Downtown Detroit is rapidly revitalizing—a stunning turnaround from just a few years ago. Demand for downtown housing has outstripped supply for months, and major tech firms like Twitter are opening up offices in refurbished historic buildings. The focus is on re-orienting downtown around the pedestrian experience and making walking a joy. Turning Detroit around will require a total re-thinking of critical arteries and streets for people, rather than cars. As Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces put it, “We want to create a city where you don’t drive through the center, you drive to it.”
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