My dear friend Michael sent me a link filled with photographs of the ruins of Detroit, Michigan. He's currently in his first year of his two-year commitment with Teach For America where he sees homes and buildings like this DAILY. It amazes and saddens me how a whole city actually could decline. Take a look for yourself. I've posted a few of the photos, but I'd suggest looking at the actual site and reading the captions. They'll speak volumes. To me, these photos really urge me to pray for the people living in Detroit and for the people who no longer live there but were still greatly affected by the unfortunate "failing" of its car industry (the main sustenance for the city's economy at the time). It also urges me to continue to take part in freely and joyfully giving.
Lol. And kind of a side note...Another thing it awakens in me is the practical ways someone might be able to help Detroit's economy and their own personal finances! Not sure if this is actually plausible, but many, and I mean MANY, people love vintage stuff! Wouldn't it be awesome for you and them if you could buy (maybe from the city itself) their old things like organizers, desks, chairs, chandeliers, and use them to sell at your very own vintage furniture rental store?! or...for some DIY projects?! or...selling on your very own Etsy shop?! The possible uses could go on I'm sure...hehe :) Anyway, back to being serious...what do these photos speak to you and your soul? I'm very curious.
Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit
United Artists Theater
Biology classroom, Wilbur Wright High School
Waiting hall, Michigan Central Station
East Methodist Church
East Side Public Library
Offices, Highland Park Police Station
2 comments:
the bank photo was the saddest to me. i think it's the contrast between what a bank is supposed to be (that's where our money, treasures, and future are stored and protected) vs what this one has become (laid to waste, stripped out, rusted, and it even looks like it got ransacked). i didn't even know this was happening in detroit. thanks for sharing!
Yeah...definitely.
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