A stunning photographic tour of more than 20 sites — both abandoned and operational — that are emblematic of America’s industrial heritage. American culture and politics are shot through with nostalgia for the country’s industrial past, a time when we actually made things — physical things, not patterns of bits and bytes. But what did this past actually look like? Photographer Michael L. Horowitz has travelled throughout the Northeast in search of its remnants, both heritage businesses that have survived to the present and the ruins of decommissioned factories and infrastructure. The spaces he takes us inside range from the intimate to the vast — from the last silk flower workshop in New York’s Garment District to Buffalo’s looming grain elevators and the Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant, in operation since 1914. Horowitz photographs these places with the eye not only of a photographer but of someone who has taken the time to understand their workings in detail — an understanding that is extended to the reader through James Holtje’s lively and carefully researched text. Cathedrals of Industry will appeal to readers with a variety of interests, including history, architecture, engineering, and urban exploration.
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A stunning photographic tour of more than twenty sites—both abandoned and operational—that are emblematic of America’s industrial heritage. Subjects range from a Lower East Side matzo factory, to the grain elevators of Buffalo, to the Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant. Locations include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
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CONTENTS Introduction Raw Materials 1. Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing, MD DEFUNCT 2. Deerskin Tannery, Upstate New York OPERATIONAL 3. Pulp Mill, Naponach, New York DEFUNCT 4. Grain Elevators and Mills, Buffalo SOME MILLS STILL ACTIVE 5. Lackawanna Steel DEFUNCT 6. Bethlehem Steel DEFUNCT Workshops and Factories 7. M&S Schmalberg Silk Flowers, Manhattan OPERATIONAL 8. Faerman Cash Register Co., Manhattan CLOSED 9. Brooklyn Seltzer Boys OPERATIONAL 10. Streit’s Lower East Side matzo factory MOVED UPSTATE 11. Joyva, Brooklyn OPERATIONAL 12. QRS Music, Buffalo OPERATIONAL Infrastructure 13. Colonel Ward Pumping Station, Buffalo OPERATIONAL (BUT NOT THE GIANT STEAM ENGINE) 14. Buffalo Central Terminal DEFUNCT (BEING CONVERTED TO A “VENUE”) 15. Hoboken Terminal OPERATIONAL 16. IRT Substation, Manhattan OPERATIONAL (BUT REFITTED) 17. Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant OPERATIONAL (BUT REFITTED) 18. C. R. Huntley Generating Station, Tonawanda, New York DEFUNCT 19. Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane DEFUNCT (NOW A HOTEL) 20. West Side Piers, Manhattan DEFUNCT
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ISBN
9780789214980
Publisert
2025-03-03
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Vendor
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Vekt
1826 gr
Høyde
304 mm
Bredde
228 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
280

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Biographical note

Michael L. Horowitz, a New York-based photographer, has dedicated himself to documenting cultural history in the face of rapid change; his photographs of New York City, Buffalo, and Italy have been widely exhibited. Horowitz is the owner of Digital Imaging Group LLC, a custom digital and fine art photo studio. James Holtje is an author, speechwriter, and academic. He teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and has published six books on business and public affairs.