DETROIT through my eyes (285+ pics)
 

I moved to Detroit about a year ago. I ended up here by accident with no intention to stay, but something drew me in. Ever since, I’ve been amazed and fascinated by the city’s history, decline, architecture, and the beginning of its revival. I decided to show the Detroit I see and know through my eyes, which avoids the ruin porn as much as possible to focus on the positives (not acknowledging it doesn’t exist). Anyway, I apologize ahead of time for some of the pictures- the older ones are of lower quality and ones taken from my car/buildings may have some glare. It also seems that resizing the pictures made them grainier. The thread is long, diverse, and random; I took whatever seemed fascinating going about my everyday life. Everything was taken within Detroit city limits. This is essentially the result of seven months of snapping pictures.

Let’s start with my dinner from Mexicantown:
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Hello there, Detroit (from I-75 North):
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From my mother’s hotel room in the Westin Book Cadillac, Downtown Detroit:
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Old Main at Wayne State University, Midtown:
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An alley behind an apartment building at 4th and Willis, Midtown:
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Third Street, Midtown:
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The M-10/Lodge Freeway at rush hour:
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I just thought this looked cool, Midtown:
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Looking toward Campus Martius on Woodward Ave., Downtown:
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The Wayne County Building, Downtown:
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U.S./Canada border in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel:
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Detroit reflecting on the water from Windsor, Ontario:
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The Detroit Institute of Arts, Midtown:
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Building lit during Dlectricity, Detroit’s festival of light, art, and sound, Midtown:
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East Ferry Street, Midtown:
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A dreary winter day view of Detroit and Windsor, Belle Isle:
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Belle Isle is full of beautiful statues and fountains:
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Canadian geese! Belle Isle:
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Dlectricity, Midtown:
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Detroit’s East Side from Belle Isle:
http://imageshack.us/a/img59/903/img0098pu.jpg

Indian Village:
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Dancing, colour-changing robot at Dlectricity, Midtown:
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Indian Village:
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West Village:
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Pallister Street, New Center:
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East Jefferson Avenue, The Villages:
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Joseph Barry Subdivision:
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Boston-Edison:
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Joseph Barry again:
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The Manoogian Mansion, official residence of the Mayor of the City of Detroit, Joseph Barry:
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Delaware Street, New Center:
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Driving along East Jefferson Ave. through Detroit’s Lower East Side:
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Popular Cuisine restaurant, New Center:
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Second Avenue, New Center:
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Buildings at Campus Martius, Downtown:
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Cadillac Place, HQ of the State of Michigan in Detroit, New Center:
http://imageshack.us/a/img11/7730/img0117rj.jpg

Hotel St. Regis, New Center:
http://imageshack.us/a/img845/908/img0118gy.jpg

Ice skating at Campus Martius, Downtown:
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Alfred A. Taubman Design Centre, Cadillac Place, and the Fisher Building, New Center:
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/852/img0119kz.jpg

Bagley Street, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/5730/img01212.jpg

Found by College for Creative Studies, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img22/5835/img0121pfy.jpg

Leverette Street, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img560/9605/img0122mt.jpg

Wayne State University, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img204/5062/img01252.jpg

West Warren Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img515/397/img01262.jpg

Detroit Science Center (Now re-opened as the Michigan Science Center), Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img502/4748/img0126ph.jpg

Rowhouses on Hancock Street, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img402/7370/img01272.jpg

Old Main at Wayne State, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img407/2987/img0127zl.jpg

Hancock Street, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img600/8553/img0128kp.jpg

Alleys are always cool, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/6596/img0129zq.jpg

Approaching Downtown from (I believe) John R Street:
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Campus Martius in the evening, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img839/6262/img0132dm.jpg

I love graffiti, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img580/8716/img01342b.jpg

Shelby Street on a Sunday night, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/1551/img0134uf.jpg

Alleys and graffiti are amazing, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img208/1888/img0135qk.jpg

West Forest Avenue, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img28/5951/img01372h.jpg

State Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img585/2455/img0137ot.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img21/2481/img0138fj.jpg

West Forest Avenue, Midtown:
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Prentis Street, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img202/1051/img0146oj.jpg

Saint Antoine Street, Greektown:
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The red building is currently being restored. Second Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img145/850/img0147nc.jpg

Second Avenue, Midtown:
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Cass Avenue, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img837/4260/img0152mz.jpg

Leverette Street, Corktown:
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Leverette St. & Eleventh St., Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/9427/img0154jv.jpg

Hilbury Theatre, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img407/8412/img0155ua.jpg

Cass Avenue, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img703/2252/img0157lt.jpg

