This photo is tangentially related to a footnote in my post about Brookside. Sloss is now a literal monument to Birmingham’s past as a center of mining and ore refinement.
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Steven,
You may already aware of this, but if not, I’m sure you’ll be interested:
https://www.aeaweb.org/research/inversions-us-presidential-elections-geruso
Atmospheric. Evocative. Visually fascinating, at least to me, Dr. T. I’ve worked in similar settings, and this takes me back. Thanks!
Geometrically rusty. I love it.
The composition is great.