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Surreal Before-And-After Photos Of Post-Industrial Detroit

Apr 7, 2014, 17:50 IST

It's one thing to imagine what the ruins that now litter parts of Detroit looked like in their heyday.

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It's another thing to perfectly capture what all those places once were.

Photo project DetroitUrbex has paired photos showing derelict edifices with ones showing what those structures looked like when Detroit was bustling.

The results are haunting. We first saw this at Motor City Muckraker.

Check it out:

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DetroitUrbexPackard Assembly Line, circa 1941-42

DetroitUrbexPackard Assembly Line, today

DetroitUrbexPackard Plant South, circa 1925

DetroitUrbexPackard Plant South today

DetroitUrbexPackard Motor Car Company building; Packard disbanded in 1958

DetroitUrbexPackard Motor Car Company building, today

DetroitUrbexChalmers Motor Company building, demolished 1991

DetroitUrbexThe site today

DetroitUrbexThe site today

DetroitUrbexHighland Park Model T Plant, 1910, partially demolished in 1956

DetroitUrbexThe site today

DetroitUrbexHudson Motors Administration Building, demolished 1960

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You've got to see the whole thing, it will really wreck you »

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