Detroit Ruinscape: The Heidelberg Project
23. Sep, 2009 
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The Heidelberg Project from Jessica Reeder on Vimeo.
When I first told my friend Landry I was going to Detroit, she advised me to visit the Heidelberg Project. Thinking it was some sort of museum piece, I put it on the Maybe List—and later forgot about it completely as Detroit’s stark reality washed over my little head.
Nonetheless, later that day we drove right into Heidelberg Street by mistake. I’m glad we did: it quite blew my mind.
I’ll let you read the official backstory at heidelberg.org. Enjoy the video.
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lol… detroit is a union city. that about says it all! so now all the mentally ill communal types who pushed for the unions in the first place are going to save detroit by restoring houses artistically and such… the battle of ideas between the left and right is over; this only goes to prove that one side is right (no pun intended) and one side is completely wrong and a bit mentally deranged… holding hands and chanting won’t save detroit now
I just watched your video, having seen Requiem for Detroit by Julien Temple (a vision of a post-industrial world that’s uplifting and depressing in about equal measure). The Gil Scott Heron song you have for your wee film is beautiful…
Helena
Thanks! He’s quite a writer, Gil Scott Heron. I’ll have to watch Requiem for Detroit, thank you for the recommendation.
That is really cool. Im from Michigan myself and God knows that city could use some uplifting.