Excerpt:
In 1982 I began to photograph the Century Freeway Corridor in Los Angeles. Initially, I had no idea what was taking place on this swath of land. I only wanted to capture the sense of "abandoned suburbia" I saw and felt. As such, In Our Path began as a very personal response to home and environment. However, it soon took on different and broader meanings
Annotation:
This site documents the decades-long construction of the Century Freeway in Los Angeles through a series of photographs and accompanying text and essays. The Century Freeway project displaced thousands of families from homes in its path, and the photographer, Jeff Gates, offers images that paint a striking picture of transportation/housing problems faced by many cities throughout the country. The pictures were taken in the early 1980' and 90's.