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Will the real Detroit skyline please stand up?
by flynn23 at 4:14 am EST, Feb 11, 2004

] Heard about Detroit's best-kept secret? There's a
] spectacular neighborhood just north of downtown.
]
] You haven't seen it?
]
] That's because it doesn't exist -- yet.
]
] The area, for decades one of Detroit's most blighted
] sections, is undergoing widespread redevelopment, but its
] condition is still pretty ragged.
]
] Blight? No problem. Detroit tourism officials simply made
] the abandoned buildings disappear.

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Will the real Detroit skyline please stand up?
by k at 11:26 am EST, Feb 11, 2004

] Heard about Detroit's best-kept secret? There's a
] spectacular neighborhood just north of downtown.
]
] You haven't seen it?
]
] That's because it doesn't exist -- yet.
]
] The area, for decades one of Detroit's most blighted
] sections, is undergoing widespread redevelopment, but its
] condition is still pretty ragged.
]
] Blight? No problem. Detroit tourism officials simply made
] the abandoned buildings disappear.

[ Ha. Incidentally, wasn't urban redevelopment in Old Detroit the plot of RoboCop? Is there an OCP? Cuz, if they work out those bugs, i want me an ED-209... -k]


 
 
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