[LMich]

Looks like the old thread fell of the edge of the forum, so here is a continuating of random, high-quality photos of Detroit from Flickr:

Midtown - September 10, 2006

http://static.flickr.com/94/240089534_370495a386_b.jpg
Radiospike - http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiospike/

Foxtown on Woodward - Summer 2006

http://static.flickr.com/92/232351149_023bf85314_b.jpg
UrbanTiki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

Comerica Tower - 1993, Broderick Tower - 1928

http://static.flickr.com/64/190306796_6bd5256a59_o.jpg
nietnagel - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigkungfumaster/

Hydroplane event, Summer of 2006 bypassing Detroit's Gold Coast area.

http://static.flickr.com/48/190305966_ed5a31a41f_o.jpg
nietnagel - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigkungfumaster/

[shinobi]

absolutely awesome...especially the night pic and how you captured the firework exploding in the background...

i've always wanted to go to Detroit

[LMich]

These aren't my pics, which is why the links are at the bottom of the photo, and why I said that I got them from Flickr. I just want to make that very clear as I always try to do.

[DetroitSky]

The photo of the Comerica Tower's crown is great. Thanks for posting.

[mrherodotus]

Very good!

[vjhe]

:tup:

[LMich]

A few more...

View looking northwest from the RenCen over Cadillac Square

http://static.flickr.com/58/209861116_954b292fea_b.jpg
mrbula - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbula/

http://static.flickr.com/54/129796269_a7556c5552_b.jpg
pdroze - http://www.flickr.com/photos/18169862@N00/

Glass-Clear River

http://static.flickr.com/19/95364897_a47355b86a_o.jpg
organicmike - http://www.flickr.com/photos/organicmike/

Downriver

http://static.flickr.com/87/241025979_f18fbc03d4_b.jpg
mdhuyk - http://www.flickr.com/photos/71787236@N00/

[apbest]

http://static.flickr.com/45/161974585_cd99a6cfda.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/45/161974585_cd99a6cfda.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/77/162037692_d38a837619.jpg?v=1149643111
http://static.flickr.com/77/162037692_d38a837619.jpg?v=1149643111

[hudkina]

I love that view of Midtown. One of America's greatest urban neighborhoods.

[DetroitSky]

:previous: I agree. I love Midtown.

[illmatic774]

still alot of city left.

http://static.flickr.com/58/209861116_954b292fea_b.jpg

[mSeattle]

Those are great shots of Detroit.

[LMich]

From Belle Isle

http://static.flickr.com/53/152141242_9eec4cc9dc_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

Michigan Avenue

http://static.flickr.com/64/192965307_213e060f16_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

Buhl Building

http://static.flickr.com/37/83949931_3e1ecc0f97_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

Fort and Griswold - Base of Buhl Building

http://static.flickr.com/39/79222258_5d1842e807_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

Cass Park with 9 Mile Tower all the way in the background in St. Clair Shore son Lake Saint Clair.

http://static.flickr.com/57/215045412_639f73820d_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

Ambassador Bridge and Sainte Anne de Detroit, the second oldest catholic parish in the U.S.

http://static.flickr.com/61/215047336_1ea12f8bd2_b.jpg
Gsgeorge - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/

[UglymanCometh]

I love that view of Midtown. One of America's greatest urban neighborhoods.

Thanks. We try.

These are some great photos!

[GVNY]

Detroit would have a terrific skyline without the overwhelming RenCenter.

[LMich]

Inside Compuware...

http://static.flickr.com/90/249907757_b11457991e_b.jpg
UrbanTiki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

Commercialism (Comerica) Park with the ghostly skyline in background

http://static.flickr.com/80/245317653_aab13bd550_b.jpg
UrbanTiki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

The underdeveloped West Riverfront and Corktown

http://static.flickr.com/28/65555508_d45ffd55b3_b.jpg
jdurchenpano - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdurchenpano/

Eastern Market

http://static.flickr.com/93/245014607_0de1590c58_b.jpg
Jedi Bath - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedielizabeth/

And, since the last High-Def Detroit thread fell off the board, a repost of scenes from the International Freedom Festival by Patrick Austin - http://www.flickr.com/photos/paanta/

http://static.flickr.com/78/196120719_0eb26d1f57_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/75/197648906_d01d4f1624_b.jpg

[DecoJim]

Thank you for bringing these various photographers to the attention of SSP members.

