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Clicked on Discuss Detroit and was saddened to see the state of my high school from the late 50's. It was an architectural gem, but like so many of the same in D, it has been neglected and now awaits...

The area has changed greatly since my time in Detroit [[the 50's and 60's) but this is the old Armour Meats receiving area. The Grand Trunk Western delivered refrigerated cars full of "hanging beef"...

DDOT and funding for public transit really are not the problem because DDOT is not primarily a transit system; it is a jobs program. As soon as people realize this fact they will really recognize how...

The Answer.

I am certain that all the money that went to those charged was given to poor children in the form of school supplies and lunch money. How cynical of everyone to think that they kept...

What one should recognize is that this project is a JOBS project. Unemployment is not good, especially in an election year. This project will provide jobs, not transportation.

Of interest, there...

River rat remains alive and well and prowls the city when in the country.

Many years ago I had experiences at Eloise. Thousands lived there and the conditions were not great for those with mental illness. They had a warm place to stay, meals were reasonable and there was...

Being part of the action at Detroit General Hospital treating gunshot wounds, burns, lacerations from "looters arm", auto injuries & trauma from falls, knife wounds, blunt trauma from beatings....

I rarely post on Detroityes because there is little rationality to the threads. This tragic story could have happened anywhere with any combination of races involved. What needs to be understood is...

Oh my, Richard, you state that the DC Union Station [[a fabulous place designed by the great Daniel Burnham) is not in a walkable area!!! It 975 feet from the US Capitol and there are 28 restaurants...

Same old, same old. Detroiters like to blame someone else [[in this case, Matty) for the mess of the city. Detroiters elected idiot and corrupt politicians for decades, tolerated soft and activist...

Stan Midgley did chronicle the end of the narrow gauge railroad empires of Colorado in his films as well as many historical sites that have not been preserved. I certainly hope his films can be found...

I hadn't thought of Midgley for 50 years until this thread. He was a regular on the George Perrot show on WWJ-TV in the fifties. The show was on from 5 to 6 PM as I recall. His travel shows usually...

One of the great Christmas memories of the 50's was Matty Maroun's building, Michigan Central Station. Thousands of travelers meeting loved ones, Christmas trees, choirs from churches and schools...

Penske now on TV making small talk about the failure and making excuses and actually saying, "we have had a great weekend".

Really RP, what a mess.

What a joke! This city and everything connected with it is a joke. You can't even keep a road together for a race. The race is stopped, don't restart it, go home, and just end the misery of the city...

The Anna Thompson Dodge estate was magnificent. Back then Detroit had people who you could legitimately classify as "characters". Certainly the Dodge Family provided the local gossip rags with lots...

Danny chronicals the responsibiities of the DPD of the 1930-1950 period. The murder rate is very close to 1 per 2000 residents now; I wonder what is ws then?

River Rat here for a rare response to the Forum.

As was reported in this Forum several years ago, RR with an investment group made an offer to purchase Belle Isle from the city. The letter to the...

Bailout! Hell no. Detroit needs to declare bankruptcy, because it is. The court needs to appoint a bankruptcy master who will then void all obligations and debts and pay the creditors on a rational...

River rat is back to the forum after a few years of missing all the whining. RR was in Greece much of the summer and there you can see the result of endless failed social engineering.

Get to...

Yes, Detroit was a great city that was growing and making thousands of jobs that paid workers well when it was friendly to corporate structures. I am a staight-up corporate capitalist. I hire the...

Great! Some of the thread participants are quick to blame Intercontinental Hotels Group for the closure. This is the Detroit way; blame a corporation. I stay at IHG establishments wherever I travel...

NW Detroit was a prosperous and wonderful place to grow up. Living on Rutherford near Fenkell, the block had dozens of kids and we had impromptu baseball games, street hockey, etc. every day. No refs...

Smoke and mirrors from Joe Biden. The same thing we have been getting for the last two years from the administration. Wake up! The United States [[and most states) is broke, out of money, tapped out,...