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05/26/2005 Archived Entry: "Detroit Eats Its Young"
Detroit Eats Its Young
So many insightful posts about the mayor's idiocy are out there. Detroit Blog does a great job. dETROITfUNK's video says so much. Notes From Far Away discusses the lost doorway.
To quote Funkadelic, Detroit eats its young. Without a past, there is no city. The larger issue is, what does Kwame really think he is achieving by erasing the physical past of the city? His own corruption? His own impotence? If I can't succeed, I will tear down the walls and bring the place tumbling with me? Is this mayoral suicide at its best?
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I went out this morning and found a huge billboard with a picture of Boy-mayor Kilpatrick standing guard over the city. Jesus, I wish I had a paintball gun. What's the range on those things anyway?
The sad thing is that the city is spiraling into receivership, a process the current mayor didn't start but one that he did nothing to stop, and when he is defeated in next fall's election he can just sit back and say that it didn't happen on his watch.
Posted by Pedro @ 05/28/2005 09:53 PM EST
Hey Bill
Very possible. A terrible vision of renaissance, of course. Be born so new that you do all you can to leave no trace of what you've been.
The result: San Antonio's River Walk? A franchise city (Border's/Hard Rock/Gap/Starbucks)? Probably. Bring the strip mall franchise to the city.
Posted by jeff @ 05/26/2005 01:44 PM EST
By most accounts Kwame seems to be spinning out of control. I wonder if some of this destruction stems from the "renaissance city" mythology. The drive to start something new, be born again...where does this leave the past? Thanks for useful links.
Posted by Bill @ 05/26/2005 01:38 PM EST