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Photos: A day in the life of Detroit after bankruptcy

Michigan Public | By Vincent Duffy

Published December 15, 2014 at 6:10 AM EST

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Darryl X. Walker sells produce and newspapers at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Southfield Road.

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Nathan and Nick Naval at Rockys, Eastern Market.

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A homeless man sleeps in the Cass Corridor.

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Detroit Achievement Academy students attend a morning community meeting on the city's west side.

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Construction worker Richard Cain is helping to build the infrastructure for the city's new hockey arena.

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Tim Sargent, Avalon’s savory chief, and John Brown, a Woodbridge resident, in Midtown.";

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Li Leung and Myra Mosley work on leather paint and finish at Shinola in New Center.

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Damon Love works in the leather department at Shinola, New Center.

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Mike Reid, a FedEx employee, drops off packages at the College for Creative Studies, New Center.

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A West Village family shares a bite to eat at Rose’s Fine Foods.";

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LeCom workers fix a telephone line between McDougall and Hancock streets on the east side.

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Ulises and his mother, Maria Rodriquez, at Lupita Wash & Dry Laundromats in Mexicantown.

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Dylan Lambert, a delivery man for Calder Dairy and Farm, drops off products to Urban Bean Co., Downtown.

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Sanjiha, top, and her family at their home in the Banglatown neighborhood.

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Jerry Klipscomb has been delivering mail in Detroit for 29 years. “There used to be houses on every lot.” (Alexandrine and Elmwood streets)";s:

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Haley Birkett, a photography student, stops in at Rose’s Fine Foods off Jefferson Avenue.";

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Broderick Gerald, a barber at Black Bottom Cuts, Eastside Detroit.

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Cecilia Juarez works at Tacos Morelotes located on W. Vernor Highway in Mexicantown.

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Shannon Taliaferro left Detroit at age 10. He returned to the city years later. “Detroit's got a lot to offer, it’s coming back, coming back.” ";s:3:

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Ashley Boyc, 20, has been working on Shinola’s movement assembly line for three months.";

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Alfred Horn has been coming to Sonny’s Hamburger’s in Brightmoor for more than 10 years.";s:

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Police officer Steve Shank, a Detroit native, stops at Ham Shop Cafe, one of his favorite places in Greektown.

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Dan the handyman in Rosedale Park. “This is how I earn my living.”";s:

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Sisters Popeita and Fujita in their kitchen in Banglatown.

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A young man takes a break from stocking produce at an International grocery store in Hamtramck.

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Boston Edison residents at the Garden Bowl in Midtown.

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Shaniah, Natialya, Ariya, and Martiese Brown receive donated gifts for Christmas at Peace Lutheran Church in the Morningside neighborhood.

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A group of Bangladeshi men play Carrom board at Bismillah Grocery, in Hamtramck.

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Young women grab a drink at the Magic Stick in Midtown.

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Hamza Haider, Nasa Alsaiadi, and Walid Saker, servers at American Coney Island, downtown Detroit.

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A group of friends shares an after-game drink at Nemo’s in Corktown.";

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Andrew D’Ascenzo, a performer for Bacchanal Promotions, throws fire at Campus Martius Park.";

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One thing that strikes us about Detroit – as the city teetered on the brink of insolvency, then entered Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, and finally, last week, officially emerged from bankruptcy – is that life in the Motor City goes on.

We asked photographer Ali Lapetina to take her camera all over the city in a single day, and shoot pictures from before sunrise until after sunset. What she captured is exactly that: the life that keeps beating in Michigan's oldest and biggest and most complicated city.

Here are some of the people who remain in Detroit after the bankruptcy is over, and will be part of its future.