I was in Detroit last Wed and Thur. When I was leaving the client site, I heard famous actress Fawcett died from cancer. Shortly after I came back, I heard from NPR that Michael Jackson passed away. That was a shocker. I remember watching a lot Michael Jackson’s MTV back in early 1990s, when I just graduated from college, and when the MTV was relatively new to China. I am not a music freek, but I liked the design of MTV and his sound. Not to mention his move.
Anyway, back to Detroit. Interestingly I think the first record company Michael Jackson signed was Motown, which was found in Detroit (Yahoo Answer). I visited Detroit in 1999 and 2000, to do presentation before car companies (big 3) for automobile related research project. It was in early March, and I remember it was very cold. But I had very nice dinners at Fish Bone (downtown?) and another Italian restaurant.
Last time I visited Detroit, it was year 2005 and I just stopped by its airport (take NWA flight from DTW to Tokyo NRT).
This time I did not have time to visit downtown, and the Renaissance center. The news was pretty bleak in Detroit these days, but interestingly this Thursday GE is announcing build a research center in Detroit.
Maybe a good sign for change?