Showing posts with label clean up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clean up. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Inside Out


I love to walk here with my sister (she has permission to be on the property).  Because of the "tweekers" who come to pillage wire and other salvageable items from the buildings, it is best never to walk here alone. 

Standing inside The Abandoned on an upstairs balcony, looking over what once was a cafeteria, it is eery to view light fixtures hanging from the inside, with no barrier to the world outside.  Great windows once stood here, until vandals smashed them to pieces.


I found a huddle of bright fabric puddled against cement and broken glass.  The curtains once covered those huge windows.

The last time I visited there, Sissy and I found this gigantic pile of debris.  Shockingly, the graffiti covered walls and empty rooms are gone.  The Abandoned is being systematically stripped to its bones. 

It is a good thing this wonderful building has such fabulous bone structure!

I am so happy to see the owners of this property are finally cleaning and maintaining this amazing complex of buildings.  I will post more photos as the clean up progresses.

WARNING:  If you visit The Abandoned, be sure to get permission from the owner, or caretaker before you come, otherwise you risk getting arrested for trespassing.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Changes for The Abandoned


It appears one of the new owners of The Abandoned is a demolition business.  Happily the clean up has begun.  They have brought in architects to peruse the gaunt buildings--and so far, there is no plan to demolish these beautiful structures.

They're cleaning the roads of blackberry vines, they've installed gates and mended fences.  There are no trespassing signs placed around the edges of the property.

Perhaps there is yet hope for The Abandoned.



NOTE: If you intend to visit The Abandoned, be sure to get permission from the owners first. If you do not have permission, you may be arrested and prosecuted for trespassing.