Wyandotte is starting to discover now what other historic cities like Charleston and Savannah have known for nearly seventy years, and what cities across the U.S. have realized since the advent of the historic preservation movement in the 1960’s – that places which are interesting, distinct, visually stimulating, historically rich,...

“Cool” no longer means those people you did or did not sit with at lunch. Now, cool and creating cool means economic development and generating cold, hard cash for communities throughout Michigan. Richard Florida in his widely read book The Rise of the Creative Class identified a group of 38...

Main Street has had many commentators, bards, and prophets through the years. When Sinclair Lewis published his classic book, “Main Street” in 1920, it was a scathing critique of the small-mindedness and parochial views of the inhabitants of Gopher Prairie. Residents there opposed efforts of the books’ protagonist Carol Kennicot...

In writing Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas intended to provide a “retroactive manifesto” for how New York City and its unique urban form came to be. In it he cites things such as the grid, the tower, and the architecture of fantasy. What might a retroactive manifesto for Wyandotte include?...