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Free event! Beginning at 5pm, the Detroit Historical Museum will offer free admission to the museum. Come check out our brand-new exhibit, "In the Neighborhood." Then, stay for a timely panel discussion on Black Bottom's past, present, and future.Hastings Street and Black Bottom comprised a thriving district in Detroit, destroyed beginning in 1949 to create a freeway in the name of urban renewal. Sixty years later, the state is reconstructing I-375 to move it to grade level, presenting an opportunity for 31 acres of new development where Black Bottom once stood. Who will benefit from the new development, can we repair past harm, and who decides? How do we achieve equitable and reparative development?
Panelists include Jamon Jordan (City of Detroit Official Historian), Adena Hill (Kresge Foundation’s Detroit Program), Eric Larson (CEO, Downton Detroit Partnership), and a representative from the City of Detroit Planning Department.. Moderated by New Detroit COO Jodee Fishman Raines.
For more info: https://www.jhsmichigan.org/calendar/2024/black-bottom-i-375.html
Photo courtesy of Detroit Historical Society
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Detroit Historical Museum, 14 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48226, United States,Detroit, Michigan
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