If there are, indeed, 256 souls in Owaneco, Illinois, the large majority of them live on the northeast side of highway 29, which separates a largely residential section from the historic village center. This older part is dominated by the large grain elevators that face the highway, and provide a visual and, perhaps, mental barrier between commuter’s houses and the largely abandoned village center to the southwest. Crossing the highway between these two sectors seems like more than a metaphor.
Folio: Owaneco, Illinois, 2018
If there are, indeed, 256 souls in Owaneco, Illinois, the large majority of them live on the northeast side of highway 29, which separates a largely residential section from the historic village center. This older part is dominated by the large grain elevators that face the highway, and provide a visual and, perhaps, mental barrier between commuter’s houses and the largely abandoned village center to the southwest. Crossing the highway between these two sectors seems like more than a metaphor.