OT sort of: 100 Abandoned Houses

[TexasLine]

[quote=Ricechex]…The people that built those homes over 100 years ago, thought life was grand, and it was, then, for them. Yes, the paintings will be haunting. It is all really existential….[/quote]

Yea. Exactly. That’s why a whole series of paintings of these homes would be so intriguing. At Least that’s what I though when I looked through them.

It is as you said/implied; there is a magnificent story to each of them. Stories of triumph, stories of meritocracy and stories of tragedy – all of the stories taking decades to unravel.

What they “were” vs. what they “are”. What a story.

[UCGal]

Many appear to have been abandoned after a fire.
A few might not have been abandoned. #6 and #31.

One, I’m not sure if there was a house… I just saw a giant bush/tree thing.

Some of them clearly had great bones/lines prior to being allowed to decay or being burned.

Thanks for sharing that.

[UCGal]

Many appear to have been abandoned after a fire.
A few might not have been abandoned. #6 and #31.

One, I’m not sure if there was a house… I just saw a giant bush/tree thing.

Some of them clearly had great bones/lines prior to being allowed to decay or being burned.

Thanks for sharing that.

[UCGal]

Many appear to have been abandoned after a fire.
A few might not have been abandoned. #6 and #31.

One, I’m not sure if there was a house… I just saw a giant bush/tree thing.

Some of them clearly had great bones/lines prior to being allowed to decay or being burned.

Thanks for sharing that.

[UCGal]

Many appear to have been abandoned after a fire.
A few might not have been abandoned. #6 and #31.

One, I’m not sure if there was a house… I just saw a giant bush/tree thing.

Some of them clearly had great bones/lines prior to being allowed to decay or being burned.

Thanks for sharing that.

[UCGal]

Many appear to have been abandoned after a fire.
A few might not have been abandoned. #6 and #31.

One, I’m not sure if there was a house… I just saw a giant bush/tree thing.

Some of them clearly had great bones/lines prior to being allowed to decay or being burned.

Thanks for sharing that.

[jpinpb]

It pained me to go through them all. I imagine the days when they were built and the hopes and dreams that surrounded them. It is a pity and shame to see the condition today. Makes me want to fix some of them up. Also makes me wonder 100 years from now what condition our houses will be in. Many houses today are built w/lesser quality, cheaper construction materials.

Edit: Cool that you can purchase prints and money goes to organization doing positive work in Detroit (preferably), or in other cities around the country. Organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and The Greening of Detroit.

[jpinpb]

It pained me to go through them all. I imagine the days when they were built and the hopes and dreams that surrounded them. It is a pity and shame to see the condition today. Makes me want to fix some of them up. Also makes me wonder 100 years from now what condition our houses will be in. Many houses today are built w/lesser quality, cheaper construction materials.

Edit: Cool that you can purchase prints and money goes to organization doing positive work in Detroit (preferably), or in other cities around the country. Organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and The Greening of Detroit.

[jpinpb]

It pained me to go through them all. I imagine the days when they were built and the hopes and dreams that surrounded them. It is a pity and shame to see the condition today. Makes me want to fix some of them up. Also makes me wonder 100 years from now what condition our houses will be in. Many houses today are built w/lesser quality, cheaper construction materials.

Edit: Cool that you can purchase prints and money goes to organization doing positive work in Detroit (preferably), or in other cities around the country. Organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and The Greening of Detroit.

[jpinpb]

It pained me to go through them all. I imagine the days when they were built and the hopes and dreams that surrounded them. It is a pity and shame to see the condition today. Makes me want to fix some of them up. Also makes me wonder 100 years from now what condition our houses will be in. Many houses today are built w/lesser quality, cheaper construction materials.

Edit: Cool that you can purchase prints and money goes to organization doing positive work in Detroit (preferably), or in other cities around the country. Organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and The Greening of Detroit.

[jpinpb]

It pained me to go through them all. I imagine the days when they were built and the hopes and dreams that surrounded them. It is a pity and shame to see the condition today. Makes me want to fix some of them up. Also makes me wonder 100 years from now what condition our houses will be in. Many houses today are built w/lesser quality, cheaper construction materials.

Edit: Cool that you can purchase prints and money goes to organization doing positive work in Detroit (preferably), or in other cities around the country. Organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and The Greening of Detroit.

[jpinpb]

What was more disturbing:
“The number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.”

More like an abandoned city. Saddens me that a once industrial city w/opportunity has been reduced to this condition. Why wouldn’t a big company take advantage of the dire situation and set up shop on the cheap and get people back to work in our country.

I’m sure I’m being too simplistic and idealistic.

[jpinpb]

What was more disturbing:
“The number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.”

More like an abandoned city. Saddens me that a once industrial city w/opportunity has been reduced to this condition. Why wouldn’t a big company take advantage of the dire situation and set up shop on the cheap and get people back to work in our country.

I’m sure I’m being too simplistic and idealistic.

[jpinpb]

What was more disturbing:
“The number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.”

More like an abandoned city. Saddens me that a once industrial city w/opportunity has been reduced to this condition. Why wouldn’t a big company take advantage of the dire situation and set up shop on the cheap and get people back to work in our country.

I’m sure I’m being too simplistic and idealistic.

[jpinpb]

What was more disturbing:
“The number of abandoned houses in Detroit is more like 12,000. Encompassing an area of over 138 square miles, Detroit has enough room to hold the land mass of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan Island, yet the population has fallen from close to 2 million citizens, to most likely less than 800,000. With such a dramatic decline, the abandoned house problem is not likely to go away any time soon.”

More like an abandoned city. Saddens me that a once industrial city w/opportunity has been reduced to this condition. Why wouldn’t a big company take advantage of the dire situation and set up shop on the cheap and get people back to work in our country.

I’m sure I’m being too simplistic and idealistic.

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