Earlier this month, an article was posted on ASLA’s The Dirt, titled ‘Detroit Is Not a Ruin’.   I read the article, and posted a response as a discussion on Land8, found here.  My initial reaction was dissatisfaction in the article based on the lack of research and an actual ‘landscape architecture’ take on the subject.  Not to be a hypocrite, I decided to take my own advice and look deeper into…