project attracts an estimated 200,000 visitors a year from all over the world, adding $3 million an luly a great way to put the area on the map. >> bringing the neighborhood back. >> reporter: it also brought controversy. some residents complained about traffic and code violations and the city even bulldozed parts of it twice. >> i don't mind getting in trouble first and apologizing later if necessary. >> reporter: the heidelberg project is now working with the city to address those concerns. a task that falls to its president jeanine whitfield. >> it's like any other family. you got sisters and brothers that don't get along, but we never stop trying. >> reporter: a former banker, she made a wrong turn down heidelberg street 26 years ago and met guyton sitting on the curb. today she is also his wife. do you feel that your work has followed the rise and fall and rise of detroit? >> i definitely do. i think it is the greatest symbol. and as the city of detroit is kind of having this new life so to speak, so is the heidelberg project. >> reporter: ironically, that new life means dismantling