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drew
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Manatee wrote What's wrong with me that I find something glamorous about that photograph?
I'd hate to live there, unless I was Bladerunner, but what a marvel of chipped decadence and folly.
They must have fantastic weeds!
Last time I was there there were actual trees growing out of the tops of one of the abandoned skyscrapers!
And yeah, as much as it represents a lot of misfortune for a lot of people, there's something somehow appealing about the photo.
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Horse Chestnut
Merion Village
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Universal Studios should move to Detroit. They'd have a ready-made backlot to replace the one that just burned.
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Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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d-town is a sad place as are many other towns who based a lot of their economy on a single industry that evaporated.
thankfully c-bus is somewhat more economically diverse. We really do have a lot going on here. Hopefully we can avoid this kind of collapse.
the picture makes me both sad and hopeful. Remember: todays brownfield is tomorrows redevelopment
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chivespa1
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I sorta miss living in Detroit when I see pictures like this. There is a lot of great photographic fodder in Detroit thanks to its deterioration. That photo, iirc, would have to be just south of the Fox Theatre by a handful of blocks. In Detroit there is definitely still a "good block/bad block" reality going on. If you want to see some great photos of Detroit check out flickr user SweetJuniper.
Cranbrook Art/Science retreat is just north of Detroit and heralded such designers as Saarinen (both father and son), the Eames, Nelson and so many others. Thus the reason for some of the amazing design scattered around the wasteland up there.
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Wallis
Northside
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reminds me a lot of some of the phtos on urbanohio.com. That's a really cool site for urban ruins, as well as dilapidated farmhouses, etc...check out the photo sets of Cleveland, Youngstown, Dayton, etc...
There's something romantic about the photos of "ruins". I've always liked 'em. Even when I was a kid, I remember taking notice when driving through the South Bronx (this was late 70's-early 80's), the Lower East Side pre-gentrification, and other areas. I think it gives a sense of what once was, and what could be again. Remember, 20 years ago people were still saying that the American City was dead.
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gobluegirl
northeast suburbs
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Trixie wrote Off topic: Go Penquins!!!!
+1!!!!! (i'm struggling to stay awake after last night's game! woo hoo!!!)
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chivespa1
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Ugh, 30 seconds, 30 friggin seconds. Wings will still win it even if it goes all the way. Go Wings!
This is by far the best Cup in years. Two old time teams, young blood vs. "experience", tons of exciting play. I'm a Wings fan and want them (expect them) to win but there really are no losers in this years Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Matthew
Hilltop
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Merc I never understood why they did that to the theater, it is the damndest thing I've ever seen. Another great city to chase photos for abandonment is Gary Indiana.
If I'm not mistaken, the hotel in the original pic (red brick) was demolished in 05. Heres a video of the preservationists trying to save it.
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JimL2
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Robocop, Action Jackson, Beverly Hills Cop. America needs Detroit as a bellwether for dystopian urban crimescapes.
It is a well-known scientific fact that the only fictional event purporting to take place in Detroit, and which was more depressing and horrible than the city itself, was Tim Allen getting paid to react to things.
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dmkennedy
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As someone who grew up in Michigan, not too far from Detroit, and spent a decent amount of time there, it is sad to see. I remember going to the autoshows with my grandpa. I have a certain amount of romanticised notions about urban decay, but anymore detroit has taken that way past. Last time I was up there was for DEMF a few years back.
Along those urban decay lines, if you havent seen this site, you should check it out.
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Ashland
In Ice Cube voice: WESTSIIIIIIIIDE
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dmkennedy wrote As someone who grew up in Michigan, not too far from Detroit, and spent a decent amount of time there, it is sad to see. I remember going to the autoshows with my grandpa. I have a certain amount of romanticised notions about urban decay, but anymore detroit has taken that way past. Last time I was up there was for DEMF a few years back.
Along those urban decay lines, if you havent seen this site, you should check it out.
Sad to see? Detroit has been a craphole since the 1960's. Detroit has never been nice while any of us were alive.
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Daz
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Ashland wrote
dmkennedy wrote As someone who grew up in Michigan, not too far from Detroit, and spent a decent amount of time there, it is sad to see. I remember going to the autoshows with my grandpa. I have a certain amount of romanticised notions about urban decay, but anymore detroit has taken that way past. Last time I was up there was for DEMF a few years back.
Along those urban decay lines, if you havent seen this site, you should check it out.
Sad to see? Detroit has been a craphole since the 1960's. Detroit has never been nice while any of us were alive.
Yeah, talking to my soon to be grandparents-in-law, they say the city really never recovered after the riots of 67.
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