amateur photos that highlight the unlikely beauty of the “paris of the west”(and sometimes other places and stuff)Tumblr (3.0; @belladetroit)http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b2cb426daa04b39e16c4a7e1097863c/tumblr_mmidylEThs1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#detroit #graffiti #streetart #eyes window to the soul? #tagging #msk #mince #gasm #amandawo #false #dont #dems #yougogirl #face #abandoned #trespass #blvd</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49981577231http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49981577231Wed, 08 May 2013 22:08:45 -0400eyesgasmstreetartabandonedyougogirlamandawomincedetroitfacetrespassmskdemsblvdgraffitifalsetaggingdont<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0b2f2c2900d66a2b3d0b67c873d6ce9/tumblr_mmeuutRxW11qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#cranbrook #door #library #architecture #lookslikeallah #texture #igersdetroit</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49833854217http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49833854217Tue, 07 May 2013 00:23:17 -0400doorcranbrookigersdetroittexturelookslikeallahlibraryarchitecture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8569b4487a57fe26bfc06fb0148bd3d3/tumblr_mmeufy2sdc1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#bridge #canal #michigan #nature</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49833301886http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49833301886Tue, 07 May 2013 00:14:22 -0400canalbridgemichigannature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/077065004ee180d9845e9059296a7b96/tumblr_mmeu67PM8V1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#caution #swans #ducks #lake #nature #michigan #signs #typography #igersdetroit</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49832931012http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49832931012Tue, 07 May 2013 00:08:31 -0400typographynaturemichiganlakeduckscautionigersdetroitsignsswans<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc2c8bad5071e250d04597f668dd4139/tumblr_mmdwzvxf0c1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#sunset #michigan #sky #winter #road</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49780263515http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49780263515Mon, 06 May 2013 12:11:55 -0400skymichigansunsetwinterroad<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb0054419d935400b6b84189a8ab39e7/tumblr_mmdwtkGFda1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#sunset #michigan</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49780073459http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/49780073459Mon, 06 May 2013 12:08:07 -0400michigansunset<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/824f14d3e51509c8e02e9c004cdf96e8/tumblr_mg4kejLkSN1qeul8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://karpovwreckedtrain.tumblr.com/post/39694387044/the-brewster-douglass-housing-projects-the" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">karpovwreckedtrain</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects / The housing project is named after Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, author, and reformer / On November 15, 2012, Mayor Bing announced that the demolition of the properties would happen, when, we don’t know / Detroit, Michigan / January 4, 2013</p> <p><a href="http://detroiturbex.com/content/neighborhoods/fdtowers/index.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://detroiturbex.com/content/neighborhoods/fdtowers/index.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://detroiturbex.com/content/neighborhoods/fdtowers/index.html" target="_blank">http://detroiturbex.com/content/neighborhoods/fdtowers/index.html</a></a></p></blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742997603http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742997603Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:31:50 -0500detroithistoricprojectsbrewsters douglasshousingarchitectureurbancitypoliticscultureblack and whiteabandoned<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b834414a8ca8f7bc4191c0446ab308ee/tumblr_mg4x5ai3wj1qeul8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://karpovwreckedtrain.tumblr.com/post/39716486528/the-brewster-douglass-housing-projects-detroit" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">karpovwreckedtrain</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects / Detroit, Michigan / January 4, 2013</p></blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742735513http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742735513Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:22:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/308d62c5ec61860258464b847333836a/tumblr_mg53blWIXE1rnjzcwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://aestheticdetroit.tumblr.com/post/39726536484/revernd" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">aestheticdetroit</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Revernd</p></blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742521852http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742521852Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:16:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/059d84a422b7dc9ad64268ef91fdfc15/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba3391dcc49a3dc608927216dcbf47cf/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/49ab1a3701f0141022a0b3974eed8d83/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab09c4ac7d46fb09860c71bc917d89e6/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cca1d9a20b825255c49816d2c5f9cc66/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c77609f7c85ee46de2959faefa3f86da/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eb79ff434a3cc9a129912edd11ee412a/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b49113420d93a97c2a9c991dd85f564/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o8_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/545b3d23ff0e869c81189f8719a37853/tumblr_mg0e2qjCc01r3r807o9_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abstraire.tumblr.com/post/39484256515/gail-albert-halaban-out-my-window" target="_blank">abstraire</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://ww.gailalberthalaban.com" target="_blank">Gail Albert Halaban</a> - <em>Out