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The Most Desolate City on Earth: Gunkanjima, aka 'Battleship Island' - Neighborhoods - The Atlantic Cities
7 weeks ago by cshalizi
"Today, it's densely populated with ocean birds and disturbingly large spiders."
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japan
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via:lofstrom
7 weeks ago by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: A Darkened Theater
august 2011 by cshalizi
Some very nice shots.
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pretty_pictures
august 2011 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Abandend bomb shelter.
april 2011 by cshalizi
It's that painting in the first shot which is the amazing thing here.
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photos
april 2011 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: AZLK
december 2010 by cshalizi
For the giant Lenin head in the first shots.
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post-soviet_life
december 2010 by cshalizi
Ghosts in the Hollow on Vimeo
september 2010 by cshalizi
"Let the flowers be forgotten/ Sprinkle coal dust on my grave/ In remembrance of the UMWA"
via:?
labor
appalachia
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blogged
september 2010 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: High is the Pines...
may 2010 by cshalizi
Wow, that's creepy and sad.
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sad
creepy
may 2010 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Abandoned Homes #13 & #14.
may 2010 by cshalizi
Some of these are really very nice.
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portugal
may 2010 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Time Lost Secret of Clayton
january 2010 by cshalizi
Many of these are really very pretty.
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california
january 2010 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Opsal Steel in Vancouver, BC, Canada
november 2009 by cshalizi
I'm tempted to carve out some time from NIPS for a field-trip...
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november 2009 by cshalizi
Feral Houses (Sweet Juniper!)
august 2009 by cshalizi
The feral houses of Detroit.
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detroit
via:vaguery
august 2009 by cshalizi
Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline
march 2009 by cshalizi
Maybe it's all I've been reading about the collapse of the classic Maya lately, but this seriously gives me the creeps.
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detroit
urban_decay
march 2009 by cshalizi
Warren Ellis » Polar Nuclear Lighthouses
january 2009 by cshalizi
I'm not sure I believe this, but I look forward to its appearance in one of Ellis's stories.
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ussr
post-soviet_life
nukes
january 2009 by cshalizi
photos of the abandoned sea forts off the coast of england
may 2008 by cshalizi
where "sea forts" means "metal fortresses that look like Wells's Martian war machines", and "off the coast" means "rusting in the sea". Positively spooky.
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UK
via:britta
may 2008 by cshalizi
BLDGBLOG: The mathematics of preservation and the future of urban ruins
april 2008 by cshalizi
"Tens of millions of years in the future, when all of this urban infrastructure has turned to sludge, and radiative terrestrial heat has cooked old bricks into something resembling trace fossils, our cities could still be beautiful. "
architecture
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post-apocalyptic
manaugh.geoff
april 2008 by cshalizi
Matthew Yglesias : Abandoned Buildings
april 2008 by cshalizi
On the plus side of the real estate collapse, banks are helping to create more ruins-to-be.
mortgage_crisis
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april 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Holy Land, Waterbury CT
march 2008 by cshalizi
"Holy Land was constructed in the 50s by a lawyer who claimed God had spoken to him and told him to build a mini-Jerusalem in America so that the poor could go on a pilgrimage without having to travel across the world. He built hundreds of structures, gro
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photos
march 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Westinghouse
february 2008 by cshalizi
Nice theme of cracked glass.
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february 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: alchemy.
february 2008 by cshalizi
Chemistry classroom? Pharmacy?
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february 2008 by cshalizi
Alexandria Hotel
february 2008 by cshalizi
Highly decayed, once-elegant hotel in downtown LA. "The hotel is being renovated. It will remain affordable housing, but will be upgraded to include ceiling fans, small fridges, and two-burner stoves."
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architecture
via:britta
february 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Allmost the hall
february 2008 by cshalizi
The mangled-yet-poetic text at the head of the post is a nice touch.
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february 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: ABANDONED SCIENTIFIC COMPLEX
january 2008 by cshalizi
"Buck Rodger's old apartment?"
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january 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: a return to carabanchel prison, october 2007
january 2008 by cshalizi
More of the same. from the fall
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prisons
architecture
january 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: carabanchel prison (madrid), april 2007
january 2008 by cshalizi
Wow. I imagine that if anything by Piranesi had actually been built it would end up looking like this.
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prisons
architecture
january 2008 by cshalizi
Detroit is beautiful - a photoset on Flickr
january 2008 by cshalizi
"any [bleep] with a camera can take amazing pictures of detroit"
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detroit
via:belle-warring
january 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Michigan Central Station
january 2008 by cshalizi
Wonderful-looking space
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detroit
january 2008 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Abandoned home & corn field
december 2007 by cshalizi
The house isn't that spectacular, but I love the pictures of the corn at the end
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photos
december 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Gary Indiana
december 2007 by cshalizi
Talk about your bare ruined choirs!
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december 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: The Baker Hotel
december 2007 by cshalizi
Abandoned hotel in Texas
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december 2007 by cshalizi
deadmachinery: Rusting Hulk
november 2007 by cshalizi
Looks like a Jacek Yerka painting
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november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: After the boys of summer have gone....
november 2007 by cshalizi
Wonderfully atmospheric (if very large) photos
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autumn
november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Trains
november 2007 by cshalizi
Abandoned trains outside Cleveland. I love the moss in the last photo.
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trains
cleveland
november 2007 by cshalizi
Kadikchan - phantom city | brusnichka.com
november 2007 by cshalizi
The weird-sounding (machine-translated?) introductory text is a nice accompaniment to the creepy photos
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november 2007 by cshalizi
BLDGBLOG: Bannerman's Island
november 2007 by cshalizi
Lovely pictures
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november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: We found the gym when we first got into
november 2007 by cshalizi
Again with the Argusville school. That floor!
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november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: ROSEWOOD MENTAL HOSPITAL.
november 2007 by cshalizi
"Owings Mills, Maryland" --- I know Owings Mills!
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photos
november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Abandoned Lord Orlov's Manor
november 2007 by cshalizi
These are really good; it helps that it's a great building.
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november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: that school again
november 2007 by cshalizi
Even more of the Argusville School.
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november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: Abandoned chemical plant
november 2007 by cshalizi
Nice wintry photos. I especially like the one of the pond.
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november 2007 by cshalizi
themichelle: yesterday daniel and i broke into a house
november 2007 by cshalizi
Remarkable quotidian and creepy photos
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via:britta
november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: ***
november 2007 by cshalizi
Interior photos, color enhanced (not sure how to describe the effect but I like it)
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pretty_pictures
november 2007 by cshalizi
abandonedplaces: The old chemicals plant near Shatura, Moscow region
october 2007 by cshalizi
The shot of the spiral staircase is excellent (but would have been better without the person)
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october 2007 by cshalizi
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