Watching a show on HGTV [[the Home and Gardens channel) of homes being rebuilt in Detroit. The crew is doing some magnificent work on those cottage-style homes that were all built in the post-war years of 1946 to the 1960's. Unfortunately, most of those homes were slapped together very quickly [[read, "cheaply") due to the demand from the returning WW II GI's, when finding a home for sale was a job in itself. I lived in one from 1959 to 1971 [[Lindsay, just north of Pembroke) and put a lot of work into upgrading the place; building out the 'attic' into a bedroom and the basement into a nice den for me.

That said, it's great watching this TV show which is really all about making Detroit better.

Huzzah!