This. Detroit isn't a painting, it is an ongoing tragedy with many kids playing roles. When I was in my late teens, we used to go to parties and art shows in th

This. Detroit isn't a painting, it is an ongoing tragedy with many kids playing roles. When I was in my late teens, we used to go to parties and art shows in these abandoned buildings, even in that Packard plant. Once Gil Hill (commissioner of Beverly Hills cop fame) and the police broke in our party with guns drawn. Before ticketing us (95% white kids from the suburbs) he berated us, and told us not to dance in his city. It was a very colorful tirade. He was in the wrong, but I now know where his anger was coming from. To us, Detroit was a cool industrial wasteland scene to party in. To him, it was a dysfunctional place where people struggle to live.