Avalon Bakery and lofts on West Willis Street, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img607/5996/img0159wu.jpg

The Garden Bowl/Majestic Theatre/Magic Stick complex- a music venue and the oldest continuously operating bowling alley in the United States, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/8237/img0162ck.jpg

Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company (hipsters!), Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img341/7015/img0163un.jpg

Garden Theatre block on Woodward Avenue, a massive restoration and new construction project, Midtown:
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Looking down Woodward Avenue from Midtown to Downtown:
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Detroit Fire Department, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img690/9444/img0168lw.jpg

Alexandrine Street (I believe), Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img812/3155/img0170fq.jpg

Fourth St. & Willis St., Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img89/368/img0171yc.jpg

West Willis Street, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img138/180/img0172dl.jpg

West Forest Avenue, Woodbridge:
http://imageshack.us/a/img189/5469/img0173uuk.jpg

Commonwealth Street, Woodbridge:
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Woodbridge Pub (yum), Woodbridge:
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/5813/img0184qz.jpg

Community garden on Trumbull Street, Woodbridge:
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/2356/img0185wr.jpg

Even the seats were camo… Oh, Detroit. Between Midtown and Woodbridge:
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/7867/img0186pl.jpg

Wayne State University, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/2724/img0187qw.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img16/8845/img0188ae.jpg

The Mac Shack food truck/cart at Wayne State, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/1104/img0189wf.jpg

More Wayne State:
http://imageshack.us/a/img837/5259/img0190qp.jpg

El Guapo food truck at Wayne State, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img849/7071/img0191q.jpg

Along Cass Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img9/351/img0192be.jpg

Maccabees Building, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img824/129/img0193yh.jpg

Detroit Institute of Arts and Park Shelton Condos on Woodward Ave., Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img545/6577/img0194ua.jpg

Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Midtown:
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West Canfield Street, Midtown:
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The Green Garage and Model D HQ on Second Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img692/8088/img0268rb.jpg

New hookah bar on Second Avenue (notice the smoke coming out of the skyline on the building?), Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img502/6484/img0267of.jpg

Prentis Street, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img195/5719/img0265yr.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img24/8818/img0264hat.jpg

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) and Woodward Ave., Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img20/6765/img0262xd.jpg

Woodward Avenue, Midtown:
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West Palmer Avenue, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img715/4951/img0251hp.jpg

Cass Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img844/4112/img0249j.jpg

DDOT bike racks on Woodward Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img443/938/img0244kd.jpg

Wayne State at night:
http://imageshack.us/a/img5/5803/img0241vdu.jpg

The flag of the City of Detroit:
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Woodward Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img9/7948/img0234fo.jpg

Detroit and Windsor at sunset from Belle Isle (not the most flattering view and the colours were much more radiant):
http://imageshack.us/a/img217/6518/img0231wv.jpg

The Renaissance Center, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img28/1227/img0228pj.jpg

Woodward Avenue in the Theatre District, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/5882/img0227jz.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img221/8310/img0224xo.jpg

Prentis Street, Midtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img534/5148/img0221ok.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img717/2753/img0219tl.jpg

Second Avenue at dusk, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img805/1720/img0217jn.jpg

Great Seal of the City of Detroit at the Detroit Historical Museum, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img685/411/img0215sl.jpg

Old Detroit Exhibit, Detroit Historical Museum:
http://imageshack.us/a/img831/9369/img0212mn.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img29/5958/img0211ul.jpg

Minoru Yamasaki designed buildings at Wayne State University:
http://imageshack.us/a/img5/6218/img0207n.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/3413/img0206qsy.jpg

Schaap Chemistry Bulding, Wayne State:
http://imageshack.us/a/img689/6595/img0205yz.jpg

Cass Avenue, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/7888/img0204po.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img809/8559/img0201bz.jpg

Park Shelton Condos on Woodward Ave., Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/5659/img0200rm.jpg

Woodward Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5251/img0328e.jpg

Sprit of Detroit Statue at City Hall:
http://imageshack.us/a/img189/3450/img0326cv.jpg

Part of the Downtown skyline from Hart Plaza:
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/4699/img0321vg.jpg

Congress Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img248/5117/img0320jz.jpg

In the Detroit Financial District, Griswold Street, Downtown:
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Fort Street, Financial District/Downtown:
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Rosa Parks Transit Centre, Downtown:
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Michigan Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img191/8482/img0307wz.jpg

Washington Boulevard, Downtown:
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Intersection of Michigan Ave., Griswold St., and Lafayette Blvd., Financial District/Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img145/803/img0303d.jpg

