THE DECLINE OF DETROIT IN PICTURES

The decline of Detroit: How the architectural jewels in motor city's crown have fallen into disrepair and are now being demolished.

 

What does a bankrupt city look like? Haunting, tragic and strangely beautiful, according to Philip Jarmain's incredible images of Detroit - the once burgeoning, now desolate Michigan capital.

 

The Canadian photographer's series American Beauty captures the rapid destruction of Detroit's early 20th century architecture.  

 

He depicts abandoned and forgotten spaces of a bygone era defined by ingenuity and innovation.  But, inside and out, these monumental public buildings now stand tired and worn, some barely recognizable as their former selves.

 

See pictures here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424919/Philip-Jarmain-How-architectural-jewels-motor-citys-crown-fallen-disrepair-demolished.html

 

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