Faded Glory

When Kitimat was first conceived and built it was projected that it would grow to a population of 50,000 so a light industrial area was built across the Kitimat River rather than 'crowding' out city centre. Now at 9000 people, we don't have enough enterprise to fill either and Service centre, being older and in the path of toxin laden winds blowing from Alcan and Eurocan, has taken the bigger hit over the years.
Boarded up or abandoned buildings in the forest/mountains - especially languishing beneath loads of snow - seem so much more desolate than their counterparts in the desert... they look so stiff and wet and cold.

Buildings can last indefinitely in the desert but in our climate their days are really numbered.