How the birthplace of American auto-driven consumerism turned into a hollowed-out ghost town
oh the first line:
When Detroit mayoral candidate Stanley Christmas was asked about the city's declining murder rate during an all-candidates meeting a couple of months ago, he replied: "I don't mean to be sarcastic; there just isn't anyone left to kill."
― jergins, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2009/04/singularity.htmlLast week I read in the morning paper about a street here where 60 out of 66 homes were vacant or abandoned on a single block. The reporter called it a "ghost street." Yesterday I found myself in the area. Other than an errant sofa, the street was completely empty, almost peaceful. I took a photo of every house on the north side of one block and then stitched them together.
― jergins, Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2009/07/feral-houses.html
― jergins, Thursday, 27 August 2009 21:04 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/things-i-remember-about-detroit/Content?oid=4132988
― jergins, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=13778
― jergins, Thursday, 15 July 2010 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/us/23detroit.html?_r=1
― jergins, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link