162 Comments for Metropolitan Building

Are the windows stained green or did someone paint them over? And it seems the exterior elegence hasn.t translated so well on the interior

It is such a shame to see such beatiful craftsmanship rot away like this. Detroit is chock full of gorgeous buildings, most of which are in the sorriest state imagineable...it is rather depressing

That one large building in the background (the one to the left of the white one) looks burned out. Or really, really dirty. I'm guessing it too is abandoned?

Reminds me of buildings still in use in Downtown Oakland Ca.

the drop ceiling panels look like beehive sections and that short radiator looks a bit like a doggy.

I used to hear stories of the workers that used to paint these Radium dials and watch hands. They would put the tip of the brush on their tongue to moisten it and keep the bristles together, then dip the brush in the Radium; paint a little, then repeat the process. So by the end of their shift their tongue would have so much Radium on it, it would glow in the dark. Not sure how much truth there is to this, but as an artist myself I can see it happening. This of course was long before we knew the dangers of this.

I still have my uncles watch he wore through WWII, complete with the Radium hands. They still glow in the dark and I wear the watch occasionally, I hardly think there's enough Radium on those two little hands to do me any harm, however the people that used to paint these hands, well that's another story!

You can really tell this place had a lot of class in its day.

I love old safes but can you imagine some explorer getting accidentally locked in there? I'm sure there's no one around who remembers the combination!

Poor forgotten radiators. . .they're usually the first to go whenever there's a remodel. To be replaced by baseboard heat (ugh!). Seems like they started to remove these and then said forget it.

Wow... how very neat!!

Oh, thank you for this detailed photo showing all the plaster and/or stone work in the arch way. Just wonderful. Thanks for this interesting and lovely gallery Mr. Motts. I look forward to the next one.

Looks like decor from a Turkish bazaar in a way - bright colours and geometric angles. Love the rounded tops above the double doors and the staircase opening to the right, and the big wood beams on the ceiling, with the intricate molding at the edges.

I thought the light grey bags were ghosts.

Love the detailed tops of the supporting pillars. And the natural light brightens up the whole scene.