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...when the music started playing, everyone clapped. When film montages of Detroit sports history appeared on large television screens, everyone cheered. And when The Temptations belted out the well-suited classic, “Stay,” everyone sang along...
...course, this wasn’t a flawless rainbow congregation. When we arrived in the jam-packed Hart Plaza amphitheatre, one man’s t-shirt caught my eye. “Come back to Detroit,” the shirt proclaimed, bold white letters crying out against a black backdrop. “We missed you the first time.” A menacing handgun illustration accompanied the aphorism...
...recent years, civic leaders have tried to engineer a Detroit Renaissance. Three imposing casinos line the city streets, touted as an urban panacea by some and a Pandora’s box by others. New leaders line the city school board, hoping to rescue floundering schools from funding cuts and a state takeover. Major businesses, such as Compuware, are moving back into the city...
...will not be an easy task. Old bigotries linger and new obstacles emerge. But if there’s one thing I learned during my summer wandering the streets of Detroit, it’s that Detroiters are a spirited, determined bunch...
...Detroit: Some people call it Motown. Other people call it Hockeytown. Now, I call it my town...