Detroit - Page 4

le calmar · #61 Posted **Nov 14, 2008, 10:11 PM**

Your pictures actually amazed me... It's nice to see the discussion that your photos brought. While searching for some abandonned buildings in Detroit on Google, I found this article and I find it interesting, so I thought I could share it. (just tell me if it bother you, since it's a photothread it may be a little out of topic)

http://www.dailywealth.com/archive/2...007_may_24.asp

fangorangutang · #62 Posted **Nov 15, 2008, 2:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by jodelli

Excellent thread!
Were some of these taken earlier? In that picture of Grand River and Cass the high school is still under construction. The Temple Bar looks different too. Just curious.

Thanks for the pics.

These were all taken last weekend.

Le Calmar, thanks for the link. Very informative!

LMich · #63 Posted **Nov 15, 2008, 5:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by jodelli

Excellent thread!
Were some of these taken earlier? In that picture of Grand River and Cass the high school is still under construction. The Temple Bar looks different too. Just curious.

Thanks for the pics.

Which photo are you referencing? I ask because there is only one photo that I saw that would show that area (the one that's been quoted a few times, here), and I don't see any construction.

crooked rain · #64 Posted **Nov 15, 2008, 5:34 PM**

best Detroit pics ever!

jodelli · #65 Posted **Nov 15, 2008, 5:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

Which photo are you referencing? I ask because there is only one photo that I saw that would show that area (the one that's been quoted a few times, here), and I don't see any construction.

That's just what the building looks like normally. Guess I'm seeing things.

CGII · #66 Posted **Nov 15, 2008, 11:32 PM**

Everything you need to live in these days...

Michi · #67 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 2:36 AM**

Spreading some positive energy about Detroit!

http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=2887

http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...50323/1038/ENT

photoLith · #68 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 4:47 AM**

So much decay, I hope Detroit sees a turn for the better soon but with GM not doing too well, well Detroit would pretty much be SOL if GM went under. Great photos though. I really liked the one with that old decrepit building in the front and then the shining towers of GM in the background.

NorthernLights · #69 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 5:03 AM**

I just realized that brutalist building at I-75/I-375 interchange looks almost identicle to my old dorm at UC.

I saw these pics before and commented on them at UrbanOhio but they're fun to look at a 3rd time. I can't say I'm very optimistic about the future of these beautiful buildings but it's a fascinating collection nonetheless.

Michi · #70 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 5:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by photolitherland

So much decay, I hope Detroit sees a turn for the better soon but with GM not doing too well, well Detroit would pretty much be SOL if GM went under.

So would Russellville, Houston and Chicago. I don't know why everyone thinks this is exclusively a Detroit problem.

NorthernLights · #71 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 5:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Michi

So would Russellville, Houston and Chicago. I don't know why everyone thinks this is exclusively a Detroit problem.

Houston and Chicago are still more diversified than Detroit. Granted, if the auto industry goes under, all of the U.S. is going to feel it.

krudmonk · #72 Posted **Nov 16, 2008, 6:07 AM**

a city on the up

george · #73 Posted **Nov 17, 2008, 4:52 AM**

Beautiful photos. Detroit is a sad example of capitalism gone bad.

NorthernLights · #74 Posted **Nov 17, 2008, 5:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by george

Beautiful photos! Detroit is a sad example of capitalism gone bad.

Yeah, inefficient unions had nothing to do with it.

detmi7mile · #75 Posted **Nov 18, 2008, 4:16 AM**

Please let's not start the union debate here lol. Great pics. I want this city to come back so bad I want to run for mayor.

Magnus1 · #76 Posted **Nov 18, 2008, 4:21 AM**

i worry about that city

george · #77 Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 3:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by NorthernLights

Yeah, inefficient unions had nothing to do with it.

Yeah, and those thoughtful & caring "Big 3" corporate board members who fly in their private jets to Washington hearings to discuss federal bailouts, have nothing to do with it either.

snowthedirtbub · #78 Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 4:26 AM**

Man for such a big city it sure looks like a ghost town.

Michi · #79 Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 4:39 AM**

Well, to experience the opposite, just visit cities that are bigger...maybe start with San Jose and San Antonio.

george · #80 Posted **Nov 24, 2008, 2:06 PM**

Detroit will rise again someday, probably not in our lifetime, but it will rise.