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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 18, 2010 18:21:47 GMT
Inujima Art Project <--- clickBy Naomi R. Pollock, AIAAn isolated island amid many that dot the Seto Inland Sea, Inujima once helped fuel Japan’s early industrialization. Close enough to Honshu, the country’s main island, for easy transport yet far enough to keep noxious fumes at bay, Inujima reached its productive pinnacle in 1909 ... after a mere 10 years, the factory was abandoned and its brick edifice left to crumble until its rebirth some 80 years later as the site of the first of several planned Inujima Art Projects. . . .... the 0.21-square-mile island is distinguished by the haunting remains of the refinery’s six chimneys and the mazes of brick wall fragments fanned out around them. See a remarkable series of photographs with sensitive commenatary here: tokyogreenspace.com/2009/11/12/inujima-reclaiming-the-past-to-envision-the-future/There is much more information online, if you wish to learn more about this excellent undertaking.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2010 19:49:33 GMT
One interesting thing that can often be seen is that many of the worst industrially polluted areas, so polluted that they were abandoned, spring back to life with incredible vigor if they are left alone.
Of course, if they are depolluted, it is even better.
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