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

Changes to downtown Detroit over a period of 140 years--Playing with the Schumpeterian economic concept of Creative Destruction.

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[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....

[plumstreetmusic]

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

[davisotj1]

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

[plumstreetmusic]

@11xr1east Thanks for your comment.

[11xr1east]

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