Shit Detroit, get it together! (32 photos)

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William Livingstone House

The series of photos was captured by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre on a mission to document the decline of an American city. Their book “The Ruins of Detroit“, a document of decaying buildings frozen in time, was published in December 2010.

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Michigan Central Station

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18th floor dentist cabinet, David Broderick Tower

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Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit

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David Whitney Building

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United Artists Theater

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Ballroom, American Hotel

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Melted clock, Cass Technical High School

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Old First Unitarian Church

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Piano, Saint Albertus School

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Luben Apartments

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Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church, built in the Gothic revival style in 1911

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Rich-Dex Apartments

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Biology classroom, Wilbur Wright High School

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St Christopher House, ex-Public Library

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Fisher Body 21 Plant

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Room 1504, Lee Plaza Hotel

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Waiting hall, Michigan Central Station

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East Methodist Church

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Offices, Highland Park Police Station

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Biology classroom at George W Ferris School in the Detroit suburb of Highland Park

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The ballroom of the 15-floor art-deco Lee Plaza Hotel, an apartment building with hotel services built in 1929 and derelict since the early 1990s