In 1972, Lawrence M. Carino, chair of the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, made the observation that “Detroit is the city of problems. If they exist, we’ve probably got them. We may not have them exclusively, that’s for sure. But we probably had them first... The city has become a living laboratory for the most comprehensive study possible of the American urban condition.”
- From "Detroit: I Do Mind Dying"
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Katrina did not simply devastate a city, but also revealed a long history of urban sins. To remediate these wrongdoings, an architecture of memory will provide opportunity to contemplate the nature of collective failure and personal guilt.
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