Just a quick post here and a sincere hope that 2022 will be a great year for all of us. I recently posted an update on the Detroit Land BankContinue readingWelcome to 2022!
I created a visual analysis of purchases made under the Detroit Land Bank “Own It Now” program back in late 2020, attempting to shed light on where sales activity wasContinue readingDetroit Land Bank Purchases Update
Normally if I’m posting about beer my first option is to use my BrewGraphs.com site, but I thought this would be a great time to double down and also hostContinue readingDetroit Fall Beer Fest 2021
In the last two posts, I started exploring the geographic component of Detroit Land Bank sales using Exploratory as my analytic tool. We’ve now exported the data to Carto, whereContinue readingMore Land Bank Maps
Here’s a quick interactive map built in Tableau Public using a custom Mapbox background. Use this to visualize land bank properties that have sold over the last six years, completeContinue readingDetroit Land Bank Property Map
One of the more aggressive attempts to revitalize many Detroit neighborhoods has come in the form of the Detroit Land Bank Authority. This program allows residents to bid on city-ownedContinue readingViewing Land Bank Purchases, Part 1
Overview One of the main challenges faced by data analysts and visualizers (my peer group) is helping others to understand what the data is actually telling us. This is trueContinue readingCutting Through the Covid-19 Hysteria
Zoning restrictions can have major implications in the way a city is structured, as well as affecting how it might grow in the future. At its best, zoning can provideContinue readingZoning in the D: Intro
In this episode of our continuing series on crime in Detroit, we’re going to use a new dataset from the Detroit Open Data Portal to view the data through aContinue readingCrime in the D: Mapping Hotspots
As part of our continuing series on crime in Detroit, I decided to focus on one of the most universal of all Detroit crimes – the stolen vehicle. This isContinue readingCrime in the D: Stolen Vehicles
