That's pretty sad, seeing Detroit turn from a bustling city to abandoned fields and parking lots

There's a TV special that will be available on the Albany PBS affiliate (WMHT) called the "Neighborhood that Disappeared" talking about the destruction wreaked on Albany.

They also had more plans for destroying the city that fell through when the unlimited Federal dollars ran out. See: http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2011/03/08/the-highway-that...

When you think about how small Albany is, the sheer scale of highways is ridiculous.

Rochester is brutal. I go there every couple of months for work reasons and it's not hard to see how it was once a thriving city but it has been totally destroyed by highways.

I've seen these images before since architecture and urban planning are a hobby of mine and I always find the Buffalo before/after shots horrifying by how many pre-war buildings were turned into asphalt for cars.