The Abandoned: Glowing Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Glowing Heart - Guest Heart Thursday

The light shining through the broken window in the ceiling of the main building of The Abandoned makes a perfect glowing heart here.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

WARNING: Anyone wishing to visit The Abandoned, must have permission from the owners.

4 comments:

Laura said...: So awesome the way the light forms a heart. Wow, and that you saw it there and captured it with your keen eyes.
I hope you will add a comment for the gratitude quilt...I'm up to 83 so far!; November 18, 2010 at 2:01 PM
Clytie said...: Oooh yeah! What a gorgeous glowing heart! How wonderful of you to find it and take it's picture!; November 18, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Lois said...: It's beautiful and it almost looks as though there is a glowing figure there to left of it pointing to the heart!; November 19, 2010 at 6:39 AM
Dani said...: Marvelous. Light shaped as heart!

Hugs; November 19, 2010 at 8:06 AM

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.