“I placed the sign on the overpass, the gateway to Detroit, the heart of a once booming industrial America, full of capitalist promise and hope,” the alleged artist wrote.
City officials confirmed today that the final paperwork is nearly complete to allow the slumlord, Ralph Sachs, to proceed with demolition
Crews recently wiped out a 10-block area that included decaying buildings, thick overgrowth and discarded tires and needles.
The cost to demolish six houses, level trees, till the land and clean up discarded tires and trash: just $200,000.
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Explore the mysterious project that leveled 12 blocks on the city’s east side.
In just two weeks, demolition crews flattened 10 blocks on the lower east side, leveling homes, a 19th-century church, school, and trees on the lower east side.
A popular Detroit blogger tore down an offensive message Tuesday on the overpass of the abandoned Packard Plant that alluded to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Motorists driving past the Packard Plant were greeted this morning with the same chilling words that were placed at the entrances of numerous concentration camps – “Arbeit Macht Frei.”
It’s the first real test of Mayor Dave Bing’s plan to repopulate stable neighborhoods and transform vacant areas into lakes, farms, forests and greenways.