So... What next?

02/12/2009

After the short visit in Canada, we stopped for a few days at my friend B.'s place in Keego Harbor, Michigan, a very small town located just north of Detroit.

We ventured a couple of times down to Detroit and both times I was shocked at the state in which this city is left. Abandoned buildings everywhere, even in the heart of the city. A big city that once was booming with activity, mainly after the industrial revolution years, is now nearing the stages of a ghost town.

One of the biggest abandoned buildings, if not the biggest, is the Packard plant. The Packard Motor Car manufacturing complex was established on the east side of Detroit in 1907. Packard manufactured luxury vehicles here until it went out of business in 1956. Now, it looks like a building that is half demolished. The huge 40-acre complex stands there and is visible from the centre of the city.

We ventured inside near sundown and took some pictures of its spooky remnants.























The whole city felt like it was lacking color and vibrance. Apparently, a big percentage of people who work in Detroit, do not live in it, but rather drive in and out every day. I'm sure it has a lot of hidden gems, and in the few days we had, we didn't have a chance to discover it all, but the abandoned neighborhoods images were quite striking by themselves.

We left Keego Harbor to make a one-night stop at Ann Arbor and the following day we set off towards Chicago. The weather is getting colder by the day...

M.