Fires in Detroit Destroy an Artist’s Canvas: Vacant Houses - NYTimes.com
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DETROIT — A faint stream of smoke was still rising in the frigid air here the other morning, though all that remained of the building itself was a charred foundation, now framed in yellow police tape. Detroit’s seemingly endless stock of abandoned buildings has been a target for arson for all too long, but this house was different.
It had been covered in stuffed animals. Dozens of fluffy faded creatures were affixed to its outer walls. A panda dangled near the roof while Mickey Mouse looked on from a window.
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