Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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Can the Motor City sell America on the Model T of bicycles?
Detroit Bikes aims to mass-produce simple, light, relatively affordable commuter bicycles -- but you'd better be happy with black.
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As residents leave this Detroit street, it sprouts art
The Heidelberg Project is art made of abandoned houses. It has attracted a steady stream of pilgrims -- and now, it seems, arsonists as well.
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In Detroit’s water wars, a pause that refreshes
The groups fighting water-service shutoffs in Detroit take a victory lap, though what they have won so far is highly provisional.
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A century ago, Detroit’s “potato patch mayor” knew how to ride out hard times
How can a city's distant past guide our search for solutions to today's problems? A statue offers some clues.