Scranton - Pick 2

Abandoned America is proud to invite you to enter our second juried photography show, "States of Disrepair", at Mulberry Art Studios in Lancaster, PA in October 2018. Juried by the gallery's owner April M. Koppenhaver, selected work will be part of Lancaster's popular and well attended First Friday gallery event. Both novice and experienced photographers to enter. All mediums are welcome but WORK MUST BE CENTERED ON ABANDONED SPACES.

Wooden floors have buckled wildly, and ceiling tiles collapsed to the floor - all due to substantial water damage. © John Schiller Photography
Ghosts of Manufacturing Past
At one time, at the Scranton Lace Company, this room housed many Nottingham lace looms. Now its ghosts sit quietly staring out the windows into a courtyard between buildings. For more images from the Scranton Lace Company, see: http://www.johnschillerphotography.com/Portfolio/Abandoned/Scranton-Lace-Factory/ Shot on November 5, 2017 © John Schiller Photography

Don't be fooled. This is not a two-story room! Water covering much of the floor perfectly reflects the windows and pillars, enlarging the room before your eyes. © John Schiller Photography
The Final Work Whistle
The Scranton Lace Factory was born at the height of the American Industrial Revolution. Once the world leader in the creation of Northampton lace, with more than 1400 employees at peak, two main buildings of over 288,000 square feet housed manufacturing, a beauty salon, bowling alleys, and an infirmary. Until recently, these buildings stood defiant to time, mother nature and the occasional trespasser - as best reflected int the face of this Administration Building. The final work whistle has blown. Scranton, PA abandoned, and now has lost another reminder of it’s manufacturing past as the Scranton Lace Factory was torn down earlier this year (2018) and is now only a footnote in America's Industrial history. Shot in Scranton, PA on Nov 5, 2017 © John Schiller Photography
Silence at the Scranton Lace Company
A small remant of busted re-enforced glass is all that remains in this window of a bridge between silent buildings, at the Scranton Lace Company, in Scranton PA. See more from the Scranton Lace Company at: http://www.johnschillerphotography.com/Portfolio/Abandoned/Scranton-Lace-Factory/ Shot on November 5, 2017 © John Schiller Photography

Listen. Can you hear the cheering? © John Schiller Photography
Listen up, everyone! © John Schiller Photography
Scranton_Reading_the_Rules
Reading the rules from the executive's chair. © John Schiller Photography