The Detroit UnReal Estate Agency has been running for close to a year now detroitunrealestateagency.blogspot.com.
This weekend I acted as a Canadian agent for this group in bringing Windsor into the fold of UnReality by posting signs at sites of current and former big three territory. It was especially difficult getting anywhere near Chrysler as there are security fences and private patrol cars circling about the plant quite frequently.
Stay tuned for more UnReal Estate action as we team up with Broken City Lab this Spring. If you're interested in contribting to this project in terms of location scouting/documenting, please let me know.
Interestingly enough that's the Chrysler gate I enter when I'm called into work. Gate 5 corresponds to the "dead end" of the plant, where it's mostly welding robotics and huge sections of dismantled assembly line littered with spare parts. A sign deserves to be placed inside too.
ReplyDeleteIf Chrysler left the city, it'd leave a huge chunk of land that *could* be put to good use, especially considering it's surrounded by residential areas.
awesome! can't wait to see more... I'm already starting to make a list of potential next sites...
ReplyDeleteI know this has little to do with the unrealistate issue at hand, but speaking of Chrysler, I was emailed this really cool article about how Windsor Auto Workers locked themselves their closing Auto Parts Plant.
ReplyDeleteA summary of the article is as follows:
Workers from the Aradco plant, whom is employed by Chrysler were pissed that their severance pay was getting slashed, so they finally took action and locked and welded themselves inside the plant with all of the Chrysler equipment.
They were supposed to get something like $1.7 Million from Chrysler as severance but it was then slashed to $200, 000 to be split amongst 80 workers.
I am happy that finally someone is taking a stand agaainst all this outsourcing causing huge lay-offs and the woresening of our economy.
here's the link for the article
http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/1274/windsor-auto-workers-seize-shuttered-plant