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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 9, 2013 21:11:39 GMT -6
Glad you liked, Phalon.
I haven't checked it out yet. I posted it for safe keeping, and hope to get to it some time or other.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 10, 2013 6:15:16 GMT -6
HA, Joxie! I do that all the time! My "favorites" is filled with sites I mean to check out....sometime. Unfortunately, most of them I never get back to until I start "cleaning", and then wonder why the heck I saved the link in the first place.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 10, 2013 18:04:23 GMT -6
Yeppers. But I never clean out my favorites.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 19, 2013 17:16:31 GMT -6
I got the link from a thread on Holly Lisle's How To Think Sideways forum.
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Post by Mini Mia on Oct 10, 2013 21:33:49 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Feb 22, 2014 8:35:39 GMT -6
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Post by stepper on Feb 22, 2014 18:37:16 GMT -6
I read that many of the venues in China were already are overgrown or are abandoned. Large fields with stadiums are just sitting there waiting for time to claim them.
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Post by Siren on Feb 24, 2014 22:10:41 GMT -6
Such a waste, isn't it? All that infrastructure, allowed to rot. Here's a website devoted to dead shopping malls and dearly-departed stores and chains. Deserted theme parks and abandoned places? Cool! These empty malls and such? To me,a bit depressing. www.deadanddyingretail.com/
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Post by Phalon on Mar 13, 2014 6:07:31 GMT -6
What if you took approximately a two-block radius of abandoned houses and vacant lots in a crime-infested inner city, and turned the area into an open-air art exhibit? What if, without backing from the city, the exhibit was run by enthusiastic volunteers and got inner-city kids involved in art despite funding for school art programs being cut to nearly nothing. What if the area attracted 270,000 visitors from around the world, bringing them to an urban city so strapped that it declared bankruptcy. And what if the exhibit garnered so much attention, that it won multiple awards, and other cities modeled similar projects after it. How could this possibly be a bad thing? Tyree Guyton had a vision and started a movement in one of the worst parts of Detroit. "The Heidelberg Project" has been going for nearly 30 years now, despite opposition from the city (6 of his art houses were ordered demolished by 2 different mayors over the years). During the past year, 9 more houses have been destroyed by arsonists, the most recent being just last week. Is it art? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I might not think any of this is particularly beautiful, but it most definitely defines art - "an outlet of human expression, usually influenced by culture, and driven by human creative impulse." It inspires and it provokes thought. I think it's fascinating, and could see myself spending hours here. (I could not pick just one site to share; there are so many photos of different areas of the project on so many sites, I had a hard time choosing) synkroniciti.com/2014/03/06/rescuing-home-detroits-heidelberg-project/www.playgrounddetroit.com/2013/10/09/heidelberg-project-artist-tyree-guyton-has-solo-show-at-cue-gallery-in-new-york-city/www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-heidelberg-project.html
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Post by Phalon on Aug 23, 2016 22:19:05 GMT -6
We made it to Michigan Central Station while we were in Detroit, one of the most photographed abandoned buildings in the world - used as a symbol of Detroit's ruin. From the "Historic Detroit Organization's website: Nothing symbolizes Detroit’s grandiose rise and spectacular fall like Michigan Central Station. No other building exemplifies just how much the automobile gave to the city of Detroit — and how much it took away.The photos I took do not do justice to the massiveness of the building; I could not fit the whole building into one frame. They don't do justice to the beauty of the ornate details of the architecture either. What I think is interesting is the contrast between the razor wire surrounding the building, the blooming roses just inside the fence, the weeds growing out of the structure....and the brand new windows - over 1,000 of them at a cost of nearly seven million dollars. Apparently, the city recently cited the owner - he had to take out the broken glass because it was a hazard (not to mention was speeding up the decaying process of the building), and either board them up, or replace them. Preservationists (the building is on the national registry of historic places) are in an uproar because he replaced them with office windows instead of preserving the integrity of the original design. The glory, the ruin...and the hopeful resurrection of the building is fascinating: historicdetroit.org/building/michigan-central-station/I wish we would have seen it at night - it's supposed to be gorgeous. The owner had lighting reinstalled in the lobby, and all the bottom half of the building is aglow at night.
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Post by stepper on Aug 24, 2016 19:13:47 GMT -6
It's a shame that they don't have some kind of tour where they'll escort you around the inside so you can see what it is like now - with an area of pictures showing what it looked like back when it was occupied and maintained.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 27, 2016 4:48:57 GMT -6
I know, right. What a waste that it's sat empty for all this time - the last train left the station 30 years ago as of this year. The guy who owns it - some billionaire that also owns the Ambassador Bridge (the bridge from Detroit to Canada; it's visible from the station) - doesn't have any plans to do anything with the building as of yet.
I'd go on a tour of the inside - I think it'd be very cool. Or shoot! How much fun would it be to throw a huge party in there - a giant Halloween Bash!
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Post by stepper on Aug 27, 2016 8:26:50 GMT -6
I'd like that, but we're being a bit liberal. The idea is great until someone else has to pay to have the interior cleaned up; it requires working rest rooms, water coolers, and in general the place would have to be cleaned up. I don't imagine the owner has been paying someone to manage the dust or mop the floors in an abandoned building. On the other hand, you said the owner is a billionaire which means he can probably afford it - maybe we should make the suggestion of opening the lobby area for parties, weddings & receptions (what a venue!), and such. And then off the fees for all that he could have the rest cleaned up enough for tours and there's his profit.
