Detroit - population about 950,000

http://www.klecker.de/Detroit/bilder/skyline6d.jpg

http://detroit.freenet.org/~ar840/skyline.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/image3/3/5/23/29130523rsseoqWbxF_ph.jpg


http://www.mpw.com/assets/Detroit%20Skyline.jpg

http://www.motowntigers.com/comericapark/images/comericapark.jpg

http://michaelfischer.com/gallery/origworks/digiphoto/2000-05-detroit/full/mfinc-P0000673.jpg

http://michaelfischer.com/gallery/origworks/digiphoto/2000-05-detroit/full/mfinc-P0000678.jpg

http://www.fredsplace.org/photo/pix2/01759_s.jpg

From beautiful Belle Isle....
http://www.tycobbpark.com/images/fe30prix.jpg

http://downtownmotown.8k.com/CBD510.JPG

Detroit has a nice skyline- I love the older architecture. I gave it an 8.

Considering I stare at it everyday... I'll give it a 6.5
hehehe... but it is nice.

5.....I only like the Renissance Center....which practically defines the city. No offense but Detroit had its day (early 1900's) and needs to economically come back.:laugh:

the skyline deserves at least an 8.5/10 :)

the renaissance center almost dominates the whole skyline.. the skyline is good, with a fine amount of old scrapers. mix of old and new 6.5

looks pretty good
8/10

nice, I like detroit's skyline.

7/10

nice, dense skyline, i like it.:)
9/10

There is more to a skyline than just height. Detroit has one of the finest collections of pre-depression skyscrapers anywhere. There is a very nice mix of architecture as well.

I agree Blitz. 8.5/10



Westin, get over it. RenCen is taller then Peach.

Yeah i like Detroit:)
A 7.0 for me

7.5/10 RenCen dominates, but the older buildings add a nice little NYC touch.

8.5 nice lakefront skyline :okay:

I'd give it a 7 based on size, waterfront, and great old architecture, but the ren center doesn't do much for me and actually throws the skyline out of balance.

Beyond the best... I give it a 9.0 out of 10.

Detroit is nice but doesnt do much for me. i really like the comerica building tho. 7/10

I kind of like it. Lots of potential. Is it a lively downtown? Any department stores, restaurants and theaters? Cool looking older skyscrapers. 8.0

I've never been to Detriot but I can say I'm not very impressed by the skyline, or the city in general, from what I've seen in pictures or heard from people. I should actually go before making an opinion, but why would I be going to Detroit? Anyways, the historic buildings are always nice but a large American city with 5 million people shouldn't have only historic buildings. There are a few modern towers I kind of like, but there should be more of them. Good location next to the river, they should (and it looks like they are) capitalize on that. And Ren Cen is not that great IMO. Sorry but this skyline is lacking and should be better. 5/10

i rate detroit really high! i love that city as it's really cool.

7.5

I have to say that is the best picture I've every seen of Detroit. I hope they keep resalvaging the city. It's really a waste of all of the great architecture thats already been lost in the past 20 years.

Anyway, 7!

8/10

needs more density, but the buildings have good quality and height.

PS. really nice shoot from the lakefront at night (first photo).

8.5/10 :)

7.5/10

Nice skyline, The renaissance center dominates the skyline

8/10

8.5/10

7/10

7/10

7.5/10 -- some really great older architecture

I don't really like it...It seems to, classic to me. I guess, the tallest building is the only thing that makes me even give it a chance.

6/10.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/29484411deeeetroit_.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/2948detroit.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/71detroit_spokes_ii.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/71detroit_spokes.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/jaybird287/image/40552505.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/jaybird287/image/40552526.jpg

Great city with a great skyline.

9. A fantastic old skyline, but it's a pity so many of those old buildings are empty. Detroit needs love.

7.5/10

Very nice skyline, 8/10

Very good skyline and some really nice, old skyscrapers. 8,5/10

Sad skyline for a city of its size, but also good in a sad way. I give it a 7/10.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/dearborn21/dt15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/dearborn21/dt12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/dearborn21/dt9.jpg

9/10. It's a really nice old skyline.

