"Niki's Window"

I read "Niki's Window" by Jerry Herron last night and I found it to be very interesting. He describes Detroit as "the most historically representative city in America" which I agree with. The city of Detroit has so much history and so much of it is being forgotten because the citizens have been distracted by the horrible reputation Detroit has adopted. Crime and the collapse of industries is what is giving Detroit this kind of reputation. Years ago people were moving away from the city to avoid being apart of what it has become and now, as Herron explained, people are moving back to try to revive the life of Detroit. But what is being revived is quite petty. Greektown has become Detroit's hot spot and it has been made to seem more than it is. I've never been to Greektown and until I read Herron's description of the two block stretch I had always thought it was a large section of Detroit. Representatives of Detroit claim they are cleaning up the city and rebuilding it but they aren't restoring it to actually make it better, they're "restoring" it to make themselves look better. When Superbowl XL came to Detroit instead of actually taking the time to fix and clean up abandoned houses, they simply installed lights inside of the houses so they look more lively. Detroit is a very beautiful city, but its the history that makes it beautiful, not the latest resturant. Herron wrote, "This historic 'town' is largely make-believe"and i completely agree.