In a new vision of Detroit's future, a team of visiting urban planners suggests the city might one day resemble the English countryside, with distinct urban villages surrounded by farms, fields and meadows.
the city's population is less than half what it was at its peak. i'm starting an online mlis program through (detroit's) wayne state university in august, and since i'm subscribed to the program's listserv i've been getting emails about local events, jobs, housing, et cetera. someone sent out a link to a listing for an apartment in the mexicantown neighborhood, which sounds like it's (predictably) somewhat analogous to the mission district, or maybe the excelsior: diverse but heavily latino, culturally vibrant, lots of restaurants. this was a nice, spacious one bedroom apartment. the monthly rent was $380.
on flickr, detroit liger has some amazing pictures of detroit, in turns depressing, beautiful, and haunting. an abandoned middle school filled with smashed computer moniters. newly built homes abandoned before they were ever occupied, a crumbling ballroom, this great pawnbroker building, and recently, perhaps the best fence ever.
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