i suppose it's not recommended entering this building...without a hard hat. [ since you all like this and are curious as of when it will collapse i'll try and drive by every now and then, take the picture again and upload it on flickr ]
this building in november 2006
this building in may 2006
a close-up of the stabilizers
this building in march 2006
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verybigjen 87 months ago | reply
alas no amount of money can fix that house, or insure it incase it fell one someone when it finally went over. Plottig out the floor plan and rebuilding would be infintiely cheaper than trying to save somethign so far gone. If someone had only tried to save it thirty years ago.
twalls1068@sbcglobal.net 87 months ago | reply
Yep, I am quite sure, Hard Hat, and some damn good INSURANCE.
freebird4 87 months ago | reply
wow amazing :)
Dave Simon (@ds) 87 months ago | reply
Such a shame such a place is going to not be around much longer.
abrietta 87 months ago | reply
oh dear... what a shame...
fuguito 87 months ago | reply
great!
xyxyxxx 87 months ago | reply
This is a great find!
joojanta 87 months ago | reply
thanks to all of you! your comments are much appreciated! i'll see if i can find more of this type, please check back.
Banned ID 87 months ago | reply
wow!
vanya lambrecht-ward 87 months ago | reply
I'd say there are a few ghosts (good ones off course) wondering around there..imagin it at night....
Phototrain Photography 87 months ago | reply
Too Bad!
pinehurst19475 79 months ago | reply
I took pictures of it a few years ago and it was just beginning to fall apart. Its current condition is very sad. It's an early design of Albert Kahn (Fisher Bldg., Packard and Ford Highland Park plant architect). It was the home of banker and businessman William Livingstone (marble lighthouse on Belle Isle is named after him). Another example of Detroit history literally crumbling away.
StarrGazr 77 months ago | reply
Amazing...what a shame. Such a beautiful building. So sad.
farlane 74 months ago | reply
Hey there - I blogged a small copy of this to slumpy ... the William Livingstone Mansion in Detroit's Brush Park on Michigan in Pictures.
sashakasha 72 months ago | reply
Is it still there?
joojanta 72 months ago | reply
drove by a few days ago. the front is missing, but the rest is still there...
pixi-maxi 72 months ago | reply
Fantastic! Very nice photo!
charliecampbell59 68 months ago | reply
Nice photo. Captures a moment in time so well!
© ↑↓→ suηata ←↓↑ ΨΨΨ 64 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called EMBRACE IN LIFETIME ETERNITY, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Wow
melissaredstarr 64 months ago | reply
I would think the city would condemn a building in that state and make someone tear it down before it fell down. But wow! How cool!