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Detroit In Ruins: Photograph Slideshow from The Guardian
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Dramatrauma
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January 7, 2011 at 10:40 am
Some heartbreaking photos of the abandoned buildings in Detroit, MI. Libraries,Ballrooms and Theaters. Its just a sampling. If anyone can find more from this series, let me know.
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There are many more photos at “The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit.
http://detroityes.com/home.htm
The photo of the United Artists Theatre is haunting and incredibly sad.
The Michigan Theatre was gutted and turned into a parking garage in 1976.
The images are staggering, it’s hard to believe that such a thing could be allowed to happen.
I don’t know what more to say, just go the above mentioned site.
Heartbreaking. I was only in Detroit a couple of times, years ago, so my memories are unfortunately scant. I’ve been told it was one of the greatest of downtowns, and richer in theaters than you can imagine. I learned years after the fact that the one theater I was in, for the initial run of “2001”, was the Summit.
Very sad photos,interesting though.