Detroit proposed monorail system map, 1958 Size:18x18 I apologize in advance to

I apologize in advance to Ta-Nehisi Coates

was the result

This is the product of a few months of work and I'm very happy to share it with y'all

Unlike the Boston Green Line

This map was featured in CityBeat

Detroit proposed monorail system map, 1958 Size:18x18 I apologize in advance toDetroit was not immune to the monorail craze of the 1950s and 1960s. The City of Detroit was actually planning to build an elevated monorail system even as it planned to demolish large sections of "blighted" neighborhoods for freeway construction. The freeways went through; the monorail did not. If this system looks familiar, it should: because of Detroit's unusual radial street layout, it only makes sense to use the broad avenues stretching out from