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Stillness reigns over the brick paved streets of Rivertown.  In the distance the terra cotta walls of the former Parke Davis facility catch the early morning sunlight.  Once slated as the site for Detroit's casinos, Rivertown with its many 19th Century buildings was eventually left out in an immense shell game played between speculators and the city. Today Rivertown sits largely vacant awaiting an uncertain future.

 

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