Mr. P. Explores

Four of my favorite spots n' shots out on the road exploring over the last year, taken on my Nikon D750.

A grim January day in 2023, as the Packard Automotive Plant was slowly chewed up, spat out and, concrete chunk by concrete chunk, was erased from the Detroit, Michigan landscape. This vast ruin and reminder of an industrial past is now nothing but a grassy field.

New Substack article out!: In Bethlehem, PA, five towering blast furnaces still stand where once were forged the beams for skyscrapers, bridges, and a nation. Explore the history and times of Bethlehem Steel!
Article in the comments below; drop by and have a read! -Mr. P.

The gymnasium of a long closed and a very decayed old gymnasium at a Detroit, Michigan Catholic school. Most of the wooden gym floors are now mulch on top of concrete. Each time we revisit this place, it looks worse and worse.

The gym/auditorium of an abandoned Catholic church/school in Detroit, Michigan. The amount of detail that went into building a place like this is truly staggering. So much of our craftsmanship has been lost in construction over the last century...