Ruins
The Turret
Through the years
How is might have looked
Ransom Gillis
Alfred Street Pictures and Maps
Henry T. Brush and Jeanie Flora Campbell
Structures of Henry T. Brush
Alanson J. Fox
Speaches of Alanson J. Fox
Pewabic Pottery
The Essa's
The Storefront
1943 Detroit Riot
Urban renewal?
Population Change in Detroit
Rise of Architecture in Detroit
Movie Cameos
le détroit (The Straits)
The Walls
Tiger Stadium, 100 Years On
Detroit Freeways
Who Makes It?
House Photos for Sale
More pics on
Ruins
"Man ... you know how many abandoned buildins' we have in Detroit? I mean, how you suppossa take pride in your neighborhood, wit shit like dat next door?
And does the City tear 'em down? No, day too busy buildin' casinos and taken money from da people."
"Shut your preachin' ass up, nobody care about dat shit."
--- Movie, 8 Mile, 2003
My old college buddy Andy, myself, and my 12-year old son Christopher left the Downriver suburbs of Detroit en route to an area called Brush Park, just across Interstate 75 from the fresh new multimillion-dollar stadiums of Ford Field ----home of the Detroit Lions--- and Comerica Park ---home of the Detroit Tigers. We ventured there on a hot summer morning in 2004 with the desire to "go find some ruins," ignorant of the unique microcosm of human civilization we were about to stumble upon. [1]
Footnotes:
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Pictures: John Kossik, Feb. 2005 [http://63alfred.smugmug.com/gallery/1102944_qYuoY#437961663_3zNxecy]
Music: Warren Zevon, Hostage-O, Live concert South Shields, UK, Warren Zevon Live at Customs House on 2000-05-29 (May 29, 2000), Internet Archive, [http://www.archive.org/details/wz2000-05-29.sbd.sbeok.flac16] (12/23/008)
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