To say that there are ruins in Detroit is no different than saying that there are ruins in Paris and Rome. They testify about an age that no longer exists. It isn't to imply that the place is dead, just that there is an architectural memory of things that no longer exist.
More impressive to me than the industrial ruins is cruising through neighborhoods still mostly vacant since the depopulation following the closing of the big plants. There's a sense of vacancy around each spot of life that is so different than a city like NYC or Chicago where people are still stacked as tight as they can be. kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
