This work is history now, but the push for consolidating and “right-sizing” the city has been met with concern and condemnation. Hamilton Anderson and Associates (HAA) has been at the forefront of leading efforts to reimagine the city through the Detroit Future City plan and this map shows their early concepts from December 2009.

The “leftovers” as HAA refers to them were “Study 01.” The areas identified from their overlay analysis were proposed as woodlands and connected greenways.