Abandoned places

[Operational needs]

Is anyone else as fascinated as I am by abandoned places?

This is a former greyhound track I pass all the time that opened in 1929 and shut down a few years ago

 

[bottomups]

Love walking through the ghost towns and abandoned mining villages in the Colorado Rockies. If walls could talk......

 

[burrheadd]

Dale Earnhardt Jr has a series about abandoned race tracks mostly in the south seems like they are all over the place

 

[oldngray]

Abandoned places can be neat but kind of sad when somebody else comes along and bulldozes them to build something else.

 

[Operational needs]

This place is fascinating.

 

[sailfish]

Yes! I love watching videos like this. We have a lot of stores like such around this God forsaken ghost town. I'd love the chance to explore one. About 3/4 of the local mall's anchor stores have been closed for years; signage gone, weeds growing through the parking lot cracks, and vines growing up the building face.

 

[sailfish]

I think part of what makes abandoned buildings so fascinating is what could be explained as "liminal space." This was a pretty good video on the subject.

 

[Operational needs]

Abandoned places can be neat but kind of sad when somebody else comes along and bulldozes them to build something else.

Yeah, someone bought the greyhound track to build “luxury apartments”. Sounds good, right? Wrong. They want it to be four stories high and it’s right across the road from the main runway at the airport. Big fight going on right now to stop the apartments.

 

[sailfish]

I consider myself lucky that my line of work affords me the opportunity to see places in these liminal states on a fairly regular basis. Often a place doesn't even necessarily have to be closed or abandoned to incite these feelings. A desolate rooftop, even above what would be a lively store underneath, can feel like an alien planet, especially if it's a place with a strong attachment to your own personal history. As a young kid you'd never imagine that one day you see the place in that way.

 

[oldngray]

I consider myself lucky that my line of work affords me the opportunity to see places in these liminal states on a fairly regular basis. Often a place doesn't even necessarily have to be closed or abandoned to incite these feelings. A desolate rooftop, even above what would be a lively store underneath, can feel like an alien planet, especially if it's a place with a strong attachment to your own personal history. As a young kid you'd never imagine that one day you see the place in that way.

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Some of those places are so far gone they are unsafe to walk around in.

 

[Operational needs]

I consider myself lucky that my line of work affords me the opportunity to see places in these liminal states on a fairly regular basis. Often a place doesn't even necessarily have to be closed or abandoned to incite these feelings. A desolate rooftop, even above what would be a lively store underneath, can feel like an alien planet, especially if it's a place with a strong attachment to your own personal history. As a young kid you'd never imagine that one day you see the place in that way.

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I think I’m just more fascinated by the oldness of some structures and what was or what could be. More of what was.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Just look up urbex on YT

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

One channel I follow on YT is where a guy explores abandoned mines in Nevada. Insanely dangerous!

 

[Road Dog 56]

Is anyone else as fascinated as I am by abandoned places?

This is a former greyhound track I pass all the time that opened in 1929 and shut down a few years ago View attachment 408237View attachment 408238

which track is this? I used to go to Raynham, Taunton, and Wonderland in Massachusetts and Hollywood Park in Florida.

 

[Road Dog 56]

Old Drive Ins are pretty cool.

 

[Operational needs]

which track is this? I used to go to Raynham, Taunton, and Wonderland in Massachusetts and Hollywood Park in Florida.

It’s in Sarasota, FL.

 

[Operational needs]

Just look up urbex on YT

Very interesting. I’ll have to watch some of their videos.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Very interesting. I’ll have to watch some of their videos.

Urbex short for urban exploraration. Tons of video of people poking around places they shouldn't go.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

One of the last road trips I went on with my Dad included a visit to a ghost town. Elkhorn, MT. Half of the cemetary residents got there in a 4 month period in 1889 from a Cholera outbreak

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Urbex = trespassers & burglars