Abandoned Commercial Detroit

The Metro Detroit Area is home to many former businesses of many kinds, AbandonedCommercialDetroit aims to showcase the Full Experience of some of the well known icons in detroit but also the smaller less known businesses

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About the Author

Matt Scruggs

-Author of AbandonedCommercialDetroit.com

Matt Scruggs is a photographer and videographer with a passion since childhood of photography and videography, along with Urban Exploration Matt is a passionate Railroad Photographer capturing years of Trains trackside along with Urban Exploration, he has been urban exploring since 2022 with his first building KIDZ PLAYLAND located in Southwest Detroit, Matt has been a lifelong Metro Detroit Resident and aims to preserve the history of the region through extensive Photography and “Full Exploration” videos aimed to showcase a full building’s character and once purpose to the Detroit Region, Matt believes heavily in experiencing the moment and capturing that piece of history while it’s still there

About Abandoned Commercial Detroit

Abandoned Commercial Detroit is a website that was founded by Matt Scruggs going online as ACER Eclipse of the Youtube channel of the same name to document the history and abandoned side of Detroit, he felt there was too much focus on the popular locations and decided to showcase smaller businesses as well along with the bigger more well known locations of Detroit, Abandoned Commercial Detroit aims to showcase and tell the history of the buildings documented on abandonedcommercialdetroit.com Everything on this Website unless noted is property of Matt Scruggs and photographed by him, thanks for checking us out!

Why Detroit

Even in 2024 Detroit is still full of Abandoned Ruins and history from bygone eras

Historical Stories

Many Detroiters have found memories inside many of these places

Hidden Beauty

Many Ruins in Detroit still shine today even if they're decayed, Detroit was home to many amazing architects like that of Albert Khan

Frozen in time

Many Locations are examples of what life used to be like inside the Communities inside the Detroit Region

24 Locations

11 Cities Ventured

1000+ Timestamps of History Captured

See a extensive documentation on each location with Abandoned Commercial Detroit's catalog of hundreds of pieces of media from Photos and Videos from the Author of AbandonedCommercialDetroit.com 
-Matt Scruggs

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