Archive for the 'winter' Category
Peeling paint
Published March 28th, 2009 in industrial, decay, industry, snow, urban, winter, Michigan, photography, photos and Detroit. 4 Comments
New Life Non-Denominational Church
Published March 13th, 2009 in worship, god, small churches, church, snow, faith, urban, religion, Michigan, photography, photos, winter and Detroit. 0 Comments
The abandoned house of the week
Published March 10th, 2009 in abandoned, decay, cold, housing, recession, snow, dysfunctional, urban, winter, urban living, Michigan, poverty, economy, photos, photography and Detroit. 0 Comments
Detroit…
Published March 1st, 2009 in decay, cold, abandoned, recession, dysfunctional, news, urban, winter, urban living, Michigan, poverty, economy, photos, photography and Detroit. 0 Comments
I recently came across two articles that speak of feelings many from Detroit currently feel. Feeling both torn between hating the area for it’s many short comings, and loving it for some reason as well. Maybe it’s what Detroit represents (or used to anyway): hard work and ingenuity. Or maybe it’s more simple than that. Maybe it’s just that it’s home.
Either way, questions such as, can Detroit become what it once was, or more simply can it survive, are constantly asked? Survive, it will, but become the major center of a new economy, like it was before, is next to impossible. It is what it is, and through the hard work, perseverance, and creativity of those who choose to stick it out, or who have no choice, Detroit can, and likely will, become a much better place.
The abandoned house of the week
Published February 27th, 2009 in decay, cold, abandoned, housing, dysfunctional, urban, winter, Michigan, poverty, photography, photos and Detroit. 0 Comments
Detroit’s abandoned house of the week
Published February 4th, 2009 in abandoned, decay, housing, dysfunctional, snow, cold, urban, poverty, Michigan, photography, photos, winter and Detroit. 0 Comments
More abandoned Detroit
Published February 3rd, 2009 in decay, cold, abandoned, housing, snow, dysfunctional, urban, winter, poverty, Michigan, economy, photography, photos and Detroit. 0 CommentsOne of Detroit’s abandoned east side neighborhoods.
Empty east side
Published February 1st, 2009 in urban, cold, abandoned, snow, winter, photos, Michigan, poverty, photography and Detroit. 0 Comments
Dead body frozen in ice…
Published January 30th, 2009 in news, housing, industry, dysfunctional, body, Matty Moroun, homeless, dead, abandoned, decay, photography, poverty, Michigan, photos, winter, cold, urban and Detroit. 3 CommentsA disturbing article in the Detroit News:
Frozen in indifference: Life goes on around body found in vacant warehouse
While this could happen in many American cities, it does say a lot about Detroit. The level of indifference in the area is incredible, and won’t change any time soon. Detroit won’t improve until enough people care. Until enough people care, Detroit will not attract the kind of people needed to bring the right kind of change to area. And the attitude won’t change until a majority of those living in Detroit have some hope. And as long as poverty rates hover around 40%, unemployment rates continue to climb, and the education rates remain low, hope will remain illusive for many Detroiters.
Below are two iconic structures owned by Matty Maroun (mentioned in the preceding article). It’s amazing that an individual such as Matty is allowed to leave many of his structures unmaintained. In most cities, the buildings would have been condemned long ago by city or county agencies. Somehow Matty is able to get away with actions that no one else would be able to pull off.
