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Post number 20664

Doozer — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:39:58 -0800

There may be something in the human psyche that finds crumbling and abandoned structures somehow fascinating. In Abandoned-Places.com, Henk van Rensbergen, a Belgian airline pilot, has compiled an archive of brilliantly atmospheric and evocative images from decaying and deserted industrial complexes, airports, hotels and other assorted structures from around the world. Arguably superior in composition to those found on many comparable sites such as zone-tour.com and abandoned-buildings.com, his images can be haunting, intriguing or disturbing, but are always strangely compelling. Enjoy!

By: robself

robself — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:47:26 -0800

couple more links @ this thread.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 10:52:51 -0800

(Er, including all of these. But that was almost three months ago.)

By: chandy72

chandy72 — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 11:01:58 -0800

My personal fave (OK, cuz most of them are a short drive away): The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit Detroit's a hotbed of abandoned building action, a mecca for urban spelunkers. (Sorry if redundant, I didn't see the link in the other thread).

By: zanpo

zanpo — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 11:03:04 -0800

I like the pics of George Dubya's Brain.

By: matteo

matteo — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 11:06:03 -0800

I mentioned it first you guys are late BWAWAHAHAHA

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 11:09:07 -0800

I like the pics of George Dubya's Brain. For the love of god, can we leave the partisan sniping out of at least one thread?

By: Dillenger69

Dillenger69 — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:15:52 -0800

This place is a pretty good source of stuff like this ...
http://www.deadmalls.com/
This mall in particular

By: birgitte

birgitte — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:16:10 -0800

Not really abandoned anymore - it is used as a movie set - but the Ambassador Hotel is a interesting abandoned place. Home of the Coconut Grove, Robert Kennedy's assassination and early Academy Awards ceremonies, there is just something very cool about it in a I'm-ready-for-my-close-up kind of decaying Hollywood glamour way. "The Decay of Fiction" a film showing at the New York Film Festival was shot there. Read about it at the Village Voice. Hope it comes out west.

By: deadcowdan

deadcowdan — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:20:04 -0800

Can anyone explain the woman's picture at the end of the Compagnie Maritime Belge series? (7 o'clock on the wheel) Is that a billboard outside the window, is it Photoshopped, or what?

By: BinGregory

BinGregory — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:38:49 -0800

Also from Detroit: Urban Decay

By: matteo

matteo — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:38:57 -0800

Billboard

By: jasonspaceman

jasonspaceman — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:44:58 -0800

Also, try out the viewing hole gallery.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:45:02 -0800

Thanks Doozer. I've seen this site before, but it was good to be reminded of it (some of the pictures are just fabulous). I love things like this, and I'm happy they seem to make repeat appearances here. Here are some more: Essex Mountain Sanatorium, Danvers State Mental Hospital (where Session 9 was filmed) and infiltration.org.

By: risenc

risenc — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:04:31 -0800

One of the cooler abandoned buildings I've ever seen (though not up close) is the Arsenal on Bannerman's Island in the middle of the Hudson.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:35:48 -0800

Yeah, isn't Bannerman's Island something? I've been close in a boat, but I'd love to land and roam around the ruins. The history is fascinating too. (From that site: "Do not attempt to visit Bannerman Island. At this point it is a very treacherous combination of buried hazards and dangerous wall conditions.")

By: marzenie99

marzenie99 — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:22:22 -0800

For Detroit ruins enthusiasts, this book is fascinating. There are some essays in here speaking against the ruins tourism too, particularly against people like Vergara , who was into the idea of making Detroit a ruins environment a la Athens. That Dixie Square Mall is out of control...unbelievable that they let it stand. deadmalls is a great site but they sure don't seem to update it much. Would love to see more.

By: geekhorde

geekhorde — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:05:07 -0800

There is an old abandoned hotel in my town, Fayetteville, Arkansas, called the Mountain Inn. Lots of people break into it and climb on top of it all the time. I never have, but I hear it's really kind of cool. I'd love to have an art show in there before they finally decide to tear it down. There's also an old abandoned basement back behind the Mountain Inn, in this alley. It's under a restaurant. That's kind of cool. And right by the basement is this really neat atrium in the middle of this downtown building. Very odd.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 17:21:16 -0800

part abandoned, part infrastructure: Invisible New York by Stanley Greenberg. Some images here, but better browsed at your local bookstore.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 17:27:51 -0800

...and thanks for the links Doozer. Great post.

By: ashbury

ashbury — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 19:18:28 -0800

I love this kind of stuff. I'm in London Ontario, and if anybody knows of any cool places to check out in this fair city, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks! Doozer, good post, even if it was already posted a few months ago.

By: boredomjockey

boredomjockey — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 20:11:23 -0800

Also check out the beautiful abandoned roads at The Lost Highway. (I searched like crazy and found nothing -- hope this isn't a duplicate post.)

By: bicyclingfool

bicyclingfool — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:36:25 -0800

I just posted this the other day for the thread on night photography. Check out Lost America.