Detroit River

April 25, 2014 a press conference was held to discuss turning off the Detroit water supply to flint. The city of Detroit gets its water supply from Lake Huron. The government decided to cut off the water supply from a major lake to a local river in flint which could cause nothing but trouble. Flint got rid of the pipe that connected the water supply from Detroit. To make sure that flint would not receive water from Detroit ever again, the emergency manager sold the pipe for 1.3 million…

Purple Gang, the The Purple Gang was a loosely-bound Jewish criminal gang in prohibition-era Detroit, MI. It began as a group of children of Eastern European immigrants from Detroit’s lower east side who were taken under the wing by mobsters. As the children grew up, they progressed from petty crimes to armed robbery and extortion. After The Damon Act of 1916 prohibited the sale of alcohol in Michigan, the burgeoning Purple Gang focused on hijacking shipments of bootlegged Canadian whisky; when…

Introduction Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan in the United States. Thanks to its excellent location on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system, manufacturing brought prosperity to the city. Detroit´s wealth came mainly from auto manufacturing which gave the city nicknames like Motown or Motor City. Despite the fact that it was one of the world´s greatest industrial centres in the 1950s, it is now considered to be America´s most dysfunctional city.…

interacts with her colleagues, I wanted her to explain to me some details of her interactions with students and other fixtures of the public. Dr. Akua then went on to explain to me some of the dynamics of the workshop she regularly hosts in Midtown Detroit at the Whole Foods Market Classroom. The workshop is set up as an rotating platform for public speakers on varying topic of nutrition and health care that she personally picks herself. Dr. Akua expressed that her goal is for the class to be a…

fan of ruins, taking a day to explore central Detroit can prove a fruitful photography trip and even an archaeological treasure trove of 20th century life in what was once one of America's greatest cities. As you uncover the history of such a formerly significant place, you'll see how decay gives birth to imagination and reinvention. PARAGRAPHS Appraise the situation from above Begin your trip in the most obvious place to look for history: Downtown Detroit. Take a ride around the area in the…

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital and the community needs of the Downriver Area. Henry Ford Hospital serves the needs of the Downriver Area, located in the Southeast part of Wayne County. The Downriver community was impacted in a negative way by the economy and has shown a loss in population for seven years in a row. “Wayne County is still large and the last Census shows the population at 1.76 million residents (Kasuba, 2015).” “The U.S. Census Bureau shows the median household income to be…

example of that. "Imported from Detroit" is Likely to be effective towards the middle class drivers, Eminem fans, and the people from Detroit. In "Imported from Detroit" a black Chrysler is driving down the street with Eminem’s “lose yourself" instrumental music playing in the background. "What does a town that’s been to hell and back know about the finer things in life?" The narrator says. It then starts to jump back and forth from the clip of the car to the life of Detroit (people showing…

I was born in Detroit and moved away before I had my brain was able to create memories. The only part of Detroit I knew was downtown. I’d go there for Tiger games, the Science Center, and the D.I.A. Before coming to U of D, I had the same stereotypical view of Detroit as most of United States. I thought of Detroit as being a city with a nice downtown but dangerous and rundown everywhere else. I was so wrong. Pledge Detroit changed my opinion of Detroit for the better. Particularly my sophomore…

The Great Recession has destroyed many cities in America but no city has suffered as much as Detroit. When the automobile companies declared bankruptcy this created complete chaos since trust was lost between investors and the people. As a result of this, the majority of people saw Detroit as a lost cause and viewed the metropolitan area as an economic wasteland. However, Detroit never gave up. The auto industry attained back its health, the Motor City slowly crawled its way back from a…

Makayla Callan Helmic Writing February 22, 2015 Flint Water Crisis Flint has been having big problems with water since 2014, causing lead poisoning and making people sick. All of this is because they want to save money or so people thought. Is it true that Flint wanted to save money? That question was answered by an email from Motor City Muckraker which shows that they would have saved 800 million dollars in 30 years than switching to the Karegnondi Water Authority. People say that Governor…