Spring Break Itinerary to The Big D!

For our trip to the Motor City on Monday, I thought I would pass along the itinerary as well as some "non-required" readings:

Leave CUPPA around 8 or 9am
Arrive in Detroit about 2
Tour of the Motor City by 2 wheels at 3ish:
we will see:

• Urban blight
• Heidelberg Project heidelberg.org
• Urban Farms, specifically, Earthworks
• Belle Isle- like they're Central Park, but an island. Great architecture
• views of city and Canada
• Indian Village Low-density (as much of Detroit always has been), beautiful, single-family residential area
• Eastern Market- Country's oldest farmer's market for a food stop
• Dequindre Cut- Rail to trail back to the bike shop, goes through Lafayette Park a residential neighborhood with the most Mies Van Der Rohe homes
  

Following the tour, a bunch of us are going to Windsor, ON, for some food and bev options. OH and gambling! Additionally, I hear that Slows BBQ is awesome, as well as...

Also, on Tuesday, we are meeting with some planners with Data Driven Detroit,
Please take a look at recent work of Data Driven Detroit:
Detroit Residential Parcel Survey, http://www.detroitparcelsurvey.org/
Powerpoint Overview
http://www.detroitparcelsurvey.org/pdf/Detroit_Residential_Parcel_Survey_Presentation.pdf
Reports - (Download the Citywide reports for the higher resolution maps)
http://www.detroitparcelsurvey.org/interior.php?nav=reports
Data Definitions pdf
http://www.detroitparcelsurvey.org/pdf/DRPS_Definitions_021510.pdf

News Articles
Survey finds third of Detroit lots vacant: Positive news uncovered, too, BY JOHN GALLAGHER, Detroit Free Press, February 20, 2010
http://www.freep.com/article/20100220/BUSINESS04/2200371/1318/Survey-finds-third-of-Detroit-lots-vacant
Maps and Charts: See results of the survey, Graphics by MARTHA THIERRY, MOSES HARRIS, ERIC MILLIKIN, KRISTI TANNER and JOHN GALLAGHER, Detroit Free Press, Febraury 20, 2010
http://www.freep.com/article/20100220/BUSINESS04/100220001/Maps-See-results-of-the-survey
Refit the city to its reality: Population data point to smarter schools and policing, EDITORIAL, Detroit Free Press, Feb. 28, 2010
http://www.freep.com/article/20100228/OPINION01/2280424/1069/opinion01/Refit-the-city-to-its-reality
Getting to a smaller Detroit, COMMENTARY BY ROBIN BOYLE, Detroit Free Press, Feb. 28, 2010
http://www.freep.com/article/20100228/OPINION05/100226057/1068/OPINION/Getting-to-a-smaller-Detroit
Flash Map - Interactive: The challenges of Detroit's vacant homes
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100309/SPECIAL01/100308001

See you Monday!!!