by d3wpadmin | Dec 2, 2011 | Frontage, Lisa Rayle
Detroit’s downtown street grid in 1896. Block edges that have since been lost are highlighted in yellow. Source: B. Ryan As Detroiters visit a festive Campus Martius Park this holiday season, they might be inspired to imagine how downtown felt in the 1920s,...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 30, 2011 | Lisa Rayle, Walkability
walkable grid – small block size // less walkable subdivision – large block size [Note: this post was updated April 26, 2019 to provide an up-to-date URL for Walkscore.] In last week’s Times, Chris Leinberger argued that the apparent shift in homeowner...