Detroit is a city that tells unique stories through its destruction. Looking from the outside,you may only see torn down buildings , meaningless graffiti and careless people but being a resident in Detroit gives you a vivid picture. It was not always known for its destruction. At one point Detroit was whole and everyone was happy. Majority say that there is no hope left for the Motor city but when you're a resident your faith is stronger than any force on the earth. If you were to visit Detroit and step into the shoes of a resident you will be shocked by the stories that are told through the people and buildings. When walking down the slim alleys deep in the busy streets , you will see many sights that make your bones tremble in overbearing …show more content…
As you look around you don't know which way to go because all the buildings look vacant or look as if they will cave in if you even step one foot into them. On your left you will see a strip of empty buildings with boarded up windows ,covered with signs that boldly display “DO NOT ENTER”. These buildings are also covered in black spray paint with hateful words and pictures. If you are not from around the area you will probably make the assumption that these are just buildings that shut down due to careless actions but being a resident you know better than that. You know that these buildings were once businesses owned by many people in the …show more content…
One building was a family restaurant that served Southern food. The smell of freshly cooked pies and biscuits would fill the air as you walked past. Even though you could only smell them you could also imagine the taste of each and remember how they melted in your mouth with each bite. Connected to the restaurant was a small antique store owned by one of the oldest women in town. The antiques came from all around the world and were made up of colored glass. A visit to this store was never dull because the woman who owned the store would show off some of her personal antiques and tell the many stories behind them. By the look on her face you could tell that she was passionate about the matter and just had to tell her stories to everyone. These are just some of the many businesses that once lived on this small but busy street. Even though these businesses were all different they shared something in common, they were all closed due to a tragedy. These include death of the owner, fires , economic struggles, robberies and even relocating to seek success in a nicer town. This is not the worse of it. On the right you'll notice a giant field, filled with mounds of trash and gated all around with barb wire. You can see various animals running through and hear many mysterious noises. This field use to be a neighborhood to about 3,000 people. It was an apartment complex
Lewiston, Idaho, once an important port for miners traveling in search of gold, is now a town of about 30,000 people. Few of the people who live in the Lewis-Clark Valley speak of its over one hundred year history. However, there are still parts of the community where one can explore and see the age of the town. Downtown Lewiston is one of a few areas where people can go exploring. They wander the streets, admiring the buildings that stand proudly above them. One building in particular ties a unique history into the downtown area. Morgan’s Alley stands at the corner of Main Street and D Street, overlooking the cars and people passing by. On the outside, it looks like an ordinary, older building. On the inside, it holds secrets of the past and possibly a ghost.
Inner-city life is filled with glimmers of hope. The children had hopes of leaving the dreadful streets of the ghetto and moving into an innovative and improved place. There are times when Lafayette states, ...
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Detroit, once known as a bustling city of fast cars and bling, is now known for its poor education system. Detroit, minus its Red Wings, has failed at every turn economically and educationally. With its population cut in half and poverty rates soaring, there is no telling what can stop this disaster of a city. The only hope, it seems, is to better educate the region that Detroit inhabits. Detroit Public Schools has been one of the worst performing school districts in recent years. In 2013, the city of Detroit filed chapter 9 bankruptcy, the largest account of bankruptcy to-date. Good teachers avoid Detroit Public Schools because of the poverty, job quality, and low pay, leaving children with the unqualified teachers they have today in this poverty-plagued city that they call home.
The mentioning of there being only bare horizon between buildings and the farming characteristics help determine the town is what is usually pictured as a small farming town, The road they walk on is dirt, the guilt letters on the bank, and the string of houses with the weathered grey or peeling paint almost represents a lifeless area with little to nothing occurring there and being affected by the dog and the whole situation and how it leads to the trees death eliminates any positive vibes in the town.
Music and Art are two important factors in a society. They are apart of a neighborhood's History. They show how a community has lived, and what was important to the people and how they lived. The Art and Music during certain time periods can show how that community has grown and how it developed. There were many important artist and musician that played a big role in how Detroit, Michigan grew. They also had a big impact on the society of Detroit. Till this day those Artist and Musicians still have an impact on Detroit.
A new phenomenon happening in our city is the rebirth of many of our older and rundown areas. One of the best examples of this is the "Soulard" area of town, which now has an established nightlife as well as exquisite historical antique homes. Lafayette Square has also enjoyed the same type of success as Soulard. It is still in the middle of a high crime area, but is populated by upper-class people with beautiful homes with elaborate wrought iron fences and intricate security systems. This trend of fixing up old flats is spreading out from the areas of Soulard and Lafayette Square to neighboring communities at a rapid pace. The Compton Heights area is coming back with rebuilt old Victorian styled houses and private gated streets that contrast the French styled flats of Soulard. The Shaw and Tower Grove area are also following the lead of revitalization similar to these charming old neighborhoods.
