The sun sets for the last time on Hudson's
Department Store.
October 24, 1998.
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Now, as for centuries, tourists behold those
ruins with awe and wonder. Yet today, a vast and history laden ruin
site passes unnoticed, even despised, into oblivion.
Come, travel with me, as I guide you
on a tour through the fabulous and vanishing ruins
of my beloved Detroit.
BEGIN TOUR
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Welcome to the
DetroitYES Project
The DetroitYES project
began with the 1996 launch of the "Fabulous Ruins of Detroit"
tour.
This guided tour of the
contemporary ruins of
Detroit is accompanied by brief notes which, woven together,
tell the story of precipitous decline and agonizing path of the
great city of Detroit in the late 20th Century.
Along away the visitor will discover a
snapshot of the ruins of Detroit in the mid 1990's meant to
stimulate and energize discussion of the questions, "What went
wrong?" and "Where to do we go from Here?"
The "Classic Tour"
forms the core of the DetroitYES project, an endeavor that has grown to over
2000 pages and has become home the most active
forum for the discussion of Detroit, its problems and its promise -
The Discuss Detroit Forum.
You are invited and encouraged
to share your memories, questions and observations with the
millions who now visit this site and participate its
discussion forums.
Welcome and enjoy,
Lowell Boileau
Project Creator
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ACCOLADES
BEST OF DETROIT
HOUR MAGAZINE
FAVORITE DETROIT WEBSITE
DETROIT FREE PRESS\
BEST DETROIT WEBSITE
METRO TIMES
4 STARS
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
YAHOO PICK OF THE YEAR
WIRED MAGAZINE
DECEMBER
1998 NY TIMES
MAR 1,
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