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Photos of Abandoned Places and Urban Exploration
Photographs of abandoned places, by Tom Kirsch
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inGreenfield Park, NY
Do photos of wall-to-wall carpeting and rotary phones make you wistful of staying in crappy hotel rooms? Sure they do.
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My second book, Crumbling Castles: The Lost Asylums at Worcester and Danvers has been released, check this post for previews and links!
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inKingston, NY
A short photo essay on the abandoned train cars on Route 209 near Kingston, NY.
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Almost worth getting punched in the face for. Almost.
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inApple Valley, CA
Strange creatures abound in the deserts of the Victor Valley.
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My first publication, Crumbling Castles: The Lost Asylums at Taunton and Northampton has been released.
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239 Archived Locations
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Acme Coke Plant, Adonia State Hospital, Arlington School, Armorcast (Birdsboro Steel Foundry and Machine Co), Armour Meat Packing Plant, Ashley / Huber Breaker (Blue Coal)
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Bannerman's Arsenal, Barlow State Hospital, Barnes Hospital, Beelitz Heilstätten, Belchertown State School, Bennett School for Girls, Berliner Bunkerwelten, Bethlehem Steel (Lackawanna Plant), Bethlehem Steel Mill, Broadacres Hospital, Bryce Hospital, Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo State Hospital
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Camp Bluefields (Tweed), Carr School, Carrie Blast Furnace, Cedarcrest Sanatorium, Central Islip State Hospital, Charles George VA Building #9, Château de Mesen, Château de Noisy (Miranda), Cherry Knowle Hospital, Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo), Citadelle de Namur, City Methodist Church (Gary), Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital, Clinique de la Faisanderie, Coal Brook Breaker Power Station, Concrete Dinosaurs, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Consonno, Continental Rubber Works (Hannover-Limmer), County Morgue, Crypt of Barons
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Dadipark, Danvers State Hospital, DeJarnette Sanitarium, Demon's Alley (New City Village), Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Dever State School, Diamant Brauerei, Dixie Brewery, Dixie Square Mall, Dixmont State Hospital
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Eagle River Power Station, Eastern State Penitentiary, Eden Hall Chapel, Erich Wagner Kindersanatorium, Essex County Hospital Center (Overbrook), Essex County Isolation Hospital, Essex County Penitentiary
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Fort de la Chartreuse, Fort Howard VA Hospital, Fort Marabout, Foster State Hospital, Foxboro State Hospital, Franklin Power Plant, Fuller State School and Hospital
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Gaebler Children's Center, Gentzrode, Glenn Dale Hospital, Glenwood Power Plant, Grand Quarters Theater, Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital), Green Hill State Hospital, Greystone Park Psychiatric Center
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Hamilton Mausoleum, Harperbury Hospital, Hart Island, Hartford Drive-In, Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine), Haverford State Hospital, Hayswood Hospital, Heidelberg Thingplatz, Heiden Hotel, Heilstätten Asklepios, Hellingly Hospital, Hendrik Monastery, Henryton State Hospital, Heptner State Hospital, Heusden-Zolder Coal Mine, Hewitt State Hospital and Prison, High Hills Developmental Center, Hinchcliffe Stadium, Horace Mann School (KC), Hotel Heinrich Heine, Hotel Sterling
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Imperial Baths at Sharon Springs, Irrenanstalt Weiler, Israel Meyer Augustine Middle School
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Jackson Sanatorium, Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC), James Clemens House, Jemison Center
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Kahlenbergstift, Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Kokerei Zollverein, Königin Elisabeth Hospital, Königsberg Sanatorium, Krankenbunker "Breuning", Krankenhaus Eichelberger, Krankenhaus Staacken
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La Crypte des Fleurs, Letchworth Village, Lima State Tuberculosis Hospital, Lincoln Park, Linfield Industrial Park, Linton State Hospital, Lorton Reformatory, Lungenkrankenhaus Thalberg, Lyman School for Boys
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Maison Kirsch, Majestic Theater, Manicomio di Collegno (Certosa), Manicomio Francesca, Manicomio Frigerio, Manicomio Montedale, Manteno State Hospital, Margaret Hague Materninty Hospital, Margate State School, Market St. Power Plant, Marlboro State Hospital, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, McMyler Coal Dumper, McNeal Mansion, Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend), Mentha State Hospital, Mesa State Training School, Metropolitan Building, Metropolitan State Hospital, Michigan Central Station, Middletown State Hospital, Middlewood Hospital Chapel, Mission Hill Convent, Motor City Garage, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Rose Cemetery, Mount Sinai Hospital
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Nesponsit Health Care Center, New Orleans Charter Middle School, New York City Farm Colony, Newington Home and Hospital for Crippled Children, Normansfield Hospital, North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum), Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital, Northampton State Hospital, Northville State Hospital, Norwich State Hospital, NRL Satellite Facility
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Okaton Ghost Town, Old Essex County Jail, Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker, Old Taylor Distillery, Ospedale Bartolini, Ospedale Pedagogico di Aguscello, Ospedale Psichiatrico di Granzette
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Packard Automotive Plant, Palace Theater, Paris Catacombs, Peenemünde Army Research Center, Pennhurst State School, Philadelphia Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum, Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry), Pilgrim State Hospital, Plymouth County Hospital, Pratt Greenhouse, Prora KdF Seaside Resort
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Rancho Los Amigos, Rathen State Hospital, Ravenwood Castle, Renwick Smallpox Hospital, Rest Haven, Ritz Theater, Riverside Hospital (North Brother Island), Riverside State Hospital, Rochester State Hospital, Rochester Subway, Rockland Psychiatric Center, Rocky Point Amusement Park, Roseville State Prison, Roseville State School, Ryhope Pumping Station
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Saint Lawrence State Hospital, Saint Mary's Hospital, Saint Remigius Military Hospital, Salem Jail, Salesian School, Samuel R. Smith Infirmary, Sanatorio Lohner, Sanatorium d'Aincourt, Sanitarium Joseph Lemaire, Sankt Marien Heilstätte, Säuglings- und Kinderkrankenhaus Weißensee, Severalls Hospital, Six Flags New Orleans, SNCB Train Works, Souvenir des Papeteries Godin, Springfield State Hospital, St Ebba's Hospital, St. Alphonsus Hall, Staten Island Boat Graveyard, Stella Artois Brewery, Studebaker Stamping Plant
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Tamarack Lodge, Taunton State Hospital, The Enchanted Forest, The Ladd School, The Lion Gardiner, The Pines Hotel, The Recordação, Toronto Power Company Generating Station, Transfiguration of Our Lord
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Undercliff State Hospital, Université de Dubois, Usine de Senelle, Usine Terres-Rouges
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Valmea Convent, Vineland Training School's Menantico Colony
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West Middlesex Hospital, Westborough State Hospital, Western Center, Western State Hospital (Virginia), Westinghouse Atom Smasher, Weston State Hospital, Westport Generating Station, Wheatley-Provident Hospital, Whittingham Hospital, Worcester State Hospital, Wurlitzer Building
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York County Prison, York Street Jail, Ypsilanti State Hospital
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Opacity is dedicated to documenting various abandoned places through both text and photographs; recording their transformations through time before they are demolished. The abundance of abandoned asylums and psychiatric hospitals in the New England area create the bulk of the locations here; these beautiful state funded structures are vast and complex, giving insight to both the humanity and mistreatment towards the mentally ill over the past two centuries.
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