Shopfront mezzanine concrete surfaces stripped back by

concrete surfaces stripped back by decades of weathering and peeling paint scattered across the floor

Seika Dormitory stood sealed in Bunkyo-ku for another six years before demolition in 2013

described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia

closing permanently in August 1988

picking out peeling paint and rust-stained concrete on surfaces that once sat above the heat of a working steam-driven dairy plant

Shopfront mezzanine concrete surfaces stripped back byA green beauty salon sign still clings to the upper facade of a two storey commercial building in Yubari, the awning below it torn and collapsed, curtains hanging behind cracked glass. The shopfront is gutted. In a city whose population fell from a peak of around 107,972 to fewer than 6,000 today, this building is one of hundreds. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.