Posts Tagged ‘Abandoned’
An abandoned place
Image by Kees van Mansom (back around the 23th of June)
An abandoned fairy tale parc on top of the mountain above Cochem, once an area where parents and children could enjoy themselves, now a creepy and dark place- the Eifel Area, July 2008
Olympus OM-4Ti, Zuiko 24mm f2.8 on Fuji Velva (expired 11/2007)
Windows and hole-y roof. Abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana.
Image by slworking2
City Methodist Church, 577 Washington St. (empty for years) stands nine stories tall. The Church made unique use of commercial and office space, classrooms, meeting rooms, an auditorium and a large sanctuary. Storefronts (visible in this picture) were incorporated into the building. The building still stands, but is in desperate need of stabilization. One architect has offered plans to turn the church into a "ruins garden" like those found in Europe.
Even in abandonment, this building is beautiful and a source of fascination for many. It has been photographed, explored and documented by countless people. Photographer Robert Perisho dedicated an entire photographic exhibition to the church in 1997 at the Lake Street Gallery in Miller. Some of the information on this page comes from his essay and fact sheet on the church.
This church was badly damaged in a fire in 1997.
The church was built at a cost of more than million by the Rev. William G. Seaman in 1926. United States Steel Corp. donated funds to complete the building.
The church is in the traditional English Gothic style of architecture, like some of the buildings that the famed United States Military Academy at West Point and elsewhere throughout the United states.
This was, and is, a remarkable building: besides the cathedral, there was a four story community center with classrooms, an auditorium, a motion picture booth, a banquet hall and kitchen, a fellowship garden, a large meeting hall, a gymnasium and a rooftop garden. The building was built to be not only at church, but a place for the entire community to gather.
Sadly, due to the shifting population of Northwest Indiana, the congregation of the church shrank drastically in the 1960s and could no longer afford the upkeep of the building. A committee held a meeting in October 1974 to determine the fate of the church. They decided to relocate and close the church as of January 3rd, 1975. The building was sold to Indiana University as a campus extension but nothing was done with it..
The building was used sporadically as church by another congregation, a local dance center and a halfway home for underprivileged children and single parents, but it eventually fell into abandonment and disuse. The building stands open to the elements and vandals.
Previously. the building was under the ownership of B&R Realty in Gary, listed to a Trades, Inc. but now may be owned by the city of Gary.
Abandoned Building in Alviso, CA
Image by moyerphotos
Abandoned Building in Alviso,
Auditorium. Abandoned City Methodist Church. Gary, Indiana.
Image by slworking2
City Methodist Church, 577 Washington St. (empty for years) stands nine stories tall. The Church made unique use of commercial and office space, classrooms, meeting rooms, an auditorium and a large sanctuary. Storefronts (visible in this picture) were incorporated into the building. The building still stands, but is in desperate need of stabilization. One architect has offered plans to turn the church into a "ruins garden" like those found in Europe.
Even in abandonment, this building is beautiful and a source of fascination for many. It has been photographed, explored and documented by countless people. Photographer Robert Perisho dedicated an entire photographic exhibition to the church in 1997 at the Lake Street Gallery in Miller. Some of the information on this page comes from his essay and fact sheet on the church.
This church was badly damaged in a fire in 1997.
The church was built at a cost of more than million by the Rev. William G. Seaman in 1926. United States Steel Corp. donated funds to complete the building.
The church is in the traditional English Gothic style of architecture, like some of the buildings that the famed United States Military Academy at West Point and elsewhere throughout the United states.
This was, and is, a remarkable building: besides the cathedral, there was a four story community center with classrooms, an auditorium, a motion picture booth, a banquet hall and kitchen, a fellowship garden, a large meeting hall, a gymnasium and a rooftop garden. The building was built to be not only at church, but a place for the entire community to gather.
Sadly, due to the shifting population of Northwest Indiana, the congregation of the church shrank drastically in the 1960s and could no longer afford the upkeep of the building. A committee held a meeting in October 1974 to determine the fate of the church. They decided to relocate and close the church as of January 3rd, 1975. The building was sold to Indiana University as a campus extension but nothing was done with it..
