So I took my annually trip to Detroit to visit my family and friends.
This is what i have to share
Its a tradition to have the first meal at a white castle
the suburban dream
Midtown - goin to hang in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Wayne State University
A short climpse of windsor
An empty People Mover
Those tracks will take you to Toronto
Flying into detroit after a trip to New Orleans
A soon to be historic Picture
If you ever get to visit Detroit, check out the Heidelberg Project.
I stumbled upon this while driving around
i know i didnt give much commentary since there have been quite a few albums of detroit here i figured you guys probably already know most of the buildings... but if there are any questions just ask!
Detroit keeps on fighting! However, it's discouraging to see so many buildings still sitting there vacant from the time I last visited six years ago (Hotel Eddystone, Salvation Army, Lee Plaza, Wurlitzer, GAR building, Broderick Tower, etc). I can't imagine that any other city would'nt have rehabbed these mamas by now. That said, I do realize that much progress has been made as well-- the Book-Cadillac is one of the greatest comeback stories ever.
Detroit keeps on fighting! However, it's discouraging to see so many buildings still sitting there vacant from the time I last visited six years ago (Hotel Eddystone, Salvation Army, Lee Plaza, Wurlitzer, GAR building, Broderick Tower, etc). I can't imagine that any other city would'nt have rehabbed these mamas by now. That said, I do realize that much progress has been made as well-- the Book-Cadillac is one of the greatest comeback stories ever.
Just to note, the Broderick has been under renovation for a few months, now, and the David Whitney across the street is actively being marketed for renovation. The smaller stuff, though? Yeah, I fully suspect the first three on your list to be demolished before they see the light of day again unfortunately, particularly the Lee Plaza, as it's in a location even the most hardy urban pioneer wouldn't want to be in, and the good element in the neighborhood is getting out as fast as it can. It's bad, because it's right across the street from a huge high school and on a major thoroughfare.
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Top notch tour! It makes me want to get a Chrysler 200 and motor out to Detroit for some White Castle & art. Love that art museum and the art houses. Are the art houses random or are they some type of organized thing?
Of the 70 or so buildings in the 15+ story range only a handful are in disrepair. One is currently being renovated into lofts, two more are either in the midst of being stabilized or will undergo stabilization shortly. Two are actively being shopped around. That leaves two or three that are sitting to rot and one of those rotting buildings is over three miles from downtown.
I am sad that Cass Tech is disappearing soon and Paul Robeson academy burned down yesterday. Detroit will rise again but the city will need a merger of all counties and cities in the metro region to effect real change. Detroit will have to deal with the segregation otherwise it will continue the donut phase, constantly gnawed at the center, and the despair and violence increase. The time for action on Detroit is now; not tomorrow, not 5 months from now: but now. I think its time for the US to stop spreading itself thin in conflicts around the world and fix places like Detroit. The city needs saving but the people do too.
I am sad that Cass Tech is disappearing soon and Paul Robeson academy burned down yesterday. Detroit will rise again but the city will need a merger of all counties and cities in the metro region to effect real change. Detroit will have to deal with the segregation otherwise it will continue the donut phase, constantly gnawed at the center, and the despair and violence increase. The time for action on Detroit is now; not tomorrow, not 5 months from now: but now. I think its time for the US to stop spreading itself thin in conflicts around the world and fix places like Detroit. The city needs saving but the people do too.
Hear, hear. And Detroit needs to step up to the plate and make it be clear that it wants this change. It needs to let the US know that it understands how crises and afflictions have fallen upon the residents of its city. It needs to make it be known that it sees how its past politics have caused damage, recognize that history with total inaction now are causing even greater decay, see why and how it is taking place, and make the case that it would be willing to work with the US and residents in a way never done before, to make change happen, if it is to be possible.
I have heard Detroit called "the urbexer's dream" because there are so many buildings like these. And, yes:
Detroit really needs to step up to the plate and figure out how to communicate to the US what needs to be happened for repairs and whether or not it's going to work with the residents and the government instead of against them to make that happen. There are too many beautiful historic structures now that feel so decayed that history might be lost altogether.
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