My Brooklyn Nets Arena

With the announcement of the Nets playing at what is currently the Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn is given a chance to make a huge mark architecturally in the world. So when developers Forest City Ratner scrapped a promising design that will no doubt advance the skyline of downtown Brooklyn in favor of something much more traditional, it's to no one's surprise that both the public and government officials are puzzled how exactly this decision will fulfilled the excitement and advancement in arts as promised when the project was being pitched. For goodness sakes, the thing looks like a second-rate college basketball gym. Is it too late to take back my pseudo-enthusiasm? (NYT)

My Abandoned Detroit

I've taken a liking to abandoned buildings, just ask those who decided to venture with me to Sunland Hospital back in the day. Much like the recent findings by Kingston Lounge, Time Magazine has a photo essay about Detroit. It's really ashamed. These pictures look like they're of post-Katrina New Orleans, the hauntingly beautiful images are due to Michigan's own economic decline well before the nation's. How else can explain a undemolished Central Train Station, a art deco theatre and a grand hotel just sitting there for over a decade? (Time)