Motor City Revs Up

We're less than a week away from Superbowl Sunday, an event that's well, lost a bit of luster over the years. But it's still a big event worldwide, and it's putting Detroit, a city that doesn't get a lot of tourist love, on the big stage. So what's Motor City up to for this, the 40th edition of the Super Bowl? Sounds like they're pulling out all the stops. They city is holding everything from a winter carnival to casinos to an explosion of famous art works and local history. Why, they'll even give you a tour of a Ford factory and a museum devoted to Motown. The PR folks in Detroit are saying that people will quickly forget that Detroit is a blighted, wrecked industrial city in the throes of serious decline. In some places that's known as putting lipstick on a pig...OK, ok, harsh. But we ought to give them a chance. They say that abandoned buildings are being converted into loft apartments while office space along some of Detroit's main thoroughfares is being dramatically restored. So that's all just the beginning. Sad, it's only one day.

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