Following Years of Revitalization, Detroit Still Has a Long Way to Go
Detroit is different.
One of Los Angeles firm LOHA’s four corner anchor buildings at City Modern, a development featuring a mix of new and rehabilitated buildings in historic Brush Park, just outside of downtown. Developed by Bedrock, the city’s largest developer, it’s one of the city’s most substantial residential developments in decades.. Image © Jason Keen
Detroit is different.
We say that with confidence knowing the city’s demographics (nearly 80 percent African-American and with one of the highest poverty rates in the United States) present unique challenges to providing economic opportunity. And we say that with certainty knowing that a pernicious history of redlining, loan discrimination, and other inequities has denied Detroit’s Black majority the kind of power and say-so in design and economic development that would produce more favorable outcomes.