Here is my own contribution:

Hart Plaza: View toward modern buildings on Jefferson Ave and 1920s skyscrapers in the background:
http://www.maj.com/gallery/DecoJim/DowntownDetroit/jeffersonave02.jpg

Looking up Griswold: Detroit's "Wall Street":
http://www.maj.com/gallery/DecoJim/DowntownDetroit/guardian10.jpg

[LMich]

Detroit in a heavy smog and/or fog looking south from New Center to Downtown.

http://static.flickr.com/95/208569244_bb35807227_o.jpg
brandonzwa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonz/

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

The fog does wonders to cover up some of the gaps east of downtown from the disinvestment/urban renewal/poletowning.

Lovely work everyone!

[hudkina]

Midtown's looking good though.:)

[LMich]

Views of Downtown and New Center from Wayne State University's stadium taken by forumer Jeff over at UrbanPlanet.org

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/402/skylinefromwsuzk5.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8104/img6985uk6.jpg

[blackc5]

Great photos. Any more of the new Compuware hq? Used to work for them back in Farmington Hills...

[LMich]

The Compuware atrium is actually pictured in a shot above, but here is the exterior:

http://static.flickr.com/26/96110270_22305df698_b.jpg
ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

http://static.flickr.com/36/122071740_459273da25_b.jpg
UrbanTiki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

http://static.flickr.com/32/66397216_e2026aafd0_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/22/97383766_617a845e45_b.jpg
pdoze - http://www.flickr.com/photos/18169862@N00/

The garage

http://static.flickr.com/92/236478529_ac7dcb9386_b.jpg
pdoze - http://www.flickr.com/photos/18169862@N00/

[blackc5]

Awesome - thanks - nice looking building. Sure beats the old Farmington Hills office park... which was quite bland. And I like the lighting on it.

Are there still a fair number of abandoned buildings in the downtown core, or is that area filling in? I recall the street where the CPWR hq was to be built had quite a few empty storefronts and wig shops at the time...

[DetroitSTAR]

Whoever took those freedom festival shots must have been sitting on my lap, I mean I was right at the tip of the island.:haha:


Great shots all around. Detroit looks spectacular under a bath of sun.

[illmatic774]

why you getting lazy on me son? MORE MORE MORE!

[LMich]

Awesome - thanks - nice looking building. Sure beats the old Farmington Hills office park... which was quite bland. And I like the lighting on it.

Are there still a fair number of abandoned buildings in the downtown core, or is that area filling in? I recall the street where the CPWR hq was to be built had quite a few empty storefronts and wig shops at the time...

Most all the storefront facades have been renovated along that, and quite a few filled, but there are still quite a few vacant. Were the Merchants Row and Woodward Center condominiums under renovation when you were there because they've filled in most of the area. Even still, the area looks a MILLION times better than it did just a few years ago, and here are some examples...

Lower Woodward North of C-Mart (Campus Martius)

http://static.flickr.com/80/242052303_1287b2b52e_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/108/265757889_ba5f016d9f_b.jpg
ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

http://static.flickr.com/32/62693924_c394768608_b.jpg
Allan M. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

http://static.flickr.com/51/143865921_36d3efefa2_b.jpg
Allan M. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

http://static.flickr.com/9/14191436_3c9beb2876_b.jpg
Allan M. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

http://static.flickr.com/29/41016614_542c8129a2_b.jpg
Allan M. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

http://static.flickr.com/53/135336501_7d773e1402_b.jpg
SOUTHEN - http://www.flickr.com/photos/southen/

[Michi]

Most all the storefront facades have been renovated along that, and quite a few filled, but there are still quite a few vacant. Were the Merchants Row and Woodward Center condominiums under renovation when you were there because they've filled in most of the area.
There's a new, trendy clothing store at Merchants Row called Studio Couture Detroit. It has a nice, transparent facade. Something that pretty much every street downtown lacks. That's obviously changing rapidly.

http://www.after5detroit.com/06/favorites_map.php?c_id=54&row=4&cat=

[blackc5]

Thanks LMich & Michi - nice to see that area improving. And glad to see Compuware hopefully helped. I don't think anything was under renovation when I moved to CA (in 2000), so this is all good to see.

