[Leica] The Last Days of General Electric in Ft. Wayne

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Interesting and sad how time, markets, and circumstances erode the 
certainties of life, Chris. Some of your photographs have a Becheresque 
bloom.

Douglas
Busy with things I don't want to be busy with.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 7:18 PM
Subject: [Leica] The Last Days of General Electric in Ft. Wayne


> GE used to be one of Fort Wayne's biggest employers, with over 25,000 
> people
> working at the company's sprawling complex of factories, offices, and R&D
> facilities in the city's downtown area. They recently announced that they
> will be shutting down the remaining operations at the 102 year old 
> complex,
> which still has 13 buildings, at the beginning of 2015. Most of the
> buildings have sat empty for many years now, the manufacture of electric
> motors and appliances having been sent to low-wage countries. Fewer than 
> 100
> people still work there, so the closing will not have a big economic 
> impact
> in Fort Wayne, but symbolically it represents the final end of the days 
> when
> American manufacturers built such gigantic manufacturing facilities here.
>
> Several people in my family worked here in the long-ago past, including my
> father's grandfather, two of his uncles, and one of his aunts. I've 
> started
> photographing the buildings over the last month or so; I anticipate that
> they'll be demolished once GE leaves.
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=67
>
> These are the seven photos I have up so far. I'll continue adding more to
> this ongoing project. I have four rolls of film I shot this week to 
> develop
> and scan, and I have more things I want to photograph before its gone.
>
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 260-437-8990
>
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