No, Climb DOWN!

Update: Demolished by implosion in April 2016. No kidding? There’s video up on Youtube of the famous ascent up the smokestack of Armour Meatpacking Plant.

Cold Storage, Armour Meatpacking Plant

Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016. Imagine hundreds or perhaps thousands of hog carcasses dangling from the ceilings of the massive refrigerator rooms at Armour. Built of thick concrete and foam insulation, the room was still cold on a sunny day in March. Remarkably large stalactites and stalagmites have begun to form on the…

Armour Meatpacking Plant Little Details

Update: Demolished in the summer of 2016. It’s tempting to look at the giant hulking smokestacks or coal hoppers, the giant boilers or the huge tanks at Armour Meatpacking Plant, but if you look closely, strange and fascinating little details begin to appear. A discarded table, a wooden table or a strange round hole can…