Newark's decay turned into art: City's crumbling infrastructure is focus of photo exhibit

... this sort of thing, but lots of midsize industrial towns - from Gary, Ind., to New Orleans - will do. So in a way, "Newark, Can You Be Thus? - A Creative De-struction," which opened in the City Without Walls gallery on Crawford Street for the Open ...

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2013/10/newark_art_exhibit.html