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Park Avenue House Evictions

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/10/11/park-avenue-house-eviction-detroit/1579500002/

#TwoDetroits - affordable housing tenants Downtown evicted, told to leave within 30 days

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The election of Mayor Mike Duggan, who is white, led to a change in narrative, to Detroit as the great comeback city, where newly arrived residents (like Duggan, who moved from Livonia to run), came to make homes and businesses, to paint on the “blank canvas,” as though native-born residents hadn’t been doing that all along.

Ida Byrd-Hill (Bridge Magazine)

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@historylivesdet

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80% of Detroit is African American, Yet They Feel Left Behind

As the city climbs out of decades of decline, many of Detroit’s African American residents feel they’re being left behind.

#TwoDetroits - still here

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In our latest episode of “139 Layers” with Detroit’s Planning and Development Department, Chief Storyteller Aaron Foley and planners Khalil Ligon, Chisara “Chi Chi” Brown, Matt Williams, and Briana Mason discuss the Two Detroits argument. Are there two Detroits - one set in downtown and Midtown, and the rest in the neighborhoods? Are there more than two Detroits?

“As planners, I think the charge for us is to always look at our work from a t a lens thet reflects parity, and that we are supposed to be looking at the long game, and how do we create these amazing neighborhoods where people can live again and thrive again,” Ligon says.

A frequent question planners face: Who are the new changes for?

“If we build something really nice in a neighborhood that hasn’t been invested in in awhile, |LS|you hear|RS|, 'is it for the white people who live around here? Or the white people who want to come there?' It’s a fine line to dance around, because we say ‘we need new resources here y’all,' and we know that they exist and we have a little bit of a budget to bring them here, but we want to make sure it’s something you feel comfortable with,” Williams says.

Come for the perspectives of planners looking at Detroit’s future; stay for the Renaissance vs. Case shade. To listen to recordings from our entire podcast suite, visit our Soundcloud account here.

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Wayne State students priced out of Midtown

The hot housing market in Midtown is squeezing out Wayne State University students who want to live near campus.

#TwoDetroits #ThreeDetroits - students priced out of Midtown

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I support keeping Detroit's @TheWrightMuseum a Black cultural institution! Don't gentrify Black Detroit! (petition via @ColorOfChange)

I support keeping Detroit's @TheWrightMuseum a Black cultural institution! Don't gentrify Black Detroit! (petition via @ColorOfChange)

Don't gentrify the African-American history museum! #twodetroits

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A black city making images of itself and its history. And now that corner is worth more as a new building than it was as a record of that history.

Nolan Simon (source)