![]() It was a beautiful bright if freezing morning but the structure seemed to repel the sun it had the magnetic attraction of a vast mammal at point of imminent death. Its sheer size is so impressive it demands closer inspection and we turned off the highway on a narrow entrance road towards it. On our right loomed the majestic hulk of the abandoned Michigan Central Railroad Station. But the next day we headed from Dearborn where we stayed at a vast but almost wholly empty hotel, Downtown along Michigan Avenue and towards the main entrance to the City. A wonderful night and thanks for that Elton. ![]() On stage for over two hours without a pause his concert was more of a party than a performance. I also knew that it was wise to take care as a visitor to exercise sensible precautions and not head out after dark without a purpose dress down without flashing camera/phone/handbag not to engage in voyeuristic tourism in the badlands.Įlton "rocked" the Joe Louis crowd. An official declaration of bankruptcy of the City is awaited. Before leaving I read of Detroit's statistics of decline knew that many of its great buildings are ghosts that that each year at Halloween more of it is burned down in a mixture of insurance fraud and abandoned destruction that roads into the City Downtown are potholed, often of worn asphalt revealing Edwardian cobblestones the City's lighting intermittent and the monorail, operating after closure at the start of the year, circles the riverfront zone, largely empty. I have visited the USA before - East and West Coasts Florida and New Orleans Nevada. The aim of the trip? To visit my husband's former place of work/old colleagues and see (Sir) Elton John perform at the Joe Louis Arena - having missed an annual pilgrimage to see him in concert in the UK this year when he cancelled tour dates due to illness. I am British and have just returned from a 5 day trip to Detroit.
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