Chasing Ghosts
Gallery
![A plant grows from a pile of rubble.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=ef2874ad5ba457f1df3d3a26f4f17085 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=da34300cfa7e605b4ad852693e600635 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=268c17402fb375fabe811524392b8d75 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=dbf9038d5b71258cd0362546ae983061 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=7a59427a7394cf7bb346f4246efd5ad8 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00215.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=655834e831761681f94c449c2d95a620 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of a dilapidated building.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1199&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=646a036bbc3e15bd953f5c47e867f145 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2399&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=d9bbbcd39f5c28f9bff977a12ffd316c 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=959&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=055a926ed4bfab42c20ea5215e7b6af0 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1919&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=209c315cd623caff5980f72ef88a65a6 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=719&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=ac1880a40fe7872ad8fb047999d771ef 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00150.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1439&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=aa858ef11ee0fa7da58c8f266ccaa89a 1152w)
![An orange and blue plant grows on a building.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=cf656cb7f88f22a468969f6356863f97 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=9b4e93c3a5eb1ae7542a3ddf4b8b884a 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=eb451455c43d9eb32c79719b1857280b 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=ee1baa2d7ef04ea8e460a6f710dfe7dc 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=67d26673cb25131446e0ba172402eecd 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00220_2023-01-19-183141_wbxf.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=7ce4524c271b06a01b6f975098fa1b5d 1152w)
![A photo of an old, abandoned church.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=0a2aecfbca903b827a76e364c66b45cc 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=f004469f0d05c7e8d0e584a27b76fecd 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=addf647bba8d02bbbe32154f5bfe40e3 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=6efc0eecc55873f98767fd56c89432fc 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=8d9dbd4f411f1de25f4a25ea0efd1077 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=c049a48c885abe2ef51941a213dd4ce6 1152w)
![Beams and other forms of debris are spotlight by a beam of sunshine.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=31aa7d5983fd6e12b49a22e85b042c4c 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=fb3ba73830ed0b24441a44799d2e0361 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=9ea51c118df253dbbd75c570ce64d0c8 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=892b30beab4141c6df798d67e53269ab 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=abfc943e6fda7e5669511a0f8cf663ab 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=1969978c7a0442c14f6ba1f888508411 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of the view through an abandoned church window.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1343&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=8f233135ed89e5fc6ba7ba07a77ae231 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2687&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=62d7305d5a82b9aedca03a9540f1406b 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1075&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=b996c895bddcf941c8f9fcf2646e1d16 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2150&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=82111d4e4773b47cd86dc5fb675b9d74 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=806&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=a57bb4fa817592004c88b0632d84cb75 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1612&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=cb1ba91ee3ee5ac7cadcfd7c1700ebf0 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of the view through many windows.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=768&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=ef2e385cf2ae042d282ab28ddd86f8f8 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1536&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=f107edd6ed094bdbea215c37dbd601f8 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=614&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=83e149913e39c9c20405b1d1aa693ff9 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1228&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=03f5e62f800611ac5d8d7312c1b1198e 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=460&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=3dbf84ceef6af25798929a5d67eb93fe 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=921&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=0950c4efcca4e32a68686817cfe12216 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of a construction vehicle.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=685&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=19378b6e9591baf7cb154cc1c74413ee 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1371&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=5f3ccfd21e685d2b31f689df3a36642c 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=548&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=9697e336e30fe36eaec3d88b1cd1b319 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1097&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=9f76cd47de69d2dfb80ad5ab5a278db3 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=411&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=a2634b47a3c27475738317bc36c4d663 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=822&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=ee9c4f6a8c55b1a95c1485293ad3521f 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of graffiti on a building.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=636&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=110f3c6457c5b8ad9736b0156e1f3f00 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1273&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=40bf34dd931fa8f571917446cedf7b99 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=509&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=5eaf4795c2287cba94f98a212a2f3c35 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1018&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=0fe2d91977b6018d37dee57ea4f8cc4b 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=381&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=52fdb8e21ab6f83dd7a33fa4601f6d65 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=763&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=0591001f1ce5277c914dfc1b180f589d 1152w)
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I don’t believe in ghosts.
But it does seem like that’s what I’m trying to capture when photographing a once-living structure. After taking a film photography class in my final year of college, I fell into it as a hobby to help cope with the isolation that the COVID-19 pandemic brought. The analog aspect of film has a warm, nostalgic quality to it—and as much as I enjoy photographing nature and everyday life, there’s a distinct connection this quality creates when used in urban exploring.
Abandoned places are imbued with feelings of others’ past presence. On the surface, this feeling has an overwhelmingly eerie tone, amplified by the common features of decaying rubble, dust-ridden objects, and a silent darkness.
However, looking at these kinds of places through the photos I take reveals to me a more meditative outlook on urban death. It’s noticing the green foliage that springs from weathering cracks. Rain puddles reflecting streaks of sunlight into a forgotten space. The depiction of something familiar being accepted back into nature.
This allows me to be comfortable with the inevitable end of everything. To be more appreciative of the structures that I inhabit in my own life.
Gary, Indiana
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![A photo of an old, abandoned church.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=0a2aecfbca903b827a76e364c66b45cc 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=f004469f0d05c7e8d0e584a27b76fecd 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=addf647bba8d02bbbe32154f5bfe40e3 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=6efc0eecc55873f98767fd56c89432fc 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=8d9dbd4f411f1de25f4a25ea0efd1077 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00208.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=c049a48c885abe2ef51941a213dd4ce6 1152w)
Gary very much felt like a ghost town on an early fall morning, with almost no one to be seen. It’s home to many abandoned residences and buildings due to white flight in 1960s America. The main structure to be explored here is that of City Methodist Church, which lies in the middle of Gary's downtown area. It was fully abandoned in the 1970s, only to then survive a fire in 1997. I find these ruins to be lovingly haunting.
