Cityscapes

The Heidelberg Project Part 2

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A short video from The Heidelberg Project website:

httpvh://www.youtu.be/E6w6WGokjTU

"The focus of the Heidelberg Project (HP) is rooted in the need to improve the under-resourced and horribly blighted Detroit community where the project was founded."

"We continue this mission, as we began, by providing hope and inspiration to local children through art and education programs and hands-on workshops.

The HP works with neighborhood children to educate them on art, community and environment. These children walk to school past burned-out houses, rubble, debris, crime and decay. Our purpose is to offer them another view, another perspective - to positively change the environment the children see every day. In the process, we help build self-esteem, encourage cooperation and foster a sense of pride in their community. The HP continues to work with local students throughout Metro Detroit through the ACE2 program and guided tours.

With your help, we can make a difference in young lives and the direction they will take."

The Heidelberg Project Part 1

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Over the next few days I will be posting about a truly different community. I will post excerpts from the official site but I will quickly state what I feel the community is all about. These ares originally were run down forgotten neighborhoods. Places where people would deal drugs and go to because no one including the police would care to patrol or defend.

An interesting art project was then started to bring attention and hope to these neighborhoods. Trust me if you paint your entire home with polka dots I will definitely take the detour and check the area out. This is exactly what has happened. Odd are exhibits and objects where placed in the area to bring attention and a sense of reminder that these communities exist.

As I was here photographing many people drove by and took photos from within the car as most people do when in Detroit. I found it funny that they always gave me such strange looks because I parked and wandered around :).

Here is a link to a google map street view. This is what originally got me to travel to this area not far from Packard Plant.