[hudkina]

There are several new shops and restaurants on Lower Woodward.

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

Well, since starting my new job last week at Quicken Loans, I've had less time to put together a big Detroit thread - so why not post some new, high-def stuff here! :)

Gratiot Avenue, downtown Detroit, from near 8 Mile Road
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/highdef/highdet01.jpg

Lower Woodward District
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/highdef/highdet02.jpg

211 W Fort Street, home of Comerica's HQ from 1964-1992
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/highdef/highdet03.jpg

Soccer and RenCen near the Detroit Dearborn border
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/highdef/highdet05.jpg

SW Detroit
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/highdef/highdet04.jpg

[LMich]

The Gratiot Avenue photo if the best...photo...ever. Where exactly was it taken from? Gratiot and What?

[boden]

That night shot from the boats is incredible!

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

Mas... especial por los Tigres!

The Olde English D!
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/tigers/det02.jpg

Damn Windsor Casino ad, but still a decent view (those are lights on in the Book Cadillac...)
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/tigers/det01.jpg

Fisher Building in Tigers Colors!
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/tigers/fish01.jpg
http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/tigers/det03.jpg

[hudkina]

Great pics, Tony!:D

BTW, did you join Quicken because they might be moving downtown?;)

[LMich]

I love New Center, and what it could become. And the view to downtown ain't bad either (second photo).

Tony, you missed my question. :)

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

LMich - There is a parking structure at State Fair (E) and Gratiot for the former Saratoga Hospital (now a St. John's outpatient clinic I do believe)

Hudkina - I'll be able to answer that hopefully before December 31st ;)

:)

[scribeman]

absolutely awesome...especially the night pic and how you captured the firework exploding in the background...

i've always wanted to go to Detroit
For god's sake why?
Ugh. I'll have to drive through Detroit on my way to work this morning. It's hard to imagine a more depressing place to be, and I think that only Seattle is grayer.

[hudkina]

scribeman, maybe you need some professional help if driving through any city depresses you. It seems you live a sorry and sad life...

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

While the last few day's weather has not been pretty looking, I think the city itself is really looking good - lights on at the Book Cadillac, the tigers decorations downtown, etc.

Lighten up a bit scribey!

[scribeman]

scribeman, maybe you need some professional help if driving through any city depresses you. It seems you live a sorry and sad life...
No, I think it's the abandoned buildings, the empty shell of a city that remains, the homeless, or possibly the fact that there is no gradient to that "city", for great want of a better word, that is attractive. Ugh. The other day it was so foggy everything was coated in gloom; it's like the sun never shines here.
I seriously cannot wait to leave Michigan and never, ever return. If I had known then what I know now, I would have chosen a real state for college.

[illmatic774]

Then go away or quit bitching, because you aint contributing here. Head off to Cali, sweet-pea

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

To broad brush Detroit like that scribey goes a long way of saying you'd rather complain about the problem then be part of the solution. furthermore you seem intent on only looking FOR the bad of the city and not really opening yourself up to the GREAT! Get off the damn freeway.

Or just drive through the city and keep on going. Please.

[DetroitSTAR]

Detroit looks 100 times better on a sunny day...that being said, it is home and I love it.:cheers:

[scribeman]

To broad brush Detroit like that scribey goes a long way of saying you'd rather complain about the problem then be part of the solution. furthermore you seem intent on only looking FOR the bad of the city and not really opening yourself up to the GREAT! Get off the damn freeway.

