the things the whole world wanted made here. the heart, the soul, the beat of an industrial, cultural superpower. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future, from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream, you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the big ricocco building completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. one next to it is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. 5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? it is post-apocalyptic except for the fact there s 700,000 people living here. detroit, 2013. charlie ludoff is a writer, journalist, television reporter. he grew up here. but it used to be 2 million people.
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an industrial, cultural superpower. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future, from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream, you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the big ricocco building completely empty. unblelievablunbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. one next to it is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. 5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? it is post-apocalyptic except for the fact there s 700,000 people living here. detroit, 2013. charlie ludoff is a writer, journalist, television reporter. he grew up here. but it used to be 2 million people. that was rubber.
the heart, the soul, the beat of an industrial cultural super power. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future. from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream? you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the rococo building, completely empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. the one on the right is completely empty. the great pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean, it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-lo hipock n tick. 2 used to be 2 million people. that was rubber. that guy was steel.
an industrial, cultural superpower. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future, from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream, you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? the big building, completely empty. empty? unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s some money coming in. the one next to it on the right is completely empty. the gray pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that basically. $5 million for a skyscraper. it s post-apocalyptic. it s like a science fiction film. what the hell happened here? well, it is post-apocalyptic except for the fact that there s several hundred thousand people living here. detroit 2013. charlie la duff is a writer, journalist, television reporter. he grew up here. but it used to be two million people. that was rubber. that guy was steel.