Two Links for Detroit
"Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2011354185_realdetroit21.html?syndication=rss
For the visually inclined, an illustrative collection of photo essays detailing Motor City's Decline. The first entitled 'feral houses' shows some abandoned homes in varying states of decay. Made by James D. Griffioen.
http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/prairies/feral-houses/
