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As part of that legacy it plays a significant role in the social history of Detroit as one of the only racially integrated neighborhoods where black and white musicians and patrons to co-mingle in an otherwise highly segregated urban landscape. Many of the nation’s most important jazz musicians, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and countless others played in the clubs and stayed in the hotels that comprised the jazz district.

Yet today, the current landscape is associated more with parking lots than as a place unto itself. Seeing the economic development opportunities driven by the arts, the studio will look into potential for highlighting the area’s art and cultural heritage as a way to attract visitors and economic stimulus. “Sugarhill” will seek to establish new housing within the Sugar Hill Arts District that leverages programming, construction and design to create affordable, equitable and sustainable living and working opportunities for the growing community of artists and their families. This studio explores architectural strategies and tactics that reinforce affordability, diversity, and creative approaches to urban living.