Senate passes Detroit aid package

[DetroitPlanner]

"The last time Detroit had a mayor who understood bookkeeping was when Albert Cobo was the mayor."

The guy who bulldozed whole areas of the city in the name of redevelopment? Sounds like a real genius.

"The condemnation of property in Black Bottom began in 1950 and continued for three years. This initial development contained seventy-two acres, fifty-five of which would be residential development and seventeen would be set aside for a park. With great anticipation the city conducted a lottery for the cleared land in July of ‘52 to determine who the lucky builders would be to transform this former slum into an urban utopia. It was then that something unexpected happened. Much to the city’s consternation, no one bid on the land. The silence at city hall was deafening. An embarrassed Mayor Cobo named a twelve man committee to fabricate solutions."

http://www.detroits-great-rebellion....n-Renewal.html

or for those looking for more scholarly take on Cobo's folly and the racism underlying his actions:

http://goodspeedupdate.com/RobGoodsp...norsThesis.pdf

Bro let it go it was 60+ years ago. Enough already. Yes it was poor planning, but the feds made money available to do this sort of work. It was not an uncommon thing to do 60+ years ago. What is uncommon is that unlike many cities, we got LaFayette Park and a semi-successful industrial part of Corktown. Stuff like this also evenutally led to NEPA, which is a good thing.

Now compare this to Poletown. That should really p!$$ you off.

My parents are very relieved with this [[the main topic of the thread) as City retirees. It could have been far worse.

You don't move forward very fast if you are continuously being bitter about the past.

[ABetterDetroit]

You don't move forward very fast if you are continuously being bitter about the past.

Best 15 word post on these boards ever. I bow to thee and thy lawn.