gus the elephant

• Gender: Male
• Industry: Non-Profit
• Location: Windsor : Ontario : Canada

About Me

As far as its architecture is concerned the Motor City is largely a city of voids. From 1980-2000 the city issued 108246 residential demolition permits and by contrast only 9504 building permits. A drive through downtown showcases an urban landscape with a striking number of empty burned-out buildings and abandoned storefronts. (There are so many abandoned storefronts that the city government commissioned local architectural firms to design exhibits to fill them for February’s Super Bowl.) Out of the 374 U.S. cities with shrinking populations, Detroit ranks 27th on the list. The city loses 8.1 people per hour. Pitera also notes that 300 graves per year are moved to the suburbs. “Besides the living the dead are leaving too” Pitera said. “People in the suburbs are afraid to visit their loved ones in the city.”

That can't really be a fish you're standing on, can it?

Resemble the North side of trees, baby.

Interests

• Detroit was losing over 20000 residents a year by 1966 who left for new jobs better housing better city services and schools in the suburbs. Partially in response to Detroit taxes Detroit lost 134000 jobs from 1947 to 1963. Between 1946 and 1956 GM spent $3.4 billion on new plants Ford $2.5 billion Chrysler $700 million opening a total of 25 auto plants all in Detroit's suburbs. Detroit lost around 240000 residents between 1950 and 1970. By 1967 the city government was in deep financial trouble as the property tax base dropped. Whites could escape the problems of Detroit but blacks were denied loans and in some cases purchases in the suburbs.

gus the elephant's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	mp3this	johnnehm
	The Old Fox Blushes