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Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299198.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-gmCH1GuAvS-JvU7ONfMMTcC8cQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2738169854a3128de6d5a.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Mall Security Office Desk Former mall security office at the Randall Park Mall in North Randall, Ohio. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200760.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sK26NitYHEbm0iGUJSuFfEstKf8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_322194664ddab77d89b0a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40890728.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XurCrb08gFl1e7s_cASDf8p9Mp4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63611895e4322433417d.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Moldy Store One of the stores in the abandoned mall was left full of toys. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Then Ryan said something I couldn't quite hear, something about seeing someone right outside the window next to him and then we were running as fast as we could down through the remains of the asylum's power plant. Wheelchairs and steam valves and dials and levers all blurred sickeningly by and I heard him hiss as much to himself as to me, 'we were being too loud, he had to have heard us' over and over. And so we descended ever deeper, through twisting shafts and tunnels as my failing flashlight flickered worthlessly, then went out and I was trying to navigate over, under, and around a maze of pipes in complete darkness. At last we crawled through a tiny tunnel barely half of my height, thick with cobwebs that were presumably as old as I am, older maybe, and it seemed as though it would never end. My hands and clothes were filthy from the muddy floor, I was out of breath, I was completely lost. We reached an oasis of light, a shaft that led to some grate cover high above and Ryan stopped us. 'Be quiet,' he said, listening intently. I looked back and could barely make out two faces in the darkness. We had lost three people. One of the kids whose name I couldn't recall started unzipping his bag and rummaging noisily through it. 'They could be right up above us! Be quiet!" Ryan whispered, but the kid kept shuffling things. Maybe he didn't care, maybe he didn't realize that it would not be good if we were found, not at all. There would be no plausible deniability, no excuses, no forgiveness. The kid noisily opened something else and Ryan said, softly but with barely restrained rage in his voice, 'what are you doing back there? Making f***ing sandwiches? Shut up!' and at last the kid was quiet. My back was starting to ache, my legs were falling asleep, my lungs were burning and even though I knew they'd probably never find us here, there was always the chance, even more so that they'd simply wait and wait until we tried to leave and snare us then. They could wait forever. But for the moment, we were hidden, deep inside the bowels of a strange, collapsing creature and I thought how hard it is to explain to someone who doesn't know firsthand the ridiculous lengths that you'll go to for love. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874314.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WVYrKbEniT2lZmRWoEirf-0_qws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15101627274d73d82d8ddf3.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Gamma Rays Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998055.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9UOZi0ZAJ3fsd_b6CMkLBEbBZWE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4595107044f19b42ead3af.jpgThe Old Essex County Prison, in Newark, NJ, was originally built in 1837 and closed in 1970 when a new jail was completed. As the oldest building in the county and one of architect John Haviland's finer works (he also designed Harrisburg State Hospital and Eastern State Penitentiary), the jail was added in 1991 to the historic register. Demolition by neglect has ruined much of the building, however, and this is perhaps most evident in this cell block, which lacks exterior walls and has sunken into the ground a little over half a floor. Now the remaining structure is a haven for the homeless. In all of the buildings I have entered, I have never seen so many squatters milling about or so much evidence of drug use. Bloody syringes and other paraphernalia littered many of the cell blocks. One wonders if it would have been a more hospitable environment when it was active. At least it would have been heated and there would have been food provided to the residents. Photograph taken in 2011. ------------------------------------- Photograph of the Essex County Jail in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/where-there-is-no-love https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_JPjVEmlPFEFByjmIjxWHjdvVLM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9089443734d73d89b767eb.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | where there is no love Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. - Francis Bacon ------------------------------ Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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I did not enjoy it. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358773.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K5V2qsFP1B8LkBC3fQwg_oDaGno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99265477863f7f3711b6d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-mining-equipment https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dfxqH9E6KN8rj-aM3w5hIyNRWgs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89260674584ed37a5000d.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Mining Equipment A remainder from the mine at Vulture City, Arizona Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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When the building was undergoing demolition I only saw the first floor theater seats outside, leading me to believe that all of the wood, stone, and fixtures are destined for a landfill. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KDCFNTK36saekArISf3HrOs0KJ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90716849454307dd3d3c44.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pleasure-beach-ct-carousel-exterior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bE72x61SR5SkNjpQqSl3tzubqeg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_81842318955382f1cdbffd.jpgPleasure Beach, CT | Carousel Exterior Carousel building, Pleasure Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777658.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jC5cS-XLdBBok1oMVN-72pcBFhg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107575946555956e9963c4e.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/melted-orifice-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Asr9E4doQ9cDFr7169hd2wvOc2o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_933629293528be5e688be9.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Melted Orifice Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187037.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uQnDGBT22Jv4FRCeGbg14C_ayak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51444863852cefe98cfae7.jpgSt Bonaventure Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Dismantled Some days you can find words to rail against the enormity and senselessness of loss, and others your tongue fails you and all you can do is stare, agape and aghast, as the things you love are dismantled before your eyes. Photograph taken during the demolition on St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia, 2014. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8716774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y9cCyZcVC8zD9bCNzKRUcrP9Nqo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9276140515d433cb28e1e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17330992.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nKTtPLFtW0OhFMEn30eW-n1y55Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11961455715123a61e68da2.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Balcony View Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30020186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LNnfh_Kg-66U19HEFlMkzGE6YoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7230247605876b79eacdd6.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Auditorium Rear https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14378713.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SVxNeOaV4t7lmvuLqJb32vdMPLk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3049603564f66021e8fddf.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-left-behind https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LrSDJV_LEEHUFE18QpWdNz8MJxs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5404952335538299971a01.jpgLong Beach, CT | Left Behind Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trail-of-the-past https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Da7JcYEevE9MEPne7LrxXy--1XA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20564943754d744592e77de.jpgthe trail of the past History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill ------------------------------ Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247127.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AT5hkq5BfCgbVeDCpobeBGP5GMg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1741880932632359d274f45.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/goose-on-railing-ss-united https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gdUWbk6Aj42zSzHOd4WHuOhpHX0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_141927132155ae568469447.jpgGoose on Railing | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Aft deck, SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823100.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xo3lh_jWb4iFJCZXbJKp7K3PoUM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8783189774d6d5edb7bbce.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Lobby Cage Photo taken of main lobby of the Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872696.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7dkfP42LaIO17wapvpeM61zpRnQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_49931748662f15ca673267.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345401.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oQ8NGl_L_0vN6sqxnnzUZerB6xE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9041775946564f568f0314.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35517726.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uGRQ-IpH6ZCrKx372KcfaaPMjdU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20702825775b4631729f1c7.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Impending Night https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PxCjEdi6Ay9vx-acZgBS-MLQz7Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8128634305840e52515f5a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ticket-booth-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_vvhMe9uWldHGqms1E8VCZL-d6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6774294765a3989a5e9cd3.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Ticket Booth The ticket booth of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles has an oddly retro/futuristic look. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112497.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tved45MWCVb_8KYFqEzA7dfmNhw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_123223977463b72c2b51506.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-open-door https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zkZX5Q-ftk8ScyjME18b3BPl4-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1102922512558b2ae3e3198.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Open Doors Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26613716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yg1o2_0zXVI4TYlTh8X3IGS0smI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138804749156ba55a1e6f7f.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Foyer The entry foyer; brochures for area tourist spots still line the rack. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239237.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EPMs9wyKQRY_DDC1p3QXS9Y1OwI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10612825125ef3e14405abb.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Street View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22675758.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SZ5SyNoVI7Sz3581alFDz-jcDk4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_915998882543825d77529b.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Stubborn Arch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247130.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FyJXYrw9RBZK0_RKoBqzm17Hvl4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_85199753363235a0075874.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-almost-normal https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mFDQnmBhDG2laShz4tIik-t0saI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16098436725122a8d63edc3.jpgLong Beach, CT | Almost Normal Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j_O7YDdkyqhTRarZ-fNvT-yFvQM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_163429077653f410bf2103e.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-it-all-comes-caving https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Swdq50hq79x9MKh8pEH3QCPqlaE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_549272844fd58e3870051.jpgwhen it all comes caving in in the darkest times it seems our hopes and dreams are fading fast the world is spinning off its axis the things we have will never last i've seen all of the outcomes and i've heard it all before and even though we'll still succumb i just love you all the more and when it all comes caving in you'll be the one who keeps me safe within -------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20411107.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5DTvrz1B8REd4DKyzSWzivBndjU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1940132047530665f86cedd.jpgLa Bella Trattoria (Bellefonte, PA) | Moldy Leaf Decoration La Bella Trattoria, Bellefonte PA (originally a German restaurant called Schnitzel's). 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19920160.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y8kWLxQOZF1xTueEyGkAvx5JJlk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3479550315292c1e60cfbf.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Warped Phone Melted phone on nightstand. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753045.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gysm1bS6d5Pk_tIsId2iDthJuUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1381770245550cc05404703.