7.5/10

8/10

9/10- as i've said before, small, but nice.

not bad! it deserve 8 IMO
Peace...

7/10

some seedetroit.com shots, outdated, but hell widdit'...

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh19.jpg

ford field being built it about 2001
http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh10.jpg

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh11.jpg

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh14.jpg

If the gem on Michigan and Trumbell is demolished, i'll do my best to make Devil's Night 48958x worse than it normally is. Its a shame if it is. Corktown is so pretty, too...

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh2.jpg

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh21.jpg

http://seedetroit.com/pictures/skyhigh/images/seedetroitskyhigh9.jpg

7/10.

7.5/10

7/10

7.5/10

9/10

8/10. Detroit is one of the most underrated cities in the world, imo.

Detroit...hmm...8.5/10

10/10 because it's Detroit

8.5. I like the neatness.

7/10

8/10, nice combination of archtecture (art deco, modern, etc.). Could use a major height boost though.

7.5/10

Could use a little revitalizing, but it's nice for the city's rep.

I kinda like it. 8/10

Needs some infill between the two clusters.......6/10

8/10

DETROIT
http://static.flickr.com/72/178354801_f4d742d8c9_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/61/178354349_a309f929e1_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/73/177803913_f93deed127_b.jpg

7, Detroit looks pretty cool.

9/10

enchant city

...

While the skyline isnt big the quality is great so 9/10

Nice skyline.8.5/10

Nice! 9 ;)

Nice, but I expected more. 7/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/detroit/20050801/DE-DAY1-1980.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/detroit/20050801/DE-DAY1-1999.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/detroit/20050801/DE-DAY1-2031.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/detroit/20050801/DE-DAY1-2045.jpg

What's the problem with Detroit anyway? I hear all a bunch of buildings being abandoned? 8/10 - Its Detroit

8/10

9/10

8/10

8.5/10

I like the Comerica Tower, and the Penobscot Building. I'm not that wild about the Renaissance Center. 7 out of 10

"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" :lol:
Not too bad, i like the GM building. :) 7/10

For a city its size it could use more
9/10

What's the problem with Detroit anyway? I hear all a bunch of buildings being abandoned?
detroit is not all doom and gloom, as you've seen from many of the pictures here, but the fact of the matter is that between 1950 and 2005, detroit's population has plunged from 1,849,562 to 886,675. detroit is the 2nd poorest city in the country (thank you cleveland!) and 32% of its population is officially poor. detroit also has the lowest home prices in the USA. the average home in detroit costs $88,300 (compared to the national average of $167,500, or $726,700 for san francisco, the most expensive city). detroit's per capita income is only $14,717. 71% of live births are to single mothers, and over 41% of detroit's adult population is "functionally illiterate".

note that the information i just listed is only for the city of detroit, NOT its metropolitan area or suburbs.

no city can have 1,000,000 people just "disappear", coupled with its abandonment by the middle and upper classes, without it affecting every aspect of human life in the city. i've been fascinated with this idea, and in the last few weeks i've gone out to try to photograph detroit's abandonment and ruins. all of the following pictures are mine and have been taken in the last 5 weeks.

