Read more Daniel Okrent stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/44229/daniel-okrent.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 04:26:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70190/downtrodden-detroit-can-rise-again-green.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=296363&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331213829' border='0' />The Detroit of Daniel Okrent’s childhood is gone. The “elm-lined streets” of the “City of Homeowners”—“the place that America once knew as the Arsenal of Democracy”—have become “the urban equivalent of a boxer's mouth, more gaps than teeth.” A devastating combination of racial tension and a lack of...A pedestrian walks by a graffiti marked wall in west Detroit.http://www.newser.com/story/70190/downtrodden-detroit-can-rise-again-green.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 13:20:42 CDT