living story by
/ Rachel Keller
photography by
Watertight home A small apartment inside a hydroelectric plant proves to be an ideal home for a newly arrived couple Terri Bemman looks out the window of her apartment at a hydroelectric plant along the Kansas River. Though the apartment sits just above the roaring water of the dam, its stone walls and brick interiors allow for a tranquil home life.
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ew people want to live right next to a train track and under a bridge, but Terri Bemman, Rich Foreman and their lovable mutt Sadie think their apartment’s location is ideal. “It’s a 17-step commute to work,” Terri explains. A year ago, the couple began working at Bowersock Mills & Power Co., on the south side of the Kansas River behind City Hall. In February, the couple decided to move to an on-site apartment on the plant’s western edge, above the machinery and just under the Massachusetts Street bridge.
Lawrence Magazine
/ fall 2009 / sunflowerpub.com
/ jason dailey