I have a hobby of photographing abandoned places. These photos are amazing. A friend from Detroit has been bugging me to go there for the weekend, but it's hard with a family at home. Cleveland's actually a bit better -- most of the abandoned stuff is commercial rather than cultural and has little architectural value. Of course, a lot of the really beautiful stuff was torn down in the 60's and 70's, and a lot of once great buildings now have lesser purposes.
Once category of sad decay is places of worship. As white people left the city for the suburbs, they built new churches/temples. Their previous buildings were often purchased by urban congregations who couldn't afford to keep them up. Just this week, it was announced that fifty Catholic churches are to be closed within the next year.
Note: I'm an atheist, but I enjoy architecture. So, please don't take this as a religious opinion piece.
Once category of sad decay is places of worship. As white people left the city for the suburbs, they built new churches/temples. Their previous buildings were often purchased by urban congregations who couldn't afford to keep them up. Just this week, it was announced that fifty Catholic churches are to be closed within the next year.
Note: I'm an atheist, but I enjoy architecture. So, please don't take this as a religious opinion piece.