Abandoned Detroit 14 Views

These are some amazing images of abandoned and decaying buildings in Detroit, Michigan.  Detroit is the place I tell everyone that I am from.  I am happy to have that association, and sad to watch it die, which it seems to have been doing for the past 52 years that I have been around to watch it.

When the history of Motown is written 2 contemporary lists will find Detroit at the top:

#1 Cities that suffered Race Riots in the 1960's

1. DETROIT
2. Washington, DC
3. Los Angeles
4. Baltimore
5. Newark
6. Louisville
7. Chicago
8. Milwaukee
9. Philadelphia
10. Cleveland

#2 Cities that suffered Economic Death in the last 25 years of the 20th Century

1. DETROIT
2. Youngstown
3. Cleveland
4. Pittsburgh
5. St. Louis
6. Buffalo
7. Baltimore
8. Rochester
9. Toledo
10. Gary

Here are some beautiful and poignant photographs of a few of the decaying architectural masterpieces of the Motor City.

The Book Cadillac Hotel

 The Calvary Presbyterian Church & Abundant Life Christian Center

The Crystal Ballroom of the Fort Shelby Hotel 

 The East Methodist Church

 The Atrium of the Farwell Office Building

The Fisher Body 21 Automobile Factory

The Lee Plaza Hotel

The Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Church

The Michigan Central Train Station

The National Theatre

 The St. Christopher House - former Public Library

The St. Cyrils Greek Orthodox Church

The United Artists Theater

The Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church