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Great thread... I'll start.
1) Turret
This building is quite special to me. Located just blocks from my home, the 120-year-old Ransom-Gillis home is the epitome of Detroit's urban decay, and the symbol of Brush Park's olden glory.
2) Front Row
This is in an area not too far from Detroit's downtown district, and is formerly an industrial park. Scary place, even in broad daylight. There was something about this chair, sitting and watching the building rot - waiting for an occupant.
3) Arson
This might be less about Urban Decay than crime, but frankly, this old church has stayed this way since the February fire, and I can promise that nothing will be done with it for years. Located kitty corner from the spot where the old Olympia Arena stood, this church's embers were still aromatic when I shot it.
I have plenty more in my photostream if you're interested, and doing a simple search for 'Detroit' and 'urbandecay' (or similar) will produce some other wonderful Detroit-based photogs.
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Thank you urban tiki. Great photos and nice stories about each. I edited the images to the thumbnail versions however, since there are many urban decay members and if many of them post here the thread would load so slow for people on dialup.
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Ok, my first one is of an overgrown building in the middle of downtown New Orleans:
Second is of the same building from above:
And, third, is of some steps leading to an oddly abandoned building just outside of downtown New Orleans. There are flourishing businesses and fairly plush office buildings on all sides of this:
This is an interesting group. Cheers.
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1. Abandoned Chair
This pic inspired me to start the new group Visual Poetry.
2. Broken Window with Bars
I made a pencil drawing of this same window about 4 years ago and it has changed little since then.
3.Sand Bags
These sand bags were just begging me to shoot them!
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here goes...
the door behind the movie theater:
My office building is next door to the theater, so I pass this every day.
someplace that is now nonexistent:
I'm not sure if I like this one because I like the picture so much, or if it's just because I liked that spot in town a lot (it had quite a bit of photo-worthy stuff) and I'm nostalgic because it's since been demolished.
house of shine:
It's been like this for as long as i can remember, but I hear that once upon a time, it was pretty cool.
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a disused nurses' accommodation block, now demolished.
people seem to like this one, and i do too. disused rail tunnel, see the photo page for the full story
3rd choice was hardest, but this one was quite recent so it'll do for now. St Peter's Seminary, a disused er, seminary (teaching college for priests). This is actually 2 photos, one normal that was too dark, one at a 1 second exposure that was too light, combined them together to get this.
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It was difficult to decide on just three but I think that these images are really great. The first is a picture of one side of the somewhat famous steeple in Athens, Georgia. The church was torn down long ago but the steeple still remains standing.
The second image was taken in downtown Atlanta. I like that it looks like a building is there, but in reality only two walls actually remain standing. The third is from an abandoned turn-of-the-century powerplant in rural eastern Georgia. It was truly an amazing place to explore.
  
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I still haven't been able to decide on my favorite 3, but I have really enjoyed seeing everyone else's choices.
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Okay it was a hard decision but I finally settled on these three as my all time favs.
  
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I'll put these down as mine, for now.
All three taken in our area recently.
  
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special, you do challenge me. choosing my best stuff is weirdly tough. but, thanks! and, wow, what fun to see all of these shots.
i like 
"when barbie got evicted," because of the bitter humor of the trashed toy home and the peculiar clock in the store window at knee level;
 "window to lost industries," a sort of cathedral of decay that is probably a historic san francisco industrial building but will undoubtedly be allowed to rot until it has to come down, and
 "mural: going, going..." for the beauty of the chicano mural characters and the sorrow of their disinegration.
i think i like the pix that piss me off.
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York 'sells' itself as a city of heritage and culture but although a wonderful place to live, the city fathers often forget the local people...
rubbish is illegally dumped on backstreets
... old buildings, often associated with long-gone industry or transport, fall into disrepair,
and areas become almost no-go areas that are difficult to escape from...
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Urban decay is a major feature of many (most?) cities of India. Even buildings in good repair may look a bit moldy after a good monsoon. Old buildings/ neighbourhoods rarely get a facelift but they may get a coat of paint or some floral decoration. I like the colour and life amidst decay in these three pictures. They were taken in Ahmedabad, Old Delhi and Jaisalmer.
  
