Map of first 500 Demos

[agirlintheD]

Wow...just wow. Even though we know Detroit is in dire straits, this was certainly eye opening. First of all, I'll take some heat for this, but given the huge amount of money that it's supposed to take for this demolition project, couldn't the city do it "cheaper" by having some inmates [[not the worst of the worst of course) do some "community service" and assist with the demolition?
Secondly, the Robinwood street posted by cman...is that the same area Brad Edwards did the story on Marabel Chanin?
How sad our city has literally been reduced to rubble.

[cman710]

Secondly, the Robinwood street posted by cman...is that the same area Brad Edwards did the story on Marabel Chanin?
How sad our city has literally been reduced to rubble.

Yes, this is the street on which Marabel Chanin lived. In fact, Mlive.com had a story that links to video from the initial story done on Marabegl. You can find the link here.

For a sad follow up piece, see here. And for yet another follow up piece, see here.

The Google Street view does not give a great view of her house, but here it is.

This is a very sad story all around. It is astounding to think that in a matter of five years, a neighborhood can go from generally functioning and occupied to this state of abandonment.

In terms of demolition priority, I am not entirely surprised this is not first on the list. If no one still lives on the block, then I can imagine sites with people living nearby would be a higher priority. It does look like a handful of houses remain occupied, but it is too difficult to tell without driving by.

[Crumbled_pavement]

The Google Street view does not give a great view of her house, but here it is.

When you look at the number of areas in Detroit that have been decimated over the last five years alone, one can't convince me that Detroit's current population is anywhere near 900k.