Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities
A study that two of us published in 2017 answered this question in the affirmative: Tearing down an abandoned building in Detroit does increase the value ... extend to properties as far as about 2½ ...
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Mapping Detroit: The last houses on the block
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Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It was one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation between 1900 and 1950.