100 Abandoned Houses in Detroit

Here is a photo project covering 100 Abandoned Houses in Detroit. I worked there in the mid80s as a consultant to several firms, Burroughs and Ford mostly. I really enjoyed the city. It has great food and music. At the time it was also a place where people looked over their shoulder as they walked down the street. I am sadden by the further decline. Here is part of what the photographer said.

“As the number of images grew, and a documentary style emerged, I switched from mostly black and white, to color, and decided to name the series 100 Abandoned Houses. 100 seemed like a lot, although the number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.”

Take a look. Thanks to PSFK for pointing this out.

Comments

[Dan Zaharia]

Do you know the exact number or approximate number of vacant or depressed homes in Detroit or know where I could find data tables or charts that would indicate such information?

[bill Ives]

Thanks for the question but I do now know the answers. I would suggest using Google. Bill