Niki's Window

The main point that Herron is arguing in this essay is that a lot of people look down on Detroit but in reality it has a lot of interesting history. Also, many types of people frequent the city. There are people who are dirt poor, who work there, or those who shop/eat there and have moderate to high disposable incomes.

When Herron is explaining how the interior of the "Dodge Brother's" shop looks he explains that mostly everything is the same as it once was. I.e. the brick walls and old shop floors show through and old signs were made into props. Now when people come into the restaurant they are given a feeling of nostalgia and are made to feel as if they are living in a part of history that has made a big impact on our lives. I feel that not renovating this space was a great marketing technique by Kefallinos because people love to pretend that they are somewhere else.

Detroit is known as a humiliated city because it has been through and seen some many things. Not to say that other cities haven't but Detroit sticks out more because there aren't too many positive things that could drown out all of the negative things.