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I've only been to one such location so my pool is a bit limited. However from that shoot I was most pleased with these three:
  
These are from two disused warehouses in London, just a short walk from some ultra-expensive apartments.
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the first two are details from buildings in red hook, brooklyn. red hook has many deteriorating factories and warehouses, as well as numerous regular ol’ still-in-use dilapidated buildings.
the third is from the eldridge street synagogue which, after decades of abandonment, is currently being restored.
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Beauty through decay - an abandoned building.
Human anguish because of living conditions.
Neglect.
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The first one I feel like it really captures the feel of DC's upper Georgia Ave. The second one the juxtaposition of the happy, bright mural and the empty facade. And the last I like the incongruity of the hopefulness in the sign and the deteriorated state.
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Here are three from my favourites:
  
I have a couple of other faves, but they either are not in this pool, or I couldn't grab the thumbnail!
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Bumping this up for the newer members. Was buried on the third forum page.
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here are my three faves
i love this one because it is so gorgeous in it's decay, the cracking, layer on layer of paint and rust...
this is intense, it looks like a flaky pie crust of rust
and this wooden door amazes me
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Here are my 3 favorites:
seal of approval
This is from the door on the side of a box car in Oakland, Ca.
meander
This is from what I believe used to be the control rooms of a set of drydocks in Richmond, Ca. I'm not sure how long they've been out of use, but all of the rooms are in an amazing state of decay.
hyperventilate
This is from the side of either an air-conditioner of some kind of ventilation system at the abandoned navy base in Alameda, Ca.
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1.Trespassing Hannover
2.Red Hair Woman
3.Black Mesa
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I am new to urban decay photography, being mostly into nature/landscapey stuff. But I have recently come across some really interesting sites, and I see its appeal. Here are 3 of my first decay shots:
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these are my favorites. all from the Heppenstall Steel factory in my old neighborhood in Pittsburgh, PA
  
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From Mexico City, some of my favourites:
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this is found just next to the ultramodern and controversial frank gehry-designed paul allen-owned e.m.p. in seattle. part of the pathetic run down amusement park of the seattle center, site of the 1962 world's fair now very much neglected. the juxtaposition is a bit unsettling...
this is found inside one of the many preposterously large buildings the navy left behind at sand point in seattle on lake washington. its surroundings of desolation and isolation give the text added weight - as though you might be lucky to read it and still live.
this is found in portlands chi-chi district. formerly an area of printeries and warehouses it is now home mostly to financially overleveraged condo dwellers with small dogs and expensive taste and the fussy shops that service them. Again, the juxtaposition is striking.
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I love rust.
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I'm endlessly fascinated by bags in trees.
I like the contrast between the fall foliage and the rusty, graffiti-covered bridge.
Another scene of nature mixing with decay.
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Shots of a huge abandoned prison at Madrid:
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Sattler Theatre, Buffalo NY
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this is a kind of hotel in my neighborhood. they rent rooms for students. or, at least, they try to do it! i always wanted to take a picture of this place, but i have never gone there with my camera untill that day.
one day i was feeling really bad and i took my camera for a ride in the city center. there, i found this beautiful beauding. there is a shop on the first floor (wich sells pans), but the second one is abandoned. this isn't the picture i took that day. a couple of months later, i went there another time and took this one.
this one is one of the first pictures i took with my camera. it shows two buildings that are tagged really bad in brazilian style of tagging. i love it. there's also a red bus, which is very common in my town (belo horizonte - brasil).
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Elevated train in chicago shot with my TtV contraption.
I shot this photo inside an abandoned housing project called Cabrini-Green in Chicago.
I shot this photo outside an abandoned housing project in Chicago called Cabrini-Green. There was another housing project next to this building but it was occupied so we had to always look over our shoulder while shooting. The place was completely abandoned and we mainly hung around the outside and the first floor -- very surreal. The area reminded me of that movie 28 Days Later. Clothes, furniture, other items were scattered everywhere outside. Inside it was as though people just got up and left everything in 5 minutes.
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My favs change a lot but here are today:
I like the texture and the repetition of the posters
I like what it says, but more so I love the colors and the texture of the paint
This is my top fav. i love the colors. Love the typography. And I really love that black swash of paint interrupting the image.
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E M B A S S Y C O U R T - Wells Coates Art Deco Masterpiece once stood proud proud on Brighton's seafront in the UK. A modernist triumph that's just epic in proportion and gives some truely panoramic views of the seafront from it's once luxurious apartment windows.
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The following three are my current favorites. A big part of that assessment is their scale and iconic nature, although they also match my current mood:
1. Auditorium Memorial Theater Lobby. Gary, Indiana.
2. Robert Taylor Homes, Public Housing Project. Chicago, Illinois.
3. R. Lavia & Sons, Inc. Building. Chicago, Illinois
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1. Stairs. Puebla, México.
2. Door and clay wall. Xilitla, México.
3. Church stone sculpture and wall. San Miguel de Allende, México.
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No 1 underpass smelling faintly of piss, didn't investigate the puddle too closely
No 2 I like the feeling that you have pass through the unknown to get out
No 3 This one I just like, I am fascinated by the abandoned railway line not too far from where I live
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This is certainly my most popular, but for a reason. The lighting, composition, framing, all just came together nicely. The mangled machine in the foreground is perfectly balanced by the rusty walls in the background. I have another shot taken just before this one from a slightly different angle, and it doesn't work at all. New York, NY.
I like this one for the colors, the water drops just about to fall, and because nobody can figure out what the hell it is (detail from a NY subway station). New York, NY.
It's the little bit of life that makes this shot for me. Decay and renewal. Washington DC.
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I loved the colors from the rust, to the brick to the fresh green paint to the burnt brick. Alley in Pontiac, MI
Car abandoned at the Sears and Roebuck Warehouse in Pontiac, MI
The house is on the East Side of Detroit, most of the neighborhood has burnt down, crumbled or is in various states of neglect. The beauty and size of this home kept drawing me to it.
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These were taken in beautiful old Ybor City near Tampa, Florida. The city was originally a cigar manufacturing center, but now is home to trendy shops, boutiques and night clubs. However, many of the old buildings still remain, and there is still much urban decay to be found just off the main avenue. These are all closeups that I liked the details in, but I have some street scenes that I can upload later.
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A rare part of Manchester that hasn't been redeveloped.. yet
Castlefield, Manchester, looking under a bridge, i love the rusty colours
In Mumbai, India. Everywhere looked so neglected but it had a kind of beauty
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Some images from Atlanta:
  