State Street, Downtown:
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Griswold Street, Capitol Park/Downtown:
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Downtown Synagoge and Café D’Mongo’s Speakeasy on Griswold St., Capitol Park/Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img72/747/img0297lk.jpg

Clifford Street, Downtown:
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Grand Circus Park, Downtown:
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Woodward Avenue, Detroit Theatre District/Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img210/9093/img0286ze.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img607/8595/img0284j.jpg

Comerica Park- Go get ‘em Tigers! Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/8123/img0285aa.jpg

Hockeytown Café, Detroit Theatre District/Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img210/1547/img0283eh.jpg

Park Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img441/9999/img0282ia.jpg

West Elizabeth Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img543/1861/img0281tx.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img831/2873/img0280rk.jpg

Addison Building, home of Atlas Bistro, Lower Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/5294/img0278l.jpg

Woodward Avenue, Lower Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img824/8811/img0277pd.jpg

New grocery store- Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe, Lower Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/6720/img0276fm.jpg

Detroit’s Whole Foods under construction, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/6016/img0274xt.jpg

People’s Records, Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img834/2451/img0273bs.jpg

Driving Michigan Avenue at dusk, Downtown and Corktown:
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Mexicantown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img692/9281/img0366po.jpg

Urban Put Put in Roosevelt Park, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img687/6672/img0365pk.jpg

Michigan Ave. Block of Slows BBQ, Sugar House, Astro, AJ’s Lager House, Mercury Bar, and soon to be Gold Cash Gold, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img13/9644/img0364iw.jpg

Abandoned Michigan Central Station + Roosevelt Park, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img339/8135/img0363dj.jpg

Mercury Bar with Michigan Central looming, Corktown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img818/8715/img0362ey.jpg

Detroit People Mover:
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Randolph Street, new Buffalo Wild Wings, soon to be joined by a new Bagger Dave’s, Downtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img405/7006/img0354as.jpg

Monroe Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img27/4430/img0353dg.jpg

Woodward Avenue Merchant’s Row (new retail!), Downtown:
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http://imageshack.us/a/img707/4224/img0349ux.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img688/8742/img0348dj.jpg

Random Downtown Alley:
http://imageshack.us/a/img832/5295/img0347bm.jpg

Library Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img195/8117/img0346js.jpg

Clifford Street, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/7923/img0345fn.jpg

Broadway, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img14/9567/img0344mb.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img818/6759/img0343e.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img259/8863/img0342x.jpg

Harmonie Park, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img502/9571/img0341tx.jpg

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http://imageshack.us/a/img14/3662/img0338eyf.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/9940/img0337j.jpg

(Soon to be former) Detroit Police HQ, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img59/9902/img0336mn.jpg

Monroe Street, Greektown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img15/2400/img0335kix.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img651/5025/img0334nj.jpg

Looking Down Congress Street and Cadillac Square, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img580/7434/img0331lx.jpg

One of my favourite murals, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img59/9905/img0330ri.jpg

Curl Up & Dye Salon on Cass Ave., Midtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img716/7604/s...30118at701.png

West Village:
http://imageshack.us/a/img266/852/sc...30118at652.png

http://imageshack.us/a/img29/6287/sc...30118at650.png

Downtown from Belle Isle:
http://imageshack.us/a/img687/2334/img1126b.jpg

Secret spot!
http://imageshack.us/a/img560/1503/img1107g.jpg

Lafayette Gardens, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img541/2705/img1097l.jpg

Grand River Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img266/8053/img1093if.jpg

Woodward Avenue, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img541/6096/img1090xe.jpg

Foot of the Penobscot Building, Downtown/Financial District:
http://imageshack.us/a/img203/9625/img1087gb.jpg

Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Campus Martius, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img203/3411/img1085vu.jpg

Campus Martius, Downtown:
http://imageshack.us/a/img717/5074/img1084sh.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img717/1706/img1083hp.jpg

Inside the Guardian Building, Downtown/Financial District:
http://imageshack.us/a/img33/2213/img1082yo.jpg

Griswold Street, Downtown:
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Congress Street, Downtown/Financial District:
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Food Truck Rally, Eastern Market:
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Chalking for the Detroit Design Festival, Midtown:
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West Canfield Street, Midtown:
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Bagley Street, Corktown:
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Church Street, Corktown:
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Labrosse Street, Corktown:
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Downtown skyline from Wayne State University:
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Dally in the Alley, Midtown:
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Skyline from Wayne State:
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Part of the East Side from 54 floors up:
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Palmer Woods, Detroit’s best neighourhood:
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Woodward Avenue through New Center:
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Gratiot Avenue, East Side:
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Heidelberg Project, East Side:
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Unique building on Gratiot Avenue, East Side:
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Michigan Avenue at Campus Martius, Downtown:
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The Detroit Club, Downtown:
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Redevelopment on Cass Avenue, Midtown:
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Goodbye, from south of the border in Windsor, Ontario!
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. Don't ever sleep on D-Town!!

