Abandoned
New Jersey: Forgotten Spaces in the
Garden State by Joe Nadler is a fascinating full-color
book of photographs illustrating several abandoned properties in the categories
of home, entertainment, hospitals, schools, and churches.
Each
section begins with an essay on the type of property to be explored.
In
looking at the spaces, one is amazed at the beauty of these spaces, even as
they crumble, and one is inspired not only to take in their beauty in decay,
but to look to restoring sites to their original glory and to consider what is
being built now – whether today’s spaces have beauty and care in their very
being – and if not, how one might return to building speaces that speak out and
not just function.
Stunning
and thought-provoking.
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