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Photo essay: Detroit as I knew it

Photo essay: Detroit as I knew it Photographer Herman Krieger, born in Detroit in 1926, documents with then-and-now photographs the places he lived, studied, and worked before leaving the city in 1951. "The houses in Detroit, in which I lived,...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 4, 2017 11:17 AM

Who Lost the Cities? | National Review Online

Who Lost the Cities? by Kevin D. Williamson in National Review Online "My reporting over the past few years has taken me to Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, St. Louis and the nearby community of East St. Louis, Ill., Philadelphia, Detroit,...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 18, 2014 5:14 PM

Daily chart: Urban ideologies | The Economist

Daily chart: Urban ideologies | The Economist Of 67 American cities with a population of more than a quarter-million people, Tulsa and Oklahoma are two of the 13 ranked right-of-center. In order: Mesa, AZ Oklahoma City, OK Virginia Beach, VA...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 15, 2014 2:49 PM

Hartford: It's A Parking Place -- Courant.com

Hartford: It's A Parking Place -- Courant.com Sounds like Tulsa: "Since 1960, the number of parking spaces in downtown Hartford increased by more that 300 percent -- from 15,000 to 46,000 spaces. This change has had a profound and devastating...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 28, 2009 12:49 PM

Field of Schemes: An anniversary few noticed: 100 years & Forbes Field

Field of Schemes: An anniversary few noticed: 100 years & Forbes Field "Now remembered as a small intimate ballpark that has long since been demolished, at the time Forbes Field was the most massive monument to professional sports ever built....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 3, 2009 10:46 PM

Detroit Votes To Demolish 1923 Lafayette Building

Detroit Votes To Demolish 1923 Lafayette Building More vandalism from the Detroit Undevelopment Authority....

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2009 10:01 PM

Knox to Detroit: Drop dead - Crunchy Con

Knox to Detroit: Drop dead - Crunchy Con Supplier to the auto industry sends a scorching reply to GM's request for help in passing an auto industry bailout: "The dream is over! The dream that we can ignore the consumer...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 23, 2009 5:55 PM

Detroit crap city (Rod) - Crunchy Con

Detroit crap city - Crunchy Con The proposed Big 3 / UAW bailout in one photo and 13 words (including one very rude one)....

Posted by Michael Bates on December 9, 2008 1:08 AM

Field of Schemes: Tiger Stadium gets tenth life

Field of Schemes: Tiger Stadium gets tenth life There's still a chance that part of Detroit's grand old ballpark will be saved....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 30, 2008 7:02 PM

Detroit News: Time runs out for Tiger Stadium

Detroit News: Time runs out for Tiger Stadium Sad. Tiger Stadium was a great place to watch a ball game. I saw an exciting 7-6 Tiger win over the Yankees there in 1988, a highlight of a "rust belt tour"...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 3, 2008 7:36 PM