Or just drive through the city and keep on going. Please.
Do you actually realize how far down the path to receivorship Detroit really is? Do you have any idea how bad things are? It's the poorest city in the nation.
It's so bad that people are pulling their dead relatives out of Detroit at a higher rate than population is growing.
I don't like to purposefully knock anything, but it isn't insulting when I say that until I actually moved to Michigan I had never known that poverty and abandoned buildings were so prolific in North America. Detroit is a very bad joke, and I know that I for one am not laughing. Or trying to somehow paint over it with pictures of the .0000000001% of it that still stands.
Yeah, so I'm not "part of the solution", but I'm not lying through a photo lens. Detroit has so many severe problems I feel that pictures such as these (and those insipid casino commercials) are to Detroit what a pictures of someone floating in a suburban pool are to southern India being destroyed by monsoons.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Whoa, Detroit looks amazing in these pics. LMich, thanks so much for kicking this rascal off. Nice inclusions TNTD. Thanks to all who've added.

[Michi]

I seriously cannot wait to leave Michigan and never, ever return. If I had known then what I know now, I would have chosen a real state for college.
Ellaborate on "real". Hollywood? Sounds like you're getting your ass kicked here in Michigan. It'll do that to the weaklings. Like a sour taste in its mouth, it will be happy to spit you out back where you came from. :D

And just so you're aware, asking TNTD to realize the reality of Detroit is like telling God all he needs to know about Heaven.

If you are in a desperate search to find a group of people who can't be more honest about Detroit, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

Do you actually realize how far down the path to receivorship Detroit really is? Do you have any idea how bad things are? It's the poorest city in the nation.
It's so bad that people are pulling their dead relatives out of Detroit at a higher rate than population is growing.
I don't like to purposefully knock anything, but it isn't insulting when I say that until I actually moved to Michigan I had never known that poverty and abandoned buildings were so prolific in North America. Detroit is a very bad joke, and I know that I for one am not laughing. Or trying to somehow paint over it with pictures of the .0000000001% of it that still stands.
Yeah, so I'm not "part of the solution", but I'm not lying through a photo lens. Detroit has so many severe problems I feel that pictures such as these (and those insipid casino commercials) are to Detroit what a pictures of someone floating in a suburban pool are to southern India being destroyed by monsoons.

Are you Dick DeVos? Seriously?! Your argument is basically blame blame blame, followed by woe, blame, over-exaggeration, and then you even pull it together with some comparison to India (where I'm sure Mr. DeVos knows well since he will move jobs there next...)

Thats really the beauty of the lying camera, though. I didn't doctor one of my photos. I didn't add an extra light on in a building or copy happy people on every street corner. I simply display what MY city looks like. And whether your doomsday-laden commentary (as if we aren't used to that!) doesn't get it or - worse yet - can't get it - try to get my simple point here:

WE ARE BUILDING UP AND BUILDING UP -SLOWLY TO BE SURE- AS A GREAT CITY AGAIN BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT CITY.

Where people like you slam Detroit by saying 1 Ten-Billiononth of it still stands (you must live here to buy such good crack, dude) the rest of us are enjoying a night at Slows BBQ, watching thousands of new lofts rise, watching a Westin grow from a ruin and watching thousands of people filling this city nearly nightly just for the fact that it is THE city!

I won't lie. Times are rough - there's crime that is still too high, public schools that cannot meet expectations, an auto industry that will behave in the 21st century in a way it never had to in the 20th... but how you can't or won't see the great successes that are still happening is beyond me.

Like I've said for years, Mr. DeVos-in-scribeman's-clothing: you won't be the first person to abandon Detroit, but get out of here fast and let the people who do care and do work for this renaissance - in whatever way they can - keep doing what you choose not to.