My Window</em></p> </blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742417061http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/39742417061Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:13:01 -0500coolnot detroiturbanpeopletravelarchitecture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mej0a2C3r31r40bcuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://detroiting.com/post/37210129176/we-hope-for-better-things-it-shall-rise-from-the" target="_blank">detroiting</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes. #speramusmoliera #resurgetcinebrus (at Brush Park Historic District)</p> </blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37235687265http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37235687265Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:10:32 -0500detroitrise upmottobrush parkneighborhoodsstreet artcityhistoryhousesgreenhope<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefx4dMNb11qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My fav #chaos #gasm though I liked the more colorful gasm that got written over. #msk #graffiti #streetart #detroit #igersdetroit #writing #tagging #blvd #abandoned #urban #city #grass #colorful #nofilter</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37095893860http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37095893860Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:41:01 -0500urbannofiltergasmstreetartcolorfulcitychaosdetroitwritingmskigersdetroitblvdgraffitigrasstaggingabandoned<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7n4tJizR1qeul8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://karpovwreckedtrain.tumblr.com/post/33982073040/downtown-detroit-photographed-with-an-old" target="_blank">karpovwreckedtrain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Downtown Detroit / Photographed with an old Russian Film lens on my Samsung GX20 / Detroit, Michigan / October 1, 2012</p> </blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37076882763http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37076882763Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:10:16 -0500mincenarkvomzagentsgraffitidetroitdowntownblack and whitewritersmskskrewurbanskyscrapersarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7nfoUZnP1qeul8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://karpovwreckedtrain.tumblr.com/post/33982472471/photographed-at-tireman-trinity-on-detroits" target="_blank">karpovwreckedtrain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Photographed at Tireman & Trinity / On Detroit’s Westside / Detroit, Michigan / October 15, 2012</p> </blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37075212507http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37075212507Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:49:09 -0500hafasrehabgraffitiwestsidedetroitstreet artmuralsabstractfavoriteartseksdigwritingwriterscolorful<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mckmaqr5661qeul8lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://karpovwreckedtrain.tumblr.com/post/34440645338/the-david-stott-building-is-an-art-deco-skyscraper" target="_blank">karpovwreckedtrain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The David Stott Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier. It is a class-A office building constructed in 1929 / October 25, 2012</p> </blockquote>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37075035131http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37075035131Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:46:53 -0500detroitart decodowntownarchitecturebirdsskyblack and whitedavid scottbuildingscityurbanskyscrapers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meez2nWLmo1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aids memorial quilt, world aids day 2011, at the filmore #detroit #filmore #piano #aids #worldaidsday #WAD2012 #art #quilt</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37040910209http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/37040910209Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:25:35 -0500artwad2012quiltworldaidsdaydetroitfilmoreaidspiano<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_med9u4Djbb1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A rainbow in Detroit #winter #rainbow #industrial #architecture #detroit #graffiti #streetart #blvd #urban #city #landscape #nofilter</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/36969232242http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/36969232242Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:22:00 -0500architectureblvdcitydetroitgraffitiindustriallandscapenofilterrainbowstreetarturbanwintermuralsphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkbihd2lw1qmubybo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>requisite. shots of the packard plant ruins.</p> <p>Photo credit: Nabil Al-Kourainy</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35822198467http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35822198467Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:08:00 -0500adventuredetroitfactorygraffitimichiganpackardpackard plantphotographyruinpornruinstravelurbanvagina gangwritersnarkvomitcozmocosmooptrik<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkaidu5AK1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Detroit skyline as seen from the Packard plant</p> <p>Photo credit: Nabil Al-Kourainy</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35820853592http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35820853592Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:47:00 -0500photographyskylinedetroitdowntowngraveyardcemeterytreesfallpackard plantruinspackardsceneryarchitecturebeautycitiestravelcityurbanviewfavorite<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdgcyv9B3h1qmubybo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The lee plaza #hotel #detroit #abandoned #blvd #urban #architecture #historic #buildings #apartments #ruinporn #artdeco #nofilter #igersdetroit</p>http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35670962256http://belladetroit.tumblr.com/post/35670962256Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:30:39 -0500igersdetroiturbanbuildingsartdecoabandonedapartmentshoteldetroithistoricarchitectureblvdnofilterruinpornphotographygraffitisummer