Monthly Archives: August 2016

Recentering Detroit, Part 4: Infrastructure and Deeper Histor(ies)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Michael Stepniak

Recentering Detroit is a multipart examination of culture of development in the current city, the ongoing crises and the efforts by residents to define their city, not as a relic of the past to be resurrected or “revitalized,” but a … Continue reading →

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Recentering Detroit, Part 3: A Jeffersonian Digression

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Michael Stepniak

Recentering Detroit is a multipart examination of culture of development in the current city, the ongoing crises and the efforts by residents to define their city, not as a relic of the past to be resurrected or “revitalized,” but a … Continue reading →

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Recentering Detroit, Part 2: The French Connection

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Michael Stepniak

Recentering Detroit is a multipart examination of culture of development in the current city, the ongoing crises and the efforts by residents to define their city, not as a relic of the past to be resurrected or “revitalized,” but a … Continue reading →

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Recentering Detroit, Part 1: Against Revitalization

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Michael Stepniak

By Michael Stepniak Revitalization (and its cousins: Revive, Restore, Reinvigorate, and so on), is more than a buzzword in Detroit. It is a culture of memories. It is a romance with a once-prosperous city and its decay. Consider the word … Continue reading →

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