![Beams and other forms of debris are spotlight by a beam of sunshine.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1200&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=31aa7d5983fd6e12b49a22e85b042c4c 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=fb3ba73830ed0b24441a44799d2e0361 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=960&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=9ea51c118df253dbbd75c570ce64d0c8 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1920&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=892b30beab4141c6df798d67e53269ab 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=720&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=abfc943e6fda7e5669511a0f8cf663ab 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00214_2023-01-19-183144_jwsj.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=1969978c7a0442c14f6ba1f888508411 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of the view through an abandoned church window.](https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1343&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=8f233135ed89e5fc6ba7ba07a77ae231 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2687&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=62d7305d5a82b9aedca03a9540f1406b 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1075&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=b996c895bddcf941c8f9fcf2646e1d16 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2150&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=82111d4e4773b47cd86dc5fb675b9d74 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=806&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=a57bb4fa817592004c88b0632d84cb75 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/SON00156.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1612&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=cb1ba91ee3ee5ac7cadcfd7c1700ebf0 1152w)
Sears at Six Corners
![A black-and-white photo of the view through many windows.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=768&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=ef2e385cf2ae042d282ab28ddd86f8f8 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1536&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=f107edd6ed094bdbea215c37dbd601f8 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=614&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=83e149913e39c9c20405b1d1aa693ff9 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1228&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=03f5e62f800611ac5d8d7312c1b1198e 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=460&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=3dbf84ceef6af25798929a5d67eb93fe 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350034.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=921&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=0950c4efcca4e32a68686817cfe12216 1152w)
It came as a bit of a shock to the community of Six Corners the day that the thundering crack of a wrecking ball struck the side of the former Sears building. Locals on the northwest side had a fondness for the building, thanks to its art deco design and its historic place in the once-bustling commercial neighborhood. Many purchased their first home appliances there. After its permanent closure in 2018, it lay dormant. Until, like a hungry pack of dogs, demolition vehicles moved in to gut the site.
![A black-and-white photo of a construction vehicle.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=685&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=19378b6e9591baf7cb154cc1c74413ee 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1371&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=5f3ccfd21e685d2b31f689df3a36642c 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=548&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=9697e336e30fe36eaec3d88b1cd1b319 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1097&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=9f76cd47de69d2dfb80ad5ab5a278db3 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=411&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=a2634b47a3c27475738317bc36c4d663 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350025.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=822&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=ee9c4f6a8c55b1a95c1485293ad3521f 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of graffiti on a building.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=636&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=110f3c6457c5b8ad9736b0156e1f3f00 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1273&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=40bf34dd931fa8f571917446cedf7b99 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=509&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=5eaf4795c2287cba94f98a212a2f3c35 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1018&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=0fe2d91977b6018d37dee57ea4f8cc4b 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=381&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=52fdb8e21ab6f83dd7a33fa4601f6d65 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350031.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=763&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=0591001f1ce5277c914dfc1b180f589d 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of a building in the process of being torn down.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=0aa7566fbaff82afb9208da07d11a7f8 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2880&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=8426dacb80ed1580a7959d7f7c80d0cc 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1152&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=39c0955e49e3df29f2afa41ddc391b49 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2304&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=93f0464e7363c373ed6c1e0aaa09048b 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=864&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=b099b166f2c7972191019555d34a8592 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350029.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1728&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=7d7e5e27fe788f7720e649a8e8ce9298 1152w)
![A black-and-white photo of an abandoned building.](https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=639&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=4b8ef98974d05ac02244c41e79bdcca3 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1279&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=d17c1e51a350b3cf74afcace1c06813a 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=511&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=513e93c1abd3e0b6bebf9b28fb230f29 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1023&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=16cc2fe7d717156499d21acb0417a625 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=383&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=7cdb703b38ee0a560d4fd4b207c8055e 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/000024350030.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=767&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=516b64a04cfcd1ae3720471371634882 1152w)
South Works at Steelworkers Park
![A black-and-white photo of an industrial-looking object.](https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1440&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=7030424fe808b747a94ed4f8459070c3 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2880&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=3401d176c2e8c4719a3128ca882d0a8c 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1152&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=4d1fbd2bdf8cb59a4340b06692d9eebb 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=2304&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=8aaaff6540a5f3caa0e418e47ad27d1a 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=864&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=45608c068e1da27b944aa340f275f1a5 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20029.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1728&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=fc9d581525590718199bbc7a86fe09be 1152w)
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![A black-and-white photo of a wall with text that reads "SAFETY FIRST."](https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=685&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=82&usm=20&w=960&s=6a42d60b1a7488befc76e4518d386045 960w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1371&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=61&usm=20&w=1920&s=2f801ce473f69e44206129614e8acc2f 1920w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=548&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=768&s=86879b7cfa7d6abf5497ce3056b2cbfe 768w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1097&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1536&s=0fc4194a73f872f373325c2a157be46b 1536w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=411&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=60&usm=20&w=576&s=420d0b9504045ed5e6c8e5d13a089b13 576w, https://varyer.imgix.net/IL20031.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&domain=varyer.imgix.net&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=822&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&usm=20&w=1152&s=e5f3c2aab794647f6697174b96bd9e13 1152w)
Time eats away at the ruins here of a former U.S. Steel works plant. Most of the buildings are gone now, with the remains overtaken by shrubs. A few stone structures still stand, some collapsed in certain spaces. Most notable is the river dock, which used to be where the plant received its many tons of iron ore to turn into steel. It feels otherworldly to picture a once-laborious scorching steel plant that employed thousands—now reduced to quiet debris.
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