Sunday, November 4, 2012

Midwest Urban

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Crime

Scenes from the industrial and railroad area south of the Arch. No shying away from the gritty, ironic side of the city. Read this as a diptych or any way you like.

One irony is that this is not a dangerous area, just post-industrial quiet. Not much going on, nothing valuable, no homeless, no drug dealers. I wonder how the taggers made those two-story tall letters without being noticed. The building is in plain view. The boxcar below was a short distance away. This little bit of America could use some rebuilding.

Building America

5 comments:

  1. Magnificent documental post! Cheers!

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  2. Nice shots. Nice accompanying text.Like it.

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  3. I wish there was something a bit gritty to find in Versailles...

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  4. ... 'jealous mistress' for sure and she'll always show up when she's least needed.
    I like the gritty look and feel of these, Bob.

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