...Bin Pan UP 100 2016/4/7 The City of Detroit and its Marvels Detroit is probably one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With an area of almost 143 square miles, it is home to some of America’s most priceless sceneries. What I love about Detroit is that it is a representation of a city that is not too large but is not too small, providing an avenue where people can be closely acquainted while maintaining an economically dynamic atmosphere for fashion, finance, entertainment, education, science and technology, and transportation. The weather in Detroit is, I would say, evenly distributed throughout the year – extreme weather occurrences are not common making the city very much liveable. The city boasts its towering city scape, displaying architectures that took inspiration from both the ancient and modern architectural designs. This integration somehow preserves the sensation of medieval civilization and the angst of modern life. The metropolitan Detroit is home to some historical landmarks including St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament – both are situated within the heart of the metro, hinting contrast of antiquity and modernism. Although Detroit is a big city, it is only the 18th most populous city in America. Not so typical of metropolitan cities. However, this poses the opportunity to enjoy the extents of its parks and amusement centres without having to worry about mob or heavy crowd. However, there is not much diversity...
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...The city of Detroit, Michigan has suffered a great deal over the past several decades. Starting in 1950s, Detroit faced immense demographic and economic decline, consequently leading towards an increase in crime, poverty, and urban decay. Detroit’s reputation across the country had become known as this dangerous, deteriorating city. The outcome of political corruption in the “Motor City” revealed that even those responsible for making Detroit better had failed. This once booming city now seemed to be neglected and even forgotten. In recent years, the city of Detroit has battled to come back and recapture what it once was: “Motown”. History shows that even the smallest actions can have a great impact on a community and sometimes, especially in Detroit’s case, ordinary citizens can influence more than famous politicians and celebrities. A prime example of this is Detroit resident, Jason Hall and his movement “Slow Role”. Jason Hall is an influential community activist who used his leadership skills to improve Detroit’s economy, environment, and diversity through the formation of a...
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...Case Analysis: General Motors Strategic Issues and Problems General Motors (GM) is the largest industrial corporation among the U.S. automakers. Because of the trends of tighter government regulations and competition from foreign automakers, the company has been challenged of being competitive. In order to improve the current situation, the company is seeking a strategy to develop for next few years. Analysis and Evaluation Currently, GM has two existing Detroit manufacturing facilities that need to be demolished and replaced by one state of new plant. The new plant would require being close to suppliers and about 500 acres to allow for a new robotics system within the budget of $500 million. Because closing the two existing plants would lose more than 7,000 jobs in local area, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young wants GM to remain and build new plant in the greater Detroit area. Poletown is the only one site that meets both GM and Detroit Mayor’s requirements. However, besides the cost of new plant, GM would have to pay an additional cost of $207 million as compensation to the local residents and as preparation expense. On the other hand, the Sunbelt sates, where have potential cheap labor for GM to reduce operation cost, has offered large tax incentives to GM. Therefore, it would be more profitable for GM to build the new plant in the Midwestern states within the Sunbelt. Alternatives GM has two main alternatives to improve its current situation. First, GM could remain...
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...Detroit, Michigan Natasha Parks January 24, 2013 POL/215 Dr. Richard Ansson Detroit Detroit is the biggest city in the Michigan State, of the United States of America. It boasts of a vast heritage of culture, transportation, finance and politics. The constitution of Detroit is an exceptionally compelling one. The constitution that governs Detroit is that of the larger Michigan state that was written in 1908. The Detroit constitution is a truly Democratic constitution, and is one for the people and by the people. In article I, the seat of the government is established at Lansing. It is a constitution that particularly protects the Detroit citizens and contains a lot of rights of the people (The Constitution of Michigan, 1908). There are a few examples of the rights which are the right to free speech, religious freedom, right to peaceful assembly, as well as the right to petition. One of the unique elements of this petition is that it gives everyone the right to bear arms for purposes of defending the State and him/herself. The rights are in the Article II. Another important article in this constitution is Article VII. It touches on the judicial system which is a vital arm of the government. The Judicial system in Detroit has supreme courts, circuit courts and probate courts with the Supreme Court being the highest (The constitution of Michigan, 1908). The constitution also states that elections for the judiciary must be non-partisan. A...
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...Tania Moshirian A10023469 USP 100 September 3rd, 2014 Website Final Draft The Collapse Detroit, Michigan: a city where more than 1.1 million people have vanished in the past 60 years. The city has dropped 25% in population just in the last 10 years. The city crumbled apart, which forced people to abandon their houses and businesses, leaving them with nothing. Even hospitals and religious structures were abandoned--and are still abandoned--with no demand to fill them. Ultimately, the auto industry was hit the hardest. With a systematic city, there was nowhere for the people to find jobs, since the auto industry was also hurting. More than 200,000 people worked in the auto industry in the mid-20th century. Since the slow migration out of Detroit, the number fell to 100,000 people in the early 21st century. People have compared the migration out of Detroit to the whole city of San Francisco being deserted. More than 1.1 million people have left the city over the past decades. With economic downward spiral, Detroit hit its lowest point. With less than 750,000 people living in the city, it has been hard for local government to get money for the federal government for urban aid--leaving people still living in the city to suffer more. Detroit was named the poorest city in the nation, with one out of three people living below federal poverty. (1) With so many people suffering, it led to many fires. Buildings and houses were burning rapidly. There were two...
