{"id":8768,"date":"2012-04-27T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=8768"},"modified":"2018-07-26T05:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T12:11:28","slug":"urban-planet-detroits-40-square-miles-of-vacant-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/04\/27\/urban-planet-detroits-40-square-miles-of-vacant-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Detroit’s 40 Square Miles of Vacant Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s well known that Detroit has experienced a large population decline leaving large swaths of land abandoned. The oft cited number is 40 square miles. But as Kate Davidson at Changing Gears<\/a> reports, nobody is quite sure where that number came from. New assessments suggest that the figure includes the city’s extensive park space, cemeteries and roads. While Detroit still faces challenges related to unused spaces roughly equivalent to the size of Manhattan, it seems the figures that the city’s own planners are using may have been inflated.<\/p>\n

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