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Old 04-07-2009, 06:48 AM
 
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The town of Johnstown is located in South West, Pennsylvania. It is closer to the center of the state in the Laurel Highlands. It was destroyed by a giant flood, and it rebuilt to only have all of it's factories taken away.







































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Old 04-07-2009, 07:32 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh's 'EAST SIDE'
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Nice pics! I love looking at pics of different towns and cities..

But, um..where are all the people at? The place looks like a deserted ghost town...
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:40 AM
 
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Nice pics! I love looking at pics of different towns and cities..

But, um..where are all the people at? The place looks like a deserted ghost town...
It is a deserted ghost town. There were a few people, but I wouldn't want to snap photos of them with fear of getting beat up.
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Great pictures, thanks! Looks cold. Brrrrr.


I visited Johnstown in September for my aunt's 90th birthday -- I'd been there lots of times as a kid, way back in the 60s, but that was my first visit as an adult. We had fun wandering and poking around, and the flood museum and related historical sites are true treasures.
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh's 'EAST SIDE'
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It is a deserted ghost town. There were a few people, but I wouldn't want to snap photos of them with fear of getting beat up.
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Lancaster County, PA
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It is a deserted ghost town. There were a few people, but I wouldn't want to snap photos of them with fear of getting beat up.
It DOES look like the child in the Steelers coat is waving his fist at you!

The town is beautiful; you did a great job of bringing out the charm of the town. Well done. Our closest friends here are from Johnstown and I can't wait to show these to them. Thanks; keep up the good work!
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Old 04-07-2009, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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But, um..where are all the people at? The place looks like a deserted ghost town...
It looks like about 7 a.m. on a nasty cold Sunday morning!

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It DOES look like the child in the Steelers coat is waving his fist at you!
Those Steelers fans ... so rude.
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:17 AM
 
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It looks like about 7 a.m. on a nasty cold Sunday morning!


Those Steelers fans ... so rude.
It was around 11 on a late Sunday Morning. There were old church ladys out and about in the square. It was cold and nasty. I think I took these in early Feburary. I was suprised to see actual shopping cart pushing homeless people there (two to be exact) in a town of 20,000 some. It is a shame, and I wish Johnstown the best to bringing in something for a better economy to help revive the town. It would be truely a beautiful town if it was full of people, and the buildings were all rehabbed.

Thanks everybody for your kind comments.
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Old 04-07-2009, 12:42 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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You're an amazing photographer, Awesomo, but in the same sense it is so depressing to see just how far Johnstown has declined from its vibrant heyday. Those old brick buildings that are decaying have so much soul to them, have a story to tell, and have served generations of folks in Cambria County, yet they are just sitting and rotting, either vacant or home to dollar stores, thrift stores, pawn shops, etc. Some of those old churches are really gorgeous, and it would have been cool if you had taken the incline car up the mountainside to get a better view of the entire valley.

I'll bet there are upper-middle-class subdivisions, a Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc. just on the periphery of town, right? Imagine if that town was restored; it would be the GEM of the Laurel Highlands!
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:00 PM
 
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You're an amazing photographer, Awesomo, but in the same sense it is so depressing to see just how far Johnstown has declined from its vibrant heyday. Those old brick buildings that are decaying have so much soul to them, have a story to tell, and have served generations of folks in Cambria County, yet they are just sitting and rotting, either vacant or home to dollar stores, thrift stores, pawn shops, etc. Some of those old churches are really gorgeous, and it would have been cool if you had taken the incline car up the mountainside to get a better view of the entire valley.

I'll bet there are upper-middle-class subdivisions, a Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc. just on the periphery of town, right? Imagine if that town was restored; it would be the GEM of the Laurel Highlands!
Thank you.

I wanted to ride the incline, but I don't think they were running it that day. I didn't see anything moving on the tracks. maybe they only run it during summer when there is a demand to ride it......

All of that is on the edge of town, but not to the extent as some other PA towns like Altoona, Erie, or Allentown. I want to do a photo essay where I get a depressed town like this, and then go to the outside and get the Walmarts, Targets, and all that other junk filled with cars. I just hate taking photos in suburbia, hell, I hate just being in suburbia. I tried to do a photo essay of Moronville, pa (the mall suburb outside of Pittsburgh aka Monroeville, pa). I wanted to show how absolutley stupid the urban planning was, and how inefficient it truely was. I got my camera out, and put it back and bailed the hell out of there and went back to the city.
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