“I’m excited about some of the concepts I’ve seen, but Detroit is still different from Berlin,” she continued. “For example, their 24-hour culture may not be possible, so it’s a matter of figuring out how we can change these ideas to fit Detroit.”.Berlin entrepreneur Dimitri Hegemann made news in late 2014 when he revealed he was eyeing Detroit’s abandoned Fisher Body Plant 21 as a potential complex to follow in the footsteps of Kraftwerk, a repurposed German power plant-turned-multipurpose event and cultural center famous for housing the landmark techno club Tresor.
Hegemann’s idea is part of a much grander vision called the Detroit-Berlin Connection, a Transatlantic cultural exchange program between Detroit and Berlin with teams in both cities. Since the program’s announcement in late 2014, the Berliners have hosted several Detroit-based lectures: there was a November presentation at Trinosophes and a May conference at MOCAD, for example.
Just more than a week ago, the Detroit team — as well as Detroit city council members, architects, investors, and developers, plus Packard Plant owner Fernando Palazuelo — made their way to Berlin to observe how the city transformed itself from a post-war zone to one of Europe’s top cultural epicenters. The idea is to bring some of the concepts back to the Motor City.
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Lame. Why not? It's may be not be possible in all parts of city, but we should strive for it instead of make excuses we can't.
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