The Abandoned: Lamps in Yonder Skylight

Monday, September 17, 2012

Lamps in Yonder Skylight

This view is from the corner window in the office area upstairs. I love these lights. There is something so whimsical and symmetrical about them.

Here the sun sparkles through a piece of broken glass in the skylights above. Beauty from brokenness.

An odd angle caught from an upstairs window. I liked the way the angles looked in this photograph.

Down in the pillared depths below. The shadow people once walked here.

It has been many weeks since I've walked through The Abandoned. This summer has been a heavy one. I hope to be online a bit more now that there's a light at the end of the tunnel...sort of like this picture here.

WARNING: You shouldn't visit The Abandoned without permission from the owner or caretaker. If you do, you risk getting arrested for trespassing.

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The Abandoned

Years ago, I dedicated this blog to The Abandoned, a huge complex of abandoned buildings in rural Oregon.

Surrounded by wetlands and old growth timber, The Callahan Center was built in the 1970's by the State of Oregon as a rehabilitation center for people recovering from injuries on the job.

In 1992, the property was bought by a mega church. However, the Living Enrichment Center closed in 2004, amidst financial scandal and the property was abandoned.

The buildings stood empty for many years. Over that span the property was vandalized and looted. Yet the beauty of its rare architecture shone through the shambles of abuse and disrepair.

In the summer of 2013, the complex was completely demolished. We were all sad to see the buildings go, but because of trespassers and vandals, it was necessary to take them down.

The area where The Abandoned once stood is filled with $500,000 mushroom houses (homes built so fast they pop up like mushrooms) built on postage stamp lots. There are sidewalks and tall lamps where I once watched the foxes of the field leaping above the grass, hunting rodents.

The surrounding woodlands still survive. It is my prayer the wetlands and forests with their pristine creeks, native trees and flowers, as well as the wildlife which shelter there, will be protected.