Abandoned street

After fifteen years, plants have decided that they're in charge of buildings

While every post thus far on Local Architecture has dealt with urban decay as it is experienced in Cincinnati, a recent trip to Detroit put things into a perspective that had to be shared here. The study of abandonment must convene upon Detroit at one point or another. No other city in the United States has undergone such a dramatic level of population decline, abandonment, and urban decay over the past few decades. Detroit's infamous Michigan Central Station has been completely abandoned…

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if you fast-forwarded into the distant future only to find yourself standing in the middle of post-apocalypse? Set aside a main road in Clairton, Pennsylvania, this strange world actually exists, sitting quietly on each side of a cracked and forgotten neighborhood street.

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Walking down a road surrounded by huge abandoned factory buildings in St. Petersburgs Red Triangle Factory Complex. This gives an idea of just how big the abandoned complex is.

Last week, the city of Detroit, Michigan filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history . That was the latest episode in what is a...