Detroit is full of potential

A Native Son’s Point of View ~ Detroit is full of POTENTIAL

As a landscape designer, I use the word POTENTIAL to calm a client who thinks he has more liabilities than assets. I use the word POTENTIAL to encourage a client to be open-minded about the many opportunities that the development of their garden has to offer. Detroit’s downtown core is still beautiful. My aunts’ and uncle’s modest income suburbs of Clawson and Royal Oak are exactly as they were 20 years ago. Mainly red brick homes with white trim, they are neat as a pin. The prominent suburbs of Grosse Pointe and Bloomfield Hills are elegant as ever. The ghetto is full of POTENTIAL. Look at the following photos to see the opportunities that have been realized or are yet to be.