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...Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Subject: Intercultural Communication Studies 2nd Term Date of release: 16.02.2011 Table of Contents 1 2 3 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 Characteristics ..................................................................................................................... 4 Urban farming in Detroit .................................................................................................... 5 3.1 3.2 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................ 5 Urban farming projects in Detroit ............................................................................... 8 4 5 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 11 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 12 2 1 Introduction The term urban farming or agriculture recently pops up in the media. It is mainly applied regarding city development in third world countries, but as well it becomes more often a phenomena taking place in cities of industrial countries. After examining the general characteristics of urban farming...
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...It’s about fifty degrees and we have not gotten snow in about two weeks. How far are you? About eighty words so far. Quite a few more for me to go. What do you think? Hm… I suppose that I can continue to listen to Eminem. Or is it Slim Shady? Only the shadow knows. Speaking of shadows, do you know if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, does it make a sound? Yes it does, of course. I can also tell jokes. What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A pouch potato! Yes, I know that was a bad joke. I also have more jokes if you would like to hear. Here is more of my essay. How far now? About one hundred and eighty nine words. Yep. Everything looks like it is eight mile now. Really? It is a lot safer in this area than downtown Detroit. Did you know that Detroit is not as dangerous as people seem to believe that it is? Actually Hamtramck is much worse. People have to lock their doors as they drive through the city since people will come up to one’s car and try and take parts off of it as it moves. Scary, huh? All...
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...Detroit – Essay In the beginning many went to Detroit to pursuit the American Dream. Then in the early 1900’s Henry Ford an American industrialist, and the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and also the sponsor of the development of the assemble line to do mass production. He brought mass production of the automobile to Detroit, making it a place where you could secure your economics, and many could get a job with pension afterwards. The base of Detroit’s economics laid its ground in the automobile industry for quite some time. The automobile industry through the 20th century had many good years but also a lot of bad years. Many factories’ met a wall, which lead to a lot of lay-offs and which furthermore not only hurt the Detroit’s economics but the United States as well. A lot of times when you think about Detroit you get this picture of a ghetto city, with a great deal of violence and “black people”. This might be the reason for Carolyn Edgar to write the article “My happy Detroit”. In the start of the article Carolyn writes “The city didn’t die when the white flight hit in the 1960s. It became a bastion for black families like mine.” This is might her way of telling that there is still people living there, and we should not just forget them even though the city has been on a downfall. Growing up Carolyn Edgar loved the summer, their garden was in full bloom, and they had the opportunity of enjoying strawberries, cucumber and so on. As she Carolyn says herself “You might...
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...know when we could meet at your convenience to further discuss my experience and interest in this opportunity. Sincerely, Andre’ G. Moore Andre’ G. Moore Andre G. Moore 10841 Oak Park Blvd, Oak Park, MI 48237 248-259-9895 Amoore11031969@gmail.com Objective | To obtain a challenging position within General Motors where my experience and work ethics will contribute to the continuing growth and success of General Motors | Education | * * 1/11- Present University of Phoenix * Southfield, MI Campus * Program: Bachelor of Science in Business/ Concentration in Management * Expected Graduation Date: June 2015 * * 9/84 – 5/88 St. Martin DePorres High, Detroit, MI * | Experience | 6/02 – Present Severstal North America Dearborn, MIRailroad Department, Locomotive Engineer 7/10- Present * General Switching – consists of transporting raw materials throughout Rouge Complex * Movement of rail cars, coil cars, coke hopper cars, scrap gons and treadwell * Proficient in R’MIS System * Stage Treadwell @ Blast furnace * Hot Bottle transporting liquid hot metal from Blast furnace to Basic Origin furnace (BOF); converting iron to steelTandem Mill Department, Tandem Mill Operator 6/02 – 7/10#2 Stand Operator on Tandem Rolling Mill#4 Stand...
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...Henry Ford, was an American industrialist who was born in the early 1860. As a young boy, Henry worked as a farm boy and he was very unsatisfied. At the age of 16, he decided to leave home to work in as a machinist in Detroit. In later years, he learned how to skillfully operate service steam engines. Henry Ford was also, the sponsor of the development called the Assembly Line. Henry Ford soon got married in 1888 to Clara Ala Bryant and had their first child named Edsel Bryant Ford. Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you’re right.” He made this quote valid by saying in the quote ‘Think.’ When he was a tad bit younger his father gave him a pocket watch that he soon took apart. Henry immediately...
