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Great Urban Thinkers: Maurice Cox, stadsplanner van Detroit

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Architectuur, Stad, Stedenbouw, Video.

America’s ‘Automotive City’, Detroit, has suffered its share of setbacks: the demise of car manufacturing, white flight, black flight, the economic crisis and a huge mountain of debt. Thousands of houses still stand derelict, inhabited by drugdealers or with trees growing through the roof. The city went bankrupt in 2013 – a blessing in disguise, as its 18 billion dollars of debt were erased. The city is on its way back up: downtown is undergoing a marked renaissance and Ford Motor Company, believe it or not, is actually returning to Detroit. Ford will be setting up a...

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TRACY·TV #51: Albania opens new old doors in Venice

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op . Gepost in Architectuur, Publicaties, Stedenbouw, TRACY•TV, Video.

For its entry to this year’s Architecture biennale in Venice, citizens of Tirana lent their doors – a symbol of the country’s hope that the EU will open its doors to Albania. I spoke to Tirana’s mayor, the fireball Erion Veliaj, about his plans for the city and the role he sees for contemporary architecture in making the city more liveable.

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