Urban Decay in Detroit

A short slide show depicting my adventures in Downtown Detroit, exploring some of Detroit's most run down landmarks. The buildings shown in this slide show are the Detroit Packard Plant and the Michigan Grand Central Train Station.

All music played as background music is copyright per their respective owners. The images are mine and may be used for non commercial purposes as long as credit is given to me.

Songs used in slide show:

Soundtrack - Lighthouse the Dark Being - Liryl - Cliff
Soundtrack - Myst III: Exile - Theme From Edanna

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• detroit
• michigan grand central
• train station
• urban exploration
• urbex
• lighthouse
• myst
• exile
• edanna
• liryl
• photography
• photograph
• picture
• adventure

[ELECTRICCLOCK]

Detroit is finished for good. You will never see a comeback.

[Macil2018]

@ELECTRICCLOCK I sadly feel inclined to agree. It could have been truly a magnificent metropolis in modern times but it was cut down in its prime by ignorance, crime and horrible management.

[hoopdancer417]

Those are very nice shots but, did you guys spend time in jail?

[Macil2018]

@hoopdancer417 We did not spend any time in jail. It was more of a put your hands on the hood of the car while we frisk you, then write you all a ticket kind of deal. Then a few weeks later we had to appear in court. Something I never want to do again. I'm not a huge fan of jury duty because just being a court room makes me nervous, so being the guy who's in trouble was absolutely terrifying.

[Macil2018]

@Macil2018 Further more, the judge was actually very nice, but a little skeptical as to why we were in the train station at 1:00 AM in the morning. Some sample photographs I brought with me though backed me up in trying to explain to her the effects increasing exposure time on a camera can have to a picture when taking pictures at night or in absolute darkness. So she let us off easy. She actually even suggested legal places similar to take pictures if we still wanted to do this as a hobby.

[hpcwsd]

Isn't the former Mayor of Detroit in Prison ??? Urban decay, caused by crooked poltiicians ... who only care about padding their own pockets ...and the hell with the residents !

[Macil2018]

@hpcwsd Well, yeah, pretty much, heh.

[yfz450mane]

@apocyldoomer google; who started NAFTA.. or wiki search NAFTA, learn details of who drafted it and who supported it, how long was it in the works before it made it to clintons desk. How long was clinton in office before he signed it. check which party was more for it than the other, also, which president signed CAFTA, central american free trade agreement.

[apocyldoomer]

Detroit is NOT the only shithole, Detroit will NEVER come back of course, and, America, will NEVER come back either, plenty of other cities with abandoned factories..thanks to CLINTON who SIGNED the NAFTA agreement, funny how the dirty "occupiers" NEVER MENTION NAFTA..on and on it goes. Sadly, America the EMPIRE is finished, a myriad of issues not just one..nice work though macil..there are plenty of abandoned factories where I live just too dangerous a hood to do by myself

[cbohar84]

@respond2cowards Just look at any major city in Africa and see how run down they are, I think this point has been proven

[cbohar84]

I heard theres alot of wild dogs in these ruined areas of the city, I would be careful walking around or carry a stun gun or something

[MelissWebster]

Not to be a negative Nancy, But sadly I think Detroit has no hope :(

Such a shame people let it go!

[Eycicle120]

Isn't this music from Lighthouse at Lyril's temple?

[PapaMagnum]

So well done... I feel like I can so easily imagine the bustle and life that once flowed through these buildings.

Is Detroit poised to make a comeback?

[meritaten21]

The perfect music with these photos.