Detroit - Intrepid beauty turned to dust

[wwillson]

Read the book "Once in a Great City". Fascinating story about the modern history of Detroit and Motown Records.

 

[Owen Lucas]

I was in Detroit for work one time. At a stop light, the passenger in the car next to me open his door and dumps a bag of McDonalds onto the street. I looked at him, he looked at me, and seemed bothered lol.

 

[dbias]

Where i live there is an unbelievably ornate theater called the Keith Albee Theater. While I was City Fire Marshal it was a royal pain in my rear end but beautiful none the less....

Keith-Albee - About

Keith-Albee - Performing Arts Center

keithalbee.com

 

[aquariuscsm]

A few years ago? 52 years to be exact.

I remember seeing this on Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. I think it’s from her album Ladies of the Canyon.

 

[brianl703]

I remember this version. Didn’t know it was a cover of an older song til just now 😳

There was also an Amy Grant version that came out in 1995:

 

[brianl703]

I was in Detroit for work one time. At a stop light, the passenger in the car next to me open his door and dumps a bag of McDonalds onto the street. I looked at him, he looked at me, and seemed bothered lol.

I used to live in a townhouse community in Manassas Park, VA where the HOA had to hire someone to clean the parking lot up after slobs like that.

And now I live in Nokesville, VA where the same sorts of slobs empty their trash into the drainage ditches on the side of the road. This trash includes beer cans, which makes you wonder if they were drinking and driving.

 

[measureman]

Huge 1500 seat movie theater in Asbury Park N.J.
I saw the first Ali VS Frazier fight here.
Long gone.

 

[doitmyself]

On a brighter note, the iconic grandiose Michigan Central Train station restoration in Detroit will be completed soon:

112 years after Michigan Central Station construction began, Detroit train depot prepares for new life

Work began on Michigan Central Station after the permits were pulled in May 1910. While the train station would close several decades later, the building is being saved.

www.fox2detroit.com

 

[DwightFrye]

At one time Detroit had one of the largest per capita incomes of any city in the US. That was due to the auto industry and related manufacturing jobs. Those jobs will likely not ever return. There is no reason for Detroit to become gentrified and turned into a series of nice neighborhoods with remodeled older homes, especially since the current population has destroyed much of those neighborhoods.

 

[Dave Hess]

At one time Detroit had one of the largest per capita incomes of any city in the US. That was due to the auto industry and related manufacturing jobs. Those jobs will likely not ever return. There is no reason for Detroit to become gentrified and turned into a series of nice neighborhoods with remodeled older homes, especially since the current population has destroyed much of those neighborhoods.

No good jobs…. people leave and city turns into an eyesore.

 

[researcher]

what a lot of people are forgetting or don't know.. is that the main reason Detroit turned into a ghetto was the 1967 Riots. This was all races, the ones that could afford to get out after that did so quickly! My family was there during those riots, my relatives told me all about how it was. When the people escaped to the suburbs no one cared to go back. And so the poor people who couldn't afford to move got stuck there among the ruins, it's only lately that people who still live there have begun to clean up the mess.

 

[john_pifer]

My wife is from Warsaw, IN, about 3.5 hrs from Detroit.

When we were dating, a few years ago, we decided to drive up to Detroit and spend the day there.

We did a little exploring, walked around, had coffee at a really cool fully-automated coffee Roasting/brewing place called the Roasting Plant in downtown Detroit (we’re big coffee nerds) and had lunch at a wonderful Polish restaurant in Hamtramck called Polonia.

From memory, that’s a pierogi, Polish sausage, dill pickle soup, and fresh homemade bread. The best kind of comfort food for a February day in Detroit!

- Roasting Plant

Roasting Plant is the new wave of specialty fresh roasted coffee. We are the only coffee retailer that roasts our coffee in every store. We believe in innovation and creativity. We use technology to harness the power of the artisan coffee and create a custom experience that will change the world...

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Polonia Restaurant - Hamtramck

Highly recommend both places!