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The Dateline special, "America Now: City of Heartbreak and Hope," airs April 18 at 7pm on NBC. NBC reporter, Chris Hansen, is a former Detroit area resident and is the reporter for the special. At least he has a personal interest in the story unlike a lot of the national media that swoop into Detroit to do their piece on the once-great American city's decay. Like the recent BBC documentary, "Requiem For Detroit," the Dateline special shows the bad, but also focuses on the good that is being done in Detroit. Hopefully, we will begin seeing more of the positives happening in Detroit as more and more positive change takes place.
A previous structure was built in 1852 and became operational in 1853. Construction of the Marquette Lighthouse shown in this photo began in 1865. Its Fourth Order Fresnel lens was visible 16 miles out from shore in clear weather.
It's an unofficial holiday in Detroit as the Detroit Tigers celebrate the return of baseball to Detroit with their Home Opener today at 1:05pm. This is a photo from the 2009 Home Opener.
2009 was an exciting (and disappointing as far as Game 163 goes) year for the Detroit Tigers and with the new additions of Johnny Damon, Jose Valverde, Max Scherzer, fellow rookies Austin Jackson & Scott Sizemore, Brad Thomas, and Phil Coke the 2010 season should be a good one as well.
Just a quick note to let you know that we will be closed on Friday April 2, 2010 in observance of Good Friday. Also, our store will be closed April 7th & 8th. Online orders placed on these days will ship on the next business day that we are open.
Thanks & have a Great Day!
~ Andrew Norton, Owner
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The Hotel Tuller was the first hotel built in the Grand Circus district. The original construction of the hotel was completed in 1906 and included nine floors. Four floors were added in 1914 so that dates this photo from 1914 to 1920.
Hotel Tuller was closed in 1976 and eventually demolished in 1992. Here is a look at the former Hotel Tuller's location today (marked by the number one)
re - qui - em: a mass for the dead
The BBC documentary, Requiem For Detroit?, clocks in at just under 75 minutes. There is about eight minutes at the end that focuses on the positives currently taking place and the hope for the future after a little over 65 minutes of negativity.
Intro to Requiem For Detroit -
Now I'm not saying the first 65 minutes are not warranted. They lay out the grit, racial tensions, politics, and greed that got Detroit to where it is today. You cannot fully understand why Detroit is in the shape it is in today if you don't look at the past. I found the historical parts of the documentary fascinating.
For instance, how could the "arsenal of democracy" have been so racially divided? We all hear about the 1967 riot, but there was also a race riot on the eve of World War II in 1943 that lasted for three days and resulted in 34 deaths - "twenty-five black residents and nine white residents."
Is it pleasant to look at the bad things that have happened to Detroit? No. However, you need to look at the mistakes of the past in order to not repeat them in the future and right now Detroit has the chance to sort of start over. I'm excited to see what the people of the city of Detroit can accomplish.
On a lighter note, here is a quote from an interview subject that had me rolling (in part for what he said and in part for his deadpan delivery) - Interviewer, "What's going on [talking about the current state of Detroit] here?" Interview Subject, "I don't know, I just woke up." In a city with this many people there was bound to be a few characters interviewed in this documentary.
The hope at the end of this documentary is, to me, the best part. Here is a clip -
"The old American Dream is dead, we're creating the new American Dream."
