Abandoned!
 

I love the old buildings in Los Angeles.

But little by little, we are losing all the great ones!

Soon there will be none left!

Gracious!

Just last Christmas I watched as a little mobile phone shop in Los Feliz replaced its original 1920s mission style rooftop with a faux brick one to match the strip mall on the other side of the street!

Ignominious!

Click here to see a website on the abandoned buildings of America



Amen, amen, I say to you! Here is a list of other things abandoned in America! Take heed, before they are all gone.

Old Eskimo man

Squirrel on water-skis

The forearm bash

Our beloved pets

Funky cold medina

Piano lessons

Hope for a better job

Our fads

Food with funny glasses

Sweet!



These are incredible images.

Have you ever seen Session 9, a horror film about a mental hosptial shot on location at the abandoned Danvers facility? Sadly, it's since been demolished.

Hmmm - LoT commune and redevleopment agency...

Have I ever told you how very much I love your posts, Tref? Well, there- I just did.

Awesome site!! And excellent resource for a project of mine. Thank you, Tref!!! :snap:

Creeeeeeeepy movie. The ending made me woozy!

Me, too. I actually watched the movie in two shifts. My heart couldn't take it. Hah.

Abandoned London Underground stations.

And then there's this abandoned railroad bridge I pass on my new route to work.

And then there's this abandoned railroad bridge I pass on my new route to work.

Someone changed the Matrix.

You can't fool us, that's the same bridge!

And then there's this abandoned railroad bridge I pass on my new route to work.

I love the face in this photo. Just subtle enough to catch my attention.

(My cropped version - the original version was too large)

Yeah, sorry about that. I did a rush job on resizing, didn't notice that they were still pretty huge.

No worries. It was WAY too big - just a little too big. Since I currently have my personal computer (with Photoshop) at work, it was no big deal.

So what's that from? For a movie or sumpthin?



When I was a kid, we used to play in an abandoned seaside hotel. Not nearly as oppulent, but OMG so scary and fantastically awesome!!

According to Digg it's an "abandoned train station in Gagra, Abkhazia" (which apparently is a independent republic within Georgia).

Swanking?

I call Shenanigans. That doesn't look anything like a train station. Or that it ever was one.

Then again, I've never been to Georgia.



(either one)

Never mind - looks like a fixer-upper investment to me

If this exists as a train station:



and it does, I've been there. Atocha, Madric, then I don't find the other one that much of a stretch.

Swanking? Dude, think big: commune!

I have nothing but fond memories of my days spent in Gagra, Abkhazia.

Gesundheit, tissue?

Tought this might be of interest.

What/where is that photo that looks like little pod houses covered in moss?

Varosha, Cyprus, has what may be the greatest example of abandoned hotels in the world.

After their little civil war, in the '70s the "Green Line" between Greek and Turkish areas was drawn down the middle of the island based on where forces of each side happened to be at the time.

A newly constructed luxury resort area belonging to Greeks ended up on the Turkish side of the line. Rather than bulldoze it, the Turks decided to leave the area abandoned on the expectation that this tourist area would be so valuable to the Greek side that they'd be able to trade it for some concessions.

30+ years later that never happened, but the area has remained fenced off, uninhabited, and unrazed.

It's a pretty interesting story, a full chapter in The World Without Us talks about it since it provides a great real-world example of how urban areas decay in the sudden absence of humans.

When I was a kid, which was when the hotel was in its heyday, we used to stay at the Coco Palms. I loved the pool as much as the beach, it was so beautiful. I was always fascinated with the ceremonial torch lighting in the evening. After Hurricane Iniki in 1992, the hotel was abandoned and all plans to redevelop the property have failed.

Where did you ever find that link?

This one really clever guy I know sent it to me.

If you look through the windows in a couple of the pictures, you can see broken down trains/train cars.



Kansas City's Train Station (still in use as an Amtrack station but came very close to being abandoned)


Inside:


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/61...d55aa715_m.jpg

Cool site, BTW.

I've been meaning to post these photos I took of some local abandoned places, but kept forgetting to do it. Recently I passed by a couple of the sites and found that one had been completely demolished, and the other was missing its giant sign. Which reminded me to post the photos.


Victor Meats -- Lodi, CA



The meat packing company closed in 1991, but until late 2009 the sign was still there. I don't know when it was removed, but I'm glad I took pictures when I did. I think it's a cool sign, I wish I could have seen it lit. Love old neon signs.

I found this photo of the top of the sign, after it was down. When I took my pics, the Viking was covered by a blue tarp advertising the property for sale.

Pollardville/Chicken Kitchen, Ghost Town and Showboat
Hwy 99 in Stockton



Pollardville was demolished on my birthday this year, here is the article with history of the site.


Greenwood School, Lockeford







Link to all the photos.

Cool - thanks for sharing!