abandonedplaces: A sad notice

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glenorglenda13) wrote in

abandonedplaces,
@ 2008-03-21 01:40:00

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A sad notice
If any of you remember my pictures of the abandoned Evergreen Airport in Vancouver, Washington, I drove past it tonight, and while there are still builidings for me to invade, it's already being demolished.
I saw signs when I drove past tonight that there are still things I can get close to, and hopefully things I can loot.
I realize looting is a bit touchy, but my personal feeling is that if the place is being demolished, I should save what I can.
Especially at an airport where Lindberg once landed.
....but obviously, I'm not going to dodge bulldozers to do it.
Hopefully it will stand up through the next week so I can see if there's anything to grab...if not, I'll still shoot pictures when I can.
Today I didn't have my camera, and my wanky ankle was acting up, otherwise I would have poked around the site in some way.
I saw some very promising desk/file cabinets inside one of the demolished hangars...and I'm SO there when my ankle is working.

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emmerick
2008-03-21 08:50 am UTC (link)

Loot away my brother. It's amazing what companies/government will send to demolish "just" because it's their (see our money. I worked for private companies and the gov. in my time. It was always sad to see retail joints throw away perfectly good clothing into locked dumpsters outside the mall because "giving" it away would show what they claimed as being favoritism. It was even more sad, down the line of employment to see perfectly good househeld appliances and building material thrown away by the government because it wasn't worth the time to try and sell it (time/budget-wise) to those who could use such materials/appliances and be very thankful for them. Anyone who tells you different, in all reality, shouldn't be in a community where the laws of tresspassing are broken daily in the first place.

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glenorglenda13
2008-03-21 09:01 am UTC (link)

Yeah, I understand that.
I try to find the middle ground...I treat the place like a museum unless I know it's being destroyed soon.
The airport is obviously past the middle point, it's just a matter of not getting myself killed to get a few archaic aeronautical things before it's gone, and getting pics of the destruction, to be followed by the tragic anticlimax of the homogeneously cloned stripmall that replaces it.

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	a_muse_d 2008-03-21 09:14 am UTC (link)
	It was always sad to see retail joints throw away perfectly good clothing into locked dumpsters outside the mall because "giving" it away would show what they claimed as being favoritism. because donating stuff to charity is just wrong! ugh, yeah, i hated seeing stores throw things away when i worked at a mall. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

emmerick
2008-03-21 09:35 am UTC (link)

It was actually the first and only retail job I ever worked. I had no experience at 16, and the only place who would hire me is one of those mainstream "punk/goth/rocker" oriented shops that every mall has, and I didn't have to remove my piercings or cut my hair to work there. It was so shitty to see them throw away good clothing like that, regardless if only punk ass kids would want them or not. I dunno, I didn't really realize how much america wastes as a nation until I actually got into working for my own money. I'm by no means trying to glorify stealing, but what is stealing if it's already deemed as trash? "One man's trash, etc etc."

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	prairiesong 2008-03-22 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	Not to mention all that crap going into a landfill. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	thallium 2008-03-21 09:55 am UTC (link)
	nice icon. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	glenorglenda13 2008-03-21 11:44 am UTC (link)
	I need a donut! ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	loli_cat 2008-03-21 01:33 pm UTC (link)
	I'm usually one to leave things where they are but if the site is actively being destroyed/demolished, I'd say GO FOR IT!! In fact, you'd be suprised what $$ in the right hands will do. My friend paid the workers who were tearing down our old high school and they saved some very large and very beautiful pieces of stonework for him! ^_^ (Reply to this)

	erinzdad 2008-03-21 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	SOMEHOW RESCUING USEFUL ITEMS SEEMS TO BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS OF NATURE. PARDON THE CAPS. (Reply to this)

	_repetition 2008-03-21 03:36 pm UTC (link)
	Bob! I am starting my Twin Peaks marathon tomorrow. I know this has nothing to do with your post, but your icon excited me.. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	glenorglenda13 2008-03-21 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	cool! I just finished watching the series through last week myself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chootoy 2008-03-21 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, not even the Lindberg connection couldn't save it as an historical site?!? Then by all means, "save" any and all "artifacts" that you can!! I'd be down there helping you if I could! Please share images when you get some. and take care of that ankle (Reply to this)

	zind4gi 2008-03-21 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, where in the 'Couv is that airport? Is it still easy to access or surrounded by security? I'm over in Portland. I'd love to check it out before it's completely demo'ed. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	glenorglenda13 2008-03-21 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	It's on East Mill Plain Blvd, across the street from the Safeway. Here's a link to my last post on it, which includes a link to the previous post I had of it: http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/1255627.html Some of those buildings are already gone, but not the tower, and some are only partially destroyed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	qthewetsprocket 2008-03-21 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	do you have links to your other pictures of it? i live in vancouver and had no idea this place even existed. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	glenorglenda13 2008-03-21 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	see above. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	plaidomatic 2008-03-21 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	Damn it, I learned to fly at that airport. I'm really disappointed that they closed it. I was hoping someone, somehow, might be able to save it. (Reply to this)

	glenorglenda13 2008-03-22 04:52 am UTC (link)
	I made it back there today, spent over an hour there, and went inside a few buildings. Pix coming soon. (Reply to this)

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