tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post4246898325043408731..comments2024-03-24T20:40:46.666-04:00Comments on Pan-African News Wire: BBC Article on the Economic Crisis in DetroitPan-African News Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958190577776906688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-87846206731282312042009-12-16T00:56:41.860-05:002009-12-16T00:56:41.860-05:00Hi!!! panafricannews.blogspot.com is one of the be...Hi!!! panafricannews.blogspot.com is one of the best informational websites of its kind. I take advantage of reading it every day. I will be back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-13533230094040405172008-01-11T15:40:00.000-05:002008-01-11T15:40:00.000-05:00I used to live in the Detroit area. Whenever I go...I used to live in the Detroit area. Whenever I go back for a visit I take a drive through the city. I've never seen anything like it. So much rich history, such a once-was beautiful city. You can drive down Jefferson Ave. in Grosse Pointe on your way into Detroit and see all of these extravagant mansions. Then you hit a liquor store and gas station, boom, you're in Detroit. Literally across the street from the mansion you see a poverty stricken waste of a city. It's amazing. I drove to Belle Isle to see the old Aquarium last time I was there. It is all shut down and boarded up as well, the oldest Aquarium in the US and you can't even go inside of this neat building anymore. There's also the old yacht club on Belle Isle, it just sits empty and run down. No one bothered to transform it or clean it up. Belle Isle is surreal. It's a strange little island between Detroit and Canada. Someone planted these strange little pygmy deer there, and to the best of my knowledge they still live there. <BR/>You also might drive down Woodward Avenue. It's the first paved street ever. The original Model T factory is easy to miss, with its little plaque on the front lawn it is all closed up and overgrown with weeds. How does this happen? What will happen to all of the historic buildings and gorgeous neighborhoods? This city is filled with potential and it rots. <BR/>SAVE DETROIT!<BR/>Someone has got to do a documentary on this city. The visuals alone are astounding.emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803236076211081595noreply@blogger.com