Simply outstanding thread. Who couldn't love Detroit?

Your pics prove that Detroit is still very much alive, and that it still has a built environment that many other cities could only dream of.

absolutely f__ing glorious.

Makes me want to move to Detroit and start renovating a delapidated property.

Detroit deserves to be America's Berlin.

I would love to live there. You're lucky!

Unfortunately most people are afraid to go down there because of the stereotype that the city is plagued with. People in the metro area need to realize that downtown isn't dangerous, and the best thing we can do for the city is shop there and simply not be afraid to go down there.

But there's definitely a renaissance going on in Detroit.

Good stuff! Your pictures seem to give more insight on successful retail and manicured architecture. This is refreshing and as STLgasm says, it is in many ways a built environment that many cities can only dream of. There was news of Moosejaw, an outfitters store that had popped up and announced this week their intention to be permanent downtown. Excellent for Detroit!

Great stuff! Thank you for showcasing the city's revival.

***These pictures are great! Thank you for such a refreshing view of Detroit!


How do you envision Detroit as America's Berlin? I do not necessarily disagree with you, but I've just never heard (or thought) of Detroit and Berlin together.

My God, so much gold. Amazing stuff.

It was great! Who cares what some of the pictures looked like.

GM Tech Center?

Basically, as a city reinvigorated by younger people moving in from more expensive areas to take advantage of a very cheap cost of living and solid housing bones. A hipster haven, if you will.

The US is odd in that the arts and musical communities are centered in expensive locales like LA and NY. No reason why this should be the case. Williamsburg would be better off in Detroit: cheaper rents.

Obviously Detroit should aspire to be more than a hipster magnet but certain areas of the city seem ripe for this kind of transformation.

Stole my thunder!! I can't agree more. Detroit is far from dead..and I hope to see this continue!! Great job on the thread! :tup:

One of the most comprehensive photo tours of the city on here in a very long time, particularly of the greater Midtown area. Lots of shots in the neighborhoods that have never been posted on the site. Maybe, one day I'll try to get some out-city shots along Livernois and out in Warrendale, Brightmoor in the like, but I haven't haven't been bit by the photobug in years. We lost of this when Tony moved.

Man, if only there was some massive infill north of Gratiot, that would become an entirely new area from which to continue the inner-city revival. There is so much gone, you could start over from scratch on the 30-foot-wide residential lots.

This synagogue sometimes gets to be showed on the other hand:

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Damn... How's the local Jewish community doing by the way? Seeing that religious building of theirs is worrying, they need to refurbish it if they didn't convert yet.

The Jewish community is doing just fine in Detroit; it's now - much like everything else - based in the suburbs. The specific congregation you pictured is also doing just fine. In fact, they are growing. Probably a good example on why to not judge a book by its cover.

^ Good. Cheer them so they refurbish their religious spot.

Thanks for the tour and pics of Detroit, whatsthepoint13!

I like the winter scenery of Detroit. Some hoods are really nice, and the downtown too. I like the GM building, I´ve always liked it.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!:tup:

Awesome shots! I love the D, and am proud to live right across the river from it! So many people have written Detroit off, and this tour shows its on the rise again. Go D!!!!

Excellent work! I was back home for a visit in Detroit. Every time I come back, something has changed for the better. This visit was perhaps the most encouraging and I know there are some big things to come.



I get what your saying. And you're right that Detroit makes sense for people who want to maximize their creative potential. In fact, I'd personally love to start a business in Detroit. However, the bold part above is important to note.

Solid housing bones may not be all that true. It's a weird situation. Renovated property is extremely expensive. It's equivalent to downtown Chicago rents. There's so little renovated property because the banks aren't lending that you have a short supply at skyrocket rents. Then you have your average vintage apartment. But young professionals and students have already picked alot of that up. What you're left with is alot of property in disrepair....ALOT. Or...maybe a home is in reasonable condition and on the market for cheap but is very pricey to heat and maintain. My friend bought a larger brick home in Detroit that is $1000/month to heat!

So that's why you aren't seeing this huge gold rush crowd to Detroit. There's a severe housing shortage in Detroit. "Water, water, every where,: Nor any drop to drink" right? There just needs to be a bigger push toward affordable housing. Or maybe some collectives to rehab homes. But it all takes confidence from banks and some really organized and ambitious people (like Dan Gilbert). I hope that time will eventually come.