If you are tired of people talking about the "ruins of Detroit" you should check out two recent photosets from the Michigan Exposures blog. The first is of the Fisher Building and includes the picture above. The second features pictures of another Albert Kahn building, Cadillac Place.
Not only does Michigan Exposures have great pictures, but they use their photographs as a starting point for great history lessons about the state. Take for example I-94:
Interstate 94 is designated as the first border to border Interstate when it was completed in the early 1960's. Sections of it were built as Freeways before the Interstate Freeway Act was signed into law in 1956, therefore a trip along I-94 is a chance to see the development of freeways. Some of the interchanges don't have long acceleration ramps (the one in Ann Arbor is guilty of this), some of the interchanges are the hideous cloverleaf pattern and some have been built up to modern standards.
As the owner of that blog, thank you for posting that picture and link to my blog. I hope you enjoy it and take a look at other places on it.
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