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MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived

By PBS NewsHour, Frank Carlson

A bird’s-eye portrait of what was once a thriving steel town

Many people have never heard of Braddock, Pennsylvania, an industrial town on the Monongahela River, just a 20-minute drive from Pittsburgh. Just over 2,000 people live there. The town’s defining feature is itself a remnant of outdated industry — Andrew…

By Corinne Segal

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