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Circle Restaurant "Main view of the Circle Dining Room/Symphonies. This room had sheers covering the majority of the windows, so the lighting is making it more garish than it really was. This room had six crystal chandeliers, wall sconces, ceiling lighting, lighted cut crystal globes on the circle and every table at night would be lit with either candles or paraffin lamps." - Brian Green via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-must-have-been-something https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iFl74pZhSnR4psynf0Z5UdOAWVE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11462775735075e44672916.jpgit must have been something i did Harmony House Resort (a pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282518.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NUqiy-lTTVkyhir0951YMSO0fcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1322508272649b4fd88dddc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26222233.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zycK1iC3WOM8DGRHFSr6IaaFsec=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1594602862565b491cd049d.jpgAbandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28555802.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vbt3b8FSzNdzU28TOlKLnnfjEbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_115424100357a78c2f88e89.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Nurse's Station One of the central nurses' stations in the tower of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28495419.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iffJFaWKnIpnLumlgDNdSqj5qRU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1450952533579f58051c495.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dAkUKL7PK0JDtcAIwINKsgsA_QA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10118319764f19b43544a48.jpgThe interior of the Old Essex County Prison (built in 1837) is a mess of rust, deteriorating superstructure, garbage, and the detritus of the people who currently live there. In this cell block the few meager possessions of a handful of otherwise homeless squatters give an insight into a bleak existence: across from these cells, resting on the bars are the cobbled together tools for cooking and injecting herion. While I did not actually enter the cells they lived in because it seemed somehow disrespectful (as well as careless and foolish from a more selfish standpoint), the ratty stuffed bear with the little felt halloween pumpkin on the bed filled me with a depthless sadness. This toy had been meant for a child, but was now apparently some measure of solace for someone whose life has been so destroyed by drug use that they are living in a cold, miserable abandoned prison. Is there an element of almost perverse voyeurism to viewing the tragedies of others through an image? Perhaps, but I would argue that without the ability to see these things we can never really even begin to understand or empathize with them. I have become hardened by many of the things I have seen in life, but it is impossible not to feel a tremor of awful aching compassion for whatever unfortunate person hugs this to their chest for comfort during their high in a freezing winter night in this trash heap of a derelict prison. The question it asks of the photographer is a terrible one: how could I possibly save this person? How could I save this place? What could be done to prevent this? And if the answer is nothing, is observing and sharing it in and of itself somehow wrong? Photograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012608.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tRCkaJc1aqXKhynSMxS2KfixxVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122916510663a5a6d1ee8f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821791.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/edIHsXqoidiT2SbL_7AxlJ8jVRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_687392570559ae20bac2e8.jpgMount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA Photograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/mount-moriah-cemetery]Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-straight-and https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qZ4_PnXft0Ar6YkD72xfvtYMa90=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6034712525945cb4c4cd75.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Straight and Narrow https://www.abandonedamerica.us/entrance-detail-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ozjYCZ3Dh3oKzqQvAVKfhM1i21k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193292935254f1f1cc1cc6c.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Art Deco Entrance Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28158861.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WzSiwjyWw3BWiIKo84mbzrYy7RU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1578893627577a83a28f903.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46355347.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e5cSELk1ckUn7TCF-lv79qWdS78=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21386896262b3890dad6c4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136389.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sI11eiLxVJx80wgdAAdacLWl7y0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13689255995224ab3d580b0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-peters-episcopal-church-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_eSdoJi-U55Oo9P2095jMOAQ1ak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1616588963559ae1de97482.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia PA St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2013 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-s-church]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-afternoon-drink https://photos.on-this.website/wm/97fyw882kC8s5KDWlWZnM6F6pxQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19628040505536e415d542b.jpgLong Beach, CT | Afternoon Drink Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/enchaned-forest-ellicott-city-md https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mo7dFlCwfAEmT8Eb_3iovCZH3cM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1062784397558316c6a7c09.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Park Entrance Park entrance; this castle and dragon were carefully disassembled and moved to Clark's Elioak Farm nearby in 2015. Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21383832.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vebFKWysJFfHaxbTXILjPbsKxGw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14627560255394df753d36a.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Infirmary Building Entry Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bGbk2eYNiYuic6POFwk7bYBGulE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3764047624d487c71a5e05.jpgdemolition by neglect Photograph taken at Taunton State Hospital, MA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery available on [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/what-recourse-is-left https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hwkf0Vdwd5hgFqDhwiDl469OMmY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10323964054d6d5f6950986.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | what recourse is left With no power to annul the elemental evil in him, though readily enough he could hide it; apprehending the good, but powerless to be it; a nature like Claggart's surcharged with energy as such natures almost invariably are, what recourse is left to it but to recoil upon itself and like the scorpion for which the Creator alone is responsible, act out to the end the part allotted it. - Herman Melville ------------------------ Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f87lP5EJRpfFPyqXuLxSMiOW2hA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17358573274d6d60d993890.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Superior Photo taken in the prison power plant, Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4V11blVyHCyASxMwBL-SRdo_8Fc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16672111834d6d60e0bbbb6.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Boiler Room Photo taken in the prison power plant, Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BfjhpY3KacW4w3O1fxgNZj0ztk8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12535634914d6d60f6c144d.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Infirmary Exterior of the infirmary ward. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874520.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qn1ICoLh2RLx1MHQRCHsSt4hbr8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_329336934d73d93f2ebfb.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Dead End Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e1Lb655zuvQxaNxDrEqktUGutFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18845018164d73d969ec34a.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Chemical Spill Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9048472.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Em_rckqroEzO4t4pCBZnRf5QU4w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20439678735f8a0c68da40f.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | It's Time To Learn Mural Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28927321.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I3lCtrrB9F6NBmZT1gjpDwB6Fmw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_72515819857cde0ba164e2.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Door Opening Mechanism https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28927283.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CfH0s-1vepEey3BA_peNVcmfYtU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_175491007457cde07e76c93.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Steel Walls https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879252.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xTa7u11Pvc3IGKdQDEjE1QRk1Qk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112726112644ec4a3e27f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132402.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X5h7gvQjjpgdkxOxPTSwjdC5qeo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14716834104dd74b6095207.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540175.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lEq8JM4GSbiubM_NPWgtuwLBJ7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4441784075a09e2747b0cb.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Balcony View of Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OFLPRtLRHxQiU7n44ZjTOhx1ad0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62348582559c4151e6ddb2.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Tailor Shop https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47900971.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-vao88frntarBv-xZJcFxDCBzwQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6036106476374037724003.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23814580.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BCcP_ohgzdE0hnhzF7rR8S9sFXA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13181147085515ab2fc8e8d.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Floor Collapse Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29685592.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_L3Kkyi5jZ5ICm67WJVWO5rFcu4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_574843977582e5f0f7954b.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | A Presumption of Guilt Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. 2016 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33818644.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-CGktaDlney0aaDSqfwXrhRQGV4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12030867725a3abab54f847.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Dystopian https://www.abandonedamerica.us/john-e-fogarty-building-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T9Mio7MQFx-cdYXtWVUfbaKH464=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137003652354ee23a17f20d.jpgJohn E Fogarty Building | The Ladd School The John E Fogarty Hospital building, or "The Hospital of Tomorrow", at The Ladd School, Exeter RI. 2008 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873412.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nYnHao4vT5bMW1I8VD30m-L_Zqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4314214294e78c23dbff2d.jpgThis meeting room has the look of a movie theater, particularly with the way the light falls on the seats as though from a screen directly ahead. There is no indication that it was used for movies, however, as the two larger chairs in front and the bench facing the rows of seats indicate that it was used for formal meetings. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-building https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UnFZUyyf0P7esCsxgT8P_mGwuqU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15104779684d65d5bd18342.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Building 93 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2sZEHl1-u-UlbiB9qMkhTltk43s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2631017494e13de54a5f63.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Gas Blowing Engines Gas blowing house. Photograph taken in 2006at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16233803.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/17lltKtIwzRpNydhSOMx_Gdj4sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_946662262505640e56e444.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376493.