The Way Things Used To Be
Crenellated,
ornately festooned with mock battlements, floridly styled and overbuilt – it is
a building that demands respect. For over
100 years, its solid brick construction has dominated the skyline.
It’s
how workmanship was defined, it’s how things used to be made, it’s the way everything
used to be. Companies planned for futures
longer than two fiscal quarters. Planned
obsolescence didn’t exist yet. It was an
old-fashioned time of honor, respect and integrity without government
interference.
Yes,
it was only a warehouse built in 1904 but what it stands for persists – the power
and wealth of big tobacco.
©2012 by L. M. Baumer
images ©2012 by L. M. Baumer
Built to last, hey? Funny how today's big money doesn't need a warehouse.
ReplyDeleteYour posts are provocative and well put together, ideas that ping-pong in my brain and scramble it up. Nice.