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11/09/08 11:52:51 pm, by Stephanie Zerweck
Categories: Virginia Park

The Virginia Park neighborhood, in Detroit

My name is Stephanie Zerweck, and I am covering Virginia Park in Detroit this semester.

Walking from 3rd St. & Philadelphia, around the Virginia Park area, back towards Wayne State campus a few weekends ago, beautiful flowers were everywhere, especially in the community gardens within the neighborhood.

It was a beautiful day, and a young girl set the tone, with light, airy intonations, as she practiced her flute.

However, back on Woodward, this main street was and is infested with trash - in the grass, meshed into fences, around the Burger King on Seward and on the edges of the local Methodist church’s lawn - almost everywhere.

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