History Comes Alive: Urban Space and the Inertia of World War II Planning: How the Arsenal of Democracy Created Postwar Detroit

Name: History Comes Alive: Urban Space and the Inertia of World War II Planning: How the Arsenal of Democracy Created Postwar Detroit
Start: 2027-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-01-13T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Oakland Center (OC) Banquet Room B

The requirements of defense planning during World War II forced a physical reconfiguration of Detroit. The needs of manufacturing took precedence and dictated an urban design that would have long-standing consequences for Detroiters in the 1950s and 1960s.

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