Detroit: Downtown Then and Now, ECONOMIC RISE, FALL & REBIRTH,

[drakethick1]

Several of the images displayed are clearly CG renderings.

I suspect this is planted by a political hack trying to take the focus away from detroit's massive urban decay and crime, trying to gin-up the theory that all is not bad and things are getting better. The names first noted are academics.

One vid does not make a dreamy story; watch the many others on your right regarding the loss of a major US city.

[plumstreetmusic]

@drakethick1 No. I teach Urban Economics at Wayne State Univ. in Detroit. I produced this piece for my class using photos from our library archives and current photos of downtown Detroit. Sorry, no CGI here.

[exit30sc]

Great video, great pics of the old homes...I have never seen them before! Thanks for doing this.

[plumstreetmusic]

@exit30sc You're welcome

[highperactive1]

"If you build it, they will come"...and burn it down again.

[plumstreetmusic]

@highperactive1 It has happened with many great cities: London, Berlin, Warsaw, Dresden....

[davisotj1]

i still dont get why hudsons was demolished....

[plumstreetmusic]

@davisotj1 Neither do I. It was a very solid, well-built shell that could have been repurposed.

[11xr1east]

Detroit is making a dam good come back. Lets keep it coming jobs and better living conditions.

[plumstreetmusic]

@11xr1east Thanks for your comment.

[TheSmokingArgus]

Shame what happens to a city when Central Economic Planners and their banker friends lay their eyes upon "designing" a "better" city.

May all Pull-Peddlers, Looters, and their Sycophants get their Just desserts.

[LindaHammonds]

Great to see a more positive point of view of Detroit. Well done.

[plumstreetmusic]

@LindaHammonds Thank you. All in the day's work of an Urban Economist.

[a4ol]

Nice video, what music are you using? if you don't mind me asking...

[urbanecondetroit]

@a4ol It's a royalty-free piece from FreeFootage from their Latin Music collection