Detroit's Future: Will Once Great American City Recover?



inthelooptv: I popped into the library tonight and the cover of TIME magazine caught my eye.

Detroit. It was once MOTOR CITY. It was American. Blue collar.

Now...

nothing.



Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great City

Abandoned homes in Detroit.  (ABANDONED HOMES)

If Detroit had been savaged by a hurricane and submerged by a ravenous flood, we'd know a lot more about it.

If drought and carelessness had spread brush fires across the city, we'd see it on the evening news every night. Earthquake, tornadoes, you name it — if natural disaster had devastated the city that was once the living proof of American prosperity, the rest of the country might take notice.


Michigan Central Station


read the story at the below link. Very interesting...


Its disaster has long been a slow unwinding that seemed to remove it from the rest of the country...

(PICTURED ABOVE) Michigan Central Station

Once the city's primary passenger depot, Central Station has not been used since 1988. Photographer Hemmerle sought out Detroit's derelict buildings as part of a project exploring how far America has fallen. "Industry is one of the things that we let go that we need to get back," he says.


SEE THE COMPELLING PHOTOS HERE

 del.icio.us  Stumbleupon  Technorati  Digg 

 
Trackbacks
  • No trackbacks exist for this entry.
Comments

Leave a comment

 Enter the above security code (required)

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.