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Renaissance Center...
Just a quick shot up at the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Nothing special, just a beautiful day.
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Tower 500 of the R...
EDS [Wikipedia®] regional offices in Tower 500 of the Renaissance Center in the heart of Detroit’s east riverfront. I captured the moon...
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Detroit Downtown &...
Downtown Detroit from the steps of the Renaissance Center. The bottom pics are facing the other direction :O The Renaissance Center The Renaissance...
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New Center Overloo...
Zooming in on Detroit’s New Center area. The tall building is the Fisher Building. [Wikipedia]
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Detroit Corner Bus...
Here’s a far too common sight in many areas of urban Detroit. The corners of Mack Ave. and Beaufait St. on Detroit’s south east side....
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Car Thieves At Wor...
This is an actual shot of car thieves preparing to strip the van for parts. Later what was left of the van was dragged a couple blocks away and...
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Detroit Tastefest ...
Detroit Tastefest in July 2006 in the New Center district.
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Two Alarms In Detr...
Detroit Fire and Rescue tackle this two alarm fire of abandoned Bommarito Hardware & Lumber II on Gratiot Avenue. January 6, 2009 Better...
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Heidelberg Project...
A very cool part of the Heidelberg Project.
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Urban Disaster...
This is an actual street that just looks like an alley used for dumping. Shot in the summer of 2007 and has looked this way for years. It’s...
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Mail Call...
It was the perfect day in August of 2006. J. W. Westcott Co. delivering the mail to the Calumet, a 603-foot, 5,800-ton ship. The Calumet was...
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Water Drenching Fu...
I think this is one of my better photographs. It was a very hot summer day in Detroit. It may not please the water company or fire department...
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What Ever It takes...
Shot in Detroit around March of 2008 of McNichols at the I-75 overpass. Panhandling is found throughout the city. Unfortunately many are street...
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When Ya’ll O...
I shouldn’t pick on these guys but it’s pretty funny. This sign popped up in North East Detroit off Gratiot in the summer of 2008.
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Vacant Sadness...
A spray paint poet goes to work on a vacant building on Detroit’s east side.
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Hard Times...
Selling pallets is pretty common in Detroit but many locals. A decent standard size shipping pallet brings in around four dollars.
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Bold History...
Detroit’s abandoned train station was once the Michigan Central Station buseling with life. The windows are gone and years of weather and...
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A Cry For Help...
Shot in the summer of 2008 in Detroit on Grinnell just east of Van Dyke.
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Detroit City Sidew...
Some might think this is a sad photo but I’m pretty proud of it. It captures the real life deterioration that Detroit’s been facing...
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