August 20, 2009 @ 3:40 am
After an earlier exterior stairway collapse this year that injured a fellow artist resident, the New York City Department of Buildings issued a notice for all tenants of 5 Pointz, NYC’s graffiti-laden structure in Long Island City, to vacate. As of now, it looks like those tenants and artists won’t be moving back into the building once maintenance is complete because the city will not issue a new certificate of occupancy for the building. This means that the owner of 5 Pointz will probably have to paint over all of the graffiti there and turn the building into a standard factory.
Gothamist took one last look at the interior and exterior of the building and has pictures of it to show. My own photos from this place are on a harddrive somewhere…I should dig them out just for memory’s sake.
July 21, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
I haven’t been to the Coney Island area lately so I had no idea that Totonno’s pizzeria was still closed for “renovations” after a fire destroyed it back in March of this year. Let’s hope these renovations don’t go on for much longer. From the picture, it doesn’t even look like anybody is doing much work to bring one of New York City’s best pizza places back on its feet. Sad. :(
March 19, 2009 @ 2:38 pm
Rob Dobi photographs abandoned places in the New England area with great attention to detail and color.
Navigation sucks, but as I’ve said before, you can get around pushing “Next” all the time by using the repagination add-on for Firefox. That way, you can enjoy all of his photos in one long page.
March 16, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
Time Magazine has a photo slideshow of Brian Ulrich’s images that show just how bad things are getting in America’s retail landscape. Empty store shelves, closed store outlets, and empty parking lots are just the beginning…
February 4, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
Photographer Sarina Finkelstein has taken some photos of the General Motors Moraine Assembly plant closure and the people affected by it. The plant closed on December 23, 2008 and the images show a place that is deserted and left for ruin. Before its closure, the plant was responsible for assembling Chevrolet Trailblazers, GMC Envoys, and Saab SUVs. I really wonder what they’re going to do with the cars and vehicles that they cannot sell or move elsewhere. Do they just sit there and rot?
Anyway, check out some more photos from the series at Sarina Finkelstein’s website.
