Rust Belt Tour '09: Braddock, PA and Radical Utopianism

Landsploitation by Jo Guldi

Sep 8, 2009Arts

In 2009, the wasting steel town of Braddock, Pennsylvania hit international newspapers as an example of how post-industrial ruins could be transformed into utopian spaces after the mayors' plea for dedicated urban homest...

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