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Edgar Martin - This is Not a House

After the collapse of the American sub-prime mortgage market, countless housing developments and projects across the States led to the almost overnight stoppage of construction on many sites across the country.

The collapse of Lehmans Brothers (the forth biggest investment bank in the USA) in the late 2000's led to what has become known as the global finanacial crisis (or the credit crunch in the UK).

Martins images show the fall out of this crisis and what effect it has had on the U.S. housing market.

Children's Play Area

It would seem that I'm not the only one venturing on to this site.  As can been seen from this BBC report, kids have also been 'playing' on the Donisthorpe factory site.

However, of all the time that I have been, I have never once seen a hypodermic needle, otherwise I would never have gone on to the site.

Changing Door Policy

 Every time I go to this site, what's boarded up and what isn't is changing, meaning that I can only gain access to certain areas.

This time, the area where the squat was before had been reboarded back up, but the other factory was still open.

As it was quite a rainy day, there was water pouring through the place, which made going tricky.  It also highlighted areas of flooring which weren't safe to go.

However, the concreate flooring of the fire escape is in good condition, so I was able to go in.