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Detroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark Binelli

Detroit City Is the Place to Be

The Afterlife of an American Metropolis

by Mark Binelli
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  • Nov 13, 2012, 336 pages
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  • Nov 2013, 336 pages
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  Detroit's Memorable Murals

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