I watched this on BBC a few days ago. The Story and history of Detroit in a full 1hr and 15 min documentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIgC5whSP8E Just an intro I'm afraid. The full documentary is available here;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rkm3y/Requiem_for_Detroit/or
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rkm3yhttp://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=102970For BBC Two, Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive for the BBC, said: "The story of Detroit is an extraordinary tale of boom and bust at the heart of the American Dream, stretching over an entire century."
Well worth a watch and the documentary does actually have an optimistic ending, depending on your point of view of course.