Design-Milk.com asks Andrew Wagner, editor-in-chief of
ReadyMade Magazine, to list his top five for Friday. It's the top five things on his mind at the moment. And number three was Detroit. He says he's always been interested in the city but a recent visit put him over the top. It wasn't the abandonment and blight, but the enthusiastic, passionate, and creative people in the city.
Excerpt from Design-Milk.com:
I first became interested in Detroit in the mid '90s after seeing the
photographer and sociologist Camilo Jose Vergara's remarkable books,
"The New American Ghetto" and "American Ruins." Vergara's striking
images of urban decay throughout the United States—painstakingly and
meticulously documented for 30 years—revealed not only a creaking
infrastructure but also the human ability to adapt to the most adverse
conditions. Since then I've been lucky enough to spend a fair amount of
time in Detroit, most recently this past winter. During this visit I
wasn't so much struck by the destruction but rather the intense amount
of creativity within the city and the enthusiasm of its residents for
Detroit. The city presents an immense and almost limitless amount of
possibilities for anyone with the drive to make something happen.
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