Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Mar 30, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > 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 And kudos! to you for recognizing the value and doing due diligence beautifully Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist