Cecilia Biemann
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Artist Kevin Bauman has been photographing houses that sit vacant and/or in disrepair to form a collection entitled ‘The 100 Abandoned Houses Project.’ This really is quite an appalling trend when you consider how many people across the U.S. are homeless. In the process of collecting these images, Bauman found people who were attempting to make a life among abandoned and burned out houses. He also encountered neighborhoods which were almost completely abandoned, occupied with packs of wild dogs, 20-foot piles of toilets, and houses with the facades torn off, filled with garbage. Most disturbing is the fact that all of these houses are located in Detroit, which begs the question: How many more houses stand empty and neglected in other areas?  Brush Park, on the outskirts of Detroit’s entertainment district was always an area of interest to me. For as long as I can remember the area, housing large houses and mansions, sat largely abandoned just a stones throw away from the Fox Theater, and not far from Wayne State University, the Masonic Theater, and even the central business district. How could an area that was obviously once a wealthy enclave in the city become an example of the downfall of American cities?
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