You might have heard that Detroit has chosen to file for bankruptcy - the largest US municipality in history to do so. Whatever your take on the reasons why (and there are many) to solutions (not so many of those) and what turning point the city will go down, the sun is still shining on the city. We popped down yesterday for my first trip to the DIA (who's collection is up in the air - more of that and trip there to come in following weeks) and I managed to snap some photos of Detroit, predominately Midtown along Woodward. No doubt the news reports you read or saw about the bankruptcy were accompanied by ruin porn photographs, burnt our, chopped up, falling down building - but those images have no place on my blog, I'm not one to prompt that image of the city.
So here's some alternate images, Detroit is still alive, it's still open, it's still sunny.
WOW detroit looks beautiful, It was on the news over here in the UK and the pictures we were shown are nothing like these. xx
ReplyDeleteYeah I can imagine that was the case with the media images. I mean those places do exist especially in the former industrial areas, and many neighbors aren't in the best of shapes, but there are places in the city that are just like any other city you'll fine.
DeleteThere was a surprising amount of coverage about the bankruptcy on the BBC News here in the UK, it was really sad to watch but I did find myself thinking 'You're only showing the most run-down areas, they can't possibly all be that way!' but I suppose that doesn't fit with the angle they were going for!
ReplyDeleteJem xXx
Yeah it's hard to find any media broadcasts about the city that don't show such images which does nothing for any attempt at trying to reinvent or change people's assumptions.
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