Haunting new photos of Detroit's abandoned Silverdome reveal how one of the country's

dailymail.co.uk ^ | december 22, 2014

[lowbridge]

Now, what once was one of the premier venues in the world is a tattered, empty reminder of the stadium's memorable past - and of the dismal economy in Michigan.

Last month Michigan's sometimes harsh weather put pay to the final sections of the old stadium's Teflon-covered roof which just dropped to the field. 

Afterwards Ohio-based photographer Johnny Joo visited the abandoned stadium and his photos offer an eerie, empty look at a stadium that once held nearly 100,000 people.

[CodeToad]

Very sad to think the Silverdome is a goner.

[Mears]

it’s in Pontiac,not Detroit, according to the article.

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[Clemenza]

The depopulation of Detroit over the past 45 years is the best thing to happen to the city, and it has gotten to the point where investors can indeed pick up land on the cheap and not have a spiteful city government to get in its way.

[cyclotic]

I was inside the Silverdome briefly just over 5 years ago. It looked like with just a little cleanup, it would be ready for a game. This is sad.

[cripplecreek]

50 years of democrat control vs less than 4 years of GOP control of the city provide a pretty astounding contrast. Sure there are still some rough neighborhoods but there are a lot of good neighborhoods that are getting better. GOP control of the state has also led all Michigan cities to be among the freest around.

MI: Detroit Open Carry, Hip and Cool

[a fool in paradise]

Houston’s city leaders (and the team owner) neglected Houston’s Astrodome (they even applied fire codes that the Dome was exempted from due to grandfathering).

Our basketball stadium/arena was given to Joel Olsteen in a sweetheart deal.

[RetiredTexasVet]

“50 years of democrat control vs less than 4 years of GOP control of the city provide a pretty astounding contrast.”

The trick, in the future, will be to keep it from falling back into communist hands again and suffering another 50 years of distruction!

[smoothsailing]

Thank a Democrat

...and then thank a union.

[MinorityRepublican]

Will Pistons and Red Wings share an arena?

[cripplecreek]

Do the seasons overlap? I don’t follow hockey or thugball.

[PGalt]

Interesting thread. Bread & circuses BUMP!

[PGalt]

Some new construction in Detroit…(here)….

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/21/homeless-in-tent-city-live-on-edge-life-outskirts-resurgent-downtown-detroit/

[MarMema]

DEARBORN, Mich. — Muslim leaders gathered Monday on the steps of Dearborn City Hall to strongly condemn the Islamic State or ISIS, saying the militant group in Iraq and Syria doesn't represent Islam or Muslims. ISIS members are "crazy criminals who are abusing our religion," said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights. "You're a bunch of gangsters ... you're not Islamic."

Are these the ones you want to kill?

How about these?

[MarMema]

And. Detroit has outstanding architecture.

Used to be called The New Paris.

[MarMema]

moving to Detroit

Born in Brooklyn, Now Making a Motown Move Galapagos Art Space Will Make Detroit Its Home

"One of the places where “young artists and thinkers” appeared to be gravitating, he said, was Detroit."

[MarMema]

Rising From The Ashes: The Origins Of Detroit’s Motto

[dfwgator]

It literally has provided Detroit a clean slate from which to build back up from, the question is, can they do it right?

[9YearLurker]

Can you really not figure that out?

[caww]

Detroits small Tent Cit

[caww]

How does a 23 and 25 yr. old end up in a tnet city ?