The former Joe Louis Arena pedestrian tunnel and parking garage;
before the Arena demolition and garage remodel.
Modern yet archaic, both ugly and beautiful,
a brutal concrete and metal monstrosity that I always thought was very photogenic.
Now, it's a freshly remodeled soulless piece of shit.
These were all shot on film with a Mamiya 7ii.
![Joe Louis Arena Detorit Cobo Hall Parking tunnel garage](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1964,2500,1200/0-0-0/5c098c92-90d6-48f5-8e63-1de02ef9fcae/1/1/4F8A1144d.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=b168c0d94fbabf5908f6096282156e1bc0e6326de53bb55b25a424e64c794c0b)
Pedestrian Ramp To Tunnel
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![Joe Louis Parking Tunnel](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/c767f3d3-e079-4774-9fe3-5cc3fccd7449/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-01a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
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![Joe Louis Bridge](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/98fd0dcb-50ca-413b-bd89-797ff8245a61/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-02a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
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![Joe Louis Parking Garage](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1224,1500,1200/0-0-0/9ac7a329-c4f1-43b2-8f06-6dc73b51862c/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-04a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=21af76810908d6bf4fd8d6b83fae390f589ae57b71635c248dccb17d72c87223)
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![Detroit Tunnel](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1223,1500,1200/0-0-0/4317b456-3532-42f9-aeb0-864f6e6028d4/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-05a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=c504f1125206e69f9ccbdcb6b8b037c9452a78886fcabde0332b1bcefca189ff)
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![Detroit Tube](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/5beef76c-f55d-4884-af32-c1345f5c873e/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-08a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
Tunnel V
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![Joe Louis Pedestrian Bridge](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/efa0435b-b810-47bf-a449-57554c0fb110/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-10a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
Friend Left ~ Me Right
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![Parking garage Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/4b5657a0-987a-40f5-b329-5bc4bcfe74af/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-07a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
Looking Back
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![Bridge to the people mover Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1223,1500,1200/0-0-0/01b1e163-63ad-49ce-aed2-fae13db68a52/1/1/2020_09_01_Joe_Louis_Parking_Garage_Mamiya7ii_Kodak_Portra160_00049239-03a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=c504f1125206e69f9ccbdcb6b8b037c9452a78886fcabde0332b1bcefca189ff)
Bridge To The People Mover
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![Parking garage in Detroit](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1500,1222,1500,1200/0-0-0/ecec0c8d-bf74-467c-868c-53810b64fb81/1/1/83400002a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=e18b4751828386bc3194bc5c0e90680eb310a42900a78051015027f50153590f)
Parking Garage
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![City of Detroit View Downtown Cobo Hall Joe Louis Arena](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7db8499e-c03a-469f-aae3-2cb7d293813d/0/0/0/0,0,1891,2407,1600,2407/0-0-0/ecebb211-75e4-453c-b7dc-c8f05e0f3a4a/1/1/2019_10_06_Joe_Louis_Garage_Mamiya7ii_FujiPro400H_8814-04a.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037522190~hmac=ded6a86820c96c4c0f87d3ef70f4f198ad7c11cf3f35e6547d772504bcc99fb5)
Looking Out
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