Viggen Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 ..some of those pictures are surreal, and in some way it makes the crumbling of Ancient Rome from a buzzing million people city to a small gone by town in just a short period of time visually understandable... http://www.spiegel.d...,739986,00.html and the gallery http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-63754.html cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 if you like those you may also check : hundreds of pics of Detroit's decay : http://fiveprime.org/flickr_hvmnd.cgi?method=GET&sorting=Interestingness&photo_type=250&page=3&noform=t&search_domain=Tags&photo_number=50&sort=Interestingness&tag_mode=all&textinput=detroit,ruins&search_type=Tags Pictures from other places around the world : http://www.forbidden-places.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Paulinus Maximus Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Such a shame to see those once beautiful buidings falling into such disrepair, truly shocking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 If you have ever watched the show "Life After Humans," they use Detroit as an example of what would happen to cities if humanity died off. In a mere 40 years, nature has reclaimed much of the abandoned parts of Detroit. In another 60 years, most of those tall buildings will collapse completely even if humans don't tear them down first. Yeah, I wonder how much faster this happened to Rome. They didn't have space age plastics and chemically treated lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Rome also had large scale burnings (including the fires started during the barbarian sacks), the museum of the Crypta Balbi gives us an idea of the process : http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Hgfqj5G9sg_nkeCddVDemQ?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b4TebDh6qII0GiZzJBM1Lg?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/StZ4MTIQtz0-tUrZdqpWLw?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_VP5aqcSGVCW4sIt5wCDqg?feat=directlink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 After hundreds of years of decay and abandonment parts of the Roman Forum became a cow pasture and remained so until the 18th Century, Campo Vaccino. In Detroit, areas formerly of dense urban occupancy are becoming agricultural again as a result of deliberate planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artimi Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I think it was the Smithsonian that had a series of pictures about Detroit as well. It must have been from the same book, because I recognized some the pictures. I found the pictures incredibly sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 After hundreds of years of decay and abandonment parts of the Roman Forum became a cow pasture and remained so until the 18th Century, Campo Vaccino. In Detroit, areas formerly of dense urban occupancy are becoming agricultural again as a result of deliberate planning. Decades of population decline left Detroit with an estimated 40 square miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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