Gentrification of Detroit: Will Shiny New Projects Push Out the Old Residents?
December 31, 2007
Cross-posted at the Michigan Messenger
When Woodbridge Estates redeveloped the decaying Jeffries Projects site just west of Wayne State University in Detroit, they renovated one of the old towers that are visible from the Lodge Freeway and outfitted the tower with a giant clock. The clock is a tangible symbol that it’s a new time in Detroit.
Yet some fear such gentrification of the city will in time become a social problem of its own, pushing out current residents in favor of suburbanites with more money. Read more
Part I: Gentrification in Detroit? Experts disagree
December 8, 2007
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