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Detroit May Use Eminent Domain To Build Bridge To Canada

Posted by: David Gest

10 March 2006 - 8:00am

Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.

"Michigan is forming plans to use eminent domain to seize as many as 300 houses to build a bridge to Canada through a neighborhood once labeled one of America's worst white slums.

Even though a controversial $25 million study of a bridge is nearly two years from completion, state transportation agents for weeks have discussed buying or condemning houses with residents of Delray, a onetime Eastern European enclave that's become one of Detroit's poorest, most polluted and forgotten corners."

Full Story: Detroit houses may be razed for a new bridge
Source: Detroit News via Chicago Tribune, March 5, 2006
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Almost 2,000 big plots of land in high-visibility parts of American communities will be empty and available for reuse. So what should cities do with these soon-to-be-empty spaces?
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