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Thursday, October 17, 2013

THE DECLINE OF DETROIT IN PICTURES

The decline of Detroit: How the architectural jewels in motor city's crown have fallen into disrepair and are now being demolished.
 
What does a bankrupt city look like? Haunting, tragic and strangely beautiful, according to Philip Jarmain's incredible images of Detroit - the once burgeoning, now desolate Michigan capital.
 
The Canadian photographer's series American Beauty captures the rapid destruction of Detroit's early 20th century architecture.  
 
He depicts abandoned and forgotten spaces of a bygone era defined by ingenuity and innovation.  But, inside and out, these monumental public buildings now stand tired and worn, some barely recognizable as their former selves.
 
 
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