Abandoned Detroit

Hope this wasn't already posted...

We all know Detroit has fallen on hard times. No other city in North America, maybe even the world, has seen the amount of decline in recent decades that Detroit has.

I found this site with ton of photos that show just what kind of state Detroit is in!

Some amazing photos.

Discuss!

http://zfein.com/photography/detroit/

There are some really amazing photos in there.

There are even some pretty Most IDM abandoned skyscrapers.

Also please link to sites or photographs that you've found that capture just how f'ed up Detroit is!

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what?

beautiful shots. so post apocalyptic, desolate and mysterious... what i love about these kinds of environments of vast emptiness is the infinite potential for new beginnings.

  On 7/27/2013 at 1:01 AM, Lane Visitor said:

beautiful shots. so post apocalyptic, desolate and mysterious... what i love about these kinds of environments of vast emptiness is the infinite potential for new beginnings.

Agreed! I especially enjoy the "urban meadows" shots, where it looks like whole communities are overgrown and reclaimed by nature. It brings to mind pictures of pripyat Ukraine....

  On 7/27/2013 at 2:28 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 7/27/2013 at 1:01 AM, Lane Visitor said:

beautiful shots. so post apocalyptic, desolate and mysterious... what i love about these kinds of environments of vast emptiness is the infinite potential for new beginnings.

 

Agreed! I especially enjoy the "urban meadows" shots, where it looks like whole communities are overgrown and reclaimed by nature. It brings to mind pictures of pripyat Ukraine....

 

yesss! so cool.. like i imagine there will soon be greenery and vines enveloping the structures, the earth taking it all back. so lovely

one of my favorite of those:

looks lovely

This is some awe-inspiring coolness. I wonder what will eventually happen to the city.

Detroit's a strange place. My brother lived there for many years, he would have me over to go on photo excursions all over. In the photography and urban exploration circles Detroit is the holy grail, but at some point it just feels like an exploitation of the struggles of a cities populace. It's a shame because I have fond memories going there, but I guess that's what happens when a city's sustainability relies on a single industry (and a lot of really fucked up politicians).

Some random stuff;

church

hotel

united artist building

police station (it had a fully stocked evidence room. all the items were left. there were massive shelves full of knives organized according to size. a few segas and nintendos, some other stuff. there were also case files and mugshots all over the floors)

There was a thread on here where Wisp posted a bunch of pics from NY's squalor.

Where is that thread?

  On 7/26/2013 at 11:59 PM, StephenG said:

I found this site with ton of photos that show just what kind of state Detroit is in!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan

michigan central station

would love to see some more side by side then/now comparisons.

much better to watch videos and look at pics then waste time with that shitty detropia doc

snake plissken, ninjas have kidnapped the president

they are holding him in abandoned penthouse in detroit

oh yeah. there are bombs everywher

r u a bad enough dude to rescue the president?

I bet none of you would think they were so beautiful if you had to walk by houses like that on your way to school and there were crackheads living in them. And I say this as an enthusiastic practicer of urban exploration. When I see decaying city infrastructure I think, oh shit, I'm probably going to get stabbed.

anyone remember a lil thing called 'slum tourism' ?

cool, yet also really depressing

http://detroitjetaime.com/2012/01/12/is-ruin-porn-hitting-the-market/

interesting take on it mr salvy...

Those photos are as haunting as they are inspiring. Reminds me of movies like I Am Legend and games based on post-apocalypse themes.

Some other real-world examples of abandoned 20th century infrastructure are some amusement parks in Japan, abandoned Olympic sites, and Pripyat in northern Ukraine, which was evacuated after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Makes me wonder what's in store for Detroit's future. Looks barely inhabitable, judging by the photos.

These ones in particular swept me off my feet

Thank you for sharing this link: I am truly mesmerized by it!

That photo of the mugshots is great. They're all great.