Motown goes au natural: With the city rethinking how it develops its less-populated landscape, the unearthing of long-buried rivers and streams suddenly sounds pretty attractive. First up, Bloody Run Creek on the city's east side. That name alone guaranteed this news story link.
Excerpt:"The Kresge Foundation recently donated $450,000 to the University of Detroit Mercy's Detroit Collaborative Design Center to map plans for restoring Bloody Run Creek, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. Such "daylighting" of urban creeks and streams has been embraced in cities throughout the world.
"It creates a cooling effect, literally a living air conditioner for the city, and makes a softer, greener, cooler landscape," said Shaun Nethercott, an environmentalist and founder of the Matrix Theatre in Detroit. "
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