Detroit

• great migration happened in the 1900s
• in 1825 eerie canal opened
• 1890 car manufacturing was introdued
• in 1967 race riots occurred
• white flight occurred in the 1950s and 1960s
• 2013 detroit filed for bankrupcy
• poems like an abandoned factory create a sense of place
• artists such as banksy help to create a sense of place
• the city has been rebranded with slogans such as 'motor city'
• Motown in 1960 created a sense of place for the african american population
• motwon to growtown is a georgia street community garden where the locals use derelict land for farming and education etc.
• the ratio of abandoned houses to nonvacant houses is 10 to 1
• detroit has invested $9 billion into the tertiary sector
• adopt a lot is leasing abandoned land to use for farming