So my recent post is now untrue as Detroit is going to get a Robocop statue after all, thanks to the power of geeks. It doesnt however change how screwed the city is since the motor industries painful decline. A recent article in the Guardian tells the stark truth and captured by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre.

Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre

In downtown Detroit, the streets are lined with abandoned hotels and swimming pools, ruined movie houses and schools, all evidence of the motor city’s painful decline. The photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre document what remains of a once-great city – and hint at the wider story of post-industrial America, writes Sean O’Hagan

It’s depressing that one of the richest nation on Earth can let this happen…