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Old 08-10-2012, 10:31 AM
 
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I'm visiting Detroit next month and I'd like to visit some of the decaying neighborhoods to take photos. I'm looking for suggestions of especially poignant areas. Thanks in advance.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:16 AM
 
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Do a Google Images search of "Vacant Detroit Maps" and you will get numerous maps that will show you areas of high abandonment.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:34 AM
 
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Make sure to drive a nice car there and make sure to show off whatever expensive equipment you own. The locals in these locales will be particularly helpful in helping you to locate the worst, most impoverished, most blighted areas.

You should fit right in and have a great time.

I can't imagine anything going wrong.

One non-sarcastic note: Even most people who have lived in or around the city their whole lives do not go seeking out the worst areas.

There is plenty of abandoned stuff to shoot everywhere.

I would stick to the main thoroughfares. You will find plenty of ruin porn.

Driving your car into Brightmoor or wherever and getting out to take photos is not a good idea.

Just driving your car there or other of the worst neighborhoods is not a good idea.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:37 AM
 
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Thanks for the replies.

jonnynonos - obviously if there are some absolute no-go areas I won't go there. But with that said, I've been to cities significantly more dangerous than Detroit in other countries, and I don't dress flashily or drive a fancy car - other than my camera I won't have anything expensive on me. And, above all, I'm not interested in the most deprived and dangerous areas but the semi-abandoned ones. These, I gather from reading this forum and various news/blog posts, aren't always one and the same.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:51 AM
 
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This is a great resource.

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Probably the crown jewel of decayed grandeur visually was Brush Park, but I think it's significantly rehabbed now.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:55 AM
 
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The tour page on that site is *awesome*. Thanks so much. I've been Googling around a lot but hadn't found that one yet. Thanks again.
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Old 08-10-2012, 11:59 AM
 
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This is a great resource.

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Probably the crown jewel of decayed grandeur visually was Brush Park, but I think it's significantly rehabbed now.
Uh, no. Brush Park is not significantly rehabbed. It is significantly vanished. There are only a few houses that have been rehabbed. There are also several (toward the north end) that could use some TLC but are still inhabited. But overall, I would estimate that that 95% of Brush Park is forever gone.
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Old 08-10-2012, 12:06 PM
 
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The tour page on that site is *awesome*. Thanks so much. I've been Googling around a lot but hadn't found that one yet. Thanks again.
You got it. That is an amazing site.
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Old 08-10-2012, 12:10 PM
 
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Uh, no. Brush Park is not significantly rehabbed. It is significantly vanished. There are only a few houses that have been rehabbed. There are also several (toward the north end) that could use some TLC but are still inhabited. But overall, I would estimate that that 95% of Brush Park is forever gone.
Got it. I wasn't sure. There were big plans for it back in the day.
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Old 08-10-2012, 01:48 PM
 
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I'm visiting Detroit next month and I'd like to visit some of the decaying neighborhoods to take photos. I'm looking for suggestions of especially poignant areas. Thanks in advance.
Pick a street, any street.

In recent weeks I have driven around:

Virginia Park
Linwood
Dexter
Kelly / Hayes
Outer Drive (though this road is "better" than some areas.
Conner
Chandler Park
Woodbridge
Joy (from Linwood to Telegraph)
Van Dyke (from 94 to Davidson)

Not sure if any one place has a bigger impact than another. After a while it all looks the same.


If you look for the well cared for homes (and there are a few in the city) that would make for better photography. Nothing is more amazing than a beautiful Home & Gardens house, landscaped and bathed in sunflowers and botanicals and surrounded by abandoned burned out structures and ruins. THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF DETROIT!

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