the rise and fall of great american buildings

This is a doomed building. I blogged about it once last year, and just yesterday, I drove by the place while doing a motor-car tour of Northeastern CT. I make this claim on the basis of the fact that the community around the factory has moved on, its original function is obsolete and its scale prevents a piece-by-piece approach to renovation. Also, and this is most disturbing, it is nearing the tipping point of structural failure and is susceptible to fire and severe water damage that would have a progressively destructive effect on its architecture.

So, in the interests of posterity, it is preserved as an image on this website. Hooray. For the moment it is located in North Grosvenordale, CT.