Dream City: Creation, Destruction, and Reinvention in Downtown Detroit

by Conrad Christiaan Kickert

Tracing two centuries of rise, fall, and rebirth in the heart of downtown Detroit.

Downtown Detroit is in the midst of an astonishing rebirth. Its sidewalks have become a dreamland for an aspiring creative class, filled with shoppers, office workers, and restaurant-goers. Cranes dot the skyline, replacing the wrecking balls seen there only a few years ago. But venture a few blocks in any direction and this liveliness gives way to urban blight,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262039346
• ISBN13: 9780262039345
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.1"