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The ruins of America is fascinating
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:25 pm
I made a thread about the NYC Subway a while back. It detailed my fascination with the underground world in New York. Similar to my intrigue into that cityscape, I went down another rabbit hole.
When I was in high school (about 18 years ago), I stumbled upon a website called detroityes.com . Somebody took it upon himself to document the ruins of Detroit. He was basically an urban explorer / painter / blogger.
I’ve been lucky to travel almost all over the US. I’ve seen some grand stuff, breathtaking places, but now have an interest in seeing some of the old, forgotten stuff. The decline of the steel mills and auto industry has made for some great finds in the old Midwest I bet. It’s great to see downtown Detroit rebuilding and salvaging some of those old places.
I’ve seen some of the nastiness or St. Louis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Toledo, but it’s been so long. Even when I lived in BR, I always wanted to sneak into the Huey Long Fieldhouse, the Bellemont Motor Hotel, and other places. Unfortunately, there not many old ‘ruins’ in Texas...aside from the Alamo.
I’m ready to be done with this corona crisis so I can explore some of these old, beaten up cities.
Call it a cross between my desire to urban explore and go see some history.
Anybody else find themselves oddly interested in the older, dilapidated ruins of this nation?
When I was in high school (about 18 years ago), I stumbled upon a website called detroityes.com . Somebody took it upon himself to document the ruins of Detroit. He was basically an urban explorer / painter / blogger.
I’ve been lucky to travel almost all over the US. I’ve seen some grand stuff, breathtaking places, but now have an interest in seeing some of the old, forgotten stuff. The decline of the steel mills and auto industry has made for some great finds in the old Midwest I bet. It’s great to see downtown Detroit rebuilding and salvaging some of those old places.
I’ve seen some of the nastiness or St. Louis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Toledo, but it’s been so long. Even when I lived in BR, I always wanted to sneak into the Huey Long Fieldhouse, the Bellemont Motor Hotel, and other places. Unfortunately, there not many old ‘ruins’ in Texas...aside from the Alamo.
I’m ready to be done with this corona crisis so I can explore some of these old, beaten up cities.
Call it a cross between my desire to urban explore and go see some history.
Anybody else find themselves oddly interested in the older, dilapidated ruins of this nation?
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:29 pm to TexasTiger08
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Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:32 pm to TexasTiger08
Yes one of my favorite YouTube rabbit holes are the guys who go and explore old state mental hospitals, there are hundreds of abandoned ones out in the middle of nowhere across the country. Look up The Proper People on YouTube they have a great channel dedicated to exploring all sorts of cool abandoned places.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:34 pm to TexasTiger08
Congrats on the future Tetanus.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:34 pm to lsudave1
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YouTube rabbit holes
One of the channels that first got me into this was the guy who would drive around ghettos filming with a dashcam. It is basically communities living within the decay. It’s incredible.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:34 pm to TexasTiger08
We all just living in the ruins of a once great civilization only a dwindling few even comprehend.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:34 pm to lsudave1
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Yes one of my favorite YouTube rabbit holes are the guys who go and explore old state mental hospitals
I wonder if Greenwell Springs hospital is still standing? That place always creeped me out as a kid.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:39 pm to fallguy_1978
Drove by there last year and it was gone. I remember seeing it a few years back with barbed wire and no trespassing signs around it. That place was creepy af.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:39 pm to fallguy_1978
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wonder if Greenwell Springs hospital is still standing?
“Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers” signs for miles.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:40 pm to fallguy_1978
It was torn down a while ago.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:40 pm to TexasTiger08
quote:Terlingua, Independence,and a number of locations apart from the Alamo in S.A.
there not many old ‘ruins’ in Texas...aside from the Alamo.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:41 pm to lsudave1
I remember driving by it going to Holiday Acres all the time as a kid. It was still open back then and always sent a chill up my spine. It looked like a mental hospital in a horror movie.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:41 pm to fallguy_1978
I lived out that way growing up and someone escaped from there and flashed some kids down my street. That was probably around 85-87ish
Posted on 4/18/20 at 2:42 pm to ehidal1
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I lived out that way growing up and someone escaped from there and flashed some kids down my street. That was probably around 85-87ish
I grew up out near there too.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 3:08 pm to TexasTiger08
North Baton Rouge is a pretty good example of American ruins.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 3:12 pm to Giantkiller
Is Cortana Mall still standing? I guess that qualifies. I’d love to go into an abandoned mall.
Posted on 4/18/20 at 3:20 pm to TexasTiger08
Why not go further down the rabbit hole and visit Bon Marche (I have no idea what it is now).
Posted on 4/18/20 at 3:20 pm to TexasTiger08
About 18 years ago the City of Atlanta had to tear out a 50 foot section of street in Downtown. What most think as street level there is actually built up about 20 feet above the original antebellum street level. My company was involved in the repair work and as the sales rep, I went down to check it out. I had to drive in from about 1/4 mile away where train tracks enter and exit a small area on the edge of where the built up streets start. In Atlanta, that area is known as “The Gulch.” When I drove in under the built up area, there was a mini city of homeless shelters. I mean like drakes out parcels. Some with old couches, recliners, storage boxes, lanterns, clothesline’s, etc.. And people just chilling like they were neighbors. There was a tiny bit of light in the area coming in from the edge of where the built up area started. It was something I had never seen before and certainly unexpected. It was like “holy crap. There is actually a community of people that reside here in this underground place.”
Anyway, once I got to the area where they had punched the hole in the street above, there were piles of 40lb cobblestone pavers everywhere from whet the excavators had dug out the area to put in caissons. They had gotten to 1860s street level and that was the hub of commerce back then as all of the tracks converged there. I loaded up about 30 of them and took them home and made a small cobblestone sidewalk. The whole half day down there was eye opening.
Anyway, once I got to the area where they had punched the hole in the street above, there were piles of 40lb cobblestone pavers everywhere from whet the excavators had dug out the area to put in caissons. They had gotten to 1860s street level and that was the hub of commerce back then as all of the tracks converged there. I loaded up about 30 of them and took them home and made a small cobblestone sidewalk. The whole half day down there was eye opening.
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