Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline - Photo Essays - TIME
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Two French photographers immortalize the remains of the motor city on film

Through the ruins of Detroit..

Could this be more depressing? The once-beautiful Detroit, formerly the economic engine of a nation, is a ghost.

Maybe it's all I've been reading about the collapse of the classic Maya lately, but this seriously gives me the creeps.

WebUrbanist has covered everything from abandoned wonders of the world to the illicit art of exploring deserted places. These thirty-three core articles cover hundreds of abandoned buildings, vehicles, towns and cities from around the world - highly organized, summarized and collected for the very first time. Consider this our must-bookmark essential guide to the world of haunting abandoned places and daring urban exploration. 7 Abandoned Wonders of America (Part Two - Part Three): Most Americans don’t realize just how close their nearest abandonment might be. Some of these remarkable abandoned buildings and places - from prisons and asylums to entire islands - may be closer than you think. 7 Abandoned Wonders of the European Union: While American abandonments are impressive, European ones can be even more so. Some of them have long pasts and beautiful spaces filled with intrigue and many played critical roles during pivotal points of world history. 7 Abandoned Wonders of the Former

Europe history photography Abandoned information Archive russia ukraine blog photos 2009 chernobyl nuclear documentary pripyat ussr community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces

Haunting images of the literal fallout from Chernobyl.

FOTOS SENSACIONAIS de lugares abandonados na ucrania

At the beginning of the 20th Century, the city of Detroit developed rapidly thanks to the automobile industry. Until the 50's, its population rose to almost 2 million people. Detroit was the 4th most important city in the United States. It was the dazzling symbol of the American Dream City with its monumental skyscrapers and fancy neighborhoods. Increasing of segregation and deindustrialization caused violent riots in 1967. The white middle-class exodus from the city accelerated and the suburbs grew. Firms and factories began to close or move to lower-wage states. Slowly, but inexorably downtown high-rise buildings emptied. Since the 50's, "Motor City" lost more than half of its population. Nowadays, its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great civilization. Many thanks to : Daniel & Silke Seybold, Guillaume Amiot, Frédéric Champion, Lowell Boileau, ...

衝撃　かつてモーターシティとして輝いたデトロイトが　日本も他人ごとじゃないよ（←時流に乗った発言）

"Nowadays, its splendid decaying monuments are, no less than the Pyramids of Egypt, the Coliseum of Rome, or the Acropolis in Athens, remnants of the passing of a great civilization."

photos of Detroit's modern ruins. Breath-taking

The Abandoned & Industrial Edges of New York

detroit pics

nature eats houses

"real" Obstructed Views

Some estimate that there are as many as 10,000 abandoned structures at any given time, and that seems conservative. But for a few beautiful months during the summer, some of these houses become "feral" in every sense: they disappear behind ivy or the untended shrubs and trees planted generations ago to decorate their yards.

Photos of abandoned Manhattan Project facilities

out experiencing a sense of awe at what was accomplished. The scientific, engineering, managerial, labor, and logistical challenges that were met and overcome are separately impressive but, taken together, simply astonishing. It is all the more incredible that this was done in

人工生態系Biosphere2が廃墟に

The fertile promise of the microcosm has been abandoned.

Aerodynamic air-cushion vehicle "paleness" project 903 * Nov. 30th, 2009 at 4:42 PM Here in me reached hands [ekranoplana].[Ya] I will break story about it on 3 or 4 parts: 1- aerodynamic air-cushion vehicle outside (1 or 2 parts) 2- aerodynamic air-cushion vehicle from within, the 3- dock of aerodynamic air-cushion vehicle. In 1987. to the water descended "the paleness" the first ship of a series of the combat rocket-carrying aerodynamic air-cushion vehicles with a weight of 400 T. Chief designer he was [V].[Kirillovykh]. Ship was armed by three pairs of the cruise missiles of 3[M]80 or 80[M] "mosquito" (NATO designation SS- N -22 Of sunburn). The second "paleness" also was embedded as rocket carrier, but the begun conversion introduced its correctives, and it they planned to finish building as rescue. [LTKH]: Modification is paleness the span of wing, m 44.00 length, m 73.80 height, m 19.20 wing area, [m]2 550.00 mass, the kgf of empty aircraft 243000 maximum takeoff 380000 ty

Sito russo di foto di uno strano progetto di veicolo anfibio ad effetto suolo detto "ekranoplan" una via di mezzo tra un Hovercraft ed un aeroplano. Sfrutta l'effetto suolo generato dal moto dell'aria sotto le ali ...

massive!

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Linda Vista Hospital

abandoned hospital in Boyle Heights

Abandoned building. Vivid setting for a modern adventure game.

Terrorífco! y de noche y poca gente tiene que ser de infarto!! Alé ahí van las fotos de un hospital abandonado. Gracias AG (Arturo Goga).

reference photos for decrepit building

Хорошая подборка в одном месте

I figure this is like porn for you.

Neat abandoned stations, places, and spaces of Antarctica.

You’ve probably passed it a million times in your travels through downtown Manhattan. Anyone who has ever visited J&R Row or hit the Starbucks on the opposite corner for a post-Brooklyn-Bridge-walk bathroom break has probably noticed its twin towers, and perhaps wondered how much its wealthy tenants must pay to live behind its beautiful brick and terra-cotta facade.

5 Beekman Street doesn’t have any tenants. In fact, it’s completely empty, essentially abandoned, and has been for a decade, with much of the interior shuttered since 1940…

special urban explorers US cc @emich RT @mllyssa: Abandoned Theme Parks 'Open' for Exploration http://is.gd/cHgHH

creepy

Wow. Creepy/awesome/sad RT @hugel: Abandoned Theme Parks of America http://bit.ly/deczSw (via @caseydonahue)

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creepy

ocalyptic drama of Hashima, we can very easily imagine what the lives of the residents of the famous Walled City of Kowloon were like – in fact we can ask them, as their city was torn down in 1993. The reason why the Walled City gets so frequently mentioned as a ruin is, while it was there, it was as if the people who lived in it were living their lives in the guts of some great, monstrous, maze.

Famous Walled City of Kowloon: Living Inside the Maze