Posted April 12, 201015 yr Magnificent non ruins-porn profile of Detroit: http://www.urbanophile.com/2010/04/11/the-other-side-of-detroit/
April 12, 201015 yr Thanks for posting, I appreciate it. That post seems to resonate since it's driving huge traffic today.
April 12, 201015 yr Very interesting, makes me want to photograph the better parts of the city. Sometime I will do a thread on Palmer Woods.
April 12, 201015 yr I've always loved the East English Village and E. Outer Drive. My grandparents house is there and i have such fond memories. The housing there is largely intact and it will hopefully become an anchor for a new Detroit (not Delta City).
April 12, 201015 yr Zach, I was very impressed with your Indian Village series. I think I used at least one of your photos, maybe more.
April 12, 201015 yr I'd recommend a map of the nice neighborhoods to counteract the now famous maps of abandonment.
April 13, 201015 yr I really need to figure out how to get to Cleveland so I can check that city out.
April 14, 201015 yr I worked in downtown Detroit and took masters classes there for my urban planning degree. Definitely some shining areas in Detroit including Palmer Woods & Indian Village but even those are getting rough around the edges. My wife & I used to drive through Palmer Woods all the time and admire the beautiful homes. Then we started to see some with tarps on the roofs, garages crumbling, overgrown bushes & lawns, paint peeling... Indian Village is the same. Certainly aint what it used to be. Some good points in the article though, mainly just how HUGE Detroit is, and also how much wealth is still in the metro area. I think some of the suburbs like Grosse Pointe & Birmingham & even parts of Dearborn are some of the nicest areas I've ever been.
April 15, 201015 yr I really need to figure out how to get to Cleveland so I can check that city out. Easy as pie! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=indianapolis+in&daddr=cleveland,+ohio&hl=en&geocode=FejLXgIdIVzd-ikDanmn_1BriDF86rlA9p2O1g%3BFWc7eQIdT20h-ykta2jjLu8wiDFCGGL3VcsE7Q&mra=ls&sll=39.768376,-86.158042&sspn=0.822274,1.698761&ie=UTF8&z=8
April 15, 201015 yr Hah! I live in Chicago - the route is even easier. I'm going to be in Cincy in a couple weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to hit Cleveland late spring/early summer.
March 23, 201114 yr Here's some music to play while you sift through the ruins....... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/23/detroit-decline_n_813696.html?ref=email_share#218521 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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