NOWHERESVILLE2010 - Present
At peak operation, Bethlehem Steel was the second largest metals producer in the United States. The Empire State Building, Coney Island's Wonder Wheel, and the Chrysler Building are only a few landmarks built using steel forged at Bethlehem Steel's Pennsylvania ironworks.
The City of Bethlehem was a bustling company town - it's south side crammed with housing for the 31,000 men and women employed by the metal manufacturer.
In 1995, after 140 years of metal production in Eastern Pennsylvania, operations at Bethlehem Steel's sprawling 163-acre campus officially ceased.
This project is on-going.
At peak operation, Bethlehem Steel was the second largest metals producer in the United States. The Empire State Building, Coney Island's Wonder Wheel, and the Chrysler Building are only a few landmarks built using steel forged at Bethlehem Steel's Pennsylvania ironworks.
The City of Bethlehem was a bustling company town - it's south side crammed with housing for the 31,000 men and women employed by the metal manufacturer.
In 1995, after 140 years of metal production in Eastern Pennsylvania, operations at Bethlehem Steel's sprawling 163-acre campus officially ceased.
This project is on-going.
BETHLEHEM, PA - Blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel.
QUAKERTOWN, PA - Parking lot of shuttered big box store.
QUAKERTOWN, PA - Two armchairs, two mattresses in field.
ALLENTOWN, PA - Parking lot of the South Mall in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The mall has been in operation since 1975 and has seen a steady decline in business in the wake of the 2008 Recession. The property was sold in 2014 with the new owners planning on renovating the mall.
BETHLEHEM, PA - Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces prior to redevelopment into Sands Casino. Local lore once said that everything would be okay so long as smoke continued to billow from Bethlehem Steel's blast furnaces.
BETHLEHEM, PA - At the height of Bethlehem Steel's operations, the City of Bethlehem was a bustling company town - it's south side crammed with housing for the 31,000 men and women employed by the metal manufacturer.
BETHLEHEM, PA - Demolition of Bethlehem Steel office buildings. In 1995, after 140 years of metal production in Eastern Pennsylvania, operations at Bethlehem Steel's sprawling 163-acre campus officially ceased.
ALLENTOWN, PA - A man smokes a cigarette and holds a cup of coffee in the stairwell of a notorious flophouse. As longtime working-class families left Bethlehem and Allentown, new immigrants and former residents of the New York and Philadelphia metro in search of better living conditions areas began taking their place.
ALLENTOWN, PA
ALLENTOWN, PA - The Lehigh Valley's current largest employers the Lehigh Valley Hospital followed by St. Luke's Hospital.
ALLENTOWN, PA - A waitress takes 5 behind the Hamilton Family Restaurant. Locals lovingly refer to it as "Ham Fam". The restaurant was visited by President Obama in 2008 and by presidential hopeful Ted Cruz in 2016.
ALLENTOWN, PA
ALLENTOWN, PA - Divina, a metal scrapper, on her way to trade scraps of metal for cash.
QUAKERTOWN, PA
ALLENTOWN, PA - Speedy smokes a cigarette as the snow begins to fall. Speedy has been living under the Hamilton Street Bridge in Allentown for almost a year. Directly above is the Allentown Rescue Mission. Speedy knows that he can always check-in to the mission, but prefers maintain his freedom from the mission's stringent bed policies.
COOPERSBURG, PA - A supermarket employee stocks shelves during a graveyard shift. The term "graveyard shift" dates back to the 1800's when premature burial was relatively common. "Safety coffins" equipped with strings that led to bells at ground level would alert night watch men of any persons mistakenly buried alive.
ALLENTOWN, PA
WHITEHALL, PA
ALLENTOWN, PA
BETHLEHEM, PA
BETHLEHEM, PA - Member of a touring band after finishing a set at a local DIY venue. There are 7 colleges located in the Lehigh Valley and a burgeoning independent music scene.
BETHLEHEM, PA
BETHLEHEM, PA - Sands Casino and Resort.
QUAKERTOWN, PA
ALLENTOWN, PA
HELLERTOWN, PA