manhattan is just over 22 square miles.