Abandoned Places - April 9th, 2007

Time has stopped


doors are closed


windows are broken.

Ones upone a time...
House of fairy tales.

Moderator Commentary
Over the past few years, the common lament I've heard from many people has been, "how do you find abandoned sites?" People have asked for point-outs, websites and so forth. As I thought about it, I started considering not just the where’s, but the how’s and the why’s. There is a trick to searching for these places, and most of it involves how you approach the search and the planning for an exploration. It also involves the reasons in which you choose to explore these places. Is it because of the history, the thrill, the "what’s that" factor or the chance to capture that moment in time?
( Yes, it's worth reading :) )

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Northampton Asylum

I'm told by someone Catholic that this is St. Francis. This is one of the most amusing things I've found in all the abandoned houses I've explored.

This school, built in the 1950s (iirc) was closed a year ago. It's pretty well sealed up - but looking through the grilles it looks like that was a response to some fairly hefty damage by (presumably) kids...