The Guardian writes about rural, Canadian towns and how people there feel about their “praire castles” disappearing. These castles are towering, decrepit grain elevators, but strangely beautiful and important to the towns’ identities.
“There’s a feeling in many of these towns that if they don’t have a grain elevator, a sense of identity and community has disappeared,” said Ali Piwowar, an architect who grew up in the prairies. “Some people say they feel their town could just blow away without the anchor point of an elevator.”