The spatial isolation present in Detroit deepened anti-integration sentiment, and the resulting shift of whites out of the Rust Belt led to conditions conducive to deindustrialization. However, Sugrue notes that “[racial prejudices] are the result of the actions of federal and local governments, real estate agents, individual home buyers and sellers, and community organizations” (11). That is to say white flight is a phenomenon dependent on political climate rather than being an entirely intrinsic, prejudiced practice of whites. This is an important distinction to make, as it helps reinforce the idea that systems such as poverty and racism are exactly that—systems, and not a result of individual immorality. The same can be said for the urban crisis in Detroit: as opposed to being purely an issue of deindustrialization or poverty, Sugrue argues that the circumstances of Detroit may be in part an institutional problem. “The shape of the postwar city, I contend, is the result of political and economic decisions, of choices made and not made by various institutions, groups and
The ghetto is a very often commonly misused word. Jews are the only ones who can utilize the word properly. People of Jewish religion are the alone ones who truly recognize what it is like to be in an actual ghetto. This word holds so many stories behind it are nil compared to what its actual significance. At least one thousand ghettos were established by Germans during the Holocaust. Jews were discovered as a minority; hence they were inhabited in small regions which the Nazi SS named ghettos. Jewish quarters were somewhat in similar comparison to concentration camps, although they were very much smaller. Jews were not always subjected to this type of treatment. Treatment in such a way all started with Adolf Hitler. He charged the Jews for
When you look at Detroit you look at a city that has went through a lot and a city that is strong. News always portrays Detroit as a bad place and as place where violence. Well I think if we each dedicate time to change Detroit or to even study criminology to help change the amount of crimes committed.
In the documentary, “Cleveland: Confronting Decline in an American City” the short movie analyses the great risk confronting Cleveland as a city as result of deterioration and dilapidation of the urban core. The documentary discusses factors that are responsible for this problem and possible solutions; as this has become a phenomenon, not just in Cleveland but other major US cities. The issue of the urban decline in most cities cuts across people, commerce, and the economy in general. However, the questions of how most cities arrived at their current predicament, consequences of abandoning these concerns, and what can be done to reverse the bad situation, remain unanswered.
Detroit. A city haunted by corrupt, broken souls. An unforgiving wasteland littered with violence, crime, and homelessness. A city that once stood proud and strong is now fighting for every breath. Few people enjoy the scenery here anymore; its inhabitants rush to escape these brutal streets, away from the plague that has infected this once glorious haven. Who can find beauty in all of this black ruin, these shattered dreams? The answer is Detroit-poet Jamaal May. May is an explosive poet whose words are barely contained on the page. His writing exposes the vigor and tenacity of his home city, Detroit, and enlightens all who experience his work on a variety of diverse subjects, from personal heartache, to the hum of a city, drowning in machinery, and bodies exhausted by the struggle to survive.
In Jane Jacobs’s acclaimed The Life and Death of Great American Cities, she intricately articulates urban blight and the ills of metropolitan society by addressing several binaries throughout the course of the text. One of the more culturally significant binaries that Jacobs relies on in her narrative is the effectively paradoxical relationship between diversity and homogeneity in urban environments at the time. In particular, beginning in Chapter 12 throughout Chapter 13, Jacobs is concerned greatly with debunking widely held misconceptions about urban diversity.
As Rosa Parks said, “As Americans, we still have many challenges to face and many more problems to overcome,”. One of those problems is segregation, which is the action of setting someone/something apart from others. Ghettos have played a major role in helping achieve segregation by separating the minorities from the majority; thus, making it hard for social mobility and equal opportunities for all. Ghettos first started with Jewish people and now have evolved into urban ghettos housing many minorities. This has lead to a rift between certain ethnicities. Not to mention that ghettos are always overcrowded and impoverished, causing the people who live there to fight amongst themselves.
Secondly is that the atmosphere of the story starts off so very mild and almost peaceful, “We liked the house because it kept the memories of great-grandparents, our paternal grandfather, our parents and the whole of childhood.” (Cortazar 37) that when the characters are scared enough to lock off parts of the the house and then eventually leave it behind it seem that whatever is there is completely horrible. “We didn’t wait to look at one another. I took Irene’s arm and forced her to run with me to the wrought-iron door, not wanting to look back.” (Cortazar 41) As the characters in the story explained that they were pretty rich themselves, it leaves a big hole for how something that no one knows about have ever seen can make it that much more terrifying. Third, while most of the details of the story are very well played out, the thing centered around the fear of the homeowners is completely left out, this would imply to make a reader think of there own fear and place that inside of the place of ‘They.’ “I had to shut the door to the