AHHH the bygone days.....I am from Detroit and now at 66 yrs of age, I recall much of the glory of Detroit in those days. Even though there seems to be a reboot of this gallant old lady, I doubt it will ever see glory days like this again....so sad....
@@hellomikie92 What really wrecked Detroit was a combination of corporate greed and the lack of vision for the future. The old-guard auto companies like Ford, GM, and Chrysler failed to react swiftly enough to the energy crisis of the 70s and kept on pumping out big old fashioned gas guzzling land-boats, while the Japanese were showing off smaller MUCH more fuel efficient cars. So what do you think the auto-buying public did at that time? They went for the less expensive, smaller, more fuel efficient cars leaving the Big 3 behind in a whirlwind of dust. Hence the death knell of Detroit.
On November 9, 1962, the Ford Rotunda burned down in less than an hour due to a waterproofing sealant fire. The intense heat caused the building to collapse and burn to the ground, resulting in estimated damages of over $15 million.
I believe it will come back. It will take decades, generations, but I believe Detroit will re-emerge, they just need to find a new industry. It will happen.
@Sharon H: Throw the thieves out (Chinese, billionaires, false economic philosophers) and America will prosper again. The same is true with many other western countries such as Germany where I am from.
Many of the factories that had good paying jobs moved out to Mexico and overseas for cheaper labor and more money. While the drugs and the like moved into a high unemployment sector to fill the void with crime and fill the jails up with cheap privatized prison labor. Prophets or profits?
@@TallyWackaTha2nd Wow. I can't even with this. Have you never heard that expression? State of affairs? State of disrepair? Etc. Etc. Clearly not. Google is your friend. 😆
In Germany it is uncommon what you see here: 2:51, parsons shaking hands with participants of the service. // I like the agreeable deep voice of the narrator and also the two older, well-dressed ladies passing by at 12:34.
I am not from Detroit, but Warren, Michigan. I just saw this commercial today. My grandparents lived in Detroit and my dad was born there. I have pictures of their hose. It was huge. My cousins and I used to ride our bikes in the basement with the old record players that were a piece of furniture by themselves. We never went anywhere but their house but i have good memories of that house. And i agree. I loved the narrators soothing voice. Ive been to The Detroit Institute of Arts but not since high school.
0:17 Yet it looks only to the future" In 1961 the narrator of the film probably couldn't imagine that in the future, Detroit would look like Dresden Germany did at the end of World War 2. It looks like a burned, bombed-out shell of a city.
@@gagaearthian the neighborhood's are worse. Entire city blocks are fields and crime is spreading to the suburbs. Some streets might have only one house on it. There are a few homes with 1 million to two million dollar listings for sale, but once you go to the corner of the street it's all shit. Downtown has slightly improved but it won't last. The city council is basically on a tribal system, is a joke and prevents progress.
@@gagaearthian I'm from Detroit and you definitely should go visit. It's not all like that and there are plenty of safe beautiful things to see. It really is a great city, sadly there are parts of it that show off America's blemishes but other parts are really cool.
The last Republican mayor's term ended in 1962. Detroit died slowly after that. Democrat Jerome Cavanagh was mayor that fanned the flames of the Detroit riots of 1967.
Old City Hall, Can we get an F in the chat. Ford Rotunda, Can we please get an F in the chat. Michigan Theatre, F in the chat PLEASE! Olympia Arena, PLEASE! We need an F in the CHAT! Tigers Stadium, F IN THE CHAT! Ford Auditorium, CaN wE pLeAsE gEt An F iN tHe ChAAAAAAAAT!!!
