Now THIS was an ambitious assignment.
Columnist Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press spent a portion of several months driving all 2,100 off Detroit's streets.
The idea was to get a street-level view of what wrong and what's right with the city, and the result was a five-part series that not only includes creeping blight, but also the indomitable spirit of its citizens.
Would anyone care to try a local version? I'll publish it right here.
It just occurred to me that there are still many streets in my own City that I've never even seen.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Freep: Driving Detroit
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Once, my father, a City Manager, drove on every street in Hamilton one spring over a couple of weekends - I went along once or twice. He wanted to know first hand what streets were bad and needed repair after the normal "my streets need paved" complaints.
Reminded me of the Cincinnati Roads project.
http://www.cincinnatiroads.com/index.html
Not sure if they're still active. They might need more contributors.
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