Walter Schwalen, a 68-year-old former steelworker, points out the window of his second-floor walk-up to a yawning black pit where the Phoenix blast furnaces once roared.

• 68岁的退休钢铁工人WalterSchwalen，指着二楼公寓的窗外，远处的地面上有一个黑色的大坑，那里曾经竖立着凤凰钢铁厂的高炉。