Ahh les Français ... These chaps have certainly taken nice images of a Detroit in ruins, but are they tolling the death knell prematurely? While documenting a post-industrial, quasi-post-apocalyptic city in decay, with nary a soul in view, I feel that they give a manifestly one-sided view of Detroit. Disclaimer: I have family in Detroit & visit regularly.

• The Ruins of Detroit by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photography
  
• Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline, Time Magazine Slideshow

After you look at these photos and are feeling rather dejected, don't forget that that is just one perspective. To check out what's happening in the Motor City from another perspective surf over to CurrentTV and check out this video & interview with the Underground Resistance crew, in their swanky record shop, with polished hardwood floors! ... There ain't nothing decrepit about it!

Detroit's Underground Resistance