On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.

On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.

On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.

On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.

On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.

On Location, Downtown Detroit The streets of Downtown Detroit are unnaturally quiet, built in a whirlwind of confidence during the 1920s the financial district makes for an impressive skyline. The historic streets that fill in the background fabric of the urban core are rich with historic character and 40 years of economic stagnation has left many buildings largely undeveloped. The result: Detroit is perfectly placed to star as its former self on the silver screen.

To see such grand architecture re-purposed in this way after years of disuse brings about a confusing mix of reactions. It is refreshing to see a city move on, leaving behind its great era of manufacturing and looking to new industries for which it is perfectly set up; the combination of incomparable architecture, vast empty factories and quiet streets has made it a first stop for Hollywood location scouts. Simultaneously this film shoot, using shop fronts devoid of new business for years to create a mockup of Motown Detroit, was a depressingly ironic reminder of what has been lost.