Posted on 04/19/2010 6:40:22 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
Really saddening. Just look at the building on the upper left, a magnificent house when it was built and for many years after. It didn’t even receive the dignity of being parted out.
But a city is not just buildings, it’s also people and the decay starts with them. By the time the buildings start to fall it’s far too late.
There used to be a website called The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit, which had a bunch of shocking before/after photos of ornate public buildings and posh corporate offices which were abandonned and now resembled Roman ruins.
The website is gone. I heard local politicos and the Chamber of Commerce bought it and shut it down.
The 1987 movie “Robocop” was supposed to be about Detroit (though it was mostly filmed in Dallas). I think Gran Torino was also supposed to be about Detroit.
It’s still here: http://www.detroityes.com/home.htm
It would actually be an improvement!
Thing is that Russia is getting its act together...
Hey, those pictures remind me, I just saw The Hurt Locker yesterday. There’s a touch more grass, and more wood construction, but other than that...
I see detroit as a microcosm of “Atlas Shrugged”.
Back in the mid-1970s, I remember Detroit being a thriving city. They had the Detroit Red Wings (hockey), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Motown, a great place to get some good barbeque and a whole mess of thriving car factories.
Back then, it was New York City that was the dysfunctional city from hell. That was pre-Guiliani New York City. I'm thinking that Detroit needs somebody like Rudy Guiliani.
BTW, I still have a Red Wings jersey. Best hockey jerseys ever. Remember that kid that wore on in that movie about Ferris Bueller? That was me when I was a kid. No, not Ferris, but the dude in that Red Wings jersey. Boy, was I a mess back then.
Thought the Convention was at JLA? Cobo is next door, and never knew he was a Republican. Well he was Mayor during the hey day and that makes sence.
It was a white government that started the decline. White “progressives” like Jerry Cavanaugh started it. The riots happened on his watch.
And remember who was the Governor who called in the National Guard during the riots?????
There is a saying that the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Fisher Body plant
Ballroom Lee Plaza Hotel
Farwell building
Whitney building
Detroit - America’s Zimbabwe
I’d buy that for a dollar!
Yes, but those same people you praised voted in lefties like Jerry Cavanaugh and voted for the likes of FDR, Truman, and LBJ, all of whom put us on the road to serfdom. They may have been “traditional” in their personal lives, but the politicians they put in power for decades are a key reason why we are in the state we are today.
Classic movie, and somewhat foretelling.
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