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tcxtw0ANmRP_njq9hkTvBPOFn6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97297796858bb0489de7ad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/down-the-charred-black-corridor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NoFpjcvGadyLwIrE7qX-A-DuIY4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189207606502fea82d1365.jpgdown the charred black corridor I'm not very good with people. I know that probably comes as a huge surprise since I spend as much time as I can in places where they are completely absent, but as I have got older maintaining friendships and making connections seems to have grown increasingly difficult. Maybe it's that I work too much, and I would rather spend time editing or trying to catch up on other things related to my photography than I would going to a bar or club. Maybe it's because I have a difficult time keeping on top of replying to correspondence and phone calls, and I have an even harder time initiating contact with people. I like the 'fire and forget' nature of electronic communication like posting photographs on Facebook, but even then, while I read everything people say and think about it, I often don't really know what to contribute beyond my original statement. Maybe it's that I have a hard time forgiving people and forgiving myself. Little things bother me, like when people always talk and never listen, when they have no ethics, or when they are inconsiderate. Big things bother me, like when people are intolerant and bigoted, when they are selfish, when they have no commitment to bettering themselves or the people around them, when they lie, when they don't bother trying to understand themselves or their world. I can at times be a harsh and unfair judge and it's something that makes me difficult to be around, but for as hard as I am on others I am much worse on myself. Somewhere in my mind there is a record kept of every stupid or ignorant thing I've ever done or said, and this part delights in replaying these moments over and over for me. It may have just been something clumsy or awkward I did or said, like mispronouncing someone's name, or it may be bigger things that I keep to myself but hang around my neck like an albatross. The times when I let people down or broke their hearts weigh on me heavily, and I have learned that keeping to myself is the easiest solution. If I think you might hurt me or I might hurt you, I probably will just go silent and stay out of contact (which is indistinguishable from my general poorness with correspondence sometimes). Usually it's not because I don't care about the person I'm not contacting, but because I do: maybe there's something unresolved and I don't trust my temper, or maybe I just feel overwhelmed by their needs and I know I can't meet them. Whatever the case may be, it leads to a good amount of isolation. There are many times when I am around others and I feel perfectly fine and confident, but there are also points where I just feel out of place and useless. Large gatherings and parties where I don't know many people are a good example. Certainly many people feel this way, but opting out is and leaving is the choice I make with more and more frequency. This electronic nowhere is where I belong, I think: in this flurry of disembodied words broadcast from some secret place inside my heart and mind, in a series of images that have many layers of meaning to me including the ever-widening absence around me. If there is anything you respect about my work, know that this is the well I draw from. If you don't understand this on a personal level, I doubt anything here will ever make complete sense to you. You may find images of old buildings intriguing because they are pretty, or for their history, or because they seem like a good place to have an adventure - but if you look at the fire-blasted remains of something once thriving and full of life and don't actually know that place in your spirit, I don't know that it's really something I can communicate. Or, maybe you do, and maybe that's why you visit my work - because you know I understand it too, and that all of this effort is to turn that weakness into something useful and beneficial. Maybe you know that the places I photograph are an external representation of that, bared for the world to see, and that in my relationship with them (and yours also, whatever that might be) there is an acceptance of it. I was at this china plant a year ago, on a nice summer afternoon. I could have been swimming or at a barbecue or whatever normal people do on nice, sunny days. Instead I came and spent time alone with a place I knew and loved for its disrepair, and mourned for the devastation the recent blaze in it had caused. It was a loss, but I didn't turn away from it. I tried to look at it carefully and find what I could in the little that was left that was still interesting and could tell the story of what happened. When you look at this photograph, it isn't just evidence that the place was and that it was as you see it, it was also evidence that I existed there too, in the shadows and looking down the charred black corridor into the far off sunlight streaming in from the obliterated end of the hallway. That's what I do. ---------------- Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14128135.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZbjPWLlAwd_cqtYlRFYq5Ww28qY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5574729384f3762d129bdb.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610567.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/97HKRPY2LJVOHSYEvFwklFvm95w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_536822205532c948157e1d.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Press Detail Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33860392.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Waq42jbHM5NTUICb6ukdTELyrws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19195825985a4eb72e458e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-guest https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wRa7M_aqf7VdAtlPxKSgisKiL-A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_374264416784369ed9e5e.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Guest Room Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33934486.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/larkCPxrmJzyDecVNeS1j5tsQDE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4010092985a5d1152a6fad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-1947-yellow-st https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IXcHrF4nzUgilDpaNd_lQe9xz0o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10654679655669babbb9679.jpgTrolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car A gold 1947 St. Louis PCC PA Transit Car rests in the snow. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard photographed by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21383829.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RkMvHEaMHLKT-L9gsSf-J3qHQlo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3259175975394df6dcc805.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Cellblock Ground Floor Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-frankling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CDujxNucGgP4n3oMPbT8vFDE__0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3335723065e4afb6fc2daf.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Frankling Roosevelt https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23301489.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KE2ZW3RU4OkYFToCs6lmEbi854A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_116472926754a45d0f1b939.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Welcome! Food Fashion Fun Poster welcoming nonexistent visitors (urban explorers?) to Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26893139.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ftVdNzYL-9wR3pnA1o1K05X7As4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_43918009556e843a60d49b.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Betty Hutton Coloring Book Betty Hutton and Her Girls coloring book. Betty Hutton was the star of "Annie Get Your Gun". Later in life she became estranged from her three daughters, who did not attend her funeral in 2007. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-frozen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eXiVNHmH8H6EAJK-r5qrHWH91jI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8887398845b6b619bd5034.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Frozen Floors https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40890605.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DWIk-6xTPfrByHmG_080SrTrMvE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20264462545e431a78f2e91.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | General Cinemas Theatre The General Cinemas Theatre at the abandoned Randall Park Mall near Cleveland, Ohio. These theaters were hidden in the storage area of a men's clothing store after they closed. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-one https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dBB3-PFDFFeEkUIyr-vozJWsu7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_125840847960c28415e1420.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | One Way Ride https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232333.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DRVjEW_3EEyIHX5ldSywJ2dhQN0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18426290036491e32ac596f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022927.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/on1AZtuIlSFWGiDT0h_HobFDnxY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_154103832959078eaa5911e8.50738895.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/my-heart-is-a-hole https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r58l6jboarIHOGtmCcQDmZJ2n0s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20168351904dd74b8a8b9d0.jpgmy heart is a hole you can keep all your friendship and all your love too and the expectations to which they’re always tied there’s nothing your kindness or caring will do i tore out all the feeling inside. i’m not here for pity or trying to be coy i lack the gilding to be anything but blunt my silence is no act, my detachment no ploy there’s nothing that i have that you want. you can keep all your illnesses and all of your cures oh, in the end my only goal is sleep and the darkness that it ensures my heart, my heart is a hole ----------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342324.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zj5q33M_jJbOU40n9zLMi3KncQE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1531859709538e59e594611.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Out of the Blue Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-owners-house https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uzgObBOXL7uuCZ_aQNUbZHF73Rs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_211253916584ed275e05a0.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Owner's House The owners of Vulture Mine used to let in visitors for a small fee but from what I have heard, those days are over Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23897877.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9zDRnlKG5GxMRIoB7Ckr23HBuNs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14031461955522da350e991.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Bad Day at Work Gruesome illustration in an industrial safety manual at the former Fort Pitt Casting Company <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808059.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_41678372064ef7abf2a7d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9034504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i9wqIOAuKP4HQTuLYSpCmLpqcbE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13716281294d855993e4ec4.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | The School on Stilts Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872724.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lpyg5zyp0-xMvWivreh7xeDOGTI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12292203062f16fc61a248.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TPhj_f1vj0c8TbTJYVVz7T2HVC4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13056237804dd750d707b72.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Baked Leaves https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889294.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pWLhUKOiy1ZGt4YP6arasRNtwQw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7872748934d744e9fbf0bb.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Broken Door View of the short corridor connecting two rooms in a suite. if you look you can make out the odd style of the doors to the hallway, which featured a metal square that bowed away from the door itself. The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777846.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pYiXjXefSJsUPYugrbLIq8Dx-Ww=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4954831625af34e317579e.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Fireplace A room with a fireplace at the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/La-X_az-IgMf7qKRXZcflUIkVFw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17200280525e13a46fceec1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c4RYRcGLE4hYvDrUrgjWMDLab3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8826552035ec6d81a4d190.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-better-tomorrow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_RXLv5ZdD8HasGooAzZWFkVHvWk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7349172084d73d81cca42d.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | a better tomorrow <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="A Better Tomorrow | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="The goal was a better tomorrow, whatever the cost might be." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>The early part of the last century was an interesting time: industry and technology were advancing at a tremendous rate, and it seemed as though there was no question science could not answer. Among some of the elite, the theory of eugenics came into vogue. It was essentially the concept of species improvement that proposed, among other things, that since people pass their genes on to their offspring, the wealthy white upper class would pass their wealthy white upper class genes onto their children, and thus the desirable segment of society would be maintained. Likewise, the "undesirables" - those who were poor, the mentally retarded, criminals, the mentally ill, minorities, and so forth - they would pass their 'undesirable' genes on to their 'undesirable' children. This was frightening to those in power, because the studies of that time showed that the upper class married later, and reproduced less, while the 'undesirables' were multiplying at a prodigious rate. It caused no small amount of fear among society's elite, as in their view it amounted to nothing less than the impending doom of the entire species. They took what action they felt necessary. and warehoused everyone deemed unfit in conditions that were deplorable, because the aim was not to treat them - it was to extinguish them. And so in asylums and institutions there were involuntary sterilizations, and neglect, and abuse - to such a level that, while the stated purpose was not extermination, it was not difficult to read between the lines to see what the intended outcome truly was. While the mentally ill among the well-to-do sipped their cognac in their mahogany sitting rooms shrouded in the smoke of expensive cigars, nestled in private houses at asylums like McLean... those who had failed to make the cut were silently shuffled off to die in oblivion of rusted remains of memories and unkempt numbered graves. It was a popular plan, one that Hitler himself was an avid supporter of. He liked it so much that he took it to the next logical step: if the goal was extermination, why not drop all pretenses and create camps specifically to eradicate the Jews, the minorities, the mentally ill and retarded, homosexuals, and anyone else who dared to oppose the progress of the Master Race? It only made sense because after all, after all - the goal was a better tomorrow, whatever the cost might be. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Still vivid and beautiful despite the white paintball splattered across the bull, most of the colors have faded (blues are typically the last to go) but a hint of red is still visible in the cape. ---------------------------------------- Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41186972.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LZp9jhaeXAEjLTL2Hbrdbw5eA4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19291626855ea65da9588bc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25483735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UtH4bVe509W6NTkOgdWGg1nvdSw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7887299165f89f3674702a.