B and I spent the weekend in Detroit with our fellow Design Week team members last week to explore the urban ruins and overlooked spaces of the city that once was. I knew that entire neighborhoods had been torn down and there were dilapidated buildings all over, but what I didn’t expect was the complete and utter emptyness. During the entire weekend we barely saw any people, and people we did see were there for the same reason as us: tourists checking out the spectacle of Detroit’s abandonment.
Here’s some more photos from the trip:
Packard Auto Plant – 3.5 million square feet of emptyness
Detroit’s Public Transit: The People Mover
Abandoned Frederick Douglass Projects
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Some nice photos Steph. I thought of you and B as I read this article over the weekend http://www.fastcompany.com/3007840/creative-conversations/how-young-community-entrepreneurs-rebuilding-detroit
Thanks, Jerel! Great article. We did go to parts of the city that are being rebuilt and ate at some great local restaurants. There’s definitely room for people to start something in that city– I’m glad it’s starting to happen!
Wow! That is crazy! Beautiful photos though.
Thanks Steph!
Excellent photos. They really tell the story of the sadness and abandonment so well. THis is a dumb question, but are there organized tours for this? Or did you just happen to venture out on your own?
Thanks, Marie! and totally not a dumb question! I believe there are guided tours of the city. We did not go on any because a few of us had been there before and we had some idea of where we wanted to go.