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04/04/2012 09:35:52 PM · #1

This location is truly depressing we are talkin about grand central station but in Detroit. Detroit has bee hit hard by the economic downturn.......It is sad that buildings of this scale are in a scale of dereliction. This is very informative of what is going on. There are some great views and pics

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

04/04/2012 09:40:52 PM · #2

No link?

Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR

04/04/2012 09:56:24 PM · #3

oh sorry

//www.designstuffdaily.com/photography/urban-decay-detroit/

eta...be sure to scroll to the bottom and you can have 360 degree views

Message edited by author 2012-04-04 21:58:31.

jomari

Nikon D7000

04/04/2012 10:02:04 PM · #4

It's sad about the state of the economy and what the consequences are - BUT that is an awesome place to take photos!

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

04/04/2012 10:09:09 PM · #5

When I was a little girl, we used this station for our travel. And we wore our best Sunday clothes.

04/04/2012 10:19:43 PM · #6

I am a sucker for architecture.... I hate to see a great work of art just crumble like that. I wish they could do to this train station what they did to the one in saint louis

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II

04/05/2012 10:02:29 AM · #7

I would love to see a building like this brought back from the dead and complletely restored. It could be repurposed like the train station in St Louis.

pamb

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

04/05/2012 10:11:11 AM · #8

That is a truly beautiful building and the 360 degree views are really cool. I can appreciate that is a fabulous place for photography now, but also how amazing it would be when restored. Gorgeous either way; definitely needs to be preserved.

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

04/05/2012 10:31:44 AM · #9

I live 100 miles north of Detroit. I really need to get down there for photography purposes. It is definitely a great place for the photographer.

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

04/05/2012 10:38:22 AM · #10

might be tough to get inside...Did u see the razor wire??

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

04/05/2012 10:39:55 AM · #11

Originally posted by bmartuch:

I live 100 miles north of Detroit. I really need to get down there for photography purposes. It is definitely a great place for the photographer.

Take me too!

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

04/05/2012 10:47:50 AM · #12

Originally posted by Hipychik:

Originally posted by bmartuch:
I live 100 miles north of Detroit. I really need to get down there for photography purposes. It is definitely a great place for the photographer.

Take me too!

I would love to go too but there is no way I can go all the way to detroit. It's only 1062 miles for me

Hipychik

Sony Alpha a6000

04/05/2012 11:30:07 AM · #13

I used to live near Flint but moved to Northern Mi. I really miss the urban stuff!

Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G

04/05/2012 11:34:16 AM · #14

yeah I love urban places....There is an abandoned hospital here...built turn of the century that I would love to shoot. Only prob is it is right next door to a correctional facility. They wouldn't have to take me far when they caught me tresspassing.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

04/05/2012 11:40:05 AM · #15

Originally posted by Hipychik:

Originally posted by bmartuch:
I live 100 miles north of Detroit. I really need to get down there for photography purposes. It is definitely a great place for the photographer.

Take me too!

I don't think it is open to the public. There is a former Detroit cop who lives down here. He has a lot of shots of the station, but they are all taken from outside the fence -- and they are not particularly good.

bmartuch

Nikon D7200

04/05/2012 02:17:04 PM · #16

Originally posted by Hipychik:

Originally posted by bmartuch:
I live 100 miles north of Detroit. I really need to get down there for photography purposes. It is definitely a great place for the photographer.

Take me too!

Terry, we have to get together and do some shooting. I would really like to hit the urban areas of Detroit. Lets plan on that sometime this summer. Seriously. I'm really glad I was able to get some shots of the old Tiger Stadium before they tore it down.

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/05/2012 03:52:34 PM · #17

There are some nice images in that set, but I think

Basta has some even better. He really nails the grandure of these decaying beauties.