SELF IMAGE URBAN IDENTITY
In addition to the 5 Urbanistic tools, there is one major issue in the conception
of a city: the location of image. The canonical image collectively caters to ex-
ternal expectations and is commodified for an outside audience (as seen by
Detroit's unphased dedication to the automotive industry). The image is the new
chevy volt. Attractive at 230 miles to the gallon yet unattainable at a price tag of
$40,000. Returning to the poverty crisis ravaging Detroit, not only can the masses
not afford the automobile, but if they could, the majority do not own a garage
necessary to charge its electrical batteries. Its a shiny new design that hovers
untouched above the dilapidated actuality of the city. There is a severe knowl-
edge gap between the local image that escapes its place of production. The city
tirelessly promotes an image of servitude as opposed to personal desire.
CANONICAL IMAGE
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