Contents
List of contributors vi
List of figures and tables ix
Acknowledgments xi
one Introduction: why Detroit matters 1
Brian Doucet
Section One: Lessons from Detroit 31
two Detroit's bankruptcy: treating the symptom not the cause 33
George Galster
Three Detroit in bankruptcy: what are the lessons to be learned? 51
Reynolds Farley
Four Between economic revival and social disruption: the redevelopment of Greater Downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial inequalities 75
Rene Kreichauf
Five A new urban medicine show: on the limits of blight remediation 95
Joshua Akers
Six Reshaping the gray spaces: resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit 117
Kimberley Kinder
Seven Preserving Detroit by preserving its baseball history 135
Jason Roche
Eight This is (not) Detroit: projecting the future of Germany's Ruhr region 157
Julia Sattler
Intermezzo I: You may not know my Detroit 177
Jessica Care moore
Section Two: Practices from Detroit 183
Nine Evolution of municipal goverrunent in Detroit 185
John Gallagher
Ten Detroit's emerging innovation in urban infra.srructure: 195
how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry,
and informatics
Dan Kinkead
Eleven Visions in conflict: a city of possibilities 209
Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman
Twelve Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city 221
Khalil Ligon
Thirteen Reawakening culture among De troit's resident majority 233
Jessica Brooke Williams
Fourteen Make sure you are helping: experts, solidarity, and 249
effective partnering with locals
Drew Philp
Fifteen New Strategies DMC, takin· it all back home: lessons 259
from Detroit for arts practices in the Netherlands
Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte, and Nikos Doulos
Intermezzo II: My Detroit 271
Tyree Guyton
Section Three: Conversations from Detroit 275
sixteen Lowell Boileau 277
Artist and founder of Detroit YES
seventeen Sandra Hines 283
Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality
eighteen Malik Yakini 289
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
nineteen Dan Carmody 297
Eastern Market Corporation
twenty Jackie Victor 303
Avalon International Breads
twenty-one Phil Cooley 311
Entrepreneur, owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and Ponyride
twenty-two Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis 315
Feedom Freedom Farmers
Twenty three: Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman and Marisol Teachworth 321
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School
Twenty four: Yusef Bunchy Shakur 327
Author and neighbourhood organizer
Twenty Five: Grace Lee Boggs 335
Activist (1915-2015)
Twenty Six: Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city 341
Brian Doucet
References 353
Index 381