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5. Maybe not those specific buildings, but here's a site...

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 06:13 PM

Jul 2013

that shows what were some of the most beautiful places in Detroit, now in ruins.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/02/07/captured-the-ruins-of-detroit/2672/

Edit: added another photo album:
http://izismile.com/2012/09/22/abandoned_landmarks_of_detroit_35_pics.html

Pretty depressing.

Edit 2: Here's a good place to see a "then and now" comparison of some of the landmarks. A few (very few) are still in relatively good shape.
http://historicdetroit.org/galleries/

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Globalization at work, right there. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #1

Overview of New York City�s Fiscal Crisis FarCenter Jul 2013 #4

There are much better places to locate those industries than Detroit FarCenter Jul 2013 #13

Maybe not those specific buildings, but here's a site... Wednesdays Jul 2013 #5

East Side Public Library... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #6

Thanks. Beautiful...and heartbreaking. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #8

There was a short lived Cop Show based on Detroit. WCGreen Jul 2013 #11

Detroit 1-8-7 FarCenter Jul 2013 #14

Saw all of them when Broadcasted... WCGreen Jul 2013 #21

the added site (lzismile) is full of bigots PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #22

I wished they hadn't ripped out L.A.'s red cars (street cars). nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #7

I hope the saying: "As goes Detroit, so goes the nation." is incorrect. Downwinder Jul 2013 #10

Crazy idea. ZX86 Jul 2013 #12

Detroit's problem isn't a lack of workers brooklynite Jul 2013 #20

why go back to the turn of the century? detroit 1960s: HiPointDem Jul 2013 #16

Nice pics. ZX86 Jul 2013 #17

+1 HiPointDem Jul 2013 #18

1967 was the turning point -- Detroit never recovered. FarCenter Jul 2013 #19

Michael Moore wrote about Detroit . . . Brigid Jul 2013 #23