Detroit Highrises outside of Downtown

[ZachariahDaMan]

Now for South Lyon, it is a city of a little over 10,000.

[GR8scott]

Milford looks like a nice little town, I got of the I96 there once because the sign said there was a gas station and I swear we drove for at least 10 minutes and finnally turned around before we got to the town

[wolverine]

Great pics Zach!

You really need to build a website for all of these, you have quite a collection. These are places very few of us have ever seen. The more they are documented, the better.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Thanks Wolverine. Making a website for them sounds like a good idea. Do you know where the easiest place to make one is?

I think more people should try going to small towns like I love doing. They may not have the big buildings you'll see in bigger cities but they still have some awesome architecture.

[Allan]

I think more people should try going to small towns like I love doing. They may not have the big buildings you'll see in bigger cities but they still have some awesome architecture.

Yes, but you see, Detroit is a big vortex. It draws you in...and once you are there, you won't leave!

[ZachariahDaMan]

haha, I'm sure the same will happen to me when I FINALLY go there.

[Allan]

Probably. You do have a distance advantage, though. Seeing as how I live a mere two miles from the city limits, I go into Detroit every single day. In fact, I go out of my way to support businesses in the city. Sure, there may be a grocery store less than 3/4 mile away from my apartment, but I drive 15 minutes to shop at one in Detroit.

[Rimes]

The intersection of Pennsylvania and Fort St. has two 12+ story buildings. One is a 16 story National City Banking Center while the other is 12 story residential tower.

You can see them both in this picture. You can also see a portion of Wyandotte Hospital on the right edge of the picture:

Great photo! It looks like it was taken atop one of the large hills on the golf course in Riverview. I've never been atop one, but I wondered what kind of view they might provide.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know when that big black bank (as I've always called it) was built?

Here are a few recent photos of the big black bank (National City, 16333 Trenton Rd, Southgate) and the Riverview Towers Co-Op on Pennsylvania Rd. near Fort Street. (First time I've ever posted, so let's see if this works...)

[hudkina]

Cool. Another downriverite.

[Rimes]

Yep, that would be me! Although truthfully I've only recently gotten interested in

local history, etc. Now that so many of the places I grew up with have become history...