Some stunning -- and very depressing -- pictures from Detroit.

The last year of classes at Jane Cooper Elementary was 2006-7. After that, the cash-strapped Detroit Public Schools shut the school down.

http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2008/10/open-campus.html

The Detroit public schools book repository:

http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/projects/untitled-one/

http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/projects/untitled-two/

http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/projects/school-supplies/ (see prev/next at top of screen)

http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/depository/the-story/