The Great Floating Homes of Los Angeles

The art of house moving is almost unchanged since Kress’s day. Ricky Craig, who works for American Heavy Moving, in Montclair, California, told me that he was the third generation in the family trade, and that his boss, Earl Sutton, was fifth. “That’s the way it is in house moving,” he said. “If you really get down to it, most of your movers came from Missouri or Oklahoma, looking for work back in the day.” Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade. “I thought it was so cool,” he said. “I couldn’t wait to start.”

Un article captivant sur les maisons d'occasion, ce que cela implique comme effort et travail, et comment cela s'insère dans une économie de la rareté en ressources. Il y a aussi un aspect préservation d'objets mais aussi de techniques.

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