Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3 : Responses Design Observer :: Join the Discussion http://places.designobserver.com/feature/borderland-borderama-detroit-part-3/13818/ en-us Design Observer Group 2010-07-21T01:02:08-05:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 <![CDATA[Responding to "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3"]]> Danny Bassett http://places.designobserver.com/feature/borderland-borderama-detroit-part-3/13818/#comments 2010-07-21T01:02:08-05:00 <![CDATA[Responding to "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3"]]>
I can't help but notice how some of these images of grassland overtaking urban spaces parallels the forward-looking visions of today's "green architecture". The irony.

This article introduced me to the phrase "urban prairie". And I think I'm going to sleep well on that one. It's a beautiful concept that points to the potential of Detroit to redefine the concept of city. Honestly, Your article has seriously made me want to visit Detroit and see for myself.]]> Scott Jackson http://places.designobserver.com/feature/borderland-borderama-detroit-part-3/13818/#comments 2010-07-15T02:13:20-05:00 <![CDATA[Responding to "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3"]]>
Being from from the UK's motor city, Coventry, I have great empathy for the people of Detroit, a city profoundly important for its music and culture. The wasting away of Detroit saddens me especially because of what happened with my city after the fall of the car manufacturing industry.
Coventry, after being flattened during the world war 2, rose from the ashes to become a prosperous working class city filled with people from all cultural backgrounds who moved there with the promise of plentiful work. Despite many regeneration projects, after the factories left the city it became what it is today, a wasteground of the unworking classes, alcoholics and junkies. The situation is not as grim as it seems in Detroit in terms of the architecture but I feel that the two cities have a shared pain.
As a weaver, I have been creating fabrics inspired by these council estates and run down areas in order to highlight these issues. Please contact me for more information.

Emma Shannon]]> Emma Shannon http://places.designobserver.com/feature/borderland-borderama-detroit-part-3/13818/#comments 2010-07-08T12:09:44-05:00