Renaissance Center as seen from Franklin St. Note abandoned buildings and empty lots, taken over by urban prarie.
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3298/img4015bsc2.jpg

Closed factories
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/8792/img3963blf5.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9493/img3940bjo5.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5396/img3910bai2.jpg

Closed stores
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7217/img3762bsl7.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9268/img3858bde5.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1116/img3863bau6.jpg

Closed fast food restaurant. Note the ex-bank converted into a church in backgroung.
http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/8176/img3635buu9.jpg

http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/628/img3846bhb6.jpg

Bank converted into a wig and hair shop.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1515/img3787bky5.jpg

Abandoned post office
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8272/img3922brk4.jpg

Abandoned church
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3622/img3866bgt0.jpg

Closed School
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3660/img3856bhw8.jpg

With so many "ethnic whites" (Poles, Italians, Greeks, for example) having fled the city to the suburbs, many of their institutions, like this Catholic school, have closed.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5502/img3788brv4.jpg

Abandoned fire station, with another abandoned factory behind it.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9505/img3896bvd4.jpg

Closed hospital.
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/9140/img3957buq0.jpg

Abandoned movie theater.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1879/img3772bll5.jpg

Empty lots and "urban praries"
there once was a coney island (hot dogs) restaurant here.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1112/img3851bao4.jpg

Sign of long gone shopping center still here. This property has been on sale for so long the "for sale" sign is rotting.
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7811/img3632bkw9.jpg

Lone abandoned house among the urban prarie, not far from downtown.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4972/img3880bwf3.jpg

Train Station
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/780/img4110biu3.jpg

Detroit Boat Club
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/6199/img4009bnn5.jpg

Abandoned mansion.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7105/img3992bvi2.jpg

Two of Detroit's 14,000 burned out homes. Note the trash.
http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/8494/img3749bsg4.jpg

Abandoned building can be seen through this burned out skeleton.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3407/img3808bhs2.jpg

Abandoned home on right. Note the trash and the empty land, taken over by "urban prarie".
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/9480/img3960bwb3.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7208/img4048bia8.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8900/img3770bdt9.jpg

Downtown

Empty building (though I think it will be renovated soon)
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3783/img3687bgy3.jpg

Abandoned skyscraper.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8184/img3701bkr8.jpg

The tall building was long abandoned, but is being renovated:) . Note the empty store fronts on the other buildings. This is on Woodward Ave, one of the main streets downtown. Comerica Park (Tigers-baseball) is just behind the tall building.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3154/img3705bqe1.jpg

Another abandoned jewel.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9622/img3707bup1.jpg

The building on the right, the brown building in the middle, and the large white building in the background(The Book Cadillac Building) are empty and the latter two are deteriorating, though the Cadillac Building is being renovated :)
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8023/img3717bzv7.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7725/img3719bod1.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/545/img3743bvx6.jpg

Not even the American flag can escape abandonment and deterioration....
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/869/img3892btb4.jpg

8.5/10

mmmm.....6/10

has a lot more potential then it shows

I can't help feel but sad for the city. It looks like it can be more...

7...

^^ Above posts (incl. the pics) say it all. Detroit has these amazing buildings and if only it could rise from it's ashes it could be great again in no-time

7/10

not bad actually pretty good lets go with 8.0/10

8/10

8/10

9/10

8/10. When I was here I was not impressed at all about this city. Never in my life have I seen decay like this, but that doesn't take away from its amazing skyline, and the historic art-deco buildings. Some of the best art-deco skyscrapers in the world. But the Ren Centre is just terrible.

7/10

nice =]
8/10

Love this city 10/10

8/10

Had a better skyline before the monster GM building existed..some of the best brick skyscrapers in the world, lots of potential here, 8

before rating, i need to see more pics....

ok, here are some photos from flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/45499924_ad9f672aa0_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/410701947_198cd02ddd_b.jpg

http://http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/95264652_2b97b4486a_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/606128545_1226280b74_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/55836383_fd2e4a2acb_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/181197575_1f0b606b85_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/45133997_64aeffa303_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/98087900_d45f13c82c_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/1148602712_77586ff178_o.jpg

i'll give it 8/10

nice 8/10

Thanks MDguy, i`m without words for description 10/10 for Detroid...

geez detroit looks in pretty bad shape, isn't anyone doing something about it? Sorry i dont know much about the status of detroit atm.

Thanks MDguy, i`m without words for description 10/10 for Detroid...

