Urban Grit: post your pic here :-)
 

I thought it would be nice to start a thread featuring urban grit shots.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3015/3...c31456e5_b.jpg
New York City by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

I have tons of photos of urban grit, it would take me a while to sift through all of them so here are just some recent shots

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...6639e039_o.jpg
This building is now torn down, but it was in downtown Htown

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/7...d1500cd6_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7...323c62fe_b.jpg
Houston

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...dboy1/ca11.jpg
Cairo, Ill

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...dboy1/ca37.jpg
Cairo

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...dboy1/ca18.jpg
North St. Louis

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...irdboy1/b3.jpg
North STL

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...rdboy1/c77.jpg
Grit in a small Chinese town north of Qingdao

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...rdboy1/c46.jpg
Grit in a now torn down Hutong in Beijing in 2007

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...irdboy1/31.jpg
Completely abandoned downtown Helena, AR

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...irdboy1/92.jpg
And one last one for now, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Utica grit

^
Beautiful man.

Some Memphis:
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...m/DSC_0192.jpg

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...m/DSC_0211.jpg

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0207-1.jpg

Sears & Sears
 

Detroit - Continental Motors
 

Chicago - Austin
 

Wheeling, West Virginia:

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...a/DSC_0128.jpg

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...a/DSC_0146.jpg

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Aaron (Glowrock)

Interesting, this scene looks practically identical to an area of Kansas City.

^I bet that church would be epic to photograph.

That's Monroe Avenue, just south of Madison Ave.

choosing a photo to post here is like asking a parent to pick a favorite child...

Houston

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126163378/original.jpg

Atlanta

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/142934761/original.jpg

Augusta - an entire thread devoted to its grit

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/134145726/original.jpg

Birmingham

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/97851942/original.jpg

Philadelphia

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/130379719/original.jpg

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DSC_0104-1 by ChiTownCity2, on Flickr

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Wicker Park by ChiTownCity2, on Flickr

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DSC_2474 by ChiTownCity3, on Flickr

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Chicago Heights by ChitownCity, on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6213/6...5f53b6c0_b.jpg
0709001745a-3 by ChiTownCity3, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5187/5...2db8ffea_b.jpg
81st & Western Ave by ChitownCity, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6...271cd6cc_b.jpg
Lincoln Park by ChiTownCity4, on Flickr

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/denver34.jpg
Denver

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2311/1...08797c0c_b.jpg
Abandoned on Powell by entheos_fog, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3631/3...3ee09626_b.jpg
Abandoned House by entheos_fog, on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2733/4...0edf051d_b.jpg
American Hotel by entheos_fog, on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4039/4...cc8c4c27_b.jpg
Run-down on Hastings Street by entheos_fog, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7...5f69bd5e_b.jpg
119/366 - Downtown Eastside, 2:45am by entheos_fog, on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6122/5...8b0c95c4_b.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2117/5...fba2587a_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6...0e03fda1_b.jpg
Brooklyn, New York by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3066/3...d233d732_b.jpg
New York City by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Man, I *HEART* urban grit. :tup::cheers:

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Limerick city...

http://i49.tinypic.com/t8rynr.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/2zof2ua.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/acz78.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/4ilmaw.jpg

One of Limericks many Gypsy camps/halting sites.

http://i47.tinypic.com/4e445.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/30hwniv.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/352pte0.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3043/2...1d65ca8e_o.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2665/4...a82ca319_o.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3434/3...311da667_z.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2585/3...f7a96ddf_z.jpg

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6118/6...c8bf8769_b.jpg
Brookyln, New York by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Alley in Rock Island...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...i/Dcp_0735.jpg

Toledo, Ohio
 

http://i.imgur.com/ra4VK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/O98s5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G4snP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8O0VO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tZKnT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lSFKD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FDeua.jpg

Here are a couple from San Francisco:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7...387a7902_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...097fce92_b.jpg

(Both are mine.)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7...23f75a2d_b.jpg
New York City by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

New Britain, CT


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New Britain, CT 7 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3172/2...e85ec06b_o.jpg
New Britain, CT 3 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3112/2...df82fd32_o.jpg
New Britain, CT 2 by exithacan, on Flickr

I just came back from Szczecin, Poland today. That was a seriously heavy-duty gritty city.

st. louis has grit if you know where to look for it. photos by me.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/P1020540.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_3922.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1880.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1951.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_2046.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_2042.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_2004.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1981.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_1982.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/IMG_2026.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...c/P1020521.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...e/IMG_3962.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6...99bbe049_b.jpg
New York's F Line by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3662/3...2fe4b3d2_b.jpg
Brooklyn, New York by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3193/2...e9b5764a_b.jpg
New York by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8340/8...337bfa71_b.jpg
St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8349/8...e0f77868_b.jpg
St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

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St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8067/8...f31f1df4_b.jpg
St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8...a6230dfc_b.jpg
St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8...6869be5f_b.jpg
St. John's Grit by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8...1be7024b_b.jpg
Port Union by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8...1c07d4fe_b.jpg
Port Union by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8...2a01c8d1_b.jpg
Port Union by Signal Hill Hiker Photos, on Flickr

You want grit, I gots grit.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8265/8...767bcf8c_b.jpg
Meridian MS

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/8...69a90b2a_b.jpg
The street I live on in Pittsburgh is pretty damn gritty.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8387/8...22361329_b.jpg
These were just torn down in Cincinnati a couple months ago, what a fucking shame.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8...154065ee_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8...5e80a4d6_b.jpg
North side of Pittsburgh.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8...2dd5b218_b.jpg
Greensburgh, PA

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8...d92f8ca8_b.jpg
Assholes just tore this down in Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago, 2 full blocks of 1850's-1870's row homes. Could have been restored, at least the facades could have been preserved.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8...eebdc6b1_b.jpg
The interior of the above house.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8...babca714_b.jpg
An abandoned glass manufacturing plant in Greensburgh, PA

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8...00a07206_b.jpg
An abandoned church in Jeanette, PA

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8...d987a080_b.jpg
The Hill in Pittsburgh.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8...b69ec6c7_b.jpg
Uptown in Pittsburgh.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8...4acc4f8d_b.jpg
Uptown Pittsburgh.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...ab2c2d6c_b.jpg
Mexican War Streets, Pittsburgh. Luckily this block is supposedly getting restored.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8...f2831123_b.jpg
Birmingham, Alabama

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8...daca96d0_b.jpg
The ghost town of Rodney, Mississippi along the Mississippi River.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8168/7...3090fe26_b.jpg
Grit in the 6ht Ward of Houston

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7...ef87e000_b.jpg
4th Ward, Houston

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7...323c62fe_b.jpg
6th Ward, Houston

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7...f6b08cf4_b.jpg
Port Arthur, TX

Some great photos there, photoLith. Here's a few from my recent Milton, PA thread:

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo....jpg?w=1200&h=

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo....jpg?w=1200&h=

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo...y.jpg?w=700&h=

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo....jpg?w=1200&h=

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo....jpg?w=1200&h=

http://incidentaltravellers.files.wo....jpg?w=1200&h=

Tampa

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/134713308/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/134713328/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/134713334/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/134713344/original.jpg

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Greenville, SC

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/146201171/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/146201175/original.jpg

Jackson, MS

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/127917054/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/127916994/original.jpg

San Antonio

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/123023832/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/123023833/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/123023411/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/123033314/original.jpg

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Dallas

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622650/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/126622613/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/115284535/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/115321035/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/109170402/original.jpg

Vicksburg, MS

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/129948568/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/129948536/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/129948543/original.jpg

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8...1d245168_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8...f3a27e0e_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8...e430d35a_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7...c6c73863_b.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5...8666bd9b_b.jpg

Newburg, New York, 2003

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4094/4...6599b508af.jpg
Newburgh, NY 05 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4079/4...afa5e30129.jpg
Newburgh, NY 08 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4117/4...897c8657_o.jpg
Newburgh, NY 13 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4121/4...6ac2b3c4_o.jpg
Newburgh, NY 18 by exithacan, on Flickr


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Newburgh, NY 06 by exithacan, on Flickr




Newburgh, New York 2008

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 07 by exithacan, on Flickr

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 10 by exithacan, on Flickr

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 17 by exithacan, on Flickr

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 18 by exithacan, on Flickr

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 19 by exithacan, on Flickr

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Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 11 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3275/2...1c5f582a_b.jpg
Hudson 08 tour Newburgh, NY 02 by exithacan, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5...8666bd9b_b.jpg

These towers look familiar...is this in Detroit?

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/115284535/original.jpg

Wow the South has proved it can be grittier than the rust belt cities.

Yep. Brewster Projects.

^ I used to drive past those all the time. Any word on when they will actually be demo'd?

This past April, the city said the projects were within "weeks" for demolition to begin. So presumably soon, but it there isn't a finite date yet nor has there been any reported activity since then. :shrug: