One of the yearly events at the Hillbilly Underground is a trip through the ruins of Detroit, which astonished me, though I am a student of ruins and desolation. Detroit is the most intense urban desolation I have ever seen, anywhere. I will provide more links to this, as I digest it, but more or less we wandered through vast - unspeakably vast - destroyed buildings, and it was hard not to ask who or what destroyed them, and why.
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When you have the time check out http://www.sweet-juniper.com — he posts a lot on his family, but extensively on Detroit. Gorgeous photography, and he’s a bit of a Classicist.
Incredible pictures…how extensive are we talking about? I had no idea…hope to hear more and see more pictures
I made Carly’s suggestion above a live link, because Sweet Juniper is a fantastic blog. I highly recommend it. Some perusal of that site can also help answer Cary’s question. Sweet Juniper mentioned 10,000 abandoned buildings, and that sounds like a realistic figure for Detroit.
this guy has some amazing photos, too. the schools are particularly depressing
http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/projects/the-tree/
As I understand it, James Griffioen is the author of the Sweet Juniper blog - they’re one and the same. But Jen’s link links you more directly to the photographs. They are astonishing.
There’s also http://www.forgottendetroit.com
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