January 2011: I am preparing for my first real visit to Detroit, the city of my birth. I am a Californian, where I have been since age one when my parents packed me into a car to seek fame and fortune in LA. It is strange to be defined by something unknown but when asked if I am a "native" Californian, I answer, "No, I was born in Detroit." It seems time to investigate what that means. So I have come "home" on my birthday to photograph Detroit.

This blog is part of an accompanying journal about the project.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

It is not just Detroit

We have all known this, but perhaps choose to forget that Detroit is just an example of what has been happening for decades around the US. 

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/08/we-buy-houses-decline-and-opportunity-pittsburghs-east-suburbs/3013/


Detroit serves however as an example of people and business - those in and out of the city - who are working, often successfully, for its regrowth.  Here is one great example from Model D, always a terrific resource on what is happening in Detroit:

http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/detroitfellowslove712.aspx
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