michigan ave
i can't help but be emotionally affected by the degree of destruction that metro detroit has undergone in the last 10 years.
today we drove about 15 miles east down michigan avenue to downtown dearborn. prior to reaching dearborn, there is a vast open space of the remnants of a once prosperous line of industry. mainly auto parts factories, car dealerships, gas stations and the like. most were abandonded, and the houses built north of them were in slow decay as well.
between canton and dearborn on michigan avenue, is a large stretch of machinary: a ford motor co. plant. i don't know what this one specializes in, in didn't get a chance to read the signs, i was too overwhelmed by what seemed to be well over a mile stretch of land fenced and gated by this particular ford plant.
on such a nice day like today, i feel like driving all over the city and recording all those things that were once beautiful, trying to discover what made them attractive in the first place. but its kinda hard with ford hanging over your head.
the auto industry has really taken a bite out of this region. and when the industry has failed so miserably it only was able to spit it back up rather than swallow it and produce something new.
today we drove about 15 miles east down michigan avenue to downtown dearborn. prior to reaching dearborn, there is a vast open space of the remnants of a once prosperous line of industry. mainly auto parts factories, car dealerships, gas stations and the like. most were abandonded, and the houses built north of them were in slow decay as well.
between canton and dearborn on michigan avenue, is a large stretch of machinary: a ford motor co. plant. i don't know what this one specializes in, in didn't get a chance to read the signs, i was too overwhelmed by what seemed to be well over a mile stretch of land fenced and gated by this particular ford plant.
on such a nice day like today, i feel like driving all over the city and recording all those things that were once beautiful, trying to discover what made them attractive in the first place. but its kinda hard with ford hanging over your head.
the auto industry has really taken a bite out of this region. and when the industry has failed so miserably it only was able to spit it back up rather than swallow it and produce something new.
posted by Jonathan @ 3:38 PM
4 Comments:
At 5:26 PM,
reynolds said…
http://www.wndu.com/news/032003/news_19147.php
At 11:29 PM,
Jonathan said…
you've got to be kidding me?
i guess it only makes sense in detroit.
At 4:29 PM,
Chris Sauchak said…
albeit a great emotional trip equalling as a road...reminds me when I used to drive michigan avenue back from the warehouse in ypsilanti or getting lost outside of jackson...the rust is your blood jonathan.
At 10:55 PM,
Jonathan said…
chris?
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