November 9, 2009 @ 2:56 am
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’re probably sick and tired of me talking about Michigan Central Station. But the fact is that I’m still very fascinated by this place even after seeing just about every inch of this abandoned building in photographs. Kevin Bauman’s photos of the place are especially noteworthy and will give you a good sense of the abandoned nature of this place.
This past summer, I made a note about how Michigan Central Station will be demolished by the city sometime in the near future. As far as I know, the demolition hasn’t started yet and the building remains intact. If I can somehow figure out some free days in the near future, I would love to go to Detroit to see this before it gets torn down. I know, it’s been photographed a gazillion times over, but I’d like to see it and document it for myself.
September 18, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
Wow, will you look at this! Curbed is reporting that the abandoned New York City public school PS90 in Harlem is being converted into condominiums by L+M Development Partners. The school grounds at 220 West 148th Street have been vacant since the 1970’s. After looking at the interior renders, it’s hard to imagine that kids used to learn here.
September 3, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Divine Caroline links to this interest Google Maps image (above and embedded below) that shows California City, the 3rd largest city (in physical size) in the state of California.
California City was an idealized American dream city incorporated in 1965. It spans over 230 miles and was the future hope of some insane real estate developer that just never came to be. The city is so big in fact that it is technically the 11th largest in the entire US, but despite its size only about 6500 people live there.
If you look below, you can see white lines which show the roads and paths that were meant to carry people to and from their homes. It’s a haunting sight that you can experience virtually in Google Street View.
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September 1, 2009 @ 10:53 am
AnimalNY linked to this fascinating project by street artist EVOL that depicts abandoned neighborhoods entirely out of building and window stencils on stone columns.
The location for this ‘city’ is a 10m X 8m hole in an abandoned warehouse floor; the concrete shapes are “probably the former foundation of a huge boiler plant to derive soap from rendered beef fat or other utilization of carcass. however, even 15 years after closing down, it still smells nauseous.
Check out more images of this awesome project at unurth!
August 20, 2009 @ 3:48 am
I want to go where MISHKA shot their Fall 2009 lookbook. Looks nice and desolate. Plus, there are train tracks which always mean good stuff nearby.
August 11, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
The Infrastructurist has a photo gallery post of some abandoned subway stations around the world.
The one pictured above is the Rochester Subway, a long-abandoned system that still remains fairly intact today. I have plans to go to Rochester in the near future so I hope I get to see this in person one day.
