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In response to "A photo essay by Time Magazine of urban decay writ large. Time Presents: Detroit. -- (link)" by Beryllium

If you think all of those building are abandoned [as in no owner], think again

Posted by Scorpion Aug 2 '09, 05:52

Mike Ilitch [Little Ceasers, Detroit Redwings, Detroit Tigers] Owns many historic landmark buildings in Detroit that he lets rot so the preservationists can't save the building ...... all so he can build a new Hockey Arena, parking lot and office towers.

The Detroit Train station [where part of Transformers 1 was filmed] is owned by the largest land owner in Michigan who refuses to let the city tear down the building [it's been marked for Demo for over 10 years].

Those photo's make Detroit look pretty bad, but the entire city doesn't look like that. I could take photo's of St. Louis and make it look just as bad if not worse.

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Interesting, but not unexpected. Anyway, given the fact that about 50% of the citizenry of Michigan has left the state in the last five years, - Beryllium Aug 2, 09:20 1
- (example, albeit with different numbers than the ones I posted - I forget where I saw that) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 2, 09:24

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If you think all of those building are abandoned [as in no owner], think again

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