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Auditorium Auditorium at Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/how-many-days-of-darkness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tBBqdgSj2tLu7yKESi4dxUjwRDc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17162624505224ac4fc4249.jpghow many days of darkness I wondered, when I entered this old prison bowling alley, how many days it had been completely dark and silent. No one had disturbed it for years. The flashlights that I used for light painting were the only sources of illumination that had been there for some time, and in all likelihood it will remain enveloped in nothingness for months or even years to come. 'how many days of darkness' taken in prison bowling alley. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/reflections-ss-united-states-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/76oSlx38tWxq8kBPxr1vqblTNvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61648452055ae56b7d992e.jpgReflections | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/tome-school]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50010854.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GTJaxxX8-QWmHmWxf60gBDzt88g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_290732528651479196637c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YnN5CWDE8EvxQpjAWHH7V3fHq1A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_164064382554a6fe00c3256.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | It's Pepsi Time Shattered storefront with Pepsi advertisement in an abandoned mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9034558.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K836nFIkOUb0DpG9U1oL9wi2Jwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17746557505f8a0c1ee3a7a.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Fountain Mural Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27510715.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bqdPsJZTmb5rGcPaZmiliJY8qcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1692596704573b3f087ae93.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358781.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A1dk68KxCJ6cJjvoM8hyal6_Y4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189617125663f7f42f9671c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282541.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b_plZVWMhsbhjUeFnkEsXnTlLx4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_241347838649b580de0345.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413931.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QzRXJNeMP5R9UGI_f_e-e2g_aT4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_191414848754161d9a5e43e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229390.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vXuqQLXA_YuSIntiGxBb2441tLI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2137305318603e98f0e81e7.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Made Sense at the Time https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ktQhKi1Br-Ox2okjm68yP6L6aXc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1358653997503817a863b94.jpgthe weight of all their sins Photograph taken at an undisclosed church by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedchurches]To view a gallery of miscellaneous abandoned churches visit here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642029.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oujYBLao1Mn6FQ8exIsHDO4qS14=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19376966895ae11e67518a6.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Tropic-Aire Heater Sign https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027347.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pwEuIZ-3S9mQXTvNL_GrJDKpPoE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20729343395535709eed309.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Breezy Bathroom Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808109.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_120533794264ef7ae647bec.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lurking-principle-of-death https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sFsJ4BnTS3XGh1ORPl0qmc2o_Ho=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6928029595a555e92c515c.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital | the lurking principle of death As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The younger disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. - Alexander Pope https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-balcony https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vROeJenORcUjwqjf6pyDz8Y5lA0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2113761460570d660967ff1.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Balcony Panorama Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22140680.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Z671s6grBfhvsNF4PDXyb-gTLEA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_150270566253f4cb15e26a7.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KWvybZsQ09u3M5BgWedSoZlevbY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_162773263663b72c622d0d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-lurking https://photos.on-this.website/wm/73yl_xAc3CVC6fRSNt9cHjAewZE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_162284819858d2bea62d769.jpgGary, Indiana | Abandoned Home Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19138793.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fThoXPJn87tHhLvuS2kLLXR27xA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7327865835224c0182bc4f.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19141521.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WFUqHNt071KCc-XFavZE-2xedZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10421025085224ededbeb7c.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791232.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qraCafoGqpyiew27s-MMioPO2tg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_157392135840e9538dd23.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-fragility-of-dominion https://photos.on-this.website/wm/leePfW0YWxRIX-qqIMWpBJIfjx8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14742649924fa5c15b0ae62.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | The Fragility of Dominion <meta property="fb:app_id" content="120840262644"/><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="The Fragility of Dominion | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="We are taught that acquisition equals accomplishment and power equals control, so we fight a futile battle against the things that threaten to tear them away." /><meta property="og:image" content="http://abandonedamerica.us/imgs/gallerylargew/110_15678_14785767.jpeg"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/> Much of American society, the societies like ours, and those that preceded us, are based on ideas of ownership. To possess something, we claim control over it and rights to change it at will. Take a parcel of land as an example: if you own that land, you may modify it as you see fit, and do with it as you please. Already this notion is challenged by the government you find yourself under, which defines the parameters of your freedom of ownership via laws and building ordinances. Even beyond these laws, control and ownership is essentially entirely an illusion. You can't force trees and plants to grow on your land, and you can't order the water off of it if it floods. You hold no sway over the birds or animals or insects on this land, save for destroying them to erase things that could potentially dispute your will. In essence, this is the root of what ownership is about: you subjugate a thing to make it produce the ends that you desire of it, and if it does not you have the right to use threat or force to enact your will. Thus the very notion of 'freedom' is at odds with the idea of a Capitalist society. Freedom under a Capitalist society is actually a system of tiers of ownership and not so very different from the Feudal System's lords, vassals, fiefs, and serfs. The problem is that this dominion is fragile and constantly shifting. Because we are taught that acquisition equals accomplishment and power equals freedom, we must spend our time trying to either add to the stable of things that we own and control, or fight the outside forces that inevitably threaten to tear our control from us. Caught in this cycle, we have little time to devote to understanding or appreciating the things that are around us, or to make peace with the fact that all things in life come and go. Imagine the time that was spent cleaning the windows and floors of these offices! At one time Packard was, as a company, essentially a feudal lord and these buildings were its castle. These offices, much like a royal bedchamber, would have been well maintained precisely as an indicator of the company's dominance. Certainly nobody that was in power there would have contemplated that within the span of a lifetime, the offices they worked in would look like this. What would their reason to push forward be, if that domination they exerted over the space would come to so little? Why bother with the headaches of maintaining ownership or control, if they are perpetually slipping from your grasp? This is one of the inherent problems with the idea of ownership as an exertion of control rather than as a means of understanding: understanding can't be taken from you, but control always will be. ----------------------------------- Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808062.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_119982482964ef7ac16299f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47900972.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PyXxD1GhRZBR_zhHaM7SyQKTd5w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6832370756374037ebe389.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564142.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YUlWNJJV3WuM1YL31PwgXQhiFK0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89294346258d2bfb90ba09.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-radio-station https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fAjwxtrYA9Dl_nlTnYFg6h72Fso=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1513808462561b10d041108.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Melting Mezzanine The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22503570.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bCu1SMeXiIvQAszqJQQiHlNN8FQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_200816368754204bbce4879.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Balcony Profile Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865320.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mpL_GLLBgB4VkuFlC437RU1PmGg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11317561994d7330e520ec0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/stage-view-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-ItxHw8PBzE42KrNVnOOhCpT5fc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_86249206250f0e4f58eb89.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Stage View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530851.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uGZGjg4PyY2TOZ_CBIgPSC-xvxA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144410580610d8b5a5d8e0.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | Overhead View An overhead view of the few remaining buildings at the Remington Arms Munition Factory shows how badly deteriorated they are. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34042806.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cHOhHqhnox9oFROLMVthhhLnzOQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14214803935a7cbfc7f0182.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986478.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ctVxyee-mtW9c1_aM8vWXH8ZWCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17357343924d7e8292df4c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-rooftop https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V3p0ROrb-CdDwagp2NYFrLPwAak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_208880539360c283e0905aa.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Rooftop Alley https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-charred https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gXQSo32TKgK3HAKs3sdd3pkTS5g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2404024565603060c2b7cc.jpgGary, Indiana | Charred Houses Abandoned homes. Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-was-all-i-needed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pcKQZgdqC7g73J5LhBhEfujkhXE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9129190615292c22ff1a78.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | it was all i needed 'it was all i needed' Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112488.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uK4hgheD7kjqtxfP0dl894s6198=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64342106063b72b0f68053.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-home-back-porch https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BxByRylwq4QGX09PgOocB2kQtx4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_68851096452cef8f48c6bb.jpgAbandoned Home | Back Porch Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430208.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eqpjzPFWeae9CesIrdC0tXGu4Lw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15107825554da525a2a03c4.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | My Favorite Memory https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-institution-fire-exit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U0_HRjxtNxDABilM-scDZ14lU6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13207760405bd34aadd046f.jpgAbandoned Institution | Fire Exit The fire exit door at an abandoned institution; note the power is still on, and the brooms nearby. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753078.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lytWsnFuGSJnNh9xTc__HeBoP_M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1377286995550cd79d03740.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Nearby Attractions A fading rack of brochures for area attractions remained in the foyer. Blue is often the last dye to fade in printed material. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282517.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-Llnx6fp06IpwB9TelSOcuZmiT0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_827156655649b4fccbbb35.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25685723.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FuSXzuzDiMYwGLysCpP_rarWThs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188300564656032e71990f8.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Choir Loft City Methodist Church. Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879264.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uzWeQ5MnBNnTQ91pbfjZ5Zqlqj0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1965165243644ec50eea267.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mwXeZsb2Lgh77S7I7UCKmssS1wA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3719949205224c6053aaa4.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684065.