BBC Travel energized by city’s rebirth

Why Detroit? From an artistic standpoint, our creators and visionaries have nothing to lose — and nobody standing in their way. This new story from BBC Travel paints a portrait of Detroit as a city increasingly shaped by the cultural vanguard. Corktown, which is seeing plenty of commercial development, also gets some love (read more about what’s going on in Corktown here.)

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As Detroit continues the fight of its life, artists and visionaries
are slowly returning to the city to take advantage of the cheap rent and
open spaces. While some have compared Detroit to a war zone, its
burgeoning artistic community looks at it like a playground.

“I
see the magic here. This city has been known to come back,” artist Tyree
Guyton said. “There’s this new energy that’s creating art all over the
city. [A colleague] said in the past that the new industry in the city
of Detroit is art and culture. I believe it. I see it.”

Read the rest of the story here.