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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:37 PM Original message |
Hey, Guardian... How'd you miss THIS STUFF in Detroit? (Just say no to decline/decay porn) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. So maybe they should have done Garry Ind |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You can find decayed buildings in every city... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Actually I disagee |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I live in Detroit -- the city, not just the "metro area." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I get the point they were making |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. I don't hold out much hope that Gary will have anything |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And it is what an Empire in decline looks like |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Whole neighborhoods of lower middle income homes that have been |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I agree. It's good to see the beautifully restored buildings, too. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. After it was too late to edit the OP, I discovered the story in the Guardian |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Thanks for responding to my questions, snagglepuss. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is the scale of architectural glory that those new "restored" buildings do not have.... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You did not look at my links, did you? |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I looked at them, many photo are commercial web site... I was not impressed.... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. OK... it's clear you did not look |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. +1 |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. +2 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. They're historic restored buildings. Your comment that they're "new" is wrong. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Those pictures are not originally from the Guardian |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Art? Maybe. But it's also misleading |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, for gosh sakes |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. There, recommended at 14 |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Like these |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yep! (nt) |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. The number of buildings restored doesn't come close to the number |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I am very, very aware of what has been lost |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The Guardian published photos from an art book, they weren't writing a travelogue. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. And |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thank you for that information! |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. So Detroit is booming?? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Not booming, but not a ghost town filled with only decrepit buildings and empty lots -- |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. +1 |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. Isn't that pictorial old? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah! And when the World Cup comes to SF, let's not show photos of the homeless |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. DING. DING. DING. WE HAVE A WINNER. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hey! My ghost town photos are NOT "decay porn" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-02-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. Masonic Temple Music Hall image. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Some of the best acoustics ever at the Masonic. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yeah, it was the place to listen. |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. Rome, Italy |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-03-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. "Parts of this city are not falling down" is not a terribly strong boast... N.T. |
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