reporter: the neighborhood is now one of the safest in the motor city, but this is still detroit as katherine kingeminded when a brick smashed through her window. >> there was shattered glass everywhere. this is the ninth incident. it's very painful and frightening, and it's not the direction that detroit has been going in with great, great assent. >> reporter: the city's assent is likely to improve on friday when a federal judge is expected to accept a bankruptcy plan. it in part writes off $7 billion to creditors and cutting pension plans by 4.5%. even if it works, detroit will have to stop overspending. >> this gives the city an opportunity to turn itself around, but it's not a guarantee. in order for services to improve, which is everyone's hope, the city is going to have to save a lot of money from a lot of different sources, and it hasn't been able to do that in the past. >> reporter: detroit's neighborhoods remain blighted and largely empty. but downtown there are now signs of hope. detroit might be coping with a the largest bankruptcy in u.s. history, but the city is undergoing a mini cons