Ruins don’t encourage you to dwell on what they were like in their heyday,before they were ruins. The Colosseum in Rome or the amphitheater at Leptis Magna have never been anything but ruins. They’re eternal ruins. It’s the same here. This building could never have looked more magnificent than it does now, surrounded by its own silence. Ruins don’t make you think of the past, they direct you toward the future. The effect is almost prophetic. This is what the future will end up like... — nytimes.com
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God, more decay porn from the Times and another reference to that shallow movie Detropia. WTF. Detroit is a far more interesting and vibrant city than half a dozen other American cities I've spent time in, and it's in no way "destined" to be an "eternal ruin".
World capital?! What, like nobody goes to Rome anymore? Everybody's been to Rome. This is ridiculous, best I can tell is that Detroit is a niche interest for architects and a few edgy types. I doubt there are many family vacations or honeymooners heading there.
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