The City of Highland Park, Birthplace of Mass Production


Nailhed at 28 Days Later has posted a photo exhibit that just screams the future to me. But, I've always had a inclination for dystopian images and have spent a lot of time at junkyards. This set is just waiting for a story but I suppose it's already been written.
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An independent city within Detroit, and once upon a time a beautiful center of human achievement, largely driven by Henry Ford's philanthropic efforts in civic planning, etc, and his newly built Model-T Plant, the most gigantic, state of the art factory in the world at that time. It was here that the Assembly Line was perfected, and the “$5 day,” thus changing the industrial world, and the world of labor as we know it forever. If you ever wondered why the standard workday is 8hrs long…it’s because Henry Ford said so. This is also the site of the world’s first expressway, “The Davison,” or M-8. Highland Park might've easily been America's most promising city, with flourishing, highly affluent neighborhoods and institutions.

Link: Abandoned: Fire Dept, Police Station, and City Hall - UK Urban Exploration Forums

Thanks Jean LaRay for the find.

Related:
Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs by 2009

And, I also want to throw this link in. Robert Feinman is a photographer who also writes essays. While I don't agree with all he has to say I like this guy, he has a blunt, thought provoking approach to public policy. Check it out:

Fables and Follies For Our Time

Posted: Fri - February 16, 2007 at 02:15 PM            

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