Downtown Detroit's Development Paradoxes With Retail & Urban Design Expert Conrad Kickert
Today's show is a long-form conversation with author Conrad Kickert. He's a retail and planning expert and professor at the University of Cincinnati.
His most recent book caught my eye, "Dream City: Creation, Destruction, and Reinvention in Downtown Detroit."
Backed up by research and global experience, he busts some myths about downtown Detroit and its history. He adds perspective from his career from world-class cities and working on making urban design and retail planning that actually works.
He is very frank about the possibilities for the future. That there are real opportunities. But…
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