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lDtFEPO8kCBHnHawYOICvcwinvs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29639113361c3ba5b16f2e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-taped https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ntx2lDdoZg9qOpg6XIS48vP_b9s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9852170954d742450ed144.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Taped Off Stairwell Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290861.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q30si8KvxE6vXeNdfSJZjvMiE2M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_194879527254060f2c9bcf8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24464056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nJY4trqmpKSBKzDMXuuDpNHkfCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_368786555556f536292fb1.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Equine Section Sign Path leading to the horse stables. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41197659.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pA6R3Pb-_7QPnJrJG79SiKMysYE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5116838385eb305999f605.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XCZp-Pjtb3Ow3Gb2PhJ91bCnkWY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_80844097157530c498f7db.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Hanging Coats Children's clothing still hangs on the wall in a restroom in a daycare that briefly operated in a building at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16234634.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ONgkUAZ47CtRGy1yDR6dL0oGrps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18761381275056483a96a16.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112507.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7QB_hbQgkTGaWZGf2aZ2j28BAuc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110890743763b72d2d02857.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kdQ2FzJEzkoZeqfwvum9eXr7Dac=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20165149465e8b72d91bad2.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Sunlit Stairway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12599002.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0eybOhz7oFVph1PLVjEzYB-48-k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12329765104e659e66c9438.jpg'dismantling the dream' OK Harris Gallery New York City, NY January - February 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848518.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y29zf_xYywoc2jpVhivYFc4xWY8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7204160904d71aab79c016.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Locker Room Pinup New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808069.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_81641188064ef7ac7ac241.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808102.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_44056544364ef7adf9248e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-greystone-park-psychiatric-center https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6lSW9y9SXSrpKeehLBUxWaYnCLQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6096565665526f42c1eb8a.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Approaching Darkness Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48402044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YsejnwVCQ984g6sXM4NecUyjiU0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1505688037640248292eb5b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945455.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aF12FiBFiCJR8aTaE8uxbIzU2S0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144374286752950f4b51f33.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Operating Room Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Operating room. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13293009.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tdvbdPh310M3PWrBzM6K6xfpctI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7018366974e9d23fc27ff0.jpgMain visitor/guard entrance. Visiting stations to left and right of door. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103349.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/euz60HL-C2ohvjQfDj-ew5XlIlM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17323281376526ee94b346a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-our https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d6xJo5NwXx7LEoERCtuExEZozsI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9106748285abdafdd31af1.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Our Lowest Point https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110037.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/djLZPVIj4J7JITeXA27QHxYANzI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2088860672596e4967f26bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35695630.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lI8wvWKPaPM0RPOXTmCMrjOwuVk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4782915265b5a24a45f3bd.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Losing Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-building-total-collapse https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XmJHzahztzoX7skWDiTDXVXOtFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10225046555b54f0f21a705.jpgGone | Brownsville, PA The same interior of a collapsing building in Brownsville, PA, taken in 2018 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HHVBYDgg2PIRnbIK7-b_NTJg8L8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_373327886664e604deb34d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/uninviting-seat-union-station-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-jr_Kfzby35T11Bnh9rOesEdOZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_151931562463350ca42175e.jpgUninviting Seat | Union Station, Brownsville, PA Lonely seating left behind in an unidentifiable part of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139261.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y70Sqs5XHWblb1iducBYcFmv_SQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12638861555224cb56aa197.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805064.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9SwC0kP8Vu3cZIAZq_2cFDKbjYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_135431357264ee37f711449.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-splash-ride https://photos.on-this.website/wm/33MQLy-04V-I_c5hGumyTIEWEfU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_202329412559db841574597.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Ozarka Splash Ride Start The entry ascent of the Ozarka Splash ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26284798.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XojUgNs9nOKOFq8Q4ilY7Z6hTMw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2091012635665d3cd9fbd0.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Remnants of the Rides This appears to have been a maintenance booth for one of the amusement park rides which were auctioned off when the park closed. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17433366.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8IiMHI_hhHBunlb4jXy3PXMjWn8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6525496645135366e59340.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432501.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7eWY21lLadOmVrDexb5Aoca2pKA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_201837804654170a47606c7.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Paned Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778112.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/smM1eyW940A6vE5UTzukcCofrT0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122836251261e881c7668b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-they-left-part-3 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pfgXLfnkDGHE_JD1yq1ucUjpDYY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17353929634e13de6bcc5a4.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | bittersweet recollection i remember some cried privately, some were outwardly stoic, but all were staring now at a foreign, uncertain future, one in which the myth of stability would be only a bittersweet recollection. ---------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken in 2006at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA. The majority of the Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20430882.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R5lVUCtujLiiN-wO8BfyXjlF-Do=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1005205508530a4a8f07288.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Harrowing Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-icy-floor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f9KpD9aCDItaeWNlUFApp6nbtk4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3213986404f77ce559df69.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Icy Floor Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/arch-molding-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jmymvQ8KfgHNjQITWFBiz8wCc5s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5569557725a399d8a3ddea.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Arch Molding Hanging fluorescent lights and ratty flooring at the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles are in stark contrast with the beautiful arch behind them. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888051.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zlXBC8hUX_sWYqEMsfLZfkiIUJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127671709062f5772fe7df9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450825.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mGgZ4YHPpj_zKmhhLiMMO0xzWqQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73627830466830fac3b430.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y653r53ngXJj1EaF7_ifOYBRlbA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_142181454654a6fdf9c4e76.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Recessed Seating A recessed seating in the center of Randall Park Mall was a great meeting point for patrons until the shopping center was abandoned. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854483.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/heA87VOpF7hCKK_SiuXm9BoaGyg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90784557751ff326f01e84.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Safe St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257290.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mon9hKR8uZvzpLzlXNz0qzNva2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1078002194d2d5b4fd681d.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Lift Your Eyes to the Skies Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/THU79DLWUKmf3O1wXU7bmpTYPsM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20938233094da5257b125f8.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | More Work To Do https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-kFgXXvkBKapZq5F6eZbUCnHcvM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_37274148065a59f7949d14.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n66taeJ8PwAsQBdmmKitFH27l0A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_298725790621ff1dc20c03.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28927312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xv7URMPxHibm8y1GyWR4Em_xI9M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_45272241457cde0a9564b8.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Anonymous Doors https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323152.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mWg-4BKie1VH06SmBO6fX1bp1ws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16366109784d36257aee94c.jpg"Abandoned America" Edward Hopper House Nyack, NY March - May, 2009. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882679.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_116976097462f41772cc3ff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805065.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qUkJPMroZESk9JdQWSxekYjSv9g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65422769264ee383c89b40.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-projector-room https://images.on-this.website/15678_1457219688531f86f4aa741.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Projector Room Projection room above theater. Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342326.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-0inQ85BIl223HZYwnyefS4ohXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_991763417538e59eeb249d.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Almost Pleasant Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-a-plea https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ohdGlFwFhReozM0PyQhEERxh5JY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19563744224f6f72932c28d.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | a plea for remembrance Part of the reason places like Norwich - ruins - are moving is because we know their past is gone, and yet we can still feel it when we view or enter them. The scars of decay and neglect dovetail with remnants of past inhabitants in such a way that these traces become imbued with a significance that far outweighs that associated with their original use. A lesson left up on the chalkboard at an abandoned school has far more emotional meaning to it than one at a school that is still in use precisely because it has been spared erasure by the elements, yet remains as a fragile after-image of the person who wrote it there and the students who viewed it. Like a photograph, which has been observed to by its very nature be a representation of a dead moment, we are seeing an echo of a specific action or presence in the past, but one that has been irreversibly altered and partially lost. In essence the reason that these remains hold significance is not necessarily in their original value but in their reflection on what traces our own actions will have, and the suddenness with which loss and death can strike us. We see the remains of an old cafeteria such as this one at Norwich State Hospital, and we think of how ordinary and unmarred by failure it must have been at one point, and perhaps what the final days must have been like when the death of the hospital had become a tangible reality. It is impossible not to compare this, even if only subconsciously, with our one present condition, which may seem so stable. Yet, here is the evidence that far greater things than the viewer have passed into dust. I believe that by honoring these places - by visiting them, paying them last respects, and acknowledging and accepting them through photographs if nothing else - we are not so much performing a service for the place itself. After all, unless one attributes some personality or spirit to the inanimate, an abandoned building is just a mass of rotting construction materials and nothing more. Instead, we are continuing a tradition of remembrance that we can only hope will be perpetuated by those who come after us. This, in my opinion, is the true value of these sites and the real importance of photographing them: we are striving to connect with those who came before us and in doing so trying to prevent death from negating that which it claims. Immortality may be a myth, but by holding on to the scattered fragments of those who have come before us, and in attempting not only to spare them from oblivion but to add our own association and thereby the print of our own identity, we are asking - pleading - that the things we do are not in vain either. ---------------------------- Cafeteria at Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873418.