Pavel Chichikov, a regular contributor to this site, sent me a link to an astonishing set of photographs of derelect buildings in Detroit. They are so powerful as a witness to the demise of that once prosperoous city and serve as a symbol of the possible future of many other American cities if the present rate of deindustrialization continues. As I perused the photographs, I was reminded of the lines from Eliot’s Waste Land about the “falling towers”.
Falling towers
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Unreal
Here’s the link:
During a recent vacation we drove through the Southeast US, where there are within sight of the Interstates, several new auto plants producing Kias, Hyundais, BMWs, Mercedes, & Nissans. While Detroit’s fall is tragic, I am nevertheless happy as a Southerner to have these factories down here.