Detroit

Money: The Summum Bonum When Francisco d’Anconia says that the “words to make money hold the essence of human morality.” He is directly attacking the often-repeated idea that money is the root of all evil. This idea is espoused not just by James Taggart and his socialist colleagues in Atlas Shrugged, but also by modern socialists and economic moralists of the present. Rather than realize the importance of money in the history of civilization, they instead imagine an almost idealistic state of…

The Spirit of Detroit is a sculpture made in the heart of Detroit. It is a large bronze statue, standing twenty-six feet high and is located at the Coleman A. Young Municipal center on Woodward Avenue. Behind the statue, is a Courts Tower's marble wall element that has various passages, symbols, and writings that symbolize Detroit. The extensively creative detail amidst the statue and the messages behind the sculpture provide a visual argument of hope for the people that walk by it every day and…

The Detroit Red Wings head into arguably their toughest road trip of the season in the “Western Swing”. Detroit will begin their road trip in the Golden State, California to face the Ducks, Kings, and Sharks. After that they’ll make their way to face Chicago with a meeting against the Blackhawks then finishing up two days later in Dallas. This road trip could play a huge part in what Detroit does moving forward. The Wings are currently seven points behind for a top 3 spot in the Atlantic…

city that has been negatively impacted by the arrival of professional sports teams is the city of Detroit, Michigan. At one point essentially in shambles, Detroit, though still bankrupt and not very well off, at least now has something positive associated with its name. As the article by Joe Drape of the New York Times explains, “where even keeping the streetlights on has proved a struggle…”, Detroit is a city in complete and utter bankruptcy due to the reduction of population within the city in…

Blood and terror swamped the streets of Detroit in June of 1943. This became one of the most frighten riots in United States history. Rioting persisted for three days and came to an end with thirty-four total deaths. This amount of demise in such a brief time span is an appalling tragedy. The riots were centered around on race. Twenty-nine of the thirty-four people who died were black, seventeen of whom were shot by officers. The police are supposed to be the ones who serve to protect the…

When one thinks of Detroit or Michigan in general, they automatically think of the musicians and sports teams that came from there; Madonna, Eminem, Kid Rock, The Tigers, The Lions, and The Red Wings. One assumes when someone talks about Detroit that they live there and give the person the utmost respect despite only visiting or living outside of the city. What caused Detroit's descent from a wealthy, vital city into one where "ruins" are common and the city is bankrupt? The lack of care and…

The overall purpose of the book End of Detroit by Micheline Maynard is to describe the impact on three major auto industries in the 1990s. The auto industry caused a detrimental fall to occur within America. Detroit at one point in America had three significant benefactors when it comes to producing automobiles which were the companies General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. For many years being dominant in car market had lead to more competition and challenges these companies would face in the…

advertised, the Detroit Electric was dependable and quick to start, which was why it was mainly demanded and sold to women and doctors. Parallel to this time, Henry Ford started producing his Model T since the combustion engine was booming. However, Ford eventually bought three different Detroit electric cars since he and his wife, Clara, preferred a safer and more reliable automobile, which resulted to be an electric car instead of their own gasoline-powered cars. Between 1907 and 1939, The…

the life of a piece of art, yet all can be incorporated into mythology. The Online Etymology Dictionary defines imagery as “visually descriptive language”. In “The Idea of Detroit” by Jim Gustafson, he describes Detroit in a way that some people may not be able to see when visiting or perhaps living in the city. Detroit is a significant industrialized city serving as a major hub for…

Detroit is not a place one should live due to some of the most staggering crime rates among a plethora of other issues. Detroit has a crime rate that runs about 45 violent crimes per 100,000 people. Now this is a staggering amount yes but its not even the worst in the US anymore. The reason I bring Detroit up as the worst city to live in with it not having the current highest crime rate in the country is that it has kept that title consistently. Also thats still alot of violent crimes because if…