The dilapidated walls of International Harvester’s Wisconsin Steel mill (closed in 1980) encased an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) federal cleanup site. With the former mill site reaching its twentieth year unused, the EPA not only planned to assess the grounds for the presence of toxins, but would dismantle all remaining steel infrastructure and transport the materials elsewhere for recycling. If the grounds were deemed “safe” post the EPA’s treatment, the site would be slotted for potential commercial development. ©Kevin Horan / CITY 2000
Sixty-six year-old twins Jennie, left, and Julia Papilli pause upon the blazing sand at Oak Street Beach. ©Kevin Horan / CITY 2000
