In 2010, I began Last House Standing as a way to document and explore the condition of displacement. One of the architectural oddities that can be found in certain east coast cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia and Camden, NJ is the solo row house. Standing alone on vacant lots, in some of the most distressed neighborhoods, these nineteenth century structures were once attached to similar row houses that made up entire city blocks. Time as well as major demographic and social changes have resulted in the decay and ultimate demolition of many such blocks of row houses. Occasionally, one house is spared - literally cut off from its neighbors and left to the elements with whatever time it has left. The existence of these solitary buildings poses a number of questions, not least of which is: what happened to all of the people who lived in the houses that didn’t survive? For myself, the question at the end of the day is how did a single row house happen to remain upright? Still retaining traces of its former glory, the last house standing is often still occupied.

Baltimore, MD 2010

Baltimore, MD 2010

Baltimore, MD 2011

Baltimore, MD 2011

Philadelphia. PA 2013

Philadelphia. PA 2013

Camden, NJ 2011

Camden, NJ 2017

Philadelphia. PA 2013

Philadelphia. PA 2013

Philadelphia. PA 2013

Camden, NJ 2011

Camden, NJ 2011

Camden, NJ 2017

Baltimore, MD 2011

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Baltimore, MD 2011

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Baltimore, MD 2011

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Baltimore, MD 2012

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Baltimore, MD 2011

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Baltimore, MD 2011

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Google Street View, 1927 Perlman Place, Baltimore, MD 2009

1927 Perlman Place, Baltimore, MD 2011

1927 Perlman Place, Baltimore, MD 2015

1927 Perlman Place, Baltimore, MD 2016