Mill Crossing
This is what it looks like inside one of the footbridges that connect one mill building to another. Like the one in the image below. Related Images:
Heritage Place Windows
Looking up the side of Heritage Place, one of the mill buildings in the city the has found a second life. Related Images:
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I’m doing a photographic study of a local mill building for the owners. Heritage Place in Lawrence was purchased, gutted and converted to commercial office space about a decade ago. Great for the owners, bad for me. I prefer to get to these buildings while they are in their original, unfinished state. I did a …
Ayer Mill Stairs
The architecture of these 19th century mills have a lot in common. With the exception of the Stone Mill, they are all made primarily of bricks and wooden beams. They were built primarily for function, not form. The tall windows and vast open floor space were designed to maximize natural lighting and accommodate the huge …
Please Come In Thank You
Another blue door at the Malden Mills. I don’t know what I like most about this image. Maybe its the fact that the gable above the doorway is slightly askew or maybe its the very inviting and polite, “Please Come In Thank You” sign. It could be the textures of the brick and peeling blue …
Mill Yard
I went over to the Malden Mill Yard for some late afternoon shooting. The slowly setting sun created some amazing shadow patterns across the mill yard and buildings. I figured it would also be a challenge in post process. This image was shot from the top of a fire escape at the far end of …