Joe Binkowski

Urbanist working to build better cities🏙️ He/Him, Kalamazoo College Alum

[Hunter Ryerson @huntryerson]

Detroit is, moreso than DC, the capital of America. It is a pure distillation of our Republic; its golden age was our golden age, its problems are our problems. Its tragic fall is ours. Those who cared enough to salvage it are the best of us. We win when Detroit is great again.

[coney dog urbanist @detroitdevdoc]

Hoping to see a SW Greenway extension confirmed with this project.

Connecting DCFC, Michigan Central, and Centennial Park to the rest of the Riverwalk and SW Detroit would be a game changer. Instantly one of the coolest urban greenways in the country.

[Katrina (大王）🇺🇸🇨🇳🇲🇽 @zapatas_mom]

I like rural. I love urban.
I HATE suburban. Hate hate hate. It’s an abomination.

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@PolarBarrett Kahn, Yamasaki, Rowland, Kamper

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark He’s 4th right now and was 2nd when he retired. Maybe in 50 years people won’t know he could have been #1, but even new fans know that now. They didn’t take that distinction away. Also Lions were a bad organization, but as I said he didn’t leave because they mistreated him.

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark He didn’t retire because the team treated him badly, he retired because he didn’t want to be part of a rebuild. They didn’t “ruin his legacy” just because the team wasn’t good. They treated him badly after he retired but in no way did they ruin his legacy.

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark I understand the strategy lol. It’s just not what the Lions did. They did the exact opposite by stockpiling picks. Nobody thought Goff would be a star when he was traded here so that follow the logic of “trading for stars.”

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark “F them picks” is trading picks for star players, which the Lions have not done. Holmes didn’t reinvent the wheel, but hasn’t embraced the Rams philosophy in any way with the Lions. They didn’t handle Barry’s retirement properly, but to say they ruined his legacy is ridiculous.

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark Yes, you said he got the Lions job because of the Super Bowl win. That’s wrong. He has also done the opposite of the Rams strategy with draft picks. Barry is also widely hailed as one of, if not the greatest, running backs of all time. Basically everything you said is wrong lmao

[Joe Binkowski @jbinkowski_]

@RamsSteve @TrenSawl @mexico1love @obersports @BucksAfterDark The Lions hired Brad Holmes the year before the Rams won the Super Bowl

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

The reason the average American voter is apathetic to public transit is that they’ve never seen it work well.

We see transit as a welfare program and not something that can actually move a lot of people quickly and conveniently.

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

Spreading medium density over a bigger area makes density less scary.

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

The Congress for the New Urbanism wholeheartedly endorses a new book explaining how traffic engineers made up their standards out of thin air. https://t.co/XNqwkAKBS7

[PJ³ @PaulTheUrbanist]

and it’s still a local pastime to complain about the parking situation downtown/ around any major event. sad!

[Dave @DE_Gifford]

Now that Michigan Central is back, can the city turn its attention on the block across the street?

[Dion @2024dion]

The best US stadium urbanism you haven't heard of is Detroit City FC's Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck, a small enclave that's by far the densest city in Michigan. Right at the edge of a neighborhood, 8k seats, built in 1936 by the WPA, zero dedicated parking

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

imagine how many units you could fit here

[PJ³ @PaulTheUrbanist]

rebuild the western market!!!

[Robert Binder @binder_robert]

Yes. She should be ashamed any time she has brought up action on climate change, livable places, and keeping young and educated people in the state. Ignoring public transit is the single most hypocritical thing she could do. WAKE UP, @GovWhitmer!