Thursday, March 23, 2017 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Karen Miller, Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, will discuss how the wartime economy in Detroit brought hope that the city would return to economic greatness. Detroiters eagerly sought to rebuild the city to its glory years of the 1920s. However, this attempt to build a new Detroit was thwarted by theories of urban renewal and inattention to the needs of the neighborhoods.
Location:
Birmingham Next