[/rant]

[apbest]

just a question scribe, to what extend has ur involvement with Detroit been? And if ur so critical of abandonment and of the City of Detroit why doesnt Birmingham/Royal Oak/Somerset suit your needs? its probably as rich or richer than anywhere you're intending on going. Furthermore, dont post on this website with such resolution as if YOU have something to tell us. Especially without any knowledge of urban issues, or even Detroit based statistics, which your analysis clearly shows you lack...assclown

let me just say, that TNTD is right...you won't be the first person to abandon Detroit. But for me, Detroit has almost a romantic attraction, one that recognizes the grit but also the resiliance of its people and city. When it returns to a level that dumbasses like you can enjoy, then we will appreciate it sooooo much more...when you come back to visit your family or friends or whatever like 40 years later, youll be like Detroit is so much better than it used to be, etc etc..but it wont mean anything the way it will for us

[detroit_alive]

Take Detroit as what it is. I find that it stimulates my mind. When I view the city I see its past, present and what could be. There is beauty in the decay, but even more in the way people have formed communities in the face of adversity.

[hudkina]

scribeman, every city has crime, poverty, and abandonment issues. Detroit just happens to have a bigger problem than most. Granted, it doesn't have the highest crime rate nor is it the poorest city nor does it have the worst schools. What it does have though is the worst public image, and you only perpetuate that image by spouting nonsense. I can guarantee that you've seen little of the city and know even less about it, so before you make yourself into an even bigger fool, I suggest you stop right there.

[LMich]

Comerica Park: 9/16/2006

http://static.flickr.com/88/245999774_f04adf897e_b.jpg
b24chicago - http://www.flickr.com/photos/b24chicago/

http://static.flickr.com/95/245110982_a6de6178b1_b.jpg
b24chicago - http://www.flickr.com/photos/b24chicago/

Foot of Woodward from Vinton Building

http://static.flickr.com/110/265648398_4f7097a784_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/85/265647948_687fefadd8_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/82/265646925_2ca8a1e0d5_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/87/265646223_3d86bbdca2_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/119/261139300_b204f430c4_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/41/261138965_b77d921e7e_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/112/261138738_83f4a14709_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/103/261138264_caf8afd114_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/114/261138474_6d59b0fc2e_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://static.flickr.com/102/261137220_c19c63eeee_b.jpg
BuildingsofDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

[LMich]

Scott Fountain - Belle Isle Park

http://static.flickr.com/107/278230750_2df532e272_b.jpg
UrbanTiki - http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

Comerica Park - World Series

http://static.flickr.com/95/278248493_c6299b42d8_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/

Texture

http://static.flickr.com/122/260015912_daf947343a_b.jpg
Cave Canem - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bewareofdog/

From the roof of the MotorCity Casino - October 24, 2006

http://static.flickr.com/110/278631996_297d00dcbd_b.jpg
1ManWithACamera - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mossboss/

http://static.flickr.com/85/249923726_b930170c61_b.jpg
1ManWithACamera - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mossboss/

Grand River at MotorCity Casino expansion

http://static.flickr.com/101/260597607_c4ff4db883_b.jpg
1ManWithACamera - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mossboss/

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

sweet

http://static.flickr.com/101/260597607_c4ff4db883_b.jpg

[LMich]

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/86294.jpg
Flybydon

[Michi]

Amazing shots! :)

[LMich]

Ian has posted some GREAT new photos...

The new YMCA with a great backdrop:

http://static.flickr.com/119/294224777_57d66e6787_b.jpg
Ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

Book Tower Vista

http://static.flickr.com/118/294225294_bcadac210c_b.jpg
Ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

The Book Cadillac Resurrected! The old mechanical penthouse pictured here, is being turned into a three unit penthouse(s)

http://static.flickr.com/100/294225998_8f54d220f8_b.jpg
Ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

Looking over the expansion Detroit Medical Center with Brush Park in the foreground undergoing a massive transformation with countless renovations and plenty of new construction, to match.

http://static.flickr.com/116/294226575_a0a26d1b93_b.jpg
Ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

The infamous (and rusted) Book Tower fire escape, overlooking Capitol Park.

http://static.flickr.com/102/294227837_e19d03ee28_b.jpg
Ifmuth - http://www.flickr.com/photos/70205638@N00/

[LMich]

Some from Allan...

