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PHOTOS: Modern Ruins In Abandoned Detroit
Detroit's once glorious and now decrepit Michigan Theater, saved from the wrecking ball by being transformed into a car park, is seen on on October 2, 2013 in Detroit Michigan. The city of Detroit's spectacular bankruptcy -- the largest in US history when it was filed in July and a complex legal process expected to take years to complete -- has masked a long-sought revival which is gathering momentum. But outside a handful of healthy and transitioning neighborhoods lies an urban wasteland housing 78,000 abandoned buildings. AFP PHOTO / Mira OBERMAN (Photo credit should read MIRA OBERMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Detroit's once glorious and now decrepit Michigan Theater, saved from the wrecking ball by being transformed into a car park, is seen on on October 2, 2013 in Detroit Michigan. The city of Detroit's spectacular bankruptcy -- the largest in US history when it was filed in July and a complex legal process expected to take years to complete -- has masked a long-sought revival which is gathering momentum. But outside a handful of healthy and transitioning neighborhoods lies an urban wasteland housing 78,000 abandoned buildings. AFP PHOTO / Mira OBERMAN (Photo credit should read MIRA OBERMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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