Behind Detroit's Notorious Ruins

Detroit has rich a architectural history. Joel Stone of the Detroit Historical Society takes a look at some of the iconic buildings, architects, and neighborhoods that have contributed to this remarkable legacy.

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• Abandoned Detroit
• ruins
• Packard Body Plant
• detroit architecture
• joel stone
• albert kahn
• fisher building
• henry ford
• brewster wheeler projects
• historical society
• logan siegel
• michigan central station
• church
• fisher body plant
• metropolitan building
• cass technical high school
• jane cooper elementary school
• ford motor company
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[tiberiousss]

I dont know how the city can rebound when all the manufacturing has moved out. It's a dead city likely never to be revived unless we return to the producing nation we once were. We are now a nation of consumers.

[sheersoxNC]

poor detroit...i blame the ghetto ass hood rats

[Yobachi2007]

@slLLyhumans

Why would anybody wanna go live in that shithole? Are you talking about punishing people, because I wouldn't wish Detroit on my worst enemy?

[amzingjourney]

we can....dont occupy wall street.....occupy detroit.....lets all head to detroit and stay there for no reason at all. look what happens when you wait for a politician

[slLLyhumans]

@dotorsojat

We should offer papers to families to move to and live in detroit .......a sort of immigration safety zone .

[VazquezDeColorado]

@tiberiousss Be sure, you're in the way. But it's not only a Detroit problem, it's an occident problem. While China is growing at 12% per year thanks to their slave workhand, Europe and USA are going down so fast. Without industry, they aren't workers, and without workers, anything it's possible except the poverty. The industry still exist, but now it's offshored. The question is How many time our countries can support this situation? Looking at this video we can see how our world will be.

[dotorsojat]

If we could put Detroit along the Mexican Border , much of the illegal alien problems would be solved .

[tiberiousss]

@Jiffypistol Has nothing to do with the decline of Detroit.

[MrVillamike]

I visited Detroit years ago and to be honest I was really looking forward to it, home of Motown, home of the Motor car, what I seen was neglect, decay, potholed roads, and to say I was disappointed would be a huge understatement.

The great city of detroit was nothing but a huge toilet.

The only thing it had going for it was it's people, they were friendly in pubs and restaurants.

[xPray2die2dayx]

@MattyTheMole sounds delicious