It's not supposed to flake, or rust. They're signs of damage -- often of deep neglect.
buildings change hands, no one thinks about maintenance -- real estate investment means it changes hands before that ever matters, up until it does.
I was thinking today about bus stop rain shelters, as one does, and how a lot of people don't seem to realize that advertising ate the world a long time ago, not twenty years ago.
It's easy to tune out. But the bright colors of the cities are just ads, when you bother to look at them, and not the ads on your phone.
today on my bike ride through the rotting corpse of connecticut, as I do every few days;
I saw a building, wrapped in bright red vinyl, advertising yet another apartment complex. This one was empty.
The spalling mentioned above was showing even through the vinyl wrap. evictions long served, the shell game continuing.
I'm sure they'll knock down the 14 stories and put up 6.