The Ruins of Blaine Shul, Detroit MI

The Mishkan Yisroel Synagogue or Blaine Shul as it was known because of its address on Blaine St, moved to this site in 1925. After the Jewish community migrated North of 8 Mile  in the 1950's the building was sold to African-American baptist church group and was home to the New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and God’s Inspirational Kingdom Church until 2003. The building, like all that is abandoned...

Never could see any other way

Last month I spent a weekend exploring Cleveland  with the TLR Club and had the chance to photograph the ruined interior of the St. Joseph’s Byzantine Church. The doors to the church were labeled by the fire department with double slashes indicating  that all efforts to contain a fire should be limited to the exterior "with entry only after a risk-versus-reward assessment has been completed" due to structural/interior...

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