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Wirt
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Has anyone noticed the settlement that sprung up north of the Globe Trading Building?
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Charlottepaul
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:21 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

a.k.a. detroit dry dock building on the east riverfront.
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Tetsua
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:09 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


quote:

Has anyone noticed the settlement that sprung up north of the Globe Trading Building?




No man, what's the deal with it?
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Northend
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:18 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Doesn't Detroit mean Favela in French? ;)
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 12:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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"
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Southwestmap
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So, a shanty town right downtown?
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Northend
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think Detroit lies in a shanty area instead
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Ndavies
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 1:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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.
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Frenchman_in_the_d
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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)
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1953
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Isn't a favella a shant town on the outskirts of a wealthy community? Where's the wealthy community in this scenario?
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Frenchman_in_the_d
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 2:35 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

favella (south american term), bidon ville (francophone africa), mada'iss (arabic term) for shant town. a favella is a shant town, but in spanish! ;-)
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Corktownmark
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

actually i think favala is for shanty town in portuguese (Rio DeJanaro)
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Frenchman_in_the_d
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:06 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

corktownmark,

you're right. My bad. It is a portuguese term specifically used in Brazil (favellas of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Manaus, etc.).
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Chico
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yay!! Does that officially make us a "world-class" city?
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Neilr
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Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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.
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Michmeister
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Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 4:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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!
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Lowell
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Posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 11:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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. :-(

homeless camp
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Fortress_warren
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Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 4:11 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What's the Blue Oval on?, in the background.
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 5:19 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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.

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