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  • Detroit: Is that you, friend? [Part II, Heidelberg Project]

    If Detroit has any tourist destinations, Heidelberg is one. What began as an attempt to address the socio-geographic reality of Detroit through artistic means has since become a cultural commodity. In 1986 Tyree Guyton chose to comment on the ever increasing racial segregation, abandonment, and poverty that characterized his street (Heidelberg) for over 18 years.…

  • Detroit: Is that you, friend? [Part I, Overview]

    There’s an inherent correlation between psychology and geography, Detroit is such an example. The city’s landscape reflects the failure of American idealism–both physically and socially. Today, one third of the city, or more than 4,000 buildings lie derelict and abandoned (Shrinking Cities). With the exception of megastructures like the Darth Vadoresque Renaissance Center, buildings are…

  • Bad Architecture

    New condo developments in suburban Detroit that promote “urban loft living.”

  • Aesthetic Selection

    “There’s something soothing about seeing an even expanse of green grass that just seems to lower our blood-pressure a bit.” -American Lawns A weed is not the same thing as an invasive species. In 1999, former president Clinton signed Executive Order 13112 officiating the definition as “an alien species whose introduction does or is likely…