Detroit's Campus Martius named top U.S. urban park

[marmar]

from the Freep:



Detroit's Campus Martius named top U.S. urban park

By John Gallagher
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Detroit’s Campus Martius Park was named today the first-ever winner of the Urban Land Institute’s Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award, given in a national competition to recognize an outstanding example of a public open space that has catalyzed the transformation of the surrounding community.

The announcement was made this morning at ULI’s Real Estate Summit in Boston. Detroit’s park was chosen over park finalists in Boston, New York, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Greenville, S.C. for the top honor. The finalists were chosen from among 88 initial entries.

ULI is a global nonprofit research and advocacy organization devoted to good urban planning and responsible land use. Amanda Burden, chair of the New York City Planning Commission, created the award to honor creatively designed, successful urban gathering spaces.

In giving the award, Burden noted that Campus Martius had replaced the former Kennedy Square plaza, long deemed a failure of urban design and rarely used by anyone. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20100416/BUSINESS06/100416019/1001/rss01

[etherealtruth]

1. It is a nice distinction

Sadly, its on the heels of Detroit being named one of the top ten most dangerous cities in the world :(

[SharonRB]

2. Very cool!

Nice to hear something good about Detroit for a change.