Browsing Category 'Urban Decay'

Michigan Central Station overcome

One of the challenges for any photographer is creating images that at first can appear simple, but make the viewer do a double-take and think about what they’re looking at. A few weeks back I was in Detroit and over by MCS – again – where I found someone had posted this sign

Can Michigan Recover Lens Artwork

Now I’m not one to pile on – especially when discussing Michigan. After all, this is the state that me and my family call home. Goodness knows that there are issues, especially in the metro Detroit area. What many don’t realize, though, is that

Ticket Booth

Here you have the former ticket counter inside of Michigan Central Station. Once a bustling area where millions purchased tickets for travel, time and taggers have completely re-engineered it into something unrecognizable.

Bob Lo Boat

Boy does this bring back memories – but not memories that look like this. Here sit the two boats that ferried passengers to Bob Lo Amusement Park outside of Detroit for over eight decades. In spite of their current appearance, there are some remarkable facts that go with these ships.

Abandoned cafeteria

It’s always interesting to see how places sort of de-evolve when left alone for decades. Sometimes, like here in this former mess hall, the randomness of the decay makes for a quite interesting display.

Michigan Central Station at night

Here is Michigan Central Station – one of the greatest urban ruins in the entire country.

Fort Point San Francisco

Sometimes clowns give people nightmares, and I never really understood why until getting this image. Yes, that is a small toy clown standing in an obviously abandoned structure.

Abandoned service panel

Yet another fine photo op courtesy of Michigan Central Station. There are few better lighting sources than the sun, and in this case the colors were highlighted as the setting sun reflected off of the building through a window behind me.

Michigan Central Station sunset

While this photo, at first glance, looks like so many other sunset pictures, there are some differences that should be noted. People have told me that while it looks typical, there is ‘something’ about it that gives it a different feel. They’re right – and here is why this photo appears in both the Nature [...]

Broken Beat and Scarred

While this scene looks like the aftermath of a hurricane, this was found in Southeast Michigan – far away from such weather conditions.