A mail boat stops to service a ship

http://static.flickr.com/110/288207795_089701d5b9_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

Book Tower

http://static.flickr.com/118/293536333_e744018dd4_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

Campus Ballroom - Vacant since the 1970's

http://static.flickr.com/110/289210994_097c35eb8f_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

[Sacto]

Very nice photography! Thanks for posting!

[Lakelander]

Great thread.

[LMich]

Mas...

Just a few more big parcels to fill in...

http://static.flickr.com/106/288174738_dc55a148e8_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

Go West

http://static.flickr.com/121/288174518_c649716352_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport in Romulous, Michigan

http://static.flickr.com/108/280915440_1cb7f5c30b_b.jpg
richmanwisco - http://www.flickr.com/photos/richmanwisco/

[LMich]

The Garden Lofts are really looking nice. It kind of reminds you that this is what should have been built on Woodward instead of Woodward Place. lol

October 3, 2006

http://static.flickr.com/101/260164043_ac0b1a01f5_b.jpg
Cave Canem - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bewareofdog/

A cloudy September day in the Lafayette Park neighborhood...

http://static.flickr.com/103/253674406_b3dc1e0d38_b.jpg
mainegal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkilbride/

http://static.flickr.com/88/253674131_947eb8a138_b.jpg
mainegal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkilbride/

http://static.flickr.com/110/253674246_fbf48033a2_b.jpg
mainegal - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkilbride/

[EuphoricOctopus]

that last photo is fucking hilarious.

lafayette park... my home, until my lease expires at the end of this month. where to from there? i'm not sure. i've put "> elmwood park" in my user info, as i'm interested in parkview square, but since i'm going to school and working right in the heart of dearborn, within a mile of eachother, it seems smarter to find a place right there.

[yet again, this would be cabasse]

[1ajs]

that last photo is fucking hilarious so much character gotta love it

[hudkina]

I agree about the Garden Lofts. Hopefully developers will build something even bigger on the Cass Park side of Woodward.

[Exodus]

that last photo is fucking hilarious so much character gotta love itThat's the city for ya, so colorful.

[LMich]

Inside the RenCen...

http://static.flickr.com/70/214341486_2e4aac274e_b.jpg
Marylea - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylea/

http://static.flickr.com/86/214379639_5b011fc45b_b.jpg
Marylea - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylea/

Christ Church - East Jefferson

http://static.flickr.com/65/214104295_a7522da989_b.jpg
Marylea - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylea/

Water Board Building crown

http://static.flickr.com/49/214532598_07d243d883_b.jpg
Marylea - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylea/

Eastern Market seen over the top of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Service Center. (does anyone know the name of the church right of center? I know Holy Trinity on the left)

http://static.flickr.com/97/214532600_44a3336177_b.jpg
Marylea - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marylea/

[1ajs]

That's the city for ya, so colorful.
KOOL :cheers:

[cabasse]

an odd evening in detroit...

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1684/whalightswhawn6.jpg

[apbest]

i wish that was the actual lighting scheme of Comerica I kinda like it

[skyfan]

You know that isn't real? It's so obvious you can't even see the windows in that part of the building.

[cabasse]

of course it isn't real... and it probably looks quite stupid, but it was kind of fun to take a stab at. I suppose I should've gone the extra step and accentuated the windows somehow - all I did was select the area, and then use the lighting tool in photoshop to create an imaginary beam. (coming from the bottom corners)

also - hope I didn't cheapen your thread, lmich.

[LMich]

Packard Plant

http://static.flickr.com/79/222544745_cc1e2b23a2_b.jpg
Smlgphotos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/

Downtown in the very early morning

http://static.flickr.com/24/95428080_4215297632_o.jpg
Allan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanm/

[Ex-Ithacan]

^ That Packard Plant pic is so cool and sad at the same time.

[hudkina]

That's a unique panorama of Downtown. It's rare you see one from within the downtown.

[LMich]

Yeah, with the downtown being laid out like it is, this is probably one of the few views were you can get a good spread of the skyscrapers from within. I kind of like it better than the typical Broderick Tower view pan to the south which really squishes the skyline together. The only other good view I can think of if the one you get from the top of the Book Tower looking down into C-Mart.

