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Thanks to Jeff Buck for locating and making these images available. As a 4x5 view camera shooter, I look at these 8x10 plates with awe and admiration. Notice how incredibly pinpoint sharp these...

John Leahy's piece in Guernicamag was very well done, and ably defined the "factions" involved in this discussion. And the ruins of Six Flags in New Orleans are also very striking - I've seen...

Good to see Mitch out with this autobiography. Hope it gets some good visibility from rock journalists and talk hosts. It'll help fill the house when he performs, too.

It was pretty awesome when factory guys were tricking-out cars and running them on the streets of Detroit after dark. That car sitting next to you at a stoplight could be a factory superlight racer! ...

Another thought about Gratiot. I remember seeing engine and trans parts that weren't regular production pieces. Not just Ford - other makes, too. I always wondered if guys who worked at the plants...

If you worked on - and built up - your car decades ago, you probably bought speed parts at Gratiot Auto Supply. I found things at Gratiot that today are beyond priceless. Like brand new - and...

Some jihadi group in Pakistan has reportedly put a more than $1million price on Ol' Mutton Chops. There are plenty of "brothers" in SE Michigan who would be honored to do the job. Might even be...

You sparked me to go into St. Louis' north side on Google Maps. I saw empty land where buildings once stood, and a number of vacant buildings. From the look of things, I guess that St. Louis had...

"That ad is so yesterday. No point in discussing it any further. It's long forgotten by now" Au Contraire.
I saw a 60 second "cutdown" version of the Chrysler 200 spot on TV Monday night. It's a...

Another thought. There's Ruin Porn of many flavors. Google this: "S.S. American Star" This is an ocean liner [[Originally S.S. America, the sister ship of the S.S. United States) that ran aground...

Fair points from both sides. There certainly is more to the D than the ruins. Of course! But the visual power of neglect and decay is arresting.

For a philosophical "take" on the topic, the...

Hope Adam Richman, the guy on MvF, is putting money aside for the quadruple bypass he will get before he's 50. If you watch the show, you know. Eat that much grease and slop, and you'll hit the dirt....

The numbers "Stars" pulls are some of ABC's best. Others ABC shows, by and large, come in lower. A writeup saying 1-8-7 pulled numbers 35 percent lower than "Stars" is similar to berating some Fox...

I really liked "Blue Collar" for its story line and shooting. Now it's also a time capsule - it was shot at Checker Motors in Kalamazoo [[unless they built a sound stage to replicate it). That's...

Just watched the Wolchek Fox2 piece. The autoworkers were a bit dumb to be so blatantly open about boozing or catching a buzz while a reporter and his shooter are milling around. And, sadly, it's...

To steal and repurpose the best line from "The Last Picture Show," be it offered that "Nothing has been right since Slumpy died."

If I owned the Ambassador Bridge, I would augment the present...

Not only do I love this photo, but also, I love what it was undoubtedly shot with - an 8x10 view camera, probably on a glass negative. People who have only used 35mm or even 6x6 have never enjoyed...

I lived in Miami back in the early - mid 70s. Hermod isn't making this up. The lucky ones walked some pounds off and picked up a few foot blisters. The unlucky ones wound up as snacks for assorted...

Powerful, well shot and edited. A great sense of "story." If the finished piece is as good as the trailer, this will be a significant work. These firefighters are the thin line of civilization, and...

It's so drop-dead gorgeous. It deserves to fall into loving and well heeled hands. Because, like the Queen Mary, this is a very expensive way to go. The projected listing price is a pittance. In...

DetroitYes reconnects me to a place and people that really impacted my life. With occasional trips, lots of reading, and even Google Earth "street view," I have tried to keep relatively current on...

Boston-Edison is such a heartbreaker. The better homes there are just astounding. I look at the real estate listings and wish that things were better. But, as people have brought up, the neighborhood...

If you put "282 Eliot" into "street view," you get to see Slumpy again! There was absolutely nothing like it - Slumpy was the poster child for the house-moving industy. Bricks like to stay put...

When Kwame is released from incarceration, I'll bet my two bucks that he takes another shot at office. Think about Marion Barry's antics. Here's a guy that Kilpatrick can take a lot of inspiration...

I wonder how many "steam tunnel mutants" live down there in the Detroit Thermal pipe passageways? Wild semi-humanoid critters who don't see daylight. Seen them myself way deep in the bowels of New...