--- “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” - John Steinbeck, from the opening sentence of Cannery Row (1945) The canneries shut down after the collapse of the fishing industry in Monterey Bay during the mid-1950s, which occurred due to a combination of factors like unfavorable oceanic conditions,...