[LMich]

Looking south from Park Shelton over WSU, past the Woodbridge Senior Village to the Ambassador Bridge, with the ghostly shell of the Michigan Central Station looming to the right.

http://static.flickr.com/102/287747323_5908494bfd_o.jpg
DetroitBikeBlog - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbbmk2/

Riverfront looking west
http://static.flickr.com/114/304154503_4034d4f1ac_b.jpg
DetroitBikeBlog - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbbmk2/

Brush Street

http://static.flickr.com/104/271181161_a3582e56cd_b.jpg
DetroitBikeBlog - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbbmk2/

From Midtown

http://static.flickr.com/97/279417197_1161cdb9a4_o.jpg
DetroitBikeBlog - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbbmk2/

[LMich]

Ambassador Bridge

http://static.flickr.com/39/104995920_10de0e788f_o.jpg
blusmbl - http://www.flickr.com/photos/blusmbl/

Looking west from the RenCen

http://static.flickr.com/23/91257496_8dc19db262_b.jpg
Middlest - http://www.flickr.com/photos/middlest/

El Tovar Apartments - one of Detroit's many Moorish Deco style apartment buildings

http://static.flickr.com/84/267528779_521da39d76_o.jpg
Joey Harrison - http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyharrison/

The Last Friday at Tiger Stadium

http://static.flickr.com/80/233473494_e40179b5e2_o.jpg
phatphudd - http://www.flickr.com/photos/34397473@N00/

Back in the day...

http://static.flickr.com/86/233473493_f733c89084_o.jpg
phatphudd - http://www.flickr.com/photos/34397473@N00/

Duplexes both occupied and abandoned side by side

http://static.flickr.com/41/105438032_22a2539115_b.jpg
Thewretched - http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewretched/

A Vista

http://static.flickr.com/41/104400642_d4e8290170_b.jpg
!Alex! - http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexdunn/

Greektown Scene

http://static.flickr.com/118/300230232_3ad660bea3_o.jpg
e.rabior - http://www.flickr.com/photos/robillardphotography/

Underpass...

http://static.flickr.com/41/113534583_7c76511bd1_b.jpg
blusmbl - http://www.flickr.com/photos/blusmbl/

Old Main - Wayne State University

http://static.flickr.com/34/88311288_40298a5ede_b.jpg
seite7 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralf_herrmann/

Southfield

http://static.flickr.com/110/306225693_117af1cbe5_b.jpg
JonDeBoer - http://www.flickr.com/photos/58529641@N00/

[hudkina]

http://static.flickr.com/104/271181161_a3582e56cd_b.jpg

This picture is so cool. I don't know how anyone can hate the way the Ren Cen looks. Sure it doesn't meld perfectly with the rest of the skyline, but it doesn't need to!;)

[LMich]

It's a stark and unapologetic welcome to Detroit, and represents, perfectly, the toughness of post-riot Detroit. Like the city, it is what it is. I really like how the industrial look of Ford Field, on the left, complements the whole scene.

[LMich]

http://static.flickr.com/67/189821611_fbf9d7f87e_b.jpg
anikarenina - http://www.flickr.com/photos/anikarenina/

[apbest]

makes me miss the whales

[LMich]

One Half of Grand Circus Park

http://static.flickr.com/118/300331772_c9d4aaaf9b_b.jpg
Radiospike - http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiospike/

Stadi

http://static.flickr.com/107/293542662_ab1032f48f_b.jpg
Radiospike - http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiospike/

[Exodus]

Actualy Detroiters call these flats, not duplexes. If you had units side by side and each unit had a second floor(which would be bedrooms & a bathroom)they would be detached townhomes. Theres a unit downstairs and an identical unit upstairs in these buildings. The second door on the front(usually the left one)is a stairway that leads upstairs. The only time you will find units side by side is when you have a flat that has more than 2 units(4 & 8 family flats).
In some cases you might see just one door in the front, leading a person to think it's one big house. Most of those have stairs on the back porch leading up to the 2nd floor porch with the entrence usually through the kitchen. The back stairs like that are parallel to the structure similar to how a fire escape is. Just in case you might not have known, or just a little insight on homes like this for anyone in general that might not know.
http://static.flickr.com/41/105438032_22a2539115_b.jpg

[Ex-Ithacan]

^ Interesting stuff Exodus. What is on the 3rd floor and in the basement? Just curious.