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VKITcQcPQ6R0MujMsXuoc9v3dfo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10887959954e78c24f986d3.jpgExterior facing the front of the lodge. The orange plastic mesh fence across the front of the property is an ominous portent of the impending demolition. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33432941.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0CEYYZoGGktiubc6LSZaT9aaTZw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179477654659fb867b68b24.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Almost Elegant https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-painted https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i54AQhxrKMfe_KT5fYA_y-iKGCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4347983745550ed3c4662a.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Painted Plaster Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pp-P3e5hsY61ShYoBP-nQ8zPJJA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_466206255550eb548a09a.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | View from Balcony View from balcony of the abandoned Variety Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247128.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/00nUI_jczxvj09sYj90mplJovRo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_697371117632359e463a26.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-donor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3O0IPEGTSIpRmP3_Sr1SMGd8zJY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13626417935e39dc7a045f8.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Donor Plaques One of the offices in the Agudas Achim Synagogue; the bronze plaques are Yahrzeit plaques. According to website visitor B. Powell, "They show the name of a deceased person, along with the birthdate and date of death. It’s Jewish tradition to say Kaddish for deceased family members on the anniversary of their death (yahrzheit) and during certain times of the year when we say Yizkor (memorial services for the deceased, 4x per year). Many of the synagogues that actively maintain these boards (the practice is slowly being abandoned because of cost) will have small light bulbs next to each name that will be turned on during the week of the Yahrzeit." https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23670054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/07ny_5Ku3v0VDZ3Wmo7ZGOqRmRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119233296354fb9bbfda458.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/machine-shop-2 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/98IGqwzEaG52zz6sWjydh6Dk_Aw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8755094064ddbe744c5e7f.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Machine Shop 2 Machine shop #2. Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40909728.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mJngbvnYmu5FSFrmQyPu1JT1-IQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20774497635e4afac3a3650.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | George W. Bush https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-john https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gdcGqxnwdFX7RFj6wTroyeWwCVE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2555510125e4afae0d72a2.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | John Adams https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26290850.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tKIB4PM0PukiWcgIF8egNO6jU50=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1972031486566702e10289f.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | First Floor Main Stairwell Abandoned prison stairway Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684074.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1rwLly1mCKr6wd0pQnOsrTvVbuw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183580840661c3ba8d1d138.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/promenade-deck-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qPPS54FLi-uDUKgxcRwA32f0ixU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19969810275aa812eec3cfa.jpgPromenade Deck | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Promenade deck, SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009692.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/68quoMxPOvn10hTTxELdgETKdhk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2376557765038198c248d8.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/setting-sun-retirement-home]Setting Sun Retirement Home*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-arbitrary-nature-of-sanity https://photos.on-this.website/wm/snNII4xZswhPZaW_2pqMZd3Ripc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5999688394d73daf019dcc.jpgATaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | the arbitrary nature of sanity A common misconception people have is that all of the patients at an asylum like Taunton State Hospital were vicious, frightening, dangerous, and thoroughly deranged. Because it is infinitely more comfortable than the truth, we like to view reality as a concrete thing, that we are either well-connected with or not... But instead, one culture's schizophrenic is another's shaman. If you were to read through the various iterations of the DSM V (essentially the bible of psychiatry) you would slowly uncover a disturbing portrait of madness - one that is ever shifting, ever changing. Once common diagnoses - Satanic Ritual Abuse Syndrome, for example - may not even be recognized as existing illnesses by insurance companies. With this in mind, it begins to become clear that perhaps one of the bigger causes for locking away so many people, most of whom have committed no crimes, was convenience. Reasons one could be committed were based on opinion as much as fact: promiscuity, senility, being deemed wild and unruly, being an unwanted child/senior, being outspoken in one's religious/political views or having ones that were unorthodox, anxiety, depression, not getting along with one's family, homosexuality, being a woman who was viewed as too assertive, not being enough so as a man, hyperactivity, having birth defects, Alzheimer's, Syphilis, not speaking English (true!), poor social skills, being isolative or antisocial, and on and on and on. I think overall we committed so many to protect the sanctity of our own beliefs. By defining who is crazy and who is not, we know we are well... so long as we are outside the asylum's walls. However, the problem lies in the arbitrary nature of sanity. No two definitions are quite the same, and as we add more and more standards of what is lucid and what is not - all dictated by our own mercurial morals - we discover that in the end there are very few, if any of us, that are left fit for the outside after all. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/conspicuously-absent https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3j0DKdwyFhJDeko2aaYdT9HN5Aw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5636475834d7339fe25fb9.jpgconspicuously absent | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher There is something eerie about staring down through the remains of rooms where the flooring has collapsed. It goes beyond the mortal fear of falling and death, beyond the realization that there but for the grace of god go I. Maybe there is some innate sense that this is not something that is or should be possible. It is like staring through holes torn in the fabric of different dimensions and it throws off your balance and perspective, leaving everything askew. Splintered shards of boards jut off at illogical angles, heavy radiators dangle from pipes like rusted fruit on steel vines, and doorways swing outward into cavernous voids. People once walked, talked, worked, and slept along these planes now almost entirely inaccessible to man. Distant portals open to rooms and wards whose secrets will remain hidden until they are erased by decay, by fire, by the wrecking ball. There is always this pervasive sense that these are the areas where the answers lie, that if one only pushes a little harder, takes a few more risks this search for who knows what will produce some tangible results and this consuming drive will somehow be rewarded with reprieve, release, redemption. This is the nature of my obsession. When you look at me, you should see not what lies before you - my physical shell, a fragmented collection of skin and bones and blood. You should see the conspicuous absence of what I was, what I could be, of my very spirit, which has divorced itself from my corporeal form. I once walked and talked, worked and slept along planes now almost entirely inaccessible to man. Even now as we speak I am drifting somewhere, restless stuck in limbo, in the space between floors. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-folded https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VeSY5XgtZIioqxK4C7WaoJHtpTw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_408446076567af1ce00bf5.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Folded Wheelchair Wheelchairs and beds remain in one of the dormitory buildings. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9050992.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YHvIB7xQt5bw6LAfWEgMy-iRBOE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8509080465f8a0be219588.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Eye Protection Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-palace-theatre-stage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_00RZoFixwecFjq7Xpab-r4zD8I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_100004324456fc5d412cfee.jpgGary, Indiana | Palace Theatre Stage View The abandoned Palace Theatre. Gary, Indiana. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230479.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0Pi792YoFcBl5V93S45lW1emoRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5301259976049543144247.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21185906.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w_iGsZ5xPYsiLNleP2JD1FNacKI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_561529358537aca8ed2d7e.jpgKohl's Motorcycle Graveyard (Lockport, NY) | Little Red Kohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-gave-up https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CY17BnItWxLKYaFvCeHD7Cdu4HA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18227430465668a5043ad0f.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Gave Up Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ioC41__VnJEHrrYdfQ8W5lx2poc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8818879862f57767be062.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778111.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tHJfUegr7GmY-kdPX06pkdOYd9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22475095161e881b7e772a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26894063.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GBf1ZefsFqUhcTmf4ZsVKMwtndA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50867254056e87b4e430bb.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Office Desk Catskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489004.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yrR5rZO9G1GHpgOF7mtmmGZtJyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6292357644d487aac161ae.jpgthen i shall fly no more Photograph taken at Aerospace Maintenance and Reclamation Group, Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2010 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/portfolio148060.html]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31718377.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FghBYCfWXOZ7ttBEjP_2DFBPtwU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_141498990459483a2e6af3d.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Camouflaged Greenhouse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888061.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6znPs3fFZLDkqtUbRxMg8zWLB4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60681053262f5781d69d06.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342317.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O3hnNKryPyR7XZ6BRjMUdnCyPak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1982900681538e59c9339fe.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Guard Station Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873404.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YfVodIKJOhaSXv_RQ3YcEPx8h3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12257591934e78c2285f3ad.jpgThis room, most likely for socializing, was on the second floor at the front of the building. The floors in this area were very unstable, but had a visually interesting chessboard pattern. Several artifacts remained, such as the fans on the walls of many of the rooms and the speaker system. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/frozen-music https://photos.on-this.website/wm/triZXXKLdTn0hKfsKL2H0QxAPzw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15196645994d744eddd362d.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Frozen Music "Architecture is a chained and fettered art. Far from being "frozen music," it is an art constantly attempting to realize in solid, stable form those effects which music is able to conjure up in an instant—effects which succeed each other rapidly during the progress of a musical work. Music can attain the colossal in a way which, in architecture, only the rarest opportunities render even remotely possible. Music can, in a few moments, admit us through vast portals into avenues, courts and halls of infinite extent and variety. Music can suddenly raise up an entire structure and, by the device of modulation, lift it on to a podium, abruptly recess its facades and turn them bodily into the sunshine. Music can etch silhouettes ten times more intricate than those of Dresden or London City, repeat them, increase or reduce them, hurl them into the distance or bring them before us in precise detail. Most of the essentials of architecture—mass, rhythm, texture, outline—are within music's power. 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Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Control Room Control room. Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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(McKeesport, PA) | Sight Savers The Sight Savers brand glasses cleaner dispenser at Fort Pitt Casting Company is reminiscent of something you'd find in the Fallout game series. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21383840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/23omnIJaw0eokA1n4l0HcD3dkjQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4567806675394df8c5c79d.