Comments on: Detroit lost.

By: Half-Marathon Delerium Drive! |

Half-Marathon Delerium Drive! | — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:30:17 +0000

[...] club. The project is still in motion and I will keep you looped as it develops. If you missed it, check it out here. The kids are amazing kids. They are worth [...]

By: 2010 Year in Review |

2010 Year in Review | — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:29:51 +0000

[...] Click here for Detroit Lost photo essay Click here for the Michigan Theater photo essay Click here for the Heidelberg Project photo essay [...]

By: Linda Honey

Linda Honey — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:06:17 +0000

I still live in Detroit on the upper east side. What I find amazing is, on these blocks with burned out boarded up homes, the state is putting in new sidewalks at every corner with handicapped ramps! Why can’t they reappropriate the money to tearing down the abandoned homes?!

People in wheelchairs will continue to ride down the middle of the road, as nobody will be there to shovel the sidewalks for them to use!

By: Burnt-out Detroit Lego Home |

Burnt-out Detroit Lego Home | — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:08:47 +0000

[...] and the fact that it was made with Legos was a side-note. It drums up images and memories of the face of hundreds of houses in my beloved Detroit. I like [...]

By: Lylah

Lylah — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:22:55 +0000

These photos made me very sad, but in a good way. I think they are very symbolic of our country at this time.

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:06:35 +0000

This is TRULY worth publication, it touched my heart on many levels. I lived on Blaine and Woodward for 7 years Livernois and the Davison/Dexter area for another 7 and the next 8 in the Schoolcraft/Greenfield area before i left for college in Raleigh. out of those 22 years, there has been good times and bad, the good provided for an abundance of wonderful memories like my mother (God bless her) who never had much but always managed to do stuff like take me and my sister to the Michigan State Fair or the TasteFest, or even the crowded Freedom Fest at Hart Plaza. Even the bad helped me to discover my creative outlet in many ways then I could imagine. I owe alot to Detroit, and I always will…Thanx for helping me to remember where my heart is…Home

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:08:07 +0000

If Detroit lost, who won?

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:46:45 +0000

@ Joe – you are so right! Downtown has so many wonderful things going on. But the real trick is to find a genuinely workable way to build and expand on those areas. I mean, it was very difficult for Sean and I to see how you could get people on a larger scale to commit to making even downtown their home when there were virtually no foundation-type businesses that would allow people to take the chance on the city. There were virtually no shops, grocery stores, rite-aid type drug stores, etc. that people would need nearby in order to commit to making their home there.

And further, without somehow stabilizing the neighborhoods you will likely loose ground on progress made in the downtown area. Neighborhoods will always be the life-blood of a city.

Now, don’t get me wrong. In a strange way, this trip has only increased my passion and love for Detroit. It’s beauty as well as it’s potential is all there. The people were truly wonderful!
But I do live in another major city. And that enables me to objectively see just how much work must happen to bring Detroit back to being a fully vibrant city.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:07:55 +0000

Thanks Dawn. We went by your old place also. The house that we had all those memories in growing up is gone. It is an empty lot :\ Although the house at the end of the block where all those guys lived who would steal stuff from their neighbors and sell it on their front lawn….. that one is still up and running. So is life I guess.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:13:21 +0000

What is most sad to me is what the children growing up in this area are exposed to every day. Like you said about the club- what a great, positive, energetic message. But they are receiving that message for a few hours a day and the majority of their life is surrounded by sights of devastation and hopelessness. How can they believe there is anything different or better in their future? And where do we even begin to make the changes? It takes someone smarter and more insightful than me to come up with these answers…

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:20:09 +0000

I think it was wonderful Sean. I believe that you caught the heart of the city and what it meant for you and for all of us to grow up in Detroit.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:43:06 +0000

Sean, I wonder if you can post this on the Time Magazine blog…..it is truly worthy of publishing. Lovingly heartfelt, sad AND optimistic all at once. Wonderful, wonderful job. XO

By: Joe Becker

Joe Becker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:48:21 +0000

The hard thing to do is to see what is positive around the area. Little by little we can get there. Midtown and Corktown are starting to become very interesting. New buildings to live in as well as new businesses and dining. I hope you post some more shots. Nice job.