The Fantastic Ruin of a Modern City

[mbarrick]

What happens when a modern city made wealthy in the first third of the 20th century falls into decay and ruin after nearly half its population moves away? Look at Detroit.

Here's a few of the more spectacular images from the site:


An abandoned, burnt-out mansion.


A railway platform designed for millions of passengers, serving none for decades.


A grand theatre at the base of a skyscraper, serving as a parking lot.

Comments

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

on the other hand it would be cool and kind of creepy to explore some of those old buildings...the history would be amazing...although that parking garage makes me want to cry...one of my friends snooped around the very old brigham young university in provo, utah when they were down there...they did it at night and he said it was really creepy...

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

I'll have to find the sight again, I don't remember the city, but it is a bunch of college kid who started out exploring a derelict building at their university and then progressed to old factories, sewers, and all sorts of weird urban spaces. It's quite neat...

Found it.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

http://www.actionsquad.org/missions.html

And Vancouver copy-cats

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

http://www.wraiths.org/missions.htm