Old Greenhouses Decay in Northern Ohio
September 26, 2012
When I was riding around September 2, I found some old greenhouses no longer in use. In the first four photographs I’m intrigued by the outside things growing inside, and by the real outside reflected in the windows. There’s something cozy about these enclosed spaces; I wonder how many and what kind of animals now shelter here. The fifth photo is of the remains of another greenhouse a few miles away; no shelter here. These old greenhouses were heated by coal, and when the environmental effects of that system became a concern, the EPA decreed that greenhouses had to convert to other fuels or shut down. Most shut down, unable to bear the cost of conversion or to compete financially with fruit and vegetables beginning to come in from south of the U.S. border. Husband David (source of this information) says he thinks the greenhouses’ demise happened in the ’70s. . . . Continuing my wandering that day, I wound up in Huron, Ohio, at the Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve, where I captured this view of Lake Erie.
Romancing Reality 
I like the mix of reflection and ‘view-through’ but the stand out image is that fifth one of the bowed end of a greenhouse – that is just a tremendous shot, Linda.
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September 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Thanks, Andy. The funny thing is that I must have driven by that ruin a hundred times in 20-some years but always on my way to get somewhere or to get home after being somewhere. On the day of this photograph I came upon that stretch of the highway not exactly knowing where I was and being in the photography groove. So I looked at everything afresh and saw this greenhouse for the first time.
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September 27, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Some days we just see things we’ve never seen before. It happens to me too!
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September 27, 2012 at 4:56 PM
HI Linda I love see’ing your Photo’s I’d love to see more Your very old lost friend Roger John Diistler
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May 4, 2013 at 9:22 AM