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Hmm ill be sure to add more but for now Urban Meltdown
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So the top 2 are in Encino, NM and the bottom in Pueblo, CO. I just drove 2200 miles from Phoenix to Chicago over the weekend and found a wealth of small town decay which I love just as much as the super urban stuff (which living in Chicago should supply much of). Hope you enjoy...
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This is one of my favorite because the skyscraper, though beautiful is competely vacant and has been for decades. I hear they are restoring it though.
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Same building, different shot. When I was admiring the building I realized that someone made the effort to get to the top floor and graffiti'd the crown. I was impressed.
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This is what happens when a car factory shuts down in the rust belt.
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This is a series of pictures I took of the old West Pier in Hove, the pier had fallen into disrepair, and during a drive to restore it, caught fire. More of it fell into the sea in subseqent storms. It's present condition has mystery and sadness to it, which I hope my pictures capture.
Hope you like
Glenn
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The Temples of Angkor.
This Khmer city had 1 million inhabitants around 1000 A.D. All wooden buildings are long gone. The rainforest conquered the remaining stone buildings thus slowing their decay. The 'discovery' by western archeologists and subsequent clearing of the temples of their plant cover put them to the elements and accelerated their disintegration. One temple was left as it was found, with all the trees growing through the site, supporting many walls and buildings.
See these images of Ta Prohm in the large version, there is much going on in the images that is lost in the thumbnail, small and medium versions!
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Wondering what THE three favourites are would be torturous for someone as anal as me, but here's three OF my favourites :-D:
Everything just came together..
Because it's cute and existential at the same time ;-)
Because it's this decaying building at its most sensational -- though the scan quality is bad, apologies for which.
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Prayer al fresco!
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Old train depot
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Island Station in St Paul
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Nothern wall of Mould Loft in Versatile Shipyards. I love this one because of the instructions on the alarm. Pull way down and let go. Such wisdom and beauty in degeneration.
This was the oldest building on the same shipyard in 1994. The wood was absolutely gorgeous to behold. Long gone again. I took this shot from the stairs at floor level. The building was built late 1800's. I love old wood.
Again, in the Versatile Shipyards, which have now made room for condos and a hotel. I really discovered the beauty to be found in ruins and decay.
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