SHINE is a look backward from the present to Salem's 1860 charter. In each year we have four sections: glimpses of what was happening around the world, a special event in Salem, what you see when you visit that site today, and other Salem events of interest that year.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Warehouse as History/Warehouse as Art
Seattle photographer Bruce Decker makes wonderful night images, and here's one of the soon to be demolished landmark looking beautiful and mysterious.
Has anyone in Salem ever done a temporary installation by projecting a film or film loop on a building to be demolished? Would there be other opportunities with the Boise Redevelopment project to create some beauty amidst the transformative demolition?
Text is compiled and edited by Virginia Green. Text resources are identified by links to the Salem History Project (http://www.salemhistory.net), Discover (http://discover-neighborhood-history.blogspot.com), City of Salem, Statesman Journal (1995-2009) and other websites.
Contemporary color photographs are by Thomas N. Green, Jr. Unless otherwise noted, all historic photographs are from the Oregon Historic Photograph Collections of the Salem Public Library: http://photos.salemhistory.net
4 comments:
Thanks for the lovely photo, Bonnie!
Has anyone in Salem ever done a temporary installation by projecting a film or film loop on a building to be demolished? Would there be other opportunities with the Boise Redevelopment project to create some beauty amidst the transformative demolition?
Bonnie, I love the light & shadow on this photo! ;-)
Great photo! I am still sad to see this old giant go.
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