Ruinous
"At some point you have to choose to have a ruin. You don’t generally stumble one day upon a picturesque, clearly ancient ruin that everyone would agree is something to preserve. Along the way, it spent a long time as a decrepit and merely kind-of-old building, perpetually susceptible to demolition, vandalism, or even restoration."
This week my column is in praise of ruins.
Also, here are links to some pictures of the church in Gary, Indiana, that I talk about in the column. Sadly, the Chicago Tribune says the city is struggling to get the money for even the urban ruin garden plan. I hope they find a way.
gh0sts by Carey Primeau on Flickr (Check out Primeau's other other photos too. Gorgeous.)
Chicago Tribune slideshow