Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:19 am: | |
Has anyone noticed the settlement that sprung up north of the Globe Trading Building? |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:21 am: | |
a.k.a. detroit dry dock building on the east riverfront. |
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua
Post Number: 926 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:09 am: | |
quote:Has anyone noticed the settlement that sprung up north of the Globe Trading Building?
No man, what's the deal with it? |
Northend Member Username: Northend
Post Number: 961 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:18 am: | |
Doesn't Detroit mean Favela in French? ;) |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3331 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 12:48 pm: | |
Detroit: From the French word du 'troit which means 'strait'. Strait: a narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water; ie. the Detroit River connects Lakes St. Claire and Erie. Hence, Detroit's original name 'ville du 'troit du Lac Erie' Translates to "The City on the strait of Lake Erie" |
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap
Post Number: 636 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:16 pm: | |
So, a shanty town right downtown? |
Northend Member Username: Northend
Post Number: 962 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:56 pm: | |
I think Detroit lies in a shanty area instead |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 2334 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:59 pm: | |
I believe they were originally living under the Dequindre cut Jefferson overpass. They were removed when the overpass was recently rebuilt. They'll get removed again once the next phase of the park construction begins. |
Frenchman_in_the_d Member Username: Frenchman_in_the_d
Post Number: 126 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:00 pm: | |
Detroit_stylin, little correction here. Trois in French means 3. "troit" with a 't' at the end does not exist. However, Détroit means strait. Therefore, the city on the strait would be "la ville du détroit du lac Erie". e.g. le détroit de Gibraltar (straits of gibralatar), le détroit de bosphore (bosphorus straits), le détroit de magellan (magellan straits) |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 1168 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:25 pm: | |
Isn't a favella a shant town on the outskirts of a wealthy community? Where's the wealthy community in this scenario? |
Frenchman_in_the_d Member Username: Frenchman_in_the_d
Post Number: 127 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:35 pm: | |
favella (south american term), bidon ville (francophone africa), mada'iss (arabic term) for shant town. a favella is a shant town, but in spanish! ;-) |
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark
Post Number: 229 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:04 pm: | |
actually i think favala is for shanty town in portuguese (Rio DeJanaro) |
Frenchman_in_the_d Member Username: Frenchman_in_the_d
Post Number: 128 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:06 pm: | |
corktownmark, you're right. My bad. It is a portuguese term specifically used in Brazil (favellas of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Manaus, etc.). |
Chico Member Username: Chico
Post Number: 88 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:14 pm: | |
Yay!! Does that officially make us a "world-class" city? |
Neilr Member Username: Neilr
Post Number: 393 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:25 pm: | |
It's been there for sometime. This morning while out jogging, I stopped by. No one was outside; but when I hollered out, "Good Morning!" The resident came out and we spoke for a few minutes. He's from Honduras. His English is much better than my Spanish. I think I understood him; maybe not. He said he's lived there for three years. The 1st winter was rough; but the last two have been better. |
Michmeister Member Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 20 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 4:45 pm: | |
If I remember my High School French, the word is (de)+ etroit = d`etroit. Thank you Mme. Kron, your efforts to educate me were not ABSOLUTELY futile.Thanx F.i.t.d., et bon jour! |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3379 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 11:42 pm: | |
Is this the place? [April 2006]. There are many homeless sites in the former Riverertown / casino shell game area. This is a rarity, free standing and built. Most occupy abandoned structures. This is America too.
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Fortress_warren Member Username: Fortress_warren
Post Number: 268 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 4:11 am: | |
What's the Blue Oval on?, in the background. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 4813 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 5:19 am: | |
A Ford dealership, I'm pretty sure, right up the riverbank on East Jefferson. In fact, I think it lies right along the Dequindre Cut. |