A University in Detroit Pins New Hopes on Old Buildings

by E Wayne Ross on May 7, 2009

The Chronicle: A University in Detroit Pins New Hopes on Old Buildings

In the old industrial core of this struggling city, a boarded-up factory at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Burroughs Street tells the story of a long economic decline. Several letters have long since vanished from its rooftop sign, and trees grow out the top like the unkempt locks of a gritty giant well past its prime.