The building was used sporadically as church by another congregation, a local dance center and a halfway home for underprivileged children and single parents, but it eventually fell into abandonment and disuse. The building stands open to the elements and vandals.
Previously. the building was under the ownership of B&R Realty in Gary, listed to a Trades, Inc. but now may be owned by the city of Gary.
Sanctuary. Abandoned City Methodist Church. Gary, Indiana.
Image by slworking2
City Methodist Church, 577 Washington St. (empty for years) stands nine stories tall. The Church made unique use of commercial and office space, classrooms, meeting rooms, an auditorium and a large sanctuary. The building still stands, but is in desperate need of stabilization. One architect has offered plans to turn the church into a "ruins garden" like those found in Europe.
Even in abandonment, this building is beautiful and a source of fascination for many. It has been photographed, explored and documented by countless people. Photographer Robert Perisho dedicated an entire photographic exhibition to the church in 1997 at the Lake Street Gallery in Miller. Some of the information on this page comes from his essay and fact sheet on the church.
This church was badly damaged in a fire in 1997.
The church was built at a cost of more than million by the Rev. William G. Seaman in 1926. United States Steel Corp. donated funds to complete the building.
The church is in the traditional English Gothic style of architecture, like some of the buildings that the famed United States Military Academy at West Point and elsewhere throughout the United states.
This was, and is, a remarkable building: besides the cathedral, there was a four story community center with classrooms, an auditorium, a motion picture booth, a banquet hall and kitchen, a fellowship garden, a large meeting hall, a gymnasium and a rooftop garden. The building was built to be not only at church, but a place for the entire community to gather.
Sadly, due to the shifting population of Northwest Indiana, the congregation of the church shrank drastically in the 1960s and could no longer afford the upkeep of the building. A committee held a meeting in October 1974 to determine the fate of the church. They decided to relocate and close the church as of January 3rd, 1975. The building was sold to Indiana University as a campus extension but nothing was done with it..
The building was used sporadically as church by another congregation, a local dance center and a halfway home for underprivileged children and single parents, but it eventually fell into abandonment and disuse. The building stands open to the elements and vandals.
Previously. the building was under the ownership of B&R Realty in Gary, listed to a Trades, Inc. but now may be owned by the city of Gary.
Abandoned Construction
Image by panavatar
This just looked like some bizarre scene out of the Depression. That’s a popular amusement park in the background, and that’s an abandoned construction site in the foreground. Huh.
_KPT1440-Bartow / City Island Road Abandoned Railroad Station
Image by kptyson
See www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/bronx.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Park_and_City_Island_Railroad
"City Island Road. The brick stationhouse stands in ruins in the woods a short distance S of the road from the Hutchinson River Parkway to the City Island circle. It was also known as Bartow. This lonely spot was the transfer point for the trolley to City Island, which started here, so it rated a good station. To see it, start at the Pelham Bit Stables parking lot on the southbound Shore Road, and walk N along the bridle path. Just before the road to the Parkway, take an overgrown paved path W to the station. Warning: the bridle path is quite active; walk along the edge, but let horses and riders see you. Warning: the golf course parking lot to the north is a little closer to the station, but the walk requires a dangerous crossing of the road to the Parkway. At the station, please do not go near the tracks: high speed Amtrak trains approach around curves from both sides and you will not have time to react."
Abandoned Place
Image by m00by
Ahhh…. even among the bustle of San Antonio, I find something abandoned to take photos of 
Abandoned Building in Alviso, CA
Image by moyerphotos
Abandoned Building in Alviso,
Abandoned plant (I)
Image by ognid
Abandoned plant in Seteubal
_KPT1439-Bartow / City Island Road Abandoned Railroad Station
Image by kptyson
Decrepit heating equipment.
