Post from detroitblog

The look on his face says it all. Vasile Sirca wears an expression of pure fatigue. He’s standing behind the cookie counter at his store, Nortown Bakery, on Van Dyke by Seven Mile. He’s the only one here, as usual. And he looks like he’s been through a war. “There are a lot of problems on this street. Lots of shootings,” the 59-year-old says. “Long ago, it was a lot better than now. But the neighborhood change.”