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...Henry Ford The 1920’s was a period when the world war ended. This was an era where people started to celebrate. Everyone hopped onto there feet and began to dance to music to celebrate the end of the war. This was an year that Henry Ford made success in his career. Henry Ford was born the 30th of July 1863 on a farm in Wayne County, Michigan. The first job Ford had when he left the farm was at Flowers Brothers Machine Shop. He was into machinery so he wants to pursue his career into it. He salary for the job was $2.50 per week which wasn’t a bad pay for them back then. Henry was married to a women name Clara Bryant in the year of 1888. Clara gave birth to a baby boy name Edsel Bryant Ford. Ford entered one of the cars he manufactured...
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...Case Study of Detroit, MI Michael Harker BIO 201-2 Public Health and the Environment Although the city of Detroit, Michigan has been hit by hard times over the last 50 years or so, people and businesses are coming together in order to change the city and its residents. “Detroit has a long and storied 300-year history, but the heart and soul of Detroit is its residents” (City of Detroit, 2013, para.1). In the early to mid-1900’s Detroit used to be known as the auto industry of the world however, because of cheaper labor overseas and in the southern part of the United States thousands of Detroit residents ended up losing their jobs. These auto industry workers were the main income earners for their families but due to the loss of thousands upon thousands of auto industry jobs, entire neighborhoods in Detroit now sit vacant and abandoned. According to Jackson and Sinclair the authors of Designing Healthy Communities, the city of Detroit once had a population of two million people but has been declining over the last 50 years. In 1950 Detroit was the fourth largest city in the United States, however by 1990 the population was down to 1 million people and by 2006 there were only 871,000 residents. (Jackson & Sinclair, 2012). This continued downward spiral of the city’s population has seen many younger and highly skilled people looking to leave Detroit, leaving behind an older generation of city residents who are left to fend for themselves and who require more city services...
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...Ahmad Baiyasi Honors 1000 Dr. Buccellato 24 September 2014 Who Are We? Campus Martius Campus Martius Park is an important gathering area for downtown Detroit. The re-established commercial center is undergoing constant renovation, with added public attractions such as new street level cafes and public sculptures to help attract Detroiters to one of the most vibrant parts of the city. Zlati Meyer states that Campus Martius helps to essentially revitalize downtown Detroit both economically and socially by getting people outside to enjoy their city (Meyer). Known as the “Point of Origin", the park is one of Detroit’s premiere areas. The historical decay and eventful rise of Campus Martius demonstrate Detroit’s own struggle for restoration. From its historical significance, physical, and behavioral aspects Campus Martius illustrates the city of Detroit and its citizens, a hopeful and persistent group of people. Campus Martius, translated as “military ground” in Latin, was named after a 180-foot stockade in Marietta, Ohio. It served as a militia training area in the late 18th century (Campus Martius). The fire of 1805 severely damaged the city of Detroit, prompting Judge Augustus Woodward to remake the entire city on a grid plan similar to Washington, D.C (Martelle). He organized the street and park layouts, and elicited help from some of the most recognized Canadian surveyors. They established the “Point of Origin” located in present day Campus Martius. This point is now...
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...Kearns había nacido en el 1927 en Gary, cerca de Chicago, pero creció cerca de la planta de Ford en River Rouge, al sur de Detroit. Durante su paso por el instituto destacó como violinista y atleta. Más tarde se convertiría en agente adolescente de la agencia antecesora de la CIA durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Después se graduaría como ingeniero por la Universidad de Detroit y posteriormente obtuvo un doctorado, y durante los 11 años siguientes dio clases en la Universidad de Wayne State, Detroit. La historia de los limpiaparabrisas comenzó durante su noche de bodas, en 1953. Desafortunadamente, esa noche el corcho de una botella de champan le dio en su ojo izquierdo, ojo del que acabaría perdiendo totalmente la visión. A partir de ese día cuando llovía Kearns tenía enormes dificultades para conducir, hasta el punto que tenía que ser su mujer la que le llevara a todos los lados cuando llovía. En aquel entonces, los limpiaparabrisas funcionaban accionados por un cilindro de vacío y lo hacían de manera continua, sin pausas entre una pasada y la siguiente. Se podía variar la velocidad, pero los limpiaparabrisas siempre estaban en medio del campo de visión, lo cual, en algunas circunstancias, resultaba molesto y reducía la visibilidad. Este era el caso de Kearns, al que el constante movimiento de los limpiaparabrisas irritaba, aún más, su ya delicada visión. Otros antes que Kearns habían intentando diseñar un sistema intermitente. El primero había sido un ingeniero de...
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...The author of my biography about Henry Ford, Wheels for the World, is Douglas Brinkley who is a professor at University of New Orleans and wrote many other biographies before. To begin, Brinkley is an expert on Henry Ford because of his fascination of Henry Ford interested him to the exposure to the former chauffeur of Henry Ford himself. For instance Brinkley’s fascination started when he was in school, which is when he met the chauffeur, Will Donaldson. Will Donaldson, whose father was an employee at the Ford Motor Company, built a special bond with Mr. Ford which consisted of Donaldson receiving a special pass to any Ford Motor Facility. To support, Brinkley has credentials ranging from earning a Ph.D in U.S diplomatic history to being a...
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