Detroit.

[Keith]

I think someone posted a link to these photos some time ago but I thought they may be worth another look. LINK

Particularly in the light of the current situation where the city of Detroit has now actually filed for bankruptcy. LINK

Detroit presents all archetypal buildings of an American city in a state of mummification. Its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great Empire.

 

[mfunnell]

Keith,

Thanks for the link to the Detroit photos. I also enjoyed the Gunkanjima sequence and I'll look through the "theaters" photos later.

...Mike

 

[Sam Kanga]

Detroit

Detroit

Thanks for the link.

Great to see something about photography and not equipment!

Sam

 

[clayne]

Some more info on the Jane Cooper Elementary School building:

http://detroitfunk.com/?p=1585

Complete and utter fukking waste. Great job... Detroit? Michigan? USA? Either way, it's a damn shame.

Detroit is a great signifier of the fun that's in store for the rest of us, though.