Dec. 8, 2025

DETROIT RISING: A Photo Tour of Motor City's Amazing Comeback | The Mitten Channel

DETROIT RISING: A Photo Tour of Motor City's Amazing Comeback | The Mitten Channel
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Season 6

Welcome to the Detroit comeback. With a voice as warm and familiar as the streets themselves, we take a tour of the Motor City's stunning revitalization. From the iconic RenCen and the architecture of the Whitney Building to the vibrant Riverwalk and the energy of the city's sports scene, this video captures the enduring, tough, and durable spirit of Detroit.

This is more than a travel documentary; it’s an ode to the city that refuses to quit. As the "big brother" to the state's industrial heartland, Detroit's story of resilience mirrors the community spirit we champion on our network.

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Detroit is back.

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Once written off, once ridiculed, now watched by the world.

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This city, the motor city, has become a global symbol of American resilience and reinvention.

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The streets are alive, the architecture stuns, and the energy, real or imagined, is unmistakable.

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But Detroit's true story isn't written in blueprints.

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It's written in sweat, in broken promises, in labor battles, in redlining maps, in boardroom decisions made far from these streets, and in public policy failures that didn't fall evenly.

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Detroit's comeback didn't begin with glass towers, it began on assembly lines, in union halls, in school closures, in strikes, in foreclosures, in neighborhoods that refuse to vanish.

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And today, when we pan across the city, we see the landmarks of success.

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he Hudson's Building shimmering on Woodward Avenue.

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The river walk pulsing with life.

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Woodward Avenue, stretching from history into tomorrow.

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Fox Theater, the stadiums, the skyline, the rebirth, but Detroit is not a postcard.

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Detroit is people.

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It's the nurse finishing the night shift.

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The auto worker training for a new industry.

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Who is this comeback really for?

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Because this is where law meets the street.

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Where public policy becomes personal, where economic theory shows up as rent, policing, wages, schools, and survival.

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We cover law, environment, labor, culture, justice, and the fault lines where they collide.

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This is the depth and context you don't get from headlines.

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This is Detroit, without filters.

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And this is Michigan, without mythology.

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he Midden Channel was founded by attorney Arthur Bush, born and raised in Flint, Michigan.

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Former Genesee County prosecutor, criminal justice professor, a lawyer who has personally argued and won a case before the United States Supreme Court.

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This channel is grounded in lived experience, in post-industrial cities, in working-class neighborhoods, in courtrooms, in union halls, and in the real consequences of power.

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And yes, we are deeply connected to Detroit.

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Our children went to college here.

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They built their adult lives here.

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We care about the streets, the neighborhoods, the tigers and the lions, public safety and public trust, growth, and who gets left behind.

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We cover true crime with real legal analysis, not speculation.

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We talk about corruption when it exists, and resilience when it rises.

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Detroit is not just a comeback story, it is a reckoning story, and it is still being written.

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So join us at the Mitten channel.

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