Silent Archways

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 6 July 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

This is the rear entrance to one of the former office buildings of a long closed manufacturing plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia. Those from my area know Marcus Hook for its heavy industry, most notably its refineries. This is the site where artificial silk, later named Rayon, was invented, developed, and manufactured. The plant manufactured rayon fiber used in clothing, tires, parachutes, parachute cords, among other uses. It also supplied rayon fiber for products used by the military during both world wars. The plant opened about 1912 and closed in the 1970s and has been sitting idle ever since. Some of the architecture of the original brick buildings is incredibly beautiful.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

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