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Power Station Power plant, Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/spivey-building-east-st-louis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U69Khge2w7DyHXpuoXmyx2BUfHQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2042200655b11c46c6c5d.jpgAbandoned Spivey Building, East St. Louis IL The Spivey building is the only skyscraper in East St. Louis, IL. A vanity project of A.T. Spivey, editor of the Journal (the smaller, neighboring structure), it was hoped that the building would establish the city as a presence to be reckoned with in the area's urban landscape and that more would follow. Unfortunately, it was completed in 1927, only two years before the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression. Nevertheless, the Spivey building remained the most prestigious building in Illinois' fourth largest city for years before it was abandoned and gutted. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/boeing-kc-135d-stratotanker-davis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PwW1jUyGq0JIP1h-x5XhsmRTOys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14953477295a515bc293f86.jpgBoeing KC-135D Stratotanker | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base According to Blake McNeill in comments below: "Boeing KC-135D Stratotanker, named "Same Gave All" 117th Air Refueling Squadron/190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field ANGB, KS" Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610562.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v2RWNSklxJpRX8UKNLtp3YsBtnw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1823320944532c94622d31a.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Thousands of Coats Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/boston-psychopathic-hospital-boston-ma https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F8Kzr0mpuDQxRaRiKq7L1CSuW9w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_603617955559ae22c10442.jpgBoston Psychopathic Hospital, Boston MA Boston Psychopathic Hospital, Boston MA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/boston-psychopathic-hospital]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20556754.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JXhJRw64_HaG5V0kF6ejnv8Jz_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_32742688553238065e260e.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Bag Room Exterior New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TEmVEi9hYASsouU-srlnmyKVkcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5544696565ab3faf1316af.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Collapsed Hallway A crumbling hallway shows how the new buildings are decaying much more quickly than the old ones. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. 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There are things you were really excited about that never materialized. There are things you are afraid of that inevitably will. Every day can be a challenge, a psychological minefield: how to cope with the ho rrors on the news, the fear mongering in politics, the letdowns by those you care about, the foolish things you are solely responsible for and can't pass off to anyone else? It's good to be firm and resolute, to look towards new opportunities and away from the ones you missed, but that requires strength. In this case, strength is a constant commitment, an hourly exercise of will - and the pressure never really seems to let up, as the weight just builds and builds and builds. For some people, the ability to stave off depression is in their nature. Either by their innate disposition, or sometimes their very lack of awareness of what is going on around them, they are able to shrug off the effects of what for others becomes an ever-deepening malaise. The effort it takes to avert your eyes from economic numbers and dishonesty and mass murders and all the other things that appear to point to the incontrovertible fact that humanity is so inherently flawed that it can never possibly be redeemed or have any other overall trajectory but a downward one - that effort is made all the more difficult by the fact that some people have no difficulty with it at all. It may feel like you are the one who is weak, and that just adds to the strain. Why can't you just watch TV and eat at a barbeque and go sunbathing on the beach? What is wrong with you? It isn't an imaginary thing, nor are its effects. Over the years I have watched these shelves loaded with hundreds of pounds of china forms sink through the floor. Each form is much heavier than it looks - I'd estimate at least forty pounds. As water and rot eat away at the wood in the shelves, it's eating away at the floor beneath them also. Maybe one form, or even ten or twenty, wouldn't be a problem, but the dozens and dozens on each shelf - tons of them - are too much. Every time I came back they would have melted further through the supports beneath them, the walkways would be more precarious, and there would be more holes where too much pressure had been applied for too long and the whole thing just fell through. I'm sure I don't have to tell you how much damage that does to the forms, the shelves, the structure of the building itself. I'm also sure that the parallel I am making is not lost on you - as it is without, so it is within. If you can, if it's safe to do so, I recommend you remove the weights one at a time and don't let them build up. Even though they may seem inconsequential on their own, their cumulative effect is disastrous to your health and your spirit. It's a lot of work - sometimes it seems never-ending, like all life is is a process of removing the weights. Who knows, maybe that's the case. If you stop though, the outcome is clear. Avoid people who make no effort to struggle with the load and instead insist on adding their weight to that which those around them must carry. If it seems like you can't deal with things yourself, start modifying your behavior, cutting back on stressors and finding ways to adapt. It's not easy, it never is. But, if you're like me, it's not just a matter of self-improvement, it's a matter of survival. 'so it is within' taken at Conquistador China. 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Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken at The Fox Hotel (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20874733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h5M0ScsGQwIjEiUcEjpUTLFcSOs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_962523329535538946ece1.jpgHuber coal breaker, Ashley PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-safety-shower https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B9J9pAjIoINzSms2mJpYy6Dk4q0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11429084555abec4167d1cb.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Safety Shower Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VNp0mkumU9kpiPSbUmMXgP7FoYs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1399342245224ac5fb61c8.jpgInstructional diagram in guard's gym showing use of baton https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-back https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6YdwDU6OJPbAGHzee-XPHIYfRks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_187806350456ae5aaf65760.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Back of the Auditorium Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247139.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3J0emC5Jc2ZhZssW8w-s2Ki0pCM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_57030613263235a7adfc7d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51133777.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eMZDkEHSWMvhH3F_0Zk58WK_D_0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1034567610664e1601d1ec0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20556756.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MoX2eCBlwmMoqJEVXtqAa-t7Vmo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16779884005323806d1aa76.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Ominous New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511320.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pYS9iLhlVxUSqf98GwBnNu865nM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1363260025674dee1f20eca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247131.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XyCGLIrQJpBPw5XO6mj3373iBVA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39631546563235a0dcd20d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23305455.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eg0gbm3ZSvv5i0mG71R3YUIH6W4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138588070654a5f0897e20a.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Hidden in Shadows Dead malls have an eerie stillness about them, as we expect to see them filled with life. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14047311.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_2764002024f244f9119d4a.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Safety Posters Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-black-day https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RK6tii1o-ODYgTB54l47TEety04=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7558795304e12a95a3fd2b.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | a black day "When the low heavy sky weighs like a lid Upon the spirit aching for the light And all the wide horizon's line is hid By a black day sadder than any night . . . . . . . . And hearses without drum or instrument, File slowly through my soul; crushed, sorrowful, Weeps Hope, and Grief, fierce and omnipotent, Plants his black banner on my drooping skull." - Goethe ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23651230.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/04kmamN7KEQ3OumlQV6i4mM-ea8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_125128696654f5065db1229.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Cemetery Vandalism Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26613714.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/anyF42mPIKyTj-hNDx87VY31LE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_164345758156ba55496db5c.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Circle Stairway "Symphonies Restaurant with Grand Staircase leading down from the lobby level. The chandelier was relocated to the Sheraton Brock in Niagara Falls ONT.Canada. A waitress station is to the right with the outdoor pool visible thru the window." - Brian Green via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-hiding-amidst https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DBuKnKubByaq4nmNRT0VFy7Kcek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10536050815122a86c9200a.jpgLong Beach, CT | Hiding Amidst the Trees Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14070398.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_9578322174f274b6f078fc.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Snakes Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14047309.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_4598019144f244f8c51321.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Trinity Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20376800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q9aGkhN7SpCKJdugI5MlV86H6JU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_71749083552fe8de1a33e1.jpgPhotograph taken at Atlantic Avenue Power Plant (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14038849.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_9607210694f21dd0bba8cb.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Turbine Basement Turbine hallways basement. Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15707508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_Klx018rtFTn79lQmAYntKd9LV8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5233206045013f87267cbf.jpgWilde Yarn Mill (Manayunk, PA) | The Mangler Wilde Yarn Mill, Manayunk PA. If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20376798.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/llx-a2m7C2bfFz6exTA6rJZl9lY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_186960119452fe8dd5c618f.jpgPhotograph taken at Atlantic Avenue Power Plant (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889246.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3IWWPaMmMNaNYmhy1c3Wc1G5bCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14088670944d74459d22d5f.jpgEven from the outside, the roof over the cavernous turbine is amazing in its scale and engineering. It has held up so much weight for so long, and in some way it must be a reprieve for the skeletal steel framework to be sloughing off the concrete it has bore the burden of for nearly a century. Up close it is also easier to see just how damaging even a fist-sized chunk of concrete could be if dropped onto one's head from 130 feet. In my previous visit I saw an enormous piece fall silently from the ceiling while I was in the turbine hall. It tumbled end over end for what seemed like forever, then smashed onto the railing at ground level and broke, part of it then falling even further into the basement - a good reminder never to get too comfortable, and always to keep one eye on the heavens. ------------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sometimes-the-sickness-wins https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YbnVZMiCietmrbr4TvJKYI5K750=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19562362894d747c81675f3.jpgsometimes the sickness wins sometimes the darkness snuffs out the light before the day even begins sometimes a bird dies before it takes flight sometimes the sickness wins sometimes ideals get crushed by the truth and the ship sinks before it can sail sometimes your white knights are proven uncouth and all of your hard work still fails sometimes your heroes turn out to be bores and your saints are just hiding their sins sometimes the doctors can't find the cure sometimes the sickness wins. --------------------------------- Birdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-sapling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tAetMucneNerLHfOYUsKcO9Ql1M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119949302950ee6476cbd6b.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Sapling Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8265824.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aAJ7dxwo2J0u9BZNGIY2xgNjiM0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5292640544d2e88941ceb0.jpgPhotograph taken at Atlantic Avenue Power Plant (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16232719.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SSiTdJm6QzohvFp8XGcAkL9MG2E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1399294778505638eb5b9b9.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 Photograph courtesy of Joe Cubiotti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-threaded https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7Uo6GuoWy8pDMTVPDBQGN9ZaXlE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93227200853155686a1dc5.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Threaded Nottingham looms. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-sickbed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7gzKH5f22njAuLZOSOr2nUtBeRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87935565256841b4ce0319.