the remains of detroit (via mareen (via travisekmark)) the michigan theatrebuilt in 1926, this glorious building functioned as a performance space until 1976, when it was converted into a parking garage. This makes me sad. There is some wonderful architecture in Detroit, but so much of it is falling apart and being ruined in cases like this. When in high school and the first couple of years after I went to so many shows in downtown Detroit, and even then (in the early 90s) the city seemed like a ghost town. I’m sure it’s only worse now.
the remains of detroit (via mareen (via travisekmark))

the michigan theatre
built in 1926, this glorious building functioned as a performance space until 1976, when it was converted into a parking garage.

This makes me sad. There is some wonderful architecture in Detroit, but so much of it is falling apart and being ruined in cases like this. When in high school and the first couple of years after I went to so many shows in downtown Detroit, and even then (in the early 90s) the city seemed like a ghost town. I’m sure it’s only worse now.
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    how could we let this happen?
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    aww, shit by that I mean this is gorgeous. been obsessing a bit lately over the gritty/elegant
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    Speaking of the remains of Detroit, Michigan Central Station, as featured in Naqoyqatsi.
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    my first apartment in Chicago was in an old hotel on the lake. They had a parking garage that was in the ballroom. It...
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    so sad to see photos like this.
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    This makes me sad. There is some wonderful architecture in Detroit, but so much of it is falling apart and being ruined...
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    Photo essay by Sean Hemmerle
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    my favorite. it’s a bit easier to appreciate...partial-demolition from inside the space:...
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    the michigan theatre built in 1926, this glorious building functioned as a performance space until 1976, when it was...
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