But what if we had had the power to take people inside threatened Furness buildings? Urban exploration is an act of seduction, and slowly, slowly, we might have built love for what were considered the city’s relics. Would we still have the wonderful Furness Provident Bank at Fourth and Chestnut instead of the 1980s lump of an Omni Hotel? Maybe not, but you never know until you help people become alive to the possibilities.
(via “Ruin Porn” Leaves Us Forlorn | Hidden City Philadelphia)
