Detroit

Katie Kop Mrs. Yegge AP English 6th hour 13 April 2017 “Detroit: Is a Comeback in Store?” Reputations can be very deceiving.  They cause you to think a certain way about something without forming your own opinion first.  Reputations are like stereotypes: they both make you conform to other people's views about a subject without getting to know it for yourself.  The city of Detroit falls victim to having a bad reputation.  The Motor City is known as being corrupt and left for dead; it is called hopeless

Detroit, Michigan once stood as the epitome of industrial American cities. In the mid 1990s Detroit had the highest income per capita and a booming automotive industry. During prohibition in the 1920s Detroit served as a major gateway for the importation of alcohol from Canada, whereby it thrived from this lucrative business. Also, around this same time the automotive industry was growing at a pace where jobs were begging to be filled, and the population of Detroit rose to nearly 2,000,000. There

The City of Detroit became the largest city in United States history to filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in the amount was 20 billion dollars (Bomey,Priddle,Snavely 2013). How does once an productive city fall so far it has resort to filing for bankruptcy? This story of Detroit's bankruptcy starts in the 1950's. The City of Detroit has its highest population to date which is 1.85 million,which includes 290,000 manufacturing jobs (Weber,2013). With the promise of jobs that the City of Detroit offers, this

Expanding on Detroit History Through Research While picking a college to attend, Wayne State University came to mind. Similarly, to how all things are, Wayne State had its pros and cons. One of the pros that stuck out was its location. Wayne State University is situated in the middle of a major city known as Detroit. Detroit is a city on the rise. It has a reputation as being a dangerous and unpleasant city. Some people even say, “why would you ever want to live in Detroit.” The city of Detroit may have

Throughout my life, Detroit has been on the decline. As a child, I would head downtown with my family for ballgames and hear stories of Detroit’s glorious past, as the “Motor City” and the “Arsenal of Democracy.” I saw beautiful architecture and a stunning skyline but always wondered why the city was so lifeless compared to cities like Chicago and Toronto. Consequently, I became curious about what had happened to the once great city and thus, I choose to read “Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and

thinking. If Detroit is not revitalized and branded it has been said that Michigan as a whole cannot rebrand. Detroit is the city that most people outside of the state look at and determine Michigan’s prominence, domination and future. Rather right or wrong that is simply the way that it is. Michigan over the past few years has attempted to gut the city of what they perceive as the ugliness of Detroit, people in poverty. In this attempt most of the people whom had to leave Detroit because of unemployment

Detroit, Michigan was originally settled as a French fur trading post that turned into a military post. It was turned over to the British in 1760 after they lost the French and Indian War. In 1796, the British lost Detroit to U.S. forces. Most of this history was lost when a fire destroyed the city in 1805. The invention of the steamboat and the building of the Erie Canal provided efficient access to Detroit through the Detroit River. The city grew rapidly and was incorporated in 1815, even before

home in high spirits, ready to start a family and continue on to a better life. The country as a whole was experiencing an economic boom after the war, and the auto-making mecca of Detroit was no different. Unfortunately, not everyone got to experience the prosperity that followed the war. African-Americans in Detroit continued to be heavily discriminated against in terms of job opportunities. Skilled jobs were practically impossible for most African-Americans to attain, leaving them low-paying

The city of Detroit was the city of opportunity, wealth and place where anyone could pursue their American dream. In early 1910’s innovative inventor, Henry Ford brought automobile industry into american soil. First and biggest factories of automobile manufacturing was opened in several places in Detroit. Detroit became third biggest city in the United States with largest population during 1950s. Automobile manufacturing was the base of Detroit’s economy for decades. However, today its not like it

Station. An icon if there ever was one, representing Detroit’s rise and fall. It is so structurally sound demolition experts say would cost an estimated $5-10 Million just to demolish and anywhere from $100-300 million to renovate. More of an issue for Detroit is finding a function for the forgotten station. It was built by the same architects as New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. In service from 1913 to 1988, The Beaux-Art style was very influential during its conception. There is the train station