Corktown and surrounds, Detroit MI

A final set of photos from the city of Detroit. Taken around Corktown and in the city centre.

Richard Pendavingh Mar. 22, 2013 07:47 am

The sign above the roller-door reads "Retiring after 86 years. Everything must go. Up to 70% off all pawn merchandise. Still buying everything."

We met some really great people while we stayed at Hostel Detroit in Corktown. Despite, or perhaps even because of the city’s deep recession I felt that there were many people there who felt a deep sense of community and a conviction for social justice. Somehow I hope the experience of a city like Detroit will seep into out into the rest of the country and help Americans loosen their death-grip on the sort of capitalism that made this place fall so hard and so fast.