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From a new book, "The Ruins of Detroit,“ by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. They set out to "document the decline of an American city." You be the judge.
Added news item: Detroit's population has dropped 25% since 2000, "the country’s most startling example of modern urban collapse." NYT
More inside.
This last one is a former Fisher car plant, the one above a shuttered bank.