Building A Walkable Woodward
12 March 2003 - 6:00am
Woodward could become southeast Michigan's first big example of the walkable urban lifestyle.
"Stacking condos near Woodward would do just what urban planners want: fight sprawl by creating pockets of pedestrians spending money in areas already built up... The rub? Getting neighbors cozy with the radical changes planned for their skyline, and keeping profit-minded developers from building condo towers that dwarf nearby homes."
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The Detroit Free Press, March 11, 2003
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