"7 Photos Show How Detroit Hollowed Out During the Highway Age," posted by Angie Schmitt on Streetsblog USA, provide an unusual look into the city's devolution over the past 65 years.
The photos show the lessening of density in central Detroit as the population dropped from nearly 2 million to fewer than 700,000.
The photos are not perfectly comparable: While they all concentrate on the northeast side of downtown, the focus on the more recent images shifts slightly to the west. But the point is well made.
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