(below) The following photos were taken on (and near) Saginaw Street on the north end of Flint.
(below) The following photos were taken in the downtown areas of Flint. Included are pics of the historic lighted arches over Saginaw Street, the high-rise office buildings(some not in use) and one of Flint's classic taverns, The Torch.
(below) Further destruction of the Flint East plant off Dort and Davison Rds. It is all now gone.
(below) And this is how the area looks now.
(below) Saginaw Street moving south outside of the downtown area, including pics of the LL-T Men's Club and the Golden Leaf Private Club.
(below) The historic and once magnificent Clark School, established in 1912, now in disrepair and home to squatters...
(below) Various houses, businesses and other structures moving up from Saginaw St. west to Fenton Rd.
Flint, Michigan: home of General Motors and the birthplace of the United Auto Workers Union. I was born here in 1960. My grandfathers, uncles and my dad all worked in the factories. My great grandfather participated in the great sit-down strikes in 1936/37.
Flint's heyday, in the mid-20th century, created a middle class of factory line workers who were very well-paid and very ill-educated. The plant closings started in the 80's, Michael Moore's film, "Roger & Me", documented the sociopolitical impact of factory closures during this time. GM continued to downsize until well into the 21st century, ruining the infrastructure of the community.
Flint's crime-rate was documented, in 2007, as the third worst in the United States. The next year, when gas prices climbed past the $5.00-a-gallon mark, the fallout caused the eventual bankruptcy of GM. Flint has taken a turn for the worst and is fading fast. I've been documenting the city's decline since 2007 in photographs of building structures, roads, factory demolitions, etc.