How to Kill a City is a very eye-opening book. I really appreciated the familiar language that the author used to describe the inequities and long-term effects of gentrification. Oftentimes, the term is loosely used and the impact is left unclear. I’m glad the book references several cities to demonstrate that gentrification is not coincidental. […]
Before reading How to Kill A City by P.E. Moskowitz, I didn’t realize how much wealth was concentrated in the Midtown/Downtown areas and not the rest of Detroit. It really opened my eyes to how the disparity in Detroit is not just a “recent” issue, but has been rooted in the city since its establishment.
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I think that one of the main points that have stuck with me both through my engagement with ODA as well as my reading of How to Kill a City is the problem of property tax foreclosure and subprime lending. A passage that stuck with me was on Moskowitz’s conversation with a Detroit couple living
Sorry for the late upload! I did not even see that my Thursday response never uploaded, but glad I caught that now: Something I have learned about Detroit so far from working with my community organization is through their BIZ sector that hosted a couple of events this week. One of them was hosting local
Hello everyone. This week has had the most variation in tasks with my fellowship at Dream. From raking up grass at a house that hadn’t been cut in 3 years, to meetings, to data entry and flow chart making, I really have done a lot. What I’ve learned the most from this week was through
Detroit is big. And it also can be small. It’s difficult to categorize. Somehow, the city is both expansive and reachable, unknown and familiar. One takeaway from the first few weeks which I didn’t expect to have was how different the neighborhoods of Detroit are. Writing this feels a bit naive — I’ve been to other
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Assalamu Alaikum (peace be unto you) everyone, Something that I have learned about the community in Detroit is that they are resilient. Although they have faced and are still facing many challenges, the residents of Detroit are not giving up. Every time I come into work and speak with one of the residents who need
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From my experience thus far, something that has stood out is the role of the city. My coworkers describe “the city” as an actor in community affairs, by which I assume they mean bodies like City Council and the mayor. Admittedly, it is tricky to keep up with the many names, but I have gathered
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From working with my community organization, I have learned a lot about Detroit and the communities that have stayed here. My site, Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), works a lot with unhoused people in the city and many of their programs revolve around housing and health services. I have learned a lot about the hurdles that
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From working with my community organization, HOPE Village Revitalization Farmers Market, I have learned about the neighborhood of HOPE Village and the history of the organization and the farmers market. HOPE Village is a neighborhood with a high senior citizen population with a limited amount of second spaces and one nearby grocery store. The farmer’s
