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Two Pyramids Are Twice as Good as One

by Kevin Chapo, GIS Specialist

Please join us in bidding farewell to Kevin Chapo as he goes on to pursue other opportunities. Enjoy Kevin’s musings on a century-old proposal to build a stone pyramid in the city of Detroit.

An interesting article about Detroit surfaced during D3’s hours laboring through old academic texts. In [Read on...]

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Packing the Park: How Big is Belle Isle?

by Kevin Chapo, GIS Analyst

If every member of the United States lived in an area with the population density of Brooklyn, NY (35,000 per sq mi) we all could fit into New Hampshire, the 5th smallest state.

At 982 acres (1.534 sq mi), Belle Isle Park is the largest city island park in [Read on...]

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