Detroit Pins Hope On Downtown Complex
Detroit, MI, hopes a new urban park will bring urban vitality and street life to its downtown.
"Detroit hasn't built a new downtown park or public square since Hart Plaza in the 1970s. That effort was a mixed success at best -- busy during special events but at most times awesomely empty. Now Detroit is trying again...A lot is riding on Campus Martius. If it succeeds, the park could give downtown a big helping of the urban vitality and street life that great cities have in abundance but that Detroit has lacked for far too long."
Thanks to Harriet Festing
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Published on Friday, May 30, 2003 in
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