cleveland: witnesses of decay.

Took a deeper look at the wastelands of Cleveland, when I was home for Christmas. It surprises me more and more each time to find moments of incredible beauty in the way this city has fallen apart. It’s bittersweet, but absolutely fascinating at the same time.

cleveland: west side market

There is something amazing about open air markets. Whenever I visit one, I wish grocery stores were never invented. Over Christmas, I visited the West Side Market in Cleveland with my parents. Check out the history here, it’s actually pretty interesting.

cleveland: they call it a wasteland.

Cleveland has always been one of the ugliest places I’ve ever visited. It’s all urban waste and rot: rust, smokestacks, soot and grime. The hollow remains of America from it’s era of industrial prosperity and glory. Today it lies mostly ruins, like the American equivalent of the European remains of the once magnificent temples of Rome and Greece. Even the fully functional operating factories and mills look ghostly and dangerous. Breathing monsters that threaten the ‘green’ way of life everyone is so fanatic about right now…