Carbon Works Detroit
It's hard to imagine a time when this neighborhood didn't look like it does today;
A depressing post apocalyptic Detroit tragedy, devoid of any purpose or meaning. Except that some people still call this place home, to say that it has no purpose would be an insult to them.
I don't have anything new to add to the story, it's been told numerous times already. But since I grew up right next door, something compels me to photograph what I see, and mostly don't see anymore...
These photos were all shot on film with a Pentax 67ii.
![Google satellite view of Carbon Works in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1704,830,1704,1200/0-0-0/c0f1d3ff-cb4a-4f8e-adca-beaa340a1435/1/1/carbon-works-map-2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=21173069cc56a073d410052ac63e50b4c764002bda86eb5dc07f9895e3b7df0b)
Satellite View, Industry All Around
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![Carbon st in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/38a38a2a-29d2-4d27-aa80-be99843ae48e/1/1/0710_0009a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Carbon St And I-75
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![Forman Park in Carbon Works neighborhood 48209](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1965,2500,1200/0-0-0/11ff70bf-a344-4342-a0e6-fb9f96a7c1c3/1/1/2409_0008a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=a671019b21b175cef51e1f618910013b7aff8ddfc7cf2532925ba1ad600165a5)
Forman Park, Which Is Just A Field Now
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![A house next to the railroad tracks](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/ac6e3de5-c987-429c-a598-8c9dd5e312d6/1/1/11-17-2023-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-8883-05a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
RR Tracks Next To A House
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![Carbon Athletic Club Delray Angel](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/4729f176-102e-44b0-913e-64d58b76c123/1/1/12-20-2023-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Fuji-Pro160NS-6443-06a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
A Delray Angel
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![Carbon Athletic Club in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/7e4a471f-5598-4c6a-94ff-b4a5f5731f26/1/1/11-17-2023-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-8883-04a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Carbon Athletic Club
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![St Marys Cement Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/ba23c754-d085-4cb1-882a-cf074c6718e4/1/1/10-06-2022-Detroit-Streets-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Pro-400-Expired-1994-5129-06a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Looking At St Marys Cement
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![A Polish Residence in Carbon Works Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/7663dc54-5caa-4202-81fe-7df04c9c328d/1/1/01-12-2024-Oakwood-Heights-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Ektar100-7350-07a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
A Longtime Resident's Home
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![Baron Street in Detroit No dumping sign](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/a4763702-b281-4615-b775-f8f17ae76b56/1/1/02-29-2024-Boyton-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-1602-09a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Baron St, A Delray Angel No Dumping Sign
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![Trash in front of a house in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/1b049f29-c23e-4194-9ccd-3ab6755f56f6/1/1/01-12-2024-Oakwood-Heights-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Ektar100-7350-05a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Smokestack In The Distance
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![Detroit Public Lighting Commission Building](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1965,2500,1200/0-0-0/431b074d-70fe-4a97-b8cf-4898d8a9897d/1/1/01-12-2024-Oakwood-Heights-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Ektar100-7350-02a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=a671019b21b175cef51e1f618910013b7aff8ddfc7cf2532925ba1ad600165a5)
Public Lighting Commission
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![Railroad bridge over the Detroit River](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/ad2d5151-e068-4c9e-8afe-45e49563e0fd/1/1/01-12-2024-Ford-Regent-Exterior-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-160-7355-09v2a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
RR Bridge Over The River
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![Stripped out van in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/64ac8fb5-0382-486d-82c8-1410b3cd9e0d/1/1/01-12-2024-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-160-7352-10a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Stripped Van
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![A house waiting to be torn down in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/bfa48c6a-20c2-483e-984e-c15b3dc1ffad/1/1/01-12-2024-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-160-7352-06a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
A House Waiting To Be Torn Down
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![Underneath I-75 in Carbon Works Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/ce00017c-c60c-49fc-872e-85d041323dc4/1/1/01-12-2024-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-7357-07a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Under I-75
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![A stolen car set on fire in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/08ef9e3e-0787-4b27-bd02-8f71606759a8/1/1/01-12-2024-Delray-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-160-7352-08a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
A Stolen Car Set On Fire
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![Railroad tracks in in Detroit with a bridge](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/d723eab8-c398-4c1d-aec6-990445faa127/1/1/01-12-2024-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-7357-03a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
On The RR Tracks
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![I-75 piers in the Detroit River](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1965,2500,1200/0-0-0/29bd965f-a068-45eb-b122-e7c8a0663e6a/1/1/01-12-2024-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-7357-02a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=a671019b21b175cef51e1f618910013b7aff8ddfc7cf2532925ba1ad600165a5)
I-75 Piers
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![Carbon and Forman Street Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/31a86b8e-6985-48ad-9196-4ec1f66747b5/1/1/01-12-2024-Carbon-Works-Delray-Oakwood-Heights-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-160-7351-08b.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Carbon & Forman, The Signs Have Since Been Stolen
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![Old Corvette parked in a yard](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/35782403-9858-4bb1-a91d-a827107aec58/1/1/01-12-2024-Oakwood-Heights-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Ektar100-7350-04a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Old Vette
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![a couch under I-75 in Detroit carbon works detroit neighborhood](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/374ba5bf-d745-4a65-b373-3af66957adc0/1/1/06-30-2023-Delray-and-Delta-Academy-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Portra-400-9904-06a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
Fuck Your Couch
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![MI Department Of Environmental Quality, Air Monitoring Machine EGLE Detroit Carbon Works Marathon Refinery](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/441ed9d3-d09f-458b-8b1a-81c03c1901a0/1/1/02-12-20-24-Boynton-and-Carbon-Works-Pentax-67ii-Kodak-Ektar-100-0710-10v2a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=39cde0b25011695a6b73182eb1b820a7d2c7884b7f874a7625d875330b2b8f06)
MI Department Of Environmental Quality, Air Monitoring
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![Carbon Works Bone Black Bison Skulls Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2116,1533,2116,1200/0-0-0/b8013fff-6433-421f-a5d0-6edefcb3d2e1/1/1/view2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=3c3df4147ee1a26553c9491070c15765be69480b03f677622d0ddb1ea6abeec6)
Bison Skulls, Courtesy Of Detroit Public Library
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![Bison Skulls Carbon Works Detroit Rougeville Springwells Farm](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1813,1507,1813,1200/0-0-0/6348a760-8745-405a-955e-e1893adf1603/1/1/view.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=718cfa5c4800a03e121edeedb143c6d491738951e013abf2fdcf9acc3fef3411)
Boneville, Courtesy Of Detroit Public Library
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![Michigan Carbon Works Photograph Detroit 48209 Rougeville Harbaugh SW Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2054,1638,2054,1200/0-0-0/bf16f9d2-bde0-46ed-ad59-0f2ec110d8e0/1/1/view3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037474817~hmac=4966c737a85f5d63917f0098f5487901a8b7d49c46426e4a0def368881efb5a7)
Michigan Carbon Works Courtesy Of Detroit Public Library
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