The City after PropertyIn The City after Property, Sara Safransky examines how postindustrial decline generates new forms of urban land politics. In the 2010s, Detroit government officials classified a staggering 150,000 lotsmore than a third of the cityas vacant or abandoned. Analyzing subsequent efforts to shrink the Motor Citys footprint and budget, Safransky presents a new way of conceptualizing urban abandonment. She challenges popular myths that cast Detroit as empty