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O.N.E. Mile is an emergent cultural landscape in Detroit's North End. We hope you will join us.
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Building on the extraordinary cultural legacy of Detroit’s North End, ONE Mile is working on reactivating one linear mile of historic Oakland Avenue by bringing together a network of architects, landscape architects, musicians, urban designers, contemporary artists, community advocates, and residents to collectively plan and produce a series of vibrant civic spaces. Mile is situated along a mile-l

ong stretch of Oakland Avenue, the central commercial and creative artery of Detroit’s historic North End. While the neighborhood has been effected by the city’s general economic downturn, its creative output has remained strong, inspired by the unique cultural legacy of the place. Mile recovers the sites that have hosted exceptional creative programming in the past by activating them with contemporary installations, performances, and events. Mile's development of alternative urban strategies is open to the public, encouraging community participation. In the preliminary organizational stages of the project, a number of key sites have been identified for micro-architectural and programmatic interventions. Theses sites, including buildings and open lots, tactically punctuate the pedestrian flow of the street, and serve to host a range of cultural programming related to visual art, music, literature and other emergent practices in the community. In this context, the architectural work serves to create a sense of cohesion and legibility for the ensemble of the interventions.

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