Ruin Porn

Construction is seen on a new housing development along the riverfront in Detroit, Michigan, December 9, 2015. A year after the city exited the biggest-ever US municipal bankruptcy, a plan to demolish half of its nearly 80,000 blighted or deteriorating st

Detroit still has its scars — but there are signs showing a city on the mend

Development

Let’s be honest, there’s something to those scenes of decay in Detroit that captures the imagination of photographers and viewers alike. They speak to a cautionary tale about a beautiful industrial powerhouse laid to ruin by the slow disaster that was globalism, racism, corruption and neglect. But despite these lingering images, things are changing and more is improving than just the murder rate.