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I don't know about agreeing w/all of the sentiments expressed in that, but it's got some great shots of the decaying buildings. Detroit has some spectacular architecture, and it's a shame to see it wasting-away.
In one of my firefighting journals they had stories about the economic hardships Detroit is facing, and how the equipment is deteriorating (trucks and stations) and how there isn't enough $ to replace needed gear for the firefighters to wear on the job. That's sad, dangerous, and scary if you're a career firefighter.
One of my friends lived by 3-Mile not too-far from Grosse Pointe, and when I visited him in the summer, he had to keep the house windows closed at night to keep the 'rock-monsters' from trying to crawl-in to steal whatever they could find. His wife god mugged at the bank one day, almost carjacked. As-soon as they could save the $ they moved to a custom-built home by Lake Orion, he just retired from GM Tech Center in Warren.
His neighbor in Detroit was John Sinclair, who is well-known to anyone who grew-up in the '60's/'70's in the Detroit Metro area. While out on probation, John gave a couple of joints to an undercover officer. They revoked his parole and he got sentenced to 10 years. John was a political activist who frequently stuck a thumb in the eye of the local gov't and he got payback for it w/that sentence. John had a great record collection, and he has a show on radio he began after he got out. He knew a lot of the local bands, and did some promoting/managing (the MC5, Mitch Ryder). OK, I found this: http://www.johnsinclair.us/ Beware, he is an old, irascible hippie. It does make a good read if you were around in MI then in that time.
In another professional journal, for planners, there was an article on the urban farms movement that is arising in Detroit to reclaim land going to waste, and repurposing it for locally-grown and consumed crops. Not everyone is stripping buildings for copper.
In one of my firefighting journals they had stories about the economic hardships Detroit is facing, and how the equipment is deteriorating (trucks and stations) and how there isn't enough $ to replace needed gear for the firefighters to wear on the job. That's sad, dangerous, and scary if you're a career firefighter.
One of my friends lived by 3-Mile not too-far from Grosse Pointe, and when I visited him in the summer, he had to keep the house windows closed at night to keep the 'rock-monsters' from trying to crawl-in to steal whatever they could find. His wife god mugged at the bank one day, almost carjacked. As-soon as they could save the $ they moved to a custom-built home by Lake Orion, he just retired from GM Tech Center in Warren.
His neighbor in Detroit was John Sinclair, who is well-known to anyone who grew-up in the '60's/'70's in the Detroit Metro area. While out on probation, John gave a couple of joints to an undercover officer. They revoked his parole and he got sentenced to 10 years. John was a political activist who frequently stuck a thumb in the eye of the local gov't and he got payback for it w/that sentence. John had a great record collection, and he has a show on radio he began after he got out. He knew a lot of the local bands, and did some promoting/managing (the MC5, Mitch Ryder). OK, I found this: http://www.johnsinclair.us/ Beware, he is an old, irascible hippie. It does make a good read if you were around in MI then in that time.
In another professional journal, for planners, there was an article on the urban farms movement that is arising in Detroit to reclaim land going to waste, and repurposing it for locally-grown and consumed crops. Not everyone is stripping buildings for copper.
customizedcreationz
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There are some cool pictures there.
Whoozat on 'de VOX keyboard? An' how-many 'de fingers on 'de left hand gots 'de guy wit 'de stripey-pants? An' izze wearin' GTO winkle-picker boots from Thom McAnn? 1967 Ann Arbor concert by some nobodies.
Pics copyright by Leni Sinclair
James 'Somebody,' 1971 Ann Arbor concert by Scott-Richards-Case (SRC). Another nobody who never did anything in music.:biglaugh:
Back-when SE Michigan was hoppin' on the music scene. Barry Gordie had already pulled-up stakes from "Hitsville, USA" and had decamped to southern CA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uxVKPbA4tDo
adambweird
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Wow, thats definately not the Detroit I know....
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