Detroit – The Renaissance of America
In the once-thriving city of Detroit, we start to dig underneath the decay of the automobile industry and discover a well rich in art and culture cultivating underneath. Just as the wheel is the symbol of Detroit’s past the cyclic shape of it reminds us that life repeats itself and has potential for rebirth.
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