Matthew Piper is Detroit-based writer and editor with a special interest in modern and contemporary art, architecture, and urbanism. His work has been featured in Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider’s Guide to Detroit, Curbed Detroit, Detroit Research, Infinite Mile, KnightArts, Model D, and the second edition of Thanks For the View, Mr. Mies. He is a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Essay’d.