No problem :)

geez detroit looks in pretty bad shape, isn't anyone doing something about it? Sorry i dont know much about the status of detroit atm.

What the hell are you talking about? nothing at all in those photos showed anything in bad shape whatsoever! if you're talking about the 3rd picture, that would be because those buildings are from the early 1900s :ohno:

geez detroit looks in pretty bad shape, isn't anyone doing something about it? Sorry i dont know much about the status of detroit atm.

If you want to see some of the better aspects of the city here area few images:

http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/001.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/006.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/007.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/008.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/024.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/027.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/030.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/034.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/040.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/042.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/045.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/054.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/055.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/056.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/060.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/066.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/080.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/082.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/084.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/087.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/089.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/091.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/094.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/095.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/096.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/101.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/105.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/106.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/110.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/111.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/115.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/119.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/122.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/126.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/133.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/135.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/140.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/145.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/147.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/148.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/149.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/158.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/161.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/163.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/167.jpg
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http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/176.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/177.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/178.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/180.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/182.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/184.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/196.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/198.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/200.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/201.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/204.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/210.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/215.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/218.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/226.jpg
http://www.downriverdetroit.net/waynecounty/detroit/2006/228.jpg

8.5/10

7/10

8/10

An American classic!


10/10

Detroit

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2292497984_4dafe7d7c7_b.jpg

9/10 oh the good car city Detroit,what a great city and the skyline well its pure class.

So many abandoned buildings, must be a paradise for creative subculture. Skate and street art.
nice skyline 6/10

detroit could be one of the best places in world ! it has so much potential but of course get rid of these corrupted politians that is one of the major issues

8/10

9,5/10

nice skyline i like Detroit, i can see to Eminem :nuts:

.............9

i love the renaissance center, too bad this isnt any longer the center of america

9.5/10

Good skyline for a city that size, there are not so many new buildings..
8/10

I've never been here but I have a bit of a soft spot (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=10864326&postcount=82) for Detroit :cheer:

Here's some pics by Fuzzytek (http://www.pbase.com/fuzzytek/detroit&page=all) @ Pbase

http://i.pbase.com/u43/fuzzytek/large/33647749.playtime013.jpg
Woodward Avenue

http://k41.pbase.com/u44/fuzzytek/large/33647746.playtime010.jpg
Guardian Building

http://i.pbase.com/u46/fuzzytek/large/33927659.Detroit016Large.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/u47/fuzzytek/upload/33927632.Detroit030Large.jpg

By rlallen (http://www.pbase.com/rlallen/downtown_detroit)

http://k53.pbase.com/o4/97/665697/1/62302710.vPJ2QRE6.DowntownDetroitDSCF4801.JPG

http://i.pbase.com/o4/97/665697/1/62302741.TKtsdtHB.DowntownDetroitDSCF4886.JPG

http://k53.pbase.com/o4/97/665697/1/62302760.0bj3UpDL.DowntownDetroitDSCF4929.JPG

By Patricia Lay-Dorsey (http://www.pbase.com/windchimewalker/downtown_detroit&page=all)

http://i.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70990501.89iTONRJ.jpg
looking east on Larned St.

http://i.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70990507.EuZO4Yk3.jpg
The Guardian Building

http://i.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70991627.oVsDwHuq.jpg
Guardian Building interior

http://i.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70991638.HhceSDso.jpg
Penobscot Building ca. 1928

http://i.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70991639.WOKt4X3J.jpg
Penobscot Building interior

http://k43.pbase.com/g6/37/726937/2/70991825.ODekJcfS.jpg

:righton:

9/10

9/10 for awesome downtown. Michigan Central Station looks stunning ! I hope its will renoveted.

