The devastation of Detroit was a slow motion earthquake that unfolded over decades and left tens of thousands of destroyed and abandoned buildings in its wake. With that came derision and damaged image that made Mayor Mike Duggan bristle and create the M100 list, later expanded to 150 of the major "stars" of the show--large commercial buildings. Can anyone figure out how to get that list, ideally in spreadsheet form?
An international exhibition of photos of Detroit’s abandoned and decaying commercial buildings made him “extremely angry,” Mayor Mike Duggan said last year. He believed it continued the “ruin porn” reputation in the popular imagination, the idea that dilapidated sites were drawing tourists.
It also prompted the city to step up efforts to demolish and rehabilitate buildings that in some cases had been empty for generations. And after an initial dozen were identified, Duggan said in his 2022 State of the City address last March, he wanted to expand the scope to encompass even more blight.
“I want to make sure there’s no chance somebody comes around with a new camera and takes new pictures,” he said. “So we made a list of the next hundred.”That list became known as the M100, and has since ballooned to 150 blighted commercial properties the city is tracking. Most are slated for demolition, but others may still be saved.
I found this listing on the WWJ website, of the original 100, but it is photo images and not very useful as a result.
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