The other neat stuff.

I hung out with my mom and dad on Wednesday while on spring break. We went to take some pictures of two old factories that are about to be demolished. The first building is the Amerock building. Many of my family members on my mom's side of the family worked for Amerock, including my grandmother for a number of years. They manufactured small hardware like kitchen cabinet knobs, door knockers, etc., under the name Anchor Hocking. You may have some of their kitchen ware in your home right now. The family who worked at Amerock didn't work in this building, but with the same company. Amerock is now gone, shipped to China after being purchased by Newell. TAPCO is another company that is no longer in business. As Queen said "Another One Bites the Dust." So much for the rust belt. Both are/were located across from the factory my dad works in, Rockford Linear Actuation.









The last picture is an example of what my dear friend Cream City would call "an urban landscape."