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Built on Rust

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Built on Rust

A photographer finds beauty in New York’s forgotten decay.

Michael Cervieri
Sep 26, 2012
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Cities like their shiny spaces. New buildings rise. Neighborhoods are born. Parks are built. Cities highlight these things. It’s good for the bottom line.

Shiny, after all, is nice, something to feel good about. But our shiny spaces—gleaming buildings, coveted restaurants, gentrified neighborhoods—are also a facade. They’re a form of  urban wallpaper that covers the cracks, rust and mold that cities, like New York, are built upon.

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