The Thread of Abandoned Places

[Perpetual Man]

That's pretty spectacular Chopper, the picture almost looks as though it is off the wall.

 

[chopper]

he's a damned good artist. there's stuff of his all over the city. more here

 

[Venusian Broon]

Some pretty odd places in this list (and some I see have already been mentioned above, oh well!):

http://www.roughguides.com/gallery/abandoned-places/#/0

The Cuban jails look horrible, inspired as they are by the Jeremy Bentham's awful idea and his resultant Panoptican.

 

[bedlamite]

This is the Christ of the Abyss, San Frutturo, Italy a submerged bronze statue of Jesus, placed in the water on 22 August 1954 at approximately 17 metres depth, and stands 2.5 metres tall. Various other casts of the statue are located in other places worldwide, both underwater and in churches and museums. Not strictly abandoned, but isolated, lonely and eerie.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Venusian Broon - some really interesting ones there, thanks.

Bedlamite - as you say not strictly abandoned but a incredible, haunting thing.

 

[Perpetual Man]

It seems that things can get abandoned in the most surprising of places. This is Discovery Island at Disney!

 

[Perpetual Man]

This is quite a good one, Chateau Miranda in Belgium:

For anyone who might have noticed I'm working my way through the list of 38 Abandoned Places I posted near the start of the thread. I'ce had to skip a few that looked particular interesting because there were no videos available!

 

[Perpetual Man]

Eilean Donan (Scotland)

Technically not abandoned ion the sense that it looks quite well looked after inside, but what the hey, it was used in the original Highlander movie which makes it good enough for me

 

[Perpetual Man]

Hashima Island, Japan

 

[Perpetual Man]

Something quite different today as I step away from the list.

This time it is something quite local to me, The Palace Theatre, Union Street, Plymouth

The whole thing was a gorgeous piece of Victoriana, the main theatre for the city. I remember going there to see pantomimes when I when I was small, but the opening of a more modern theatre marked the end. It found new life as a nightclub (went there too only on rock/alternative nights), but ultimately it closed down and fell into ruin.

Apparently it is on the list of English Heritages buildings in most need of restoration, and every couple of months there are stories of new projects but none ever materialise.

 

[Perpetual Man]

And today we have City Hall Subway in New York (Nice short one)

 

[Perpetual Man]

A short slideshow of the Orpheum Theater in New Bedford, Mass.

 

[Perpetual Man]

What a very unusual place, a theme park based on passages from the Bible.

 

[Alias Black]

A Floating McDonald’s That Was Abandoned Over 30 Years Ago

 

[Perpetual Man]

Thanks for that one Alias Black, a great entry, fascinating

 

[Perpetual Man]

An abandoned Power Plant in Belgium. It looks very impressive but the video might be a little longer than it needs to be.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Maybe not the best quality, but one of the most impressive places:

The Underwater Lion City in China

 

[Perpetual Man]

A bit dark in places but okay as a whole

 

[Perpetual Man]

The Red Sands Sea Forts - UK

 

[Perpetual Man]

An extra one today, a link to an article with lots of pictures of the abandoned USSR space shuttle program