![]() African Americans- Michigan- Detroit- Social conditions- 21st century. Working class white people- Michigan- Detroit- Biography. Community development- Michigan- Detroit. Urban renewal- Michigan- Detroit- Citizen participation. ![]() Dwellings- Remodeling- Michigan- Detroit. Subject headings Philp, Drew- Homes and haunts- Michigan- Detroit. "A young writer's sincere search (with his dog) for an authentic life-buying a ruined house in Detroit for $500, fixing it up nail by nail, and, in the process, participating in the grassroots rebirth of the city itself."-Provided by publisher. Rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city ![]() ![]() He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread poverty, and rampant crime. A year later, he saves up and buys a ramshackle house for 500 in the east side neighborhood known as Poletown and moves in. A 500 HOUSE IN DETROIT: REBUILDING AN ABANDONED HOME AND AN AMERICAN CITY (APRIL 2017) Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, decides to live where he can make a difference. TitleĪ $500 house in Detroit : rebuilding an abandoned home and an American city / Drew Philp. Arriving with no job, no friends, and no money, Philp is navely determined to fix the huge, broken city with his own hands and on his own terms. ![]()
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