The Rise And Fall Of The Rust Belt In 44 Haunting Images

The Rise And Fall Of The Rust Belt In 44 Haunting Images Once a thriving industrial region in the united states, the rust belt is now blighted by economic decline, population loss, and urban decay. 44 photos that show how the rust belt became a ghost of its former glory. view gallery. "smoke, smoke, smoke — everywhere smoke," a writer for the atlantic monthly commented after visiting pittsburgh in. A common structure would begin to fall apart as water eventually leaks into the roof, erodes the wood and rusts the nail. many of these abandoned rust belt structures will eventually collapse.

The Rise And Fall Of The Rust Belt In 44 Haunting Images Haunting pictures of decay from the rust belt. by. post staff report. published april 24, 2014, 11:03 a.m. et. 1 of 28. a photo showcasing architecture within st. joseph byzantine of cleveland. Haunting photos of abandoned factories. perhaps no other region in the country has more eerie examples of urban decay than the once dominant industrial region known as the rust belt. The photos are mostly of the structures of the industry, home, commerce, but every now and then shore trains his lens on the people. they pose in diners, bars and outside work. The industry floundered in the 1980s, when poland switched over to a capitalist economy. factories and plants were shuttered; jobs were lost, and people moved on. “today, after twenty something years, there is little evidence left of the golden days,” liboska explained. he describes upper silesia as “poland’s rust belt.”.

The Rise And Fall Of The Rust Belt In 44 Haunting Images The photos are mostly of the structures of the industry, home, commerce, but every now and then shore trains his lens on the people. they pose in diners, bars and outside work. The industry floundered in the 1980s, when poland switched over to a capitalist economy. factories and plants were shuttered; jobs were lost, and people moved on. “today, after twenty something years, there is little evidence left of the golden days,” liboska explained. he describes upper silesia as “poland’s rust belt.”. No city better chronicles the rise and anything but inevitable fall of the midwest than detroit. detroit’s access to the great lakes made it a natural hub of the nineteenth century’s budding manufacturing, shipping service, and shipbuilding industries. after henry ford founded the ford motor company, in detroit in 1903, the city’s growth. A mile long walking path leads through the ruins of the iron works, marked with signs that explain the significance of the various portions of the mill and the functions of the equipment that once stood there. across the railroad tracks from the joliet iron works historic site, the structures of the steel works remain abandoned and rusting.

The Rise And Fall Of The Rust Belt In 44 Haunting Images No city better chronicles the rise and anything but inevitable fall of the midwest than detroit. detroit’s access to the great lakes made it a natural hub of the nineteenth century’s budding manufacturing, shipping service, and shipbuilding industries. after henry ford founded the ford motor company, in detroit in 1903, the city’s growth. A mile long walking path leads through the ruins of the iron works, marked with signs that explain the significance of the various portions of the mill and the functions of the equipment that once stood there. across the railroad tracks from the joliet iron works historic site, the structures of the steel works remain abandoned and rusting.