The Cinematic Orchestra :: All Things To All Men

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Washington’s alleys and the people who lived in them had been a matter of public concern for at least two generations. … Periodically, the city’s great and good tried to so something about them.  Just a year before Mydan’s visit to Capitol Hill, Congress … passed the Alley Dwelling Act, hoping to eradicate criminality and infection by razing the people’s homes and providing new housing somewhere else.  Like all previous efforts, it failed.

by John Edwin Mason @johnedwinmason

Traffic scene from the Fisher Building.

Photo by Arthur S. Siegel, Detroit, MI, 1942.

(Source: memory.loc.gov)

by Lee Balterman Detroit, MI, 1967

Detroit, MI, 1967

A brief history of the Detriot Riot of 1967 delivered by professor Wouter Vanstiphout. The presentation is the second part (delivered in 7 pieces) of his Blame the Architect lecture series examining the relation between city planning and urban violence.

You can follow him on Twitter @Crimsonwouter

Detroit: City on the Move
A promotional film made for the city of Detroit, MI in 1965, shortly before the 1967 riot and its economic decline.

(Source: archive.org)

Lost Landscapes of Detroit
A compilation of historical images of Detroit, MI from 1917-1970 by Rick Prelinger, 2010.

(Source: archive.org)

Greyhound bus depot.

Photo by John Vachon, Detroit, MI, 1942.

(Source: memory.loc.gov)

Tunnel Between Windsor, ON and Detroit, MI, 1935.