The Washington Post writer Nicole Crowder published an article recently describing the process that award-winning documentary photographer Pete Marovich used to come up with a poignant, perhaps unsettling look at how the Pennsylvania steel town of Aliquippa collapsed.
But is there a glimmer of resurgence in the future for the Three Rivers area?
This ties in nicely with my writings on Ganaego Valley, so I hope you find the read interesting.
Here is a teaser:
In Sight: What drew you to the story of this particular town? Pete Marovich: These photographs are part of a larger project about the old steel towns along the banks of the iconic three rivers that converge in Pittsburgh. I had been reading in the media over the last year or so about how Pittsburgh is making a resurgence after the decline of the steel industry in the 1980s, and the stories were a bit unsettling to me.View the full article.
I love Pennsylvia the fresh air the greenery
Hi Rob,
This page turned up #2 in google search for this article. The sad story is that the reason I was searching is that I can’t find the story duplicated anywhere (yet) that it will render correctly in any modern browser on Windows 11. I’ve tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge and whatever is wrong at the Washington Post, the text streams down unreadable long vertical columns at the edge of my screen. Not your problem, but finding anyone writing about the subject is interesting given that I’m from an even smaller mill town near the confluence of the Ohio and Beaver rivers. I’ll figure it out eventually as I’m deeply interested in the story having lived a fair bit of it. I’ll have to look into your writings further.
Cheers,
Dave