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Signed Copy of "Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream" Book + 5x7 Print
Signed by the author, this copy of Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream comes with a free 5x7 of the author's choice and maybe a few other Abandoned America goodies too! If the creation of a structure represents the values and ideals of a time, so too does its subsequent abandonment and eventual destruction. In Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, internationally acclaimed photographer Matthew Christopher continues his tour of the quiet catastrophes dotting American cities, examining the losses and failures that led these ruins to become forsaken by communities that once embraced them. From the heartbreaking story of a state school that would become home to one of the country's worst cases of fatal neglect and abuse to the shattered remains of what was once the largest mall in the United States, "Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream" asks what leads us to leave places behind and what the consequences are of doing so. Chapters include: The Fallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY): Once one of Niagara Falls' swankiest hotels, now no more.Long Beach, CT: A beach community left for dead when the bridge to it burnedFort Pitt Casting (Pittsburgh, PA): A prosperous steel casting company undone between labor conflictsThe Lee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI): A beautiful hotel plagued by bad debtTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA): A gorgeous asylum with a haunting pastThe Randall Park Mall (North Randall, OH): Once the world's largest shopping mallGary, IN: An industrial town struggling with over 13,000 blighted propertiesVulture City, AZ: Arizona's richest gold mine that cost many their livesThe Victory Theatre (Holyoke, MA): A stunningly opulent theater now in ruinsForest Haven (Laurel, MD): A school for the developmentally disabled that became a house of horrorsThe Variety Theatre (Cleveland, OH): An abandoned beauty that represents hope for its communityThe SS United States (Philadelphia, PA): Once the world's fastest ocean liner and the largest ship built on US soilThe Catskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY): A notalgic vacation destination with a dark secretSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA): Once the most expensive high school in the US, it was closed for dubious safety concerns