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Post by Phalon on Aug 28, 2016 6:53:31 GMT -6
I really was just kidding - a huge abandoned building with a grand lobby? It'd be the perfect creepy atmosphere for a Halloween party. Just for the heck of it, I drilled 'Halloween at Michigan Central Station', and landed on a photographer's site. A guided tour, you mentioned - here's a top to bottom tour of the interior of the building before it was sealed off to anyone who dared to wander through; the photographer's lens is your guide, ....very eerie, and completely fascinating. One of the photo's caption contained the word "Halloween", which is how I landed on the site; other captions are quite amusing. www.citrusmilo.com/mcs/depot01.cfm
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Post by stepper on Aug 28, 2016 20:07:51 GMT -6
I wasn't - I like the idea of exploring somewhat abandoned places. Fixing it up enough for tours or for some productive function would suit me fine.
I liked the one of the picture on the restroom door. :>
Thanks for the link!
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 21, 2016 23:39:20 GMT -6
I don't understand why some have to destroy property.
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Post by stepper on Sept 22, 2016 19:46:47 GMT -6
I know what you mean - the videos of exploring structures where there isn't wanton damage or tagging are much more interesting than the ones where kids have had a contest to see who can spray more paint, make more holes, and break more glass. And it's such a waste!
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 22, 2016 22:01:00 GMT -6
Yeah. There's a different feel to a pristine abandoned home/building.
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Post by stepper on Sept 23, 2016 17:42:41 GMT -6
To be honest, I think this one would have been a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. It just didn't suit my tastes. Although that one bathrooms was pretty sweet, or pretty suite.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 23, 2016 20:00:14 GMT -6
I love big rooms ... but not so big it's hard to keep warm/cool without running up a huge light bill. Maybe I should pretend to break into my Mom's house and put it up on YouTube.
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Post by stepper on Sept 23, 2016 20:29:30 GMT -6
I was thinking of the piano room when I said it wasn't my taste in a home. I like open rooms but that one had way too much wasted space.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 23, 2016 20:36:34 GMT -6
I'll have to watch it again. Later.
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Post by stepper on Sept 24, 2016 20:28:30 GMT -6
It's the picture - taken from a balcony I think - viewing across a large open room that seems to have some chairs and a couch or some such, and farther back and a bit to the right you can see a grand piano. The room I liked...they show you a ruined bathroom and then a still of what it looked like before the jerk destruct-o kids messed it up. Now THAT was a bathroom.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 24, 2016 21:50:14 GMT -6
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Post by stepper on Sept 25, 2016 11:58:26 GMT -6
Unfortunately, for the vast majority of these sites, what seems to rule is destructive instincts - motivations I don't comprehend.
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Post by Phalon on Sept 26, 2016 6:28:50 GMT -6
This might be more to your liking then....at least it's closer to home. A roadtrip might be in order, Step. The site came up on one of the Halloween Random Word drills I've been stockpiling in the past week for when the time is right; I don't remember what words I used exactly. I saved the site with this thread in mind, because I'm not using it for the Halloween festivities - there's nothing "terrifying" about these photos, despite the title. They're quite beautiful, actually. My favorite by far is photo #10 - there's just something so cheerful and inviting about it. It's almost like it beckons you to come in and stay awhile. www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/travel-outdoors/article/21-photos-of-abandoned-homes-in-Texas-to-kickoff-6465136.php#photo-8483726
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Post by stepper on Sept 26, 2016 19:46:52 GMT -6
You're right. I don't mind natural deconstruction.
1st one is close enough that I can get there. I might have to check it out personally. 2nd one - someone documented the interior already - there's not much to see and getting to the upper floor isn't advisable. Ranger TX is a bit north of Kokomo - and west of Fort Worth, which makes it a weekend project. And #10 - a decapitated doll caught in the act of flashing! Yet another creepy ass doll if ever there was one except instead of making noises this one just offers a dirty view. Notice that they don't seem to have a creepy ass clown problem there? I bet it's because they can't compete with a real doll. Too bad about the Victorian home - it looks like it was a really nice place to live in it's day.
Between here and El Paso on 10W there are a couple of sandstone buildings that are nothing but partial walls. They are in the middle of no-d@mn-place and I cannot imagine that someone actually tried living there.
Speaking of which, I threw a lot of words at you that were not what you were seeking. The question is, did you get enough to work with or shall I try again?
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Post by Phalon on Sept 26, 2016 22:13:34 GMT -6
You should. On the last hour drive up to the college there is an abandoned house, an abandoned barn, and an old cemetery all within a few miles of each other; I've always wanted to stop and take a look - she and I have both talked about it many times. I never have though; it seems I've always in a rush to get to there and back, so I don't get home too late. Might have to make a special trip just for exploring...if she can find time out of her schedule; it's killer this year (classes, DQ, PR society meetings, and hooray for her, a PR (unpaid) job!).
Plugging along - lots of dead ends, but that's always the way it is. Between what you and Joxie provided, and some of my own, I'm getting there. But if you want to throw more words my way, by all means, do so - the more the merrier...er, scarier. Signs. Any type of sign. Remember?
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Post by stepper on Sept 27, 2016 20:21:53 GMT -6
I know you've undergone some serious changes in the past few years, but failing to spend an inordinate amount of time in a cemetery? Really? One beckons you, teases your curiosity, and still nothing? Halloween is coming and you're avoiding a cemetery. There's been a cosmic shift and I completely missed it.
That sounds encouraging. We are talking Halloween so that's appropriate. Even if the means is a creepy ass, crazy sounding, speaking doll head? One that won't make a noise until you open the package? And it'll start with First Street, Second Street, Third Street?
How about Hampton, New, Lincoln, Vine, Broad, & Lawrence (all streets.) Quarter Mile Lane?
I'll try to remember to pay more attention to billboards tomorrow.
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Post by stepper on Sept 29, 2016 16:21:58 GMT -6
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