Urban Rot
Depressing but amazing Urban Exploration in the Detroit School Book Depository, wonderfully written up by the explorer, "Dutch".
Modern day archaeology has so much to teach us about our own world and recent failings; in this case, the awful management of an education system that repeatedly fails to deliver on its promises of offering people a way out of poverty. It’s a form of alternative journalism. ‘Citizen archaeology’, anyone?
Found via Marginal Revolution
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