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Detroit Foreclosure Quilt, 2011, 22 x 44, cheesecloth, linen and cotton
“I finished the Detroit Foreclosure Quilt yesterday. This one was a different situation than my previous pieces, it should really be called Detroit Demolished. I couldn’t figure out why there were no foreclosures on the maps, it’s because you had to look at aerial photos of the neighborhoods to see just what happened. Most of the blocks are red because most of the homes have been razed after being abandoned for several years. There are an average of forty homes on each block and hundreds of them are completely gone. The city had no choice but to demolish them. Granted a lot of the people left Detroit because there also wasn’t much employment leaving no one to buy up these homes. Much of Detroit looks like this. This neighborhood shown is just a few blocks from Grosse Point, a affluent, established neighborhood.”
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