No problem :)

What the hell are you talking about? nothing at all in those photos showed anything in bad shape whatsoever! if you're talking about the 3rd picture, that would be because those buildings are from the early 1900s :ohno:


i love the 'd' and give the skyline a 9/10.. few places can match it in character and style

but come on.. some buildings in detroit are obviously in bad shape

10/10 :cheers:

8.5/10

9/10

8/10

8/10

10. Excellent. Regards.

8/10

7/10

Cross between midwest and east coast architecture, love it.

8.5/10

9/10

Looking through this thread, a lot of pics weren't working for me but I haven't seen any pics of the downtown from the northwest side. The NW side shows more of the density of the historic buildings and the Ren Cen doesn't dominate or take your focus away from the downtown. The pic below was from another thread about the casinos, but it shows downtown pretty well from the NW side.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7060/14292802680eedc3d050b.jpg

Also, why was it so important to post the pics of the abandonment in the city? Yes we get it. The city is half abandoned and crime ridden. Why does every conversation have to focus on abandonment and crime?

nice city 8/10

Found this one in the Detroit Free Press. Taken in 1931 looking north up Woodward.

http://info.detnews.com/dn/history/guardian/images/6.jpg

And just for fun, one of my favorite buildings in Detroit, General Motors former headquarters. This building is not located in downtown. It's a couple miles outside of downtown in what is now the Midtown/New Center area. It's located by the Fisher Theater and near the Boston-Edison Neighborhood.

http://detroit1701.org/Graphics/General%20Motors%201.jpg

9/10

nice highrises..
but not too much design variation
but still the city has a character.


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7/10, it's beautiful, but it's too small... i think....

been here once. another great north american city. very clean. airport is good too. i'd give its skyline an 8-8.5. i know this city might be down now coz of the struggles the auto industry is experiencing now, but i hope detroit can rise up again in 2010!

7.5/10

10/10

http://s002.radikal.ru/i200/1001/c3/65fc77c7a0b2.jpg
http://s006.radikal.ru/i213/1001/20/720813c6a6bb.jpg
http://i071.radikal.ru/1001/35/2943785e9646.jpg
http://s002.radikal.ru/i198/1001/59/1136c7e0bb42.jpg
http://i064.radikal.ru/1001/83/16309aa45458.jpg

Nice city.

Detroit from the air


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Detroit night.

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Good skyline. 7.5

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8/10

7.5/10

I got back from Detroit about three weeks ago from the US Social Forum (sadly it wasn't spoken much or hardly about in any major media networks).

I really like the picture you posted Scolls. It does the city justice. It's difficult to truly appreciate a city center, a downtown through most photographs. Though the skyline may not be the most impressive in comparison to say, a giant old city like Chicago, it is still full of early 20th century flavor. I ESPECIALLY LOVED seeing the art deco buildings. They truly mark the skyline and give it its unique beauty. That's something that these older midwest cities have that unfortunately Houston (where i live) lack.

8/10 for the art-decos, 7.5 in general

I'll post my photos in a bit.

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Detroit has a pretty outdated skyline :( I've read there were developments and proposals to rehabilitate the downtown area. I hope there are big proposals or new skyscrapers being built soon.

8.5/10

I love the architecture in Detroit, especially the older buildings. The Renaissance Center is actually not too high on my list.

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7/10 has character.

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love it. 9/10

10/10

Perfect! Top 10 in the world.

Detroit on GE:
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I don't know what I think about Detroit. The skyline looks outdated, and is it still a "dead" city?

really nice..... 7.5/10
needs more fancy design talls to make it current...

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very nice and i love it; however, for a city of this size. it needs improvement. 8.5

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Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancox_/5505468044/) by YODCOX! (http://www.flickr.com/people/dancox_/), on Flickr

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Detroit Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterocks/5422180957/) by Pete Rocks (http://www.flickr.com/people/peterocks/), on Flickr

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Belle Isle - DetroitSkyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinsanbc/5376313779/) by Brian Callahan (ShinsanBC) (http://www.flickr.com/people/shinsanbc/), on Flickr

Detroit's skyline is not too bad...I give it 7/10.

