93 West Market Street, Newark, N. J. 2022. Some call this downtown redevelopment corner a place of accidental beauty, and others an eyesore.
Current smog in Lahore, Pakistan: Visible from space and has a AQI of 1,200, above 300 is considered hazardous
Superfund site, Former Q Petroleum. 101 Riverside Ave., Newark, May 29, 2024. Three fat chickens were pecking by the hazardous waste. VRG Collection, LoC.
Illegal housing at the foot of a luxury apartment building, Pune, India. The occupants of the apartment building can make up to 80k USD per year. The occupants of the “vasti” won’t make that in their lifetime
Jim O’Connor, guarding a disabled Brink’s truck, Springfield Ave. The empty Scudder Homes high rises, ready to be demolished, rise behind him, Newark, 1980
Staff dormitories at Neft Daşları, an industrial settlement in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan.
Acapulco, Mexico, 2 hurricanes and several floodings in less than a year has left the city in a deplorable state
When communism in Poland collapsed, the state owned farms were often abolished and the workers were left with nothing but a commieblock apartment in the village middle of nowhere and no farmland of their own. No surprise these places are plagued with dysfunctions like suicide and unemployment.
Ecuadorian fruit and water vendor and her 3 children, Times Square, Broadway and 45th St., Manhattan, night, November 4, 2024.
Jeffrey holding a syringe while speaking about ancient buildings, the Atlantis and aliens. “Cogito Ergo Sum” written on the wall. Old Essex County Jail ca. 1837. New and Newark Sts., Newark, June 14, 2024.
Polish urbanists love to put yellow barrier wherever they can. Here, Głogów municipality installed 6,300€ worth of yellow barriers to separate sidewalk from concrete fence.
