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$100 Site Donor 2021
I'm no American historian, that's for sure. However, I love old architecture and have been a bit of an URBEX history with my best friend. I'm sure many are familiar with some of the beautiful architecture constructed during the industrial revolution and the heyday of the auto industry. Unlike in Europe though, the US and Canada don't seem to put the same weight on their history and its preservation, allowing things to decay and ultimate rot away, not recognizing their legacy until it is long gone. This happened most famously in Canada with the Bluenose, but of course there are myriad architectural examples.
I was reminded of this by a twitter thread which shared these two images of the same space in Detroit:
Down-thread, a UK train station was presented that was abandoned, turned into a carpark, and then renovated to its former glory and incorporated into a new train station. Very little of that happens here.
Another reminder of Detroit's former beauty is covered in this URBEX video:
I cannot get over the auditorium in this school, it was truly breathtaking in its detail and lavish appointments.
So many incredible architectural structures have been levelled and turned into carparks, parking lots...etc. Tragic. In Europe, they are typically converted into residential space (apartments or condos) with their architecture retained, I wish there was more of that here.
I was reminded of this by a twitter thread which shared these two images of the same space in Detroit:
Down-thread, a UK train station was presented that was abandoned, turned into a carpark, and then renovated to its former glory and incorporated into a new train station. Very little of that happens here.
Another reminder of Detroit's former beauty is covered in this URBEX video:
I cannot get over the auditorium in this school, it was truly breathtaking in its detail and lavish appointments.
So many incredible architectural structures have been levelled and turned into carparks, parking lots...etc. Tragic. In Europe, they are typically converted into residential space (apartments or condos) with their architecture retained, I wish there was more of that here.