Cities that are not Boston and may or may not be better.

[armpitsOFmight]

Then what are you referring to if not Cityplace and downtown, which are essentially one and the same?

Bdurden, please read the post again. It tells you exactly what I mean.

 

[bostonbred]

Gott im HIMMEL!!!

 

[KentXie]

Meanwhile, in a city far, far worse than Boston...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/us/06station.html?hp

It's outrageous how anyone can call the station a pockmark.

 

[kennedy]

It's outrageous how anyone can call the station a pockmark.

Really, I can't believe they aren't doing everything in their power to preserve it, so maybe in a better time it can be put to good use.

 

[JohnAKeith]

Just watched a 1965 video put out by the city of Detroit to try to win the Olympics. (Failed.) Then read a description of the 1967 riot.

Jesus.

Off the top of your head, any good books to read about urban renewal in the 1950's and 1960's in Detroit, as well as maybe something from the '70's, '80's or today that has more perspective of how things went so wrong?

 

[GW2500]

Made in Detroit is pretty good.

 

[czsz]

While we're on the subject, there's an interesting new French film out about wildlife re-invading abandoned parts of Detroit:

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2010/10/06/the-industrial-city-deconstructed/