The Detroit News - 2001
With this five-day series, The Detroit News launches a continuing examination of why Detroit has inadequate services, a shrinking population and vast tracts of abandoned or vacant property. The first installment, what went wrong on Elmhurst shows why our neighborhoods struggle while other cities' revive and thrive. A second installment will examine obstacles to change and a third installment will look at solutions for reviving Detroit.
Part 1:White exodus - In a panic, working-class Jewish residents flee the block on Elmhurst and blacks move in.
Part 2: Unrest and decline - The neighborhood thrives until the riots ruin businesses and property values plummet.
Part 3: Crime and abandonment - Crime sweeps in, people abandon property and buildings are torn down.
Part 4: Lost block - Abandoned buildings haunt the block and city government is overwhelmed.
Part 5: Life among ruins - During the Archer years, residents struggle to improve their neighborhood.
*Check out the 'Snapshot of Elmhurst' for each of the 5 parts which show the changes to this one block over the decades
Video - Detroit: City on the Move - 1965
Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all shot prior to the city's economic decline.
Video - Renaissance Center - early 1970s
Proposal promoting the construction of the Renaissance Center
Video - Renaissance Center - mid 1970s
Groundbreaking of Renaissance Center and optimistic vision for the future of Detroit with its completion. As a bonus it has some sweet 70s tunes.
Audio Podcast - Shrinking Cities exhibit at MoCAD (Smart City Radio)
Also with us is Marsha Miro, acting director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, which is opening a new exhibition this month about shrinking cities worldwide. Marsha previously taught art history at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit and has numerous books and a film on Cranbrook to her credit.
We'll talk about the challenges cities face in moving people and managing population shrinkage this week on Smart City (2/1/2007).
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