INFORMATIVE LEAPS
Along the investigation into a Detroit-centric urbanism, I was forced to take
several leaps of what Detroit will, may, or might become. All flew sufficiently off
course, but what they did do is tell me what [D]Urbanism is not. From the multi-
tude, 2 echo their importance.
DETROIT IS NOT A TABULA RASA. No matter how many open fields and vacant
lots one can count, it is not a clean slate. It is terrain vague. It is a homeless en-
campment. It is a pedestrian shortcut. It is integral.
TOO FAR GONE
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