{"title":"John K. Landis","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn K. Landis, a steel plant tour guide with Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites, is often asked if he worked for Bethlehem Steel. He is in fact a graphic designer and professor emeritus of art. But, on tour days, he feels like he does work for this icon of American heavy industry, albeit as a “looper,” the name Bethlehem Steel gave to management trainees on a “loop course” around the plant as they learned about the company.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bethlehem-steel","title":"Bethlehem Steel: Rusting Relic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 2001, the unthinkable happened when Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy after nearly a century and a half of making iron and steel for bridges, buildings, dams, railroad rail, ships, armor plating, armaments, and numerous other products.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the flagship plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, closed, it sat abandoned for some years before the hallowed site was repurposed with a casino, hotel, restaurants, and shops. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the time in between, Steven M. Landis had rare, sanctioned access to photograph the derelict plant, capturing incredible photography of many never-before-seen and likely never-to-be-seen-again perspectives by climbing everything he could, both inside and outside the abandoned buildings, including to the top of the blast furnaces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen combined with his artistic eye, the viewers will find that Steven's camerawork truly elevates Bethlehem Steel photography. His dad, John K. Landis, subsequently became an Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites tour guide in 2019 and began showing those photographs - published here for the first time - to visitors in order to reveal sections of the shuttered plant that were inaccessible or altogether gone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn wrote the accompanying text after hosting hundreds of Bethlehem Steel plant tours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/steven-m-landis\"\u003eSteven M. Landis\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/john-k-landis\"\u003eJohn K. Landis\u003c\/a\u003e[\/authors]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Industrial Heritage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42015332728914,"sku":"9781634994934","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/9171\/2594\/files\/9781634994934.jpg?v=1743797690"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.through-time.com\/collections\/john-k-landis\/industrial-heritage.oembed","provider":"America Through Time","version":"1.0","type":"link"}