So many groundbreakings and announcements of new projects have popped up in greater downtown Detroit lately that one might be tempted to think downtown’s revival is, well, almost finished.
Don’t believe it. As promising as all these new projects may be, downtown Detroit still has a long way to go before it’s even close to being the lively dense urban center it promises to be.
That’s important to keep in mind as we debate the “Two Detroits” — the lively downtown where so much is happening versus the often neglected neighborhoods that cry out for solutions to poverty and joblessness.
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