{"id":1233,"date":"2011-06-28T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2011-06-29T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T14:33:17","slug":"video-rebirth-of-the-rustbelt-an-architects-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/web-exclusives\/video-rebirth-of-the-rustbelt-an-architects-perspective\/1233\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Rebirth of the Rustbelt: an architect’s perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom McNamara, Blueprint America<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>More than a few people have likened the devastation inside some neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan, to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. One observer said succinctly that Detroit has suffered a \u201dslow-motion hurricane Katrina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Architect and urban planner Reed Kroloff has been able to see both cities close up. As dean of architecture at Tulane University, he was responsible for bringing back 97 percent of the school’s student body and 100 percent of its faculty after the disaster. In 2005, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin appointed Kroloff to the \u201cBring New Orleans Back Commission\u201d to assist in the reconstruction of the city. Kroloff left New Orleans in 2007 to become the director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He continues to write and think about how cities on the brink can be brought back.<\/p>\n