John Gallagher, in the Detroit Free Press today, discussed his forthcoming book Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City. Gallagher’s book focuses on a topic that has been widely discussed for some time now on why Detroit must become smaller in order to become better.  

Gallagher goes on to discuss why the continuing pipe-dreams of returning Detroit to it’s original hey-day status and size will only continue to hinder any progress in rebuilding. Instead, Gallagher claims that we must now embrace the idea of a smaller, yet more efficient and environmentally sound Detroit.  The question however, still remains: can it be done?

You can read the whole Free Press article here.  You can also purchase the book on Amazon.com here.

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