School's Out Forever in Detroit

This tiny box elder sapling took root in a pile of mouldy books and ash inside the former Detroit Public Schools book depository. We talk often about Detroit, how this incredible infrastructure is going to rot and waste. The school system, which used to handle a city of twice the population, has a lot of surplus space and is closing schools every year. James Griffioen did a searing photo essay of the schools of Detroit and it isn't pretty. ...