Where did everybody go?

2004-08-24T00:00:00

Source: Nikolaus Brade

Demolition is the fate of many of the 1.3 million apartments lying untenanted in eastern Germany. According to the Shrinking Cities project there are 400 cities around the world whose populations have ‘lastingly’ shrunk in the past 50 years. They include Detroit, Manchester/ Liverpool and Ivanov in Russia. Their histories ...

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