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French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have a photo essay on Time Magazine's website. They explore the formerly magnificent buildings of Detroit that are now abandoned, decaying, and empty. I am always fascinated by the exploration of urban decay, and this is a great example of the haunting images that can be found.
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This image - of the overturned baby grand piano in what is obviously a formerly luxurious vaulted room - literally sent chills down my spine. (See the print issue for better resolution). As a former Michigan resident and student of architecture and urban planning, what's happening with Detroit is an amazingly unprecedented case of the death of a modern city. Never before in civilization has a city of such scale fallen due to reasons other than war. What happens here will author lessons for generations.
P.S. - I beg readers not be so glib as to write off Detroit however... the resiliency of mankind is astonishing and where tragedy rules today, opportunity creeps closer, just over the horizon...
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