Pursuits
Detroit Can Copy Brooklyn Model With Hip Art, Low Rent
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Detroit could be just like Brooklyn if it keeps its world-class art collection and uses cheap land to attract artists, a city adviser told a federal judge overseeing the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy.
Michael Plummer, founder of Artvest Partners LLC, testified today that the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts could allow the city to copy the New York borough’s success in cultivating a community of artists that would help revitalize Detroit.