June 23, 2009 at 6:00 am by Sarah Irani
A Tree Grows in Michigan
Raze the roof for green.
I’ll let you in on one of my secret eco-dreams: to tear down dilapidated buildings and allow nature to recover the land. As it turns out, this just might be a new municipal strategy in combating urban blight.
The first site of this radical experiment? Flint, Michigan: a sprawling and impoverished, underpopulated city. At 34 square miles, Flint requires a lot of maintenance and upkeep (think: garbage trucks, road repair, electricity lines).
So, how to maintain a city’s integrity without the taxpayer base to support it? …
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