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Sickbed A hospital bed sits in a pool of shattered glass. ------------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-patio https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zsbclUl3VNDIm2DCKqP93ciU4bk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4683323575536dae03d94d.jpgLong Beach, CT | Patio Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21275800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JOiZIJWFbQMj92ontFV3E9_fgSU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1556209215384e32781efc.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/counterpoint-to-our-fundamental-failures https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UEq9qIj2EKLOAmW_WV0AGhNgi7s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16692580754d74452dbf752.jpgcounterpoint to our fundamental failures A look at the past reminds us of how great is the distance, and how short, over which we have come. The past makes us ask what we have done with us. It makes us ask whether our very achievements are not ironical counterpoint and contrast to our fundamental failures. ~Robert Penn Warren --------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34275886.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uX5iFB-iYAKejw60vXPY1D-xR9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10631826105aaaf2c24c709.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Administration Hallway Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610573.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vOIGlGK3D_rDl1NgPUQEeXXVJWw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1719642675532c94a9ba77c.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Mounds of Coats Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-deepest-human-defeat https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SAIbGvN5m3IYV161MPojQ_UN5ls=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4437451264d732baf729d0.jpgthe deepest personal defeat "The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become." - Ashley Montagu ----------------- Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069350.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SHamW9JUVir0iyRxpc0lP6C1s7I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8643098174e1109a40f112.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986366.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9t4yVjc0pThrYtrM4m6YPRuqFmU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2192462904d7e7cb510551.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-they-left-part-2 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EbiHAMnnNEOUgVjUESkOxVQ3svA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11824903974e13de799eb4a.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) |such a blank, uncompromising shutdown they seemed dazed, as though lost in a dream, wandering about familiar things made alien and monstrous, all unblinking symbols of impending loss - like all the time cards never to be punched into the clock again. for no reason the earth had shifted and a vast chasm opened that was separating them from an innocent past, where such a blank, uncompromising shutdown seemed unimaginable. ------------------------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA. The majority of the Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24441015.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D8-uXhWflS3a8Hpam7mcDVwNZFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_408720199556c87b392ef9.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Pen Interior Dozens of animal pens blend in with the forest on the property. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874514.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/buhgQUBus1laJaQRu3WsZPJwN_I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15108081024d73d9361ffed.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Luxury Room Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848520.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CUyY9FcrzBywOSb9ixPU_dipdKs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2421888024d71aac165888.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Supply Room New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JbHolhObOAXHuoU2oo1vJ_KSrEM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84704361654a6fde5b1187.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Food Court The food court entrance at Randall Park Mall shows the tracks of the demolition equipment. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889248.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Jeg106DJzP2yAwLxBkAb8wsnB1Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4624113474d7445a6545ea.jpgAs amazed as I was by the turbine hall on my first visit, I barely spent any time on the roof of portside. On my return I found it was a very interesting and photogenic spot, almost like a maze. Full of ducts, exhaust pipes, skylights, ladders, water towers, and graffiti, the contrast of the beautiful blue sky against the rusty industrial decay was also somewhat saddening. Whatever marsh or meadow might have been here three centuries ago had been replaced by a structure that, while ornate and appealing in its own way, was nonetheless an industrial cesspool that whose poison will linger in the area for a long, long time. -------------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20001810.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_h4BbRUWMHuyh73bmTFotgDP6sU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1310648927529fab1ac5a1c.jpgCentral courtyard filled with debris. Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-furry-sign https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JX2dWel9Hl7hXyBu2kjKEEyXExc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_354189205abe8bdc0af85.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Furry Sign Sometimes in industrial sites a sign gives you a cue that there may be hazardous toxins that haven't been cleaned up and are still contaminating the area. Sometimes you can infer that without even reading the sign because the black ink of the lettering has grown an unholy chemical fur. and so I venture where angels fear to tread. Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-henryton-md https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WRQxGg7vrE44mMBPkuXmCF1J0JE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_934410569559ae46b65796.jpgHenryton State Hospital, Henryton MD Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9099524.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/groNl7DBk6O-zvy2olx1YHJ-O7A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20378904735f8a09a2139bf.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Library Library. Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481464.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xracXu28fzeBu7SkCpSPebTF1xo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7296127726408e5dad0d05.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/that-which-is-real-within https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8WX4hBYvPsrABmM5zDRnqngSgiw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18357835545fd54e56c03ac.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | that which is real within That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it.... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself. - Paracelsus https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17242104.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sOoILWFxnQxZMYDdI56kFiX7l74=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9991918625110178e91dde.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lee-plaza-hotel-detroit-mi https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gEKYUeo7ABx0oLSL8f0gj3WmVqI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_79826003256366ccfe148f.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Rooftop Peaks Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14062232.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_18469095424f26257f76ed2.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Parts Shelf Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-overgrown-pens https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NmKXLNhwyke2qU2RTGZMqh8bLUo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1941518694524cde5ca0bd5.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Overgrown Pens Acres of overgrown pens like these made the Lancaster Stockyards a very pretty and oddly peaceful place to spend time. While ruins of places we don't have as much familiarity with are sometimes harder to relate to, I always thought this was one of the most interesting and unique places I've been to. Few other places truly feel like you are stepping into a bygone era. Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14039411.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_3872241704f2262fdc079e.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Packed Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23305457.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QtDyGdiauEjomugrJsWBTCIxo_Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_30438835654a5f0abdd148.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Hair Salon Former hair salon with lighting and promotional posters remaining at the abandoned Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257262.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c3ldS6AzYlKigy_r3082xevy6gk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16023348935f8a0b42898e7.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Cafeteria Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43620714.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_J_klqUVPuRSTq5H01khXEKt5ro=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8611297296116b2c91bda0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-admin https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PBOXzhdkvEXIU3jVsyDtBEJK2ps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193784355059f89f99cce8d.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Admin Deterioration Administration building beneath main stairwell. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/so-many-ways-to-lose https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J68bp1jTa5T_Hwk1f_KF7AnOoSg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10090494854d73bdaddc643.jpgso many ways to lose There are so many ways to lose someone you love. Even limiting the field to those losses we think of as particularly tragic does not narrow the list much. A fire burns the home of a sleeping family. A train derails. And in the aftermath, memory can become bound up with place; sites of loss can be sanctified, obliterated, or simply marked, like the cross by the side of the mountain road where the station wagon, kids asleep in the back, skidded off. –Ken Dornstein ------------------------------ Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m6CWltxnUGsQ4oCGzzLtgpJ4WsI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2459698814d744ef6359ac.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Stretched Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/side-entrance-detail-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qMg7cfGnvDtd7yrlqUKjQclDiPQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181065650052a3d001a2eb7.jpgSide Entrance Detail | Hudson River State Hospital Even smaller details like this side entrance showed how much craftsmanship went into the building. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26262345.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xl5mFgt2DQxe1pmOrDkBgeH40lA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_134875638156646284485b5.jpgWilde Yarn Mill (Manayunk, PA) | Ring Travelers Wilde Yarn Mill, Manayunk PA. If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358780.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RZcKepS0GtEyo10Z58hBQfrhxzM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_27642557963f7f428b49c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26160959.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eYZmvq4rGnIVYAd4AEZmLyCIaZg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13342933015650f4d5032a9.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Falling Fluorescent Lights https://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall-north-randall https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QeEMxScVqgb9pyLwHhM8qV-aMlk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9763648875857108f23bda.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Moldy Stairs The view down a stairway at Randall Park Mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-machine-shop https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NOlE0U0QuZLKCFfdByEK9XVy97Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_111838994058cfe63004d75.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Machine Shop https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998230.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oujAKZS3vQTQV0U53oyHS6zJ2NY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_477492574f19cdd06d00f.jpgphotograph taken at h. richardson marine salvage*, 2007. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20611405.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cPi7HoY7wVOz26eLSPIVSAQQ3Kc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1943438668532cc7640d0fc.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Ethereal Slipcovers Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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[url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-nosebleed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/azZTd8BWTAysh9Nq2-7MJN3gEb0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_212264405854204c325c9d1.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Nosebleed Section Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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It won't fatten the dog." ~Mark Twain ----------------------------- Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-old-machinery https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c67TvJ_t-MkF_nEpMCJzZlqpzQc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_567340306584ed32c61a1a.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Old Machinery Old machinery rusting away at Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y3BAjw3qwmEKC56kWwxJ9SlNVs0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5708248252cefea4f0eb8.jpgSt Bonaventure Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Front Row Seats to the End St Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia PA. 2014 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-dccc https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kp2kbqf8FOfNJM4XKPtiSvWcrlM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9807322255681830460afb.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | DCCC Hospital Hallway Second floor hallway at the Disctrict of Columbia Children's Center hospital. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26371091.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fwOEA88Bhn-OBuZy