Tag Archives: Cass Corridor

Caffeine Crash Urbanisms

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Michael Stepniak

Some of you know that I am a bartender. If you follow my Twitter or Instagram I have cluttered your feed with videos of DDOT busses and things happening at Rosa Parks Transit Center. In that spirit, here’s some thoughts … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Real: It’s Our Money

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Michael Stepniak

Watching construction workers appear before Detroit City Council, one after another, to advocate for the rezoning of the new Olympia arena development, I worried that it might actually happen. As a former mason tender, I empathize: a few years of … Continue reading →

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How to Say Cass Corridor

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Michael Stepniak

A Question of  Neighborhoods About a year ago, I took part in Discover. Engage. Transform., a program created by Leadership Detroit. One of the events on the docket was a bus tour of the city, and for the most part … Continue reading →

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Is the future in an alley?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Michael Stepniak

The alleyway behind my building is not especially clean, nor especially safe. It is, however, well used. Garbage trucks, stray cats, cars, delivery vans, utility workers, and fellow pedestrian denizens of the Cass Corridor all make their way through it … Continue reading →

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