Land Lines October 2019

An aerial view of the Marygrove College campus and surrounding neighborhood. The campus and neighborhood have many trees. The two most visible buildings on the campus are old

Big Plan on Campus

At a Shuttered Detroit College, a Community Development Experiment Takes Root

By Anna Clark, September 13, 2019

Detroit’s Marygrove College is closing its doors, but a new school serving preschoolers through graduate students is taking shape on its campus. Thanks to an innovative public–private partnership focused on land use and education, neighborhood students will have a new place to learn — and this anchor institution will see another day.

 

A mixed-used development sits at an intersection in Oregon. The first floor is a library. The other floors are affordable senior housing.

A New Chapter

Cities Are Tackling the Housing Crunch—by Building Above the Library

By Kathleen McCormick, September 27, 2019

Defying predictions that they would die in the digital age, public libraries are finding new life as multipurpose community hubs. Now some cities, including Chicago and Miami, have begun to integrate libraries and affordable housing in mixed-use developments.

 

A group of participants in a Lincoln Institute course wear orange hats and gather around a game board. The hats say "M" for "middle class."

Game Time

Active Learning Puts a Spin on Urban Planning Education

By Emma Zehner, October 7, 2019

Board games? Cartoons? Crossword puzzles? These are just a few examples of tools the Lincoln Institute and other educators are bringing to urban planning courses in an effort to foster a more interactive, student-centered learning experience.

 

La portada de la edición de octubre de 2019 de Land Lines muestra Independence Branch Library and Apartments en Chicago

In this issue, we report on an educational experiment taking root in Detroit, explore the role libraries can play in addressing affordable housing, and reveal the surprising role of games in the educational offerings of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

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