Russell Industrial Center: 'Symbol of promise,' Fortune mag says
Fortune magazine editor-at-large David Whitford writer reports on "an icon of hope" that contrasts with the nearby Packard Plant, "a symbol of despair."
It's worth getting past those cliches to check out his take on the Albert Kahn building that Dennis [[Nikki) Keffallinos bought for $1.5M in '03:
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Ghosts [of faded industries] share quarters with some spirited company: a menagerie of glass blowers, cabinetmakers, architects, seamstresses, a sneaker designer, and three women who teach pole dancing, among others -- 160 small-business tenants in all, most of them operating on the frontlines of Detroit's burgeoning creative economy.
. . . Whatever's happening here -- without any help, by the way, from government or philanthropies -- it's organic, it's mutually supportive, and it's uniquely Detroit.
Full piece is here.
