DIA photo exhibit puts Detroit in spotlight

Jennifer Guerra — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:02:33 +0000

A new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts looks at life in the Motor City over the past decade.

The exhibit - Detroit Revealed - includes videos and photographs of city residents and community gardens. It also includes images of the city’s decline: abandoned buildings and empty, overgrown lots - what some call “ruin porn."

Detroit through David Byrne's eyes

Mark Brush — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:47:39 +0000

My Dad grew up in Detroit in the 1930s. He described a city humming with activity: factory whistles sounding, street cars rolling by, and broad sidewalks crowded with people.

We went back to his old neighborhood several years ago. His house was on Lakeview Avenue.

It's gone now, along with the houses on most of the block. I was left to imagine his childhood home, and the stickball games he'd play in the alley, by trying to extract mental images from the remaining concrete slabs we could see.

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DIA photo exhibit puts Detroit in spotlight

Detroit through David Byrne's eyes