Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I made this photograph back in 2014, and posted on the LUG back then. I'm posting it again to illustrate how important it is to document our world. http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1909 Yesterday, General Electric began dismantling this iconic sign that has stood atop one of the buildings in their sprawling factory complex in downtown Fort Wayne since the 1930s. The buildings at the complex have mostly been vacant for 20 yrs now, all the jobs having been exported to Mexico. There was a small research and development staff working at the site until the beginning of 2015, when that operation was moved to another GE location in the United States. One of the buildings was demolished last year, and we expect that the rest will soon follow, especially since the famous sign has now been taken down. Here are the rest of the photos I have posted of the GE plant in Fort Wayne. I have others waiting to be scanned and will be shooting some new ones this week. http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=67 The oldest buildings at the Fort Wayne GE complex are 100 years old. This place once employed more than 20,000 people in the city, including my grandmother?s father, three of her brothers, and the wife of one of her brothers. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook