The same view in 2007.
Superior, WI, some have said, is a suburb of Duluth, MN. It’s more like a sub-suburb, I would argue. It’s the industrial district that is technically in another state, one that sells beer on Sundays. Perspective is looking out of the mostly-disassembled larger (newer) elevator.
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For some time, Purina ran a feed service out of the elevator. Inside and outside were signs of its past presence.
A yellow house above the mineshaft.
Before it was demolished, there was one good staircase the led to the middle of the dock. Trees grew from it.
The top three floors were removed from the top of the Temple Opera Block (right). If you have a sharp eye, you can see the outlines of some of the old floors on the shared wall of the Orpheum (left). For a time, the front of the building held a bus stop.
Heavy industrial looks good in cotton candy pink.
Coming to an inspirational poster near you… what should it read? ADVENTURE AWAITS? Don’t hang posters. Go outside.
A little sun and a little moisture sprouted this grass in the middle of the steel silos, in the midst of Minneapolis’ “graffiti graveyard”. Two images of time: nature growing through industry and rust dissolving old art in the elements.
Another perfect Indianan sunset alights like a bird on the tops of the vent houses and tree-packed smokestacks.
The “Bentleyville” Christmas tree, part of a winter light show, in storage.