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Southwest Detroit Hospital abandoned, feat. lost mural by LeRoy Foster

This building is, or was, the 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. It was built in 1974. Prior to this, segregation kept black doctors out of large hospitals. Out of necessity, many black only hospitals were housed in former homes, like Trumbull General Hospital in this Victorian house. In 1973 Trumbull General merged with three other Southwest Detroit area black hospitals. The new entity formed by this merger was called Southwest Detroit Hospital. They chose architecture firm Eberle M. Smith Associates to build their grand new hospital, at a cost of $21 Million. It boasted "friendly, cost-conscious service to all people, regardless of race, color, or national origin." 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐭. Unfortunately it fell to bankruptcy amid scandals, unethical medical practices, unethical financial decisions... This building has sat 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕. Early urban explorers found the abandoned hospital full of equipment and medical records. They also found the basement completely flooded. It was eventually pumped out, but you can see the damage caused by being submerged in stormwater for nearly a decade. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕, leaving just a big, empty shell that looks more like a warehouse than a hospital. The location was used in the 2015 series adaptation of 12 Monkeys. It's a really cool building, an example of 1970s modernism. I love how the circular window motif is continued throughout the building. While preparing to put this video together, I came across a photo from before the hospital was gutted, and I immediately recognized the style of the mural. Looked it up just to be sure, and yep, this is the work of 𝐋𝐞𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓 - 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑) I recently saw an exhibition of his work at the Cranbrook Art Museum. The highlight of the show was his 1978 piece entitled "Renaissance City." This 10 ft. by 15 ft. canvas had been hanging in the old Cass Tech High School, which was demolished in 2011. Most assumed the mural was lost as well, until a poetic urban exploration story was finally told... Cass Tech was abandoned in 2005. A year later, a group of art students and teachers would venture inside on a smash & grab mission to salvage art supplies. They grabbed the Foster canvas too, rolled it up, and it sat stashed away in the new school for 17 years! Now it has been restored and is proudly displayed! This mural however, this 1976 work entitled "Kaleidoscope" was not painted on a canvas that could be rolled up and saved. This 9 ft. by 28 ft. mural was painted on the hospital's waiting room wall, and now...well, you see what's left now. This newspaper article and this photo from Detroit Urbex may be all that's left, the only way anyone will ever see this incredible work of art. This is where I see urbex transcending itself. On the surface, urban exploration is a dangerous hobby where people on the fringes of society go into unsafe structures to take photos. But there is a deeper level to it, a bigger purpose. My photos & video capture not just a moment in time, but a slice of humanity that is gone now. These images are tangible proof of what once was... history made visible... and that is important, I think...that has value and that is why I do what I do. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you to my exploring comrades in this video: Antonio (Hardcam Frio)   / hardcamfrio   Bill Finan (Concrete Urbex, also known as THE GOD OF URBEX!)   / concrete_urbex   Huge thanks to the urbex OGs whose work they published online years ago continues to be a source of inspiration: Detroit Urbex https://www.detroiturbex.com/index.html Nailhed https://www.nailhed.com/ ‪@abandonedcentral‬ ‪@DetroitEXP‬ 00:00 Intro 00:34 Built in 1974 02:15 Basement after being flooded for many years 05:30 Gutted in 2017 09:20 Circular windows 10:40 Syfy series 12 Monkeys filmed here in 2015 11:15 LeRoy Foster mural Disclaimer: Pinetop Jackson does not break into buildings. Every location we document is open with no sings warning against trespassing present at the time of visit. We do not vandalize. While we do respect the graffiti and street art encountered, we do not practice this art. Our goal and our intent is to document these historically significant locations for posterity, and we enter them with respect. We take nothing but photos (and video!) and leave nothing but footprints. #abandonedhospital #urbandecay #abandonedart