Cathedrals of industry
At the end of the 19th century, Ghent’s textile industry was still at its peak. Impressive factory complexes—each one an architectural gem—sprang up across the cityscape. But starting in the 1960s, the tide turned, and in the decades that followed, Ghent’s grand textile past crumbled away, both literally and figuratively. Photographer Alexander Dumarey re-photographs