Double Post :bash:

Some great old buildings, but it hasn't kept pace with its neighbours. 7/10.

Detroit is surreal to me....it has a decent skyline, one of the best in north america!

7/10

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Awesome skyline! 9.5/10. Sad the city is in decline :(

9/10

Great tilt shift!!! :)

This city is in decline since more 30 years :drool:

7,5 for this dying city

8/10 very nice skyline

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Downtown Detroit, Michigan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49394874@N08/5749275917/) by SkylineScenes (http://www.flickr.com/people/49394874@N08/), on Flickr

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Comerica Park and Ford Field, Detroit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49394874@N08/5749819586/) by SkylineScenes (http://www.flickr.com/people/49394874@N08/), on Flickr

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Downtown Detroit, Michigan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49394874@N08/5749820694/) by SkylineScenes (http://www.flickr.com/people/49394874@N08/), on Flickr

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Detroit, Michigan Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49394874@N08/5749276719/) by SkylineScenes (http://www.flickr.com/people/49394874@N08/), on Flickr

No really modern towers here but you gotta love those old school towers!Detroit is STILL one of America's core cities!

8,5/10

i like it ;) 8/10

8 out of 10. The 1920s giants are some of my favorite buildings around, and Detroit's core is to me one of the most striking, full of character other, more generic downtowns lack. But I don't like the RenCen's isolation, the ring of parking lots and freeways around downtown is heartbreaking, and the horror this city has been through in the past sixty years while the suburbs get richer and richer...*shakes head*.

8/10. :cheers:

HEIGHT: 8
DENSITY: 7
SETTING: 7.5
ARCHITECTURE: 7
WOW FACTOR: 7.5
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AVERAGE: 7.4 or 7.5/10! :cheers2:

10- Exhilarating! & Elegant Looking!
9.5- Almost perfect!
9- Charming!
8.5- Brilliant and Vibrant!
8.0- Really Nice!
7.5- Above Average
7.0- Average-looking, decent
6.5- Somehow interesting
6.0- Has a lot of potential
5.5- Skyline is ok. needs to build more
5.0- Nothing special
4.5- Please build!
4.0- Generally flat
3.5 or less- Where's the skyline?

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8.5/10

Detroit has a nice skyline and few cities can match it's stock of older skyscrapers.

cute skyline, not so cute city.

cute skyline, not so cute city.

Don't be so quick to judge, ok Detroit isn't so great, but the suburbs are some of the richest, most liveable cities in the world. For instance Ann Arbor, it has a low unemployment rate, high median income, very educated populous, and it was one of the few cities in the US to have zero murders last year.

the suburbs are some of the richest, most liveable cities
Oxymoron? You see, that's the problem: people fled to the suburbs there, way! more than most places
(cities_;)) have come to experience :(

Lmichigan found this gem:

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Kevin Ryan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/secondglance540/6723432283/in/pool-70057581@N00/)

^^ I Find it intriguing all the lots of nothing but grass, those are obviously where homes used to be and have since been demolished, it's weird to see how a lot can go from being a home, to nothing but grass.

If you want to see how awesome Detroit is, you should look at Chrysler's commercials.

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-wuGE-RX550

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:pfft: that company can http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c94/blk00ws6ta/Smilies/jerkit.gif -- the following one's probably better:

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Errr, sorry, this video's lousy because of its ignorant car passengers (not the city itself).



demolishedtorched:(

:pfft: that company can http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c94/blk00ws6ta/Smilies/jerkit.gif -- the following one's probably better:

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Errr, sorry, this video's lousy because of its ignorant car passengers (not the city itself).



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I don't see torched as a bad thing though... It's citizens trying to rid their neighborhood of crime! It's an alternative to the city funding deconstruction at least!

No, their torching's (which are dangerous, thus bad) are to rid their blocks of blight ... their torchings induce unnecessary bother and fear throught the fire brigades there :(