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I'm with Malc. That's weird to see it abandoned. I've seen many a tractor pull there and several concerts though it really wasn't the best concert venue. I remember when it was new fer Pete's sake! Time marches on I guess. And now where are the Lions playing poorly?
Dan
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It's in Pontiac, it's not even a bad neighborhood... and I was just at Ford Field which is downtown and unbelievably deluxe.
Here in the rust belt we have artsy parasites that find any sort of urban decay, break in, and photograph it for a willing public who only want to believe Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania are shit holes.
If I forget to mow my lawn for a week, some hipster is making a documentary about how great America used to be.Cheap, slow, half-assed: Pick three
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Originally posted by milkovich View PostI've been around but I only swing by the forum once in a while. Bryan and Brian make it too easy to follow BS on facebook.Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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Inside every old person is a young person wondering, "what the hell happened?"
The man at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. -Vince Lombardi
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Originally posted by milkovich View Post. . . .about how great America used to be.The first online Ruins of Detroit tour from 1997. The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit is a DetroitYES.com Project of Greater Detroit and Windsor
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Originally posted by Gateclyve Photographic View Post
I was reading the first fiber optic updates to one of the multi millon dollar building was in 2000 something...and that was the first in detroit.
It is eery to get crawling around, moving cold war era copper around for new stuff. I helped update the local university here in maine, ended up in attics and tiny places...grinding a 90 degree edge.
The silence of just how strong those places are can be found there.
with all the smarts in capital money, you would think there would be somebody cranking out manufacturing similar, filling voids.
I know of several engines and drivetrains beaten for being simply genius.
blah. Truth wins in a good way eventually.Last edited by Barry Donovan; December 22, 2014, 09:06 AM.Previously boxer3main
the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.
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Buildings are the one thing people have hard time getting rid of. We recycle everything else when its useful life is over. Sports stadiums have a shorter life cycle than most other buildings. Add economic hardships and a few looking for fame and you have a photo montage meant to stir the emotions.
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looking a bit decrepit, but still standingMy fabulous web page
"If it don't go, chrome it!" --Stroker McGurk
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