Pete Wright on Nostr: The #LATimes is closing its historic downtown LA printing plan soon. Its the end of ...
The #LATimes is closing its historic downtown LA printing plan soon. Its the end of an era, and I was fortunate enough to go on a tour last night. It is the largest printing plant on the west coast of north america, and the scale of the place was awe inspiring.
Trains used to bring in huge rolls of paper from the port of LA, then robots would stack and load them onto spools. Above the spools three or four story tall printers could create something like 20k papers a min or something 🫠
Its an end of an era, and was a pretty bittersweet tour. The only thing that kept going through my head was how basically fbook and goog destroyed an entire industry in america that employed so many people in so many fields (mechanics, engineers, photogs, artists, journo's to name a few roles) - and basically were rewarded for this while bringing so little of value to society in return.
Trains used to bring in huge rolls of paper from the port of LA, then robots would stack and load them onto spools. Above the spools three or four story tall printers could create something like 20k papers a min or something 🫠
Its an end of an era, and was a pretty bittersweet tour. The only thing that kept going through my head was how basically fbook and goog destroyed an entire industry in america that employed so many people in so many fields (mechanics, engineers, photogs, artists, journo's to name a few roles) - and basically were rewarded for this while bringing so little of value to society in return.