home sweet home

I live in a great city. It is the city that is credited with starting the Industrial Revolution. It was pretty trashy in the 70s when the manufacturers started to close/move overseas, and when workers' jobs started being given to new technology. However, now there's a major revitalization effort taking place, turning this city into a fantastic place to live. Here are some photos!

This is a picture of one of the canals and the surrounding mill buildings. Most of the old mills have been turned or are turning into artist lofts and condos. Some are being turned into shopping centers. There's also a National Park here, and so some of the mill buildings have been restored to be part of the park. I think they're all fascinating and strangely beautiful.

The city also tries to remember it's roots as an industrial center. This is a statue that is downtown to honor the 'mill girls,' who made the whole Industrial Revolution possible by providing cheap, efficient labor. Of course this isn't ideal, but they played a major role in the labor movement and women's rights, too.

Here's another picture of a mill, it's smokestack (my favorite part) and one of the canals.

Here's a gate house. The building behind it is a community college. The building on the side you can see is the newspaper. On the side the picture is taken from is a hotel.

The end! Happy Photo Sunday!
xoxo