See www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/bronx.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Park_and_City_Island_Railroad
"City Island Road. The brick stationhouse stands in ruins in the woods a short distance S of the road from the Hutchinson River Parkway to the City Island circle. It was also known as Bartow. This lonely spot was the transfer point for the trolley to City Island, which started here, so it rated a good station. To see it, start at the Pelham Bit Stables parking lot on the southbound Shore Road, and walk N along the bridle path. Just before the road to the Parkway, take an overgrown paved path W to the station. Warning: the bridle path is quite active; walk along the edge, but let horses and riders see you. Warning: the golf course parking lot to the north is a little closer to the station, but the walk requires a dangerous crossing of the road to the Parkway. At the station, please do not go near the tracks: high speed Amtrak trains approach around curves from both sides and you will not have time to react."
Abandoned Building In Williamsburg
Image by toddwshaffer
Old abandoned building surrounded by a wooden fence with a hole big enough to walk through. Walked through the fence, walked the yard a bit, shot this photo.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
brooklyn365.com
_KPT1416-Bartow / City Island Road Abandoned Railroad Station
Image by kptyson
See www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/bronx.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Park_and_City_Island_Railroad
"City Island Road. The brick stationhouse stands in ruins in the woods a short distance S of the road from the Hutchinson River Parkway to the City Island circle. It was also known as Bartow. This lonely spot was the transfer point for the trolley to City Island, which started here, so it rated a good station. To see it, start at the Pelham Bit Stables parking lot on the southbound Shore Road, and walk N along the bridle path. Just before the road to the Parkway, take an overgrown paved path W to the station. Warning: the bridle path is quite active; walk along the edge, but let horses and riders see you. Warning: the golf course parking lot to the north is a little closer to the station, but the walk requires a dangerous crossing of the road to the Parkway. At the station, please do not go near the tracks: high speed Amtrak trains approach around curves from both sides and you will not have time to react."
abandoned building along montreal place
Image by quite peculiar
_KPT1387-Bartow / City Island Road Abandoned Railroad Station
Image by kptyson
See www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/bronx.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Park_and_City_Island_Railroad
"City Island Road. The brick stationhouse stands in ruins in the woods a short distance S of the road from the Hutchinson River Parkway to the City Island circle. It was also known as Bartow. This lonely spot was the transfer point for the trolley to City Island, which started here, so it rated a good station. To see it, start at the Pelham Bit Stables parking lot on the southbound Shore Road, and walk N along the bridle path. Just before the road to the Parkway, take an overgrown paved path W to the station. Warning: the bridle path is quite active; walk along the edge, but let horses and riders see you. Warning: the golf course parking lot to the north is a little closer to the station, but the walk requires a dangerous crossing of the road to the Parkway. At the station, please do not go near the tracks: high speed Amtrak trains approach around curves from both sides and you will not have time to react."
Abandoned Mansion, Beirut
Image by craigfinlay
So upon venturing inside we found two things: piles and piles of of binders, and dozens of black and white photos, all showing one man at various political events.
It turns out the mansion used to be the home of Takieddin el-Solh (born 1908, Sidon, Lebanon; died November 27, 1988, Paris) Lebanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1973-74, and again briefly in 1980. The binders were full of voter lists and various political documents. I’m assuming he abandoned the place during the civil war and moved to a more secure location. The house is in the Sunni section, but was within easy artillery distance of the Green Line.
Upstairs, all we found were his books and his desk. This is a small sitting room off the attic.
Abandoned Building (colorful)
Image by Whitney GH
An abandoned building in Belle Mina, Alabama.
_KPT1442-Bartow / City Island Road Abandoned Railroad Station
Image by kptyson
See www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/bronx.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Park_and_City_Island_Railroad
"City Island Road. The brick stationhouse stands in ruins in the woods a short distance S of the road from the Hutchinson River Parkway to the City Island circle. It was also known as Bartow. This lonely spot was the transfer point for the trolley to City Island, which started here, so it rated a good station. To see it, start at the Pelham Bit Stables parking lot on the southbound Shore Road, and walk N along the bridle path. Just before the road to the Parkway, take an overgrown paved path W to the station. Warning: the bridle path is quite active; walk along the edge, but let horses and riders see you. Warning: the golf course parking lot to the north is a little closer to the station, but the walk requires a dangerous crossing of the road to the Parkway. At the station, please do not go near the tracks: high speed Amtrak trains approach around curves from both sides and you will not have time to react."