[Exodus]

^ Interesting stuff Exodus. What is on the 3rd floor and in the basement? Just curious.The "3rd floor" is actually an attic, and it is storage space for who ever lives on the second floor. The basement is storage area for who ever lives on the first floor. In some cases I've known people to turn either the basement or the attic into bedrooms, which both are just high enough to do. The only thing shared by both units is stuff like the water heater and furnace and what ever, which is in the basement.

[Ex-Ithacan]

That's kind of what I figured. I guess it depends on the size of your family and how much stuff ya got, eh? Thanks for the info.

[KevinFromTexas]

Gorgeous thread, keep them coming.

[LMich]

Every basement level I've ever seen in Detroit duplexes (and that's what I've always called these and heard other Detroiters call these, and flat and duplex often used interchangably) have been laundry rooms for everyone in the structure.

[LMich]

The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel & Residences......

http://static.flickr.com/130/318251563_ee85fc9c93_b.jpg

Courtesy of Eric at DetroitYes.com

[Exodus]

Damn, that's the first time in about 20 years that I've see any kind of lights on in that building. Thanks for posting that

[LMich]

Southfield Town Center, which actually isn't even "downtown" Southfield.

http://static.flickr.com/82/237604166_952cb39d94_b.jpg

Southfield "mixing bowl"

http://static.flickr.com/82/237593573_954e0bc092_b.jpg

Zoomed out to show Town Center and Cornerstone/Northland to the right in the distance, the "historic" "downtown" of Southfield. Yeah, you have to use quotes, otherwise it's too ironic. :)

http://static.flickr.com/95/237604164_c7604e3c49_b.jpg

Photos Courtesy of BarGal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bargal/)

[skeeter]

wow. the b-c is looking good!

one of the things that is completely detroit is the steaming manholes. i actually miss seeing that.

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

The southfield ones would of have to been taken from the watson wyatt building it seems.

I wonder why bargirl didnt pan a bit right because Downtown should be totally visable from that vantage point.

Nice shot! :)

[LMich]

Steam

http://static.flickr.com/111/304659193_e58e3dad63_b.jpg
Dave Hogg - http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehogg/

Parade

http://static.flickr.com/108/304658416_fc40b0f946_b.jpg
Dave Hogg - http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehogg/

Labor Day

http://static.flickr.com/98/233981492_8f0838df4e_b.jpg
Dave Hogg - http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehogg/

[hudkina]

It's amazing how far lights go in bringing the Book-Cadillac back to life.

[LMich]

Salvation Army

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/327771454_9f9bdbe7eb_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/327769338_7a3b223bb7_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/327768727_a9a9636481_b.jpg
BuildingsOfDetroit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/

Southwest Detroit

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/94/245778083_b90be555f6_o.jpg
theempirebuilder - http://www.flickr.com/photos/theempirebuilder/

Zug Island

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/280805390_5a8e6602de_o.jpg
Billyd2 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyd_7/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/294413124_5d9f883a6b_o.jpg
Billyd2 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyd_7/

[The-New-Tony-Detroit]

Bravo! Encore!

[gsgeorge]

Detroit's famous freeways...

The Renaissance Center, St. Josaphat, and the Chrysler Freeway (I-75)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/327826652_a03b2dad3e_b.jpg

Michigan Central Station in the distance over the Ford Freeway (I-94)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/152132714_3a8cb764dd_b.jpg

I took these, more here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsgeorge/sets/).

[Exodus]

Nice pics, but that last one is the Fisher Freeway(I-75)