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Old Posted Nov 29, 2006, 8:45 AM
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Just Another Afternoon in Detroit - 11.10.2006



Ok, so I really don't have much of any introduction or wise-ass commentary to provide here...

Nevertheless, I wanted to hurry up and throw these pictures up on the internet before I forgot, or lost interest, like I usually do.

Props to ColDayMan, Michi, Wolverine, & The-New-Tony-Detroit for making the weekend a memorable experience.

...And despite the lack of organization, I hope you all enjoy at least some of the pictures in this thread...



The Broderick tower, as seen from the David Whitney building, which at 35 floors, is supposedly the tallest currently
unoccupied building in the country:






The main foyer of the David Whitney building:


Looking at a portion of the skyline of Windsor, Ontario from the Book Tower:











Inside the lobby of the Penobscot building:







In Michigan Central Station, L to R: ColDayMan, Michi, Wolverine, Paradox21:



The skyline of Troy can be seen in the background of this photo:







Skyline view from the top of the Concourse level of MCS:


a view of Brush Park through Michi's dashboard:







Tenth floor of David Whitney:






Handheld Grainy Night Shot from the RenCen:







The skyline of Southfield, Michigan, as seen from the David Whitney building:



Dearborn, Michigan, seen from the top floor of Michi’s apartment




Inside the Grand Concourse of Michigan Central Station:





Near the roof of the David Whitney building:












MCS bares it’s ugly ass:




More views from inside the David Whitney building:




Scenes from inside the shell of Michigan Central Station…


These used to be elevator shafts:



The basement was pitch black, we navigated through mostly due to the help of cell phone l.e.d. light illumination and ambient camera flashes, like the one seen in these pictures:









From the top floor of Michi's apartment building:



-Fin-

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Old Posted Nov 29, 2006, 9:00 AM
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Old Posted Nov 29, 2006, 9:03 AM
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eerie and beautiful at the same time. this makes me long for home. excellent thread, paradox.
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Old Posted Nov 29, 2006, 9:09 AM
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Wow what a treat and an adventure. You don't pop around here too ofen but when you do, its worth the wait.

Some of the best of Detroit I've seen. Its cool for me to see some of the cities (at least their skylines) that I often mentioned on a daily basis. Since I work for Comerica and monitor the network many of their branches/offices are in Michigan and around Detroit.

Anyway thanks for sharing before you lost interest.
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great shots of a fascinating city.
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wow. once again, you put the wide-angle to very good use here.
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Oh man I need to get out to Detroit. So much abandoned shit to explore. Abandoned skyscrapers... damn. That is amazing. It's insane how you're looking down the length of one building, then out the window is another towering mass of abandonment. Detroit is awesome.
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Why are there so many beautiful abondoned buildings in Detroit? I don't get it.
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Why are there so many beautiful abondoned buildings in Detroit? I don't get it.
The city has been in a deep depression for the last 50 years, mostly due to the decline of the domestic motors market (fall of the big 3). This effect ripples through the economy of the city, and what you see is the result. Of course the record high crime rates don't help any...
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And of course we have for the last several years begun to revitalize those buildings - including a deal to renovate the David Broderick Tower.

World Class thread.
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the contrast between the first and the second pics is amazing...
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The city might be economically depressed, but is still fasinating. I love the architecture downtown and the tours of abandoned buildings.
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Maybe I'm more numb to it than the average person, but I took a lot more away from this than the abandonment. In fact, it wasn't the first thing that crossed my mind, at all.

Great, great tour! Especially the ones taken from higher up showing. I like the Dearborn shots that shows the hills in parts of Southeast Michigan. The actual city and inner-ring sit inside a basin, but out to the north and northwest it's really kind of hilly.

This almost crashed my computer (even with my high-speed connection), but it was worth it.
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Absolutely amazing tour. Easily the best ever of Detroit.

But yr Penobscot lobby pics are actually Guardian Building pics.
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Wow, awesome thread. Detroit rules.
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