solitude, photo by Keith Emmerich.
Keith writes: “Inside the abandoned packard auto plant, Detroit, Michigan”.
Endless Columns
Endless Columns, photo by Allan M.
Allan writes:
The details on the MCS are amazing, especially considering that they were placed where most people would never see them. It was done simply for the sake of art.
The Michigan Central Depot opened in 1913. It closed in January 1987, as Amtrak decided that the station was too large for their operations, and too costly to maintain. It went through many owners, until it ended up in the hands of local businessman Manny Moroun. Manny owns the Ambassador Bridge, as well as the train station and a large amount of land in Southwest Detroit.
Read more and/or check out his Michigan Central Depot photo set. Allan is also involved with UrbanPlanet.org, a great forum for discussion of the cities of Michigan, the US and the world.
Every Young Man’s Dream
Every Young Man's Dream, photo by SOUTHEN.
Says about all you need to say about Opening Day.
Well, I guess we could also say "Check out this set of photos from the Detroit Tigers Opening Day 2005 by UrbanTiki".
And we could add a pointer to Ryan Southen's new online store "urbanexchange" at Cafe Press (from which he hopes to make money to purchase better camera equipment and such).
It probably wouldn't hurt to stand up and shout "Play Ball!" either.
Detroit I
Detroit I, photo by Gregory Lee.
Industrial rev.
Industrial rev., originally uploaded by G0Da.
Part of a set of photos with an industrial edge from Greenfield Village.
G0da’s pics also appear on Destination: Michigan’s visit to The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
Out of the blue
Photos from Super Bowl XL in Detroit
Superbowl XL, originally uploaded by ifmuth.
This dynamic photo from Ian Freimuth is one of a number of photos of Super Bowl XL shared in the Absolute Michigan group and in the Super Bowl XL photo group. He’s also got a great up close shot of Ford Field.
One highlight more Michiganders of the Super Bowl was that it was Detroit native and Pittsburgh Steeler great Jerome Bettis’s final game. Here’s a short video from the NFL that begins with one of the coolest tributes I’ve ever seen.
Celebration!
Celebration, originally uploaded by ddurbin123.
Steelers win, confetti flies
Be sure to check out these other shots from Dave Durbin (he also has about 180 more of Super Bowl weekend in the Motor City):
Halftime Rox- Start Me Up!
Start Me Up, originally uploaded by CAVE CANEM.
Race Bannon writes: I could have reached out and touched him.. He was one of the folks who got free admission to the Super Bowl … though only for halftime.
Be sure to check out Bobby Alcott’s gallery from Super Bowl XL as well.
Ford Field, Home of Super Bowl XL, Right there in Detroit, Michigan, a Beautiful city that could use a boost!
Ford Field, originally uploaded by Boston Fan in Michigan.
I looked and looked for a picture that could summarize the day of Super Bowl XL. I found this picture of greektown that I liked quite a lot, another of a happy Steeler fan that’s not from Michigan but is really great, and another of an aerial view of Ford Field at kickoff (the players look a lot different from this angle). I even thought about a shot of the really neat interior of Ford Field I had taken but discarded it as “too vain”.
I decided in the end to go with this great shot of Ford Field from Thanksgiving Day 2005 and my prediction: Seahawks 23 – Steelers 21
John
“Who’s the Super Bowl for? Not people like me…”
The Snowsuit Effort is probably Michigan’s most popular photo site. The site’s creator and photographer, Ryan Keberly, allows his subjects (and his amazing pictures) to do the talking. Head on over to The Snowsuit Effort for many more pictures (including a photo of John’s compass). Be sure to read and listen to the intervews as well. While you’re at it, vote for the site in the 2006 Bloggies.
Nights in the D
Detroit Skyline, photo by SOUTHEN.
Ryan Southen has created this amazing set of night photos Detroit taken over the last few days that capture the energy and pulse of a city in the eye of the Super Bowl storm.The hardest part about this post was picking which photo to use!
The above photo is of the Renaissance Center, headquarters of General Motors and really quite an amazing structure. Here’s a close up shot I took in the daytime and a more distant shot of the RenCen from the Detroit River by MiRae.
NOTE: Ryan’s original photo was deleted so I added this one!
Michigan in Pictures 