July rain

I don't think that people from Detroit really follow news from the outside world with respect to their city, but I would imagine that it would get frustrating to hear the repetitive nature of all the articles. It seems most journalists hit the same 4 or 5 talking points all the time - this goes for the negative and the positive. The reality of spending time in Detroit is very different from parachuting in for a weekend tour of decay and renewal. Big difference between tourism journalism and actual in depth reporting.

woodward

messaging

Some nice coverage of the exhibit up at Brickworks - it's on all summer if your in Toronto and are interested in seeing the installation. Some kind works here about things.

grazing - part 2

As always, there are some novel ideas floated about how to improve the urban experience in Detroit - frontier thoughts on contributing to the resurrection of the city. One outlier (or wacky?) fund manager has an idea to help tame the overgrown natural reclamation in the Brightmour area of the city - check it out here - Detroit goat patrol

It finally appears...

Finally - the exhibit for the Scotiabank CONTACT photography festival is up at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto. You can find out more about things here at http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/events/1523

"At night, all you hear is crickets"

Some great reporting on 6 decades of Detroit and the how and why things have become the way they have. Also some great quotes: "“There’s whole families of deer now and possums. I wouldn’t mind some neighbors, but there’s no more trouble. It’s beautiful.”

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131004/METRO01/310040001#ixzz2hTLUEcJr

grazing

Except for the possibility of being attacked by roving packs of feral dogs, it might just work: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130925/METRO01/309250124/1409/METRO/Detroit-considers-using-sheep-goats-mow-vacant-lots