Detroit: a city in decline - in pictures
Detroit has become the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy after state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. The city, once famous for its motor industry, has in recent times become synonymous with urban decay
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Graffiti covers an abandoned building in Detroit
Photograph: JD Pooley/Getty Images
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Downtown Detroit looking south along Woodward Avenue including several buildings recently purchased by the Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert
Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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The General Motors headquarters is seen behind an abandoned house
Photograph: JD Pooley/Getty Images
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A person walks past the remains of the Packard Motor Car Company, which ceased production in the late 1950'sPhotograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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The moon and the planet Jupiter hover over a burned out house on Wagner StreetPhotograph: Mark Bialek/Corbis
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Vacant and rundown brick homes in an eastside neighbourhood
Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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The Detroit People Mover carries passengers above a street
Photograph: JD Pooley/Getty Images
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From 2000 to 2010, Detroit's population declined by a quarter of a million
Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
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Vacant and rundown homes, designated for demolition, near downtown Detroit
Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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Shuttered and repossessed homes line the streets of a middle class area of Detroit
Photograph: Charles Ommanney/Getty Images
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An abandoned hospital
Photograph: JD Pooley/Getty Images
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A banner on a building in downtown Detroit calls for outsourcing to the city
Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
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A pedestrian walks past graffiti in downtown Detroit
Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP
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A tyre sits on a drain to replace the grill, which was stolen for scrap, in front of a well-kept home and a derelict home on the eastside of Detroit
Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters/Corbis
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Artists paint the walls of Imagination Station, a house across from Detroit's abandoned train station
Photograph: Melissa Farlow/National Geographic Society/Corbis
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The abandoned Michigan Central train station
Photograph: Paul Souders/Corbis
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The broken windows of an abandoned factory
Photograph: Rex Features
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A vacant home, covered with red spray paint, in an eastside neighbourhood
Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
