“If you’ve never been to Detroit and only know what you see in the news, a story about the city’s future could seem confusing.
Change is brewing in the Motor City. New projects are targeting investment in hotspots like downtown and Midtown, and the city’s neighborhoods could see major transformations under long-term plans like Detroit Future City.
Some of those changes are a long way off, but others are already under way — enough that we can take a peek at 18 examples of the Detroit of the future…”
http://www.detroitprogress.com/2013/12/01/this-is-what-detroit-could-look-like-in-2033-and-beyond