Thread: Abandoned Places

Originally Posted by FarangRed

LOL

Originally Posted by FarangRed

It was a place where brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors ran unmolested by authorities.

Sounds like my kind of place.


Great thread FR, love to hear about these kinds of places and having all the photos makes it a real treat.

Originally Posted by Happyman

even an open market with piles of fruit and meat dried and withered on the stalls !

Sure your not talking about my local market here in Thailand pal?

Detroit's Beautiful, Horrible Decline








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Originally Posted by The Muffinman

Originally Posted by FarangRed

LOL

Good you get the joke?

The Ryugyung Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is one of the 20th century’s greatest architectural failures. Initially designed as a beacon of progress and power for this misunderstood peninsula nation, the Ryugyung Hotel was unable to sustain construction when the North Korean government simply ran out of money. Ground was broken in 1987, construction was halted in 1992, and the pyramid-style spire sat dormant and empty for sixteen years. Not a window or an interior fixture graced this skeleton of concrete and metal, it stood only as a reminder what could-have-been for Pyongyang, but instead resulted in failure. Fortunately, the Ryugyung hotel may not be abandoned much longer, as construction resumed in 2008 and the building now has windows and a nearly-completed exterior. Due to the secrecy of the North Korean government, however, it is hard to say if the updates are merely cosmetic or reach further inside this lonely building.

Tower Piraeus, the port of the Greek capital, was abandoned due to structural problems caused by errors in its construction. With its 84 meters, it dominates the view of Piraeus, one of the major cruise ports in the Mediterranean.
The Wiezowiec Naczelna Organizacja techniczne, located in the Polish city of Krakow, was never completed due to build economic reasons. In 1981 the construction work stopped, leaving an unfinished structure of 91 meters and 24 floors. This made him the nickname Szkieletor himself among the inhabitants of the town.

Throughout the years there have been some investors interested in recovering the structure, but the complicated legal situation deteriorated and it had discouraged. He is currently the tallest building in the city.

Apparently Detroit is rapidly becoming a ghost town. The local auto-industry and economy have gone bust, stores are closing, people are moving away and crime has become a huge problem. Some statistics show that about half the housing accomodation in the city is for sale at this moment or has become unsellable. Since 1950, the population has fallen from 1.9 million to just 900.000 now and on top of that, the city has a $300M dollar debt apparently.

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Vintage Posters Discovered in Abandoned London Tube Station |

Some work they've been doing in Notting Hill station meant they opened up some areas that hadn't been seen since the 50's. Still intact were a load of posters from the time.

Battleship Island Japan

Abandoned Man-Made Military Island


Fort Carroll is a 3.4 acre (14,000 m²) artificial island and abandoned fort in the middle of the Patapsco River, just south of Baltimore, Maryland. The fort was used in the 1800s. In WWII it was briefly used as a firing range for the Army and a checkpoint for ships The government abandoned the fort as a military post in 1920, and the island was declared excess property in 1923. However, the War Department took no immediate steps to sell the land. In May 1958, a Baltimore attorney purchased the island for $10,000, but development plans never materialized. The fort now is deserted. link

Deserted Floating City of Oily Rocks


One of the strangest cities in the world sits just off the coast of Azerbaijan, abandoned and dilapidated. ‘Oily Rocks’ began with a single path out over the water and grew into a system of paths and platforms built on the back of ships sunken to serve as the city’s foundation. It was all created to serve the oil industry, and before long, it contained housing, schools, libraries and shops for the workers and their families. Now, only part of it remains as many of the paths have disappeared into the surf. link

The Fort in the middle of nowhere


A military fort, out in the ocean, with a moat! Fort Jefferson is a part of Dry Tortugas National Park in the waters off of Key West, Florida. Construction on the “fort in the middle of nowhere” was started in 1846. It was originally meant for the defense of the US, but during the 30 years of construction, some design features became obsolete for that purpose. During and after the Civil War the fort began to be used as a prison for deserters and other criminals. In 1874 the army completely abandoned the fort after several hurricanes and a yellow fever epidemic, and it wasn’t until 1898 that the military returned in the form of the navy, which used the facilities during the Spanish-American War. The fort was also used from 1888 through 1900 as a quarantine station, and was garrisoned again briefly during World War I. link

North Cyprus Holidays | Northern Cyprus Hotels & Holiday | Kyrenia & Famagusta

Actually guys, having lived in Cyprus for 7 out the last 10 years I can assure you that Famagusta is wide open for visitors (check out the link above). Yes, some areas immediately adjacent to the green line are still off limits, but the majority of it is doing just nicely thankyou... Lovely cold Efes beer too!!!

Siberian Nearly-Abandoned & "Ghost" Cities Could Be the Worst Halloween Scare Ever

Click on the link I think better to many photo's

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Great thread.

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