Detroit: Decay and Rebirth
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- Photo by Chris Chapman
Michigan Central Station, main entrance.
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- Photo by Molly Chaflin
Michigan Central Station
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- Photo by Chris Chapman
Michigan Central Station
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- Photo by Chris Chapman
The Michigan Theater was constructed in 1926 as a concert hall with a capacity over 4,000. After closing permanently in 1976, the theater was gutted and converted into a parking structure.
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- Photo by Molly Chaflin
Michigan Theater
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- Photo by Molly Chaflin
Michigan Theater
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- Photo by Michael Gao
The Heidelberg Project was started in 1986, in response to the neighborhood deterioration following the Detroit riots of the 1960s. New art installations and spontaneous creations continue today.
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- Photo by Molly Chaflin
The Heidelberg Project
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- Photo by Molly Chaflin
The Heidelberg Project
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- Photo by Kiti Ho
An youth organization called Detroit Summer, in collaboration with other community oragnizations, put up interactive multimedia murals around different neighborhoods in Detroit. The picture shows the mural templates the youth created.
This summer, three medical students explored some of Detroit’s abandoned landmarks, and also some sites of urban renewal.
These hauntingly beautiful photographs stir up feelings of solitude and sadness. It makes me think about what could have been done not only to preserve the buildings but, more importantly, the livelihood of a once vital urban area and the people who lived and worked there.