Author: Cassidy Robinson

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Published: 2013

Total Pages: 38

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The Detroit River played an integral role in the success of Detroit becoming an influential city in American history by allowing industry to exist along its shore. However, in the recent decades as industry deserted the city, so did many of its citizens. In an attenpt to bring people back to Detroit a resdesign of where it all started is in order: a restroation of the river. Diverse users that could potentially utilize the riverfront require divers spaces. Business people that are looking for somewhere to eat lunch on a sunny afternoon, families that come in town for a festival, children out for a walk with their parents, first time tourists to Detroit, local residents that go for a run after work, suburban couples that come downtown for a date or a concert, Canadian neighbors looking across the water, etc. will use the spaces. However, these spaces do not currently exist in Detroit. Providing and accentuating the types of transportation - travel by water, vehicular traffic, public transit, bicylces and pedestrians will aid in informing the sundry spaces of the site.