The document discusses abandoned sections of cities and what factors influence their outcomes after abandonment. It examines case studies of Detroit and Flint to analyze what becomes of abandoned properties and how public ownership, land banks, and community development systems impact redevelopment. The role of political support, city departments, and local intermediaries is explored regarding differences in outcomes between Detroit and Cleveland.

1. Margaret Dewar Urban and Regional Planning Program University of Michigan February 12, 2010 Remaking the City after Abandonment

3. What do abandoned sections of cities become? Source: Detroit Residential Parcel Survey, D3, Sept. 2009

4. What do abandoned sections of cities become? Created by M. Khanna & S. Bailey; data from Detroit Planning & Development Department, 2006 .

5. What do abandoned sections of cities become? Figure-ground showing structures in Brightmoor, Detroit Source: Doherty et al., A Land Use Plan for Brightmoor (Urban & Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008)

6. What do abandoned sections of cities become? “ Homesteads” in Brightmoor, Detroit Source: Doherty et al., A Land Use Plan for Brightmoor (Urban & Regional Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008)

7. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? Public ownership ?

8. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? Detroit Auctioned Flint Auctioned Vacant Land Incorporated with adjacent homeowner’s property Part of new development Incorporated with adjacent non-residential property Structures predating foreclosure

9. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? 37.0% of Auctioned Properties 78.0% of Vacant Land Detroit Flint 46.2% of Auctioned Properties 78.6% of Vacant Land Vacant with no use

10. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? Vacant Land Incorporated with adjacent homeowner’s property Part of new development Incorporated with adjacent non-residential property Structures predating foreclosure Detroit Auctioned Detroit Sold From Inventory

11. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? Vacant Land Incorporated with adjacent homeowner’s property Part of new development Incorporated with adjacent non-residential property Structures predating foreclosure Flint Auctioned Genesee Land Bank

12. Detroit Cleveland 33.2% 32.7% 9.6% 24.6% 0.5% 52.0% 23.5% 24.0% What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment?

13. 2.0% of properties sold New development – housing Detroit 45.0% of properties sold Cleveland What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment?

14. Community-based developers’ reuse of city-owned land purchased for development Sources: Calculations derived from data in Detroit City Property Inventory System and Cleveland City Register, State of Michigan Revitalife records, U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000, GIS maps from Detroit Planning & Development Department and Cleveland Planning Commission, aerial photos of both cities. The Record What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment?

16. What makes a difference in what cities become after abandonment? Cleveland’s local intermediaries

18. Questions?