Under Whitfield’s direction, the Heidelberg Project has expanded its goals to include acquisition and restoration of property in the area, as well as the implementation of art and education programs for the local community. Perhaps it is art that will bring Detroit’s poorest neighborhoods back from the brink, as it has in so many other cities before. Even so, with nearly 90,000 vacant homes and lots still going unspoken for, Kevin Bauman could be busy for a long time to come—if he chooses to continue. All speculation aside, his sensitively wrought typology already speaks volumes for itself.