I spotted these articles from the NY Times and the Windsor Star via City-Data forums
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detroit/1320280-hipsters-revitalizing-downtown-detroit.html
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/initiatives+entrepreneurs+reviving+Motor+City/5110539/story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/the-young-and-entrepreneurial-move-to-downtown-detroit-pushing-its-economic-recovery.html?_r=2&hp
I guess Coleman A. Young might roll and spin in his grave now. :-D
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 18, 2011, 09:23:42 AM
I spotted these articles from the NY Times and the Windsor Star via City-Data forums
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detroit/1320280-hipsters-revitalizing-downtown-detroit.html
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/initiatives+entrepreneurs+reviving+Motor+City/5110539/story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/the-young-and-entrepreneurial-move-to-downtown-detroit-pushing-its-economic-recovery.html?_r=2&hp
I guess Coleman A. Young might roll and spin in his grave now. :-D
And he can rot as well. That bastard did more to ruin the city than anyone before or since. It's good to see people moving back finally.
Quote from: Brandon on July 18, 2011, 09:13:06 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 18, 2011, 09:23:42 AM
I spotted these articles from the NY Times and the Windsor Star via City-Data forums
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detroit/1320280-hipsters-revitalizing-downtown-detroit.html
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/initiatives+entrepreneurs+reviving+Motor+City/5110539/story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/the-young-and-entrepreneurial-move-to-downtown-detroit-pushing-its-economic-recovery.html?_r=2&hp
I guess Coleman A. Young might roll and spin in his grave now. :-D
And he can rot as well. That bastard did more to ruin the city than anyone before or since. It's good to see people moving back finally.
I take it you've never heard of Kwame Kilpatrick, who was mayor back in the early-to-mid 2000s and is doing time in the Michigan state prison system for being corrupt. Read it and weep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kilpatrick
Quote from: ftballfan on July 18, 2011, 10:45:10 PM
Quote from: Brandon on July 18, 2011, 09:13:06 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 18, 2011, 09:23:42 AM
I spotted these articles from the NY Times and the Windsor Star via City-Data forums
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detroit/1320280-hipsters-revitalizing-downtown-detroit.html
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/initiatives+entrepreneurs+reviving+Motor+City/5110539/story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/the-young-and-entrepreneurial-move-to-downtown-detroit-pushing-its-economic-recovery.html?_r=2&hp
I guess Coleman A. Young might roll and spin in his grave now. :-D
And he can rot as well. That bastard did more to ruin the city than anyone before or since. It's good to see people moving back finally.
I take it you've never heard of Kwame Kilpatrick, who was mayor back in the early-to-mid 2000s and is doing time in the Michigan state prison system for being corrupt. Read it and weep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kilpatrick
As bad a Kwame was, he inherited what he did from Coleman. It was Young who was first highly antagonistic with the suburbs. It was Young who presided over problems that should have been stopped easily when they were still small. Whatever Kilpatrick was, Young got that ball rolling long before.
The Kwam (my high school history teacher's nickname for Kilpatrick) got in a lot of criminal trouble. He held a party at the city-owned Manoogian Mansion, texted love messages to his chief of staff on city-owned pagers, engineered a bribery-tainted sludge contract, funneled state aid money to his wife, hired friends and family while laying off 4,000 city workers, abused power, and abused a police officer. He also was indicted for tax evasion and mail fraud, in addition to being charged on felony corruption charges, which could get him 30 years in federal prison.