Detroit: The Ruins.

[Cory Wolfe]

The R8 pictures will probably be another week or so. I have too much sifting to do to slim the set down to a reasonable number.

Edited August 5, 2009 by blackviper8891

[trinacriabob]

It wasn't portrayed too favorably in the opening sequence to "Beverly Hills Cop" (the first one, 1984).

All I can think of is the armies of architects and engineers that had to draw up these intricate masonry buildings and plan grand boulevards, only for them to be part of a forgotten wasteland. And no insult to those of you who live in its suburbs -- I have seen some of the nice suburbs outside of the Detroit city limits.

[daves87rs]

Good pics BV....

[GMTruckGuy74]

Isn't that the building that Michael Bay likes to include in his movies? (The Island, Transformers, etc.)

[Chris_Doane]

Isn't that the building that Michael Bay likes to include in his movies? (The Island, Transformers, etc.)

Yes. It's Michigan Central Station in downtown.

[Oracle of Delphi]

There's nothing pretty about Michigan, well except maybe Flint ...

[Teh Ricer Civic!]

MMmm cheap property. One of these days when im a rich billionaire im going to buy the entire town.

[Blake Noble]

Amazing work. There is a sort of harrowing quality to these photographs. You are seeing a once mighty city that is now no more than a former shell of itself. The fourth image in the set illustrates it so well; it almost makes you think of the ruins of Chernobyl/Pripyat, Ukraine rather than a landmark city in America.

Edited August 5, 2009 by YellowJacket894

[ocnblu]

Any art that elicits some emotional response is good art. These do it.

[NINETY EIGHT REGENCY]

Those are some great photographs. That is so sad too.

[Intrepidation]

The black and white photos look like photos from a war. Great, if depressing stuff.

[Drew Dowdell]

The black and white photos look like photos from a war. Great, if depressing stuff.

It is. The economic war between the Asians and us.

[ocnblu]

And too few on our side have their hearts in it.

[Cory Wolfe]

Thanks for the comments.

[A Horse With No Name]

Any art that elicits some emotional response is good art. These do it.

Very well put, 'blu.

Chris

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

My GF keeps wanting to move to Detroit and try to start a great revitalization.

She seems to think that better days are right around the corner for the city.

I however believe that it's a lost cause for it's seems that even God hates Detroit.

Like with most of my opinions and predictions, I pray that I'm wrong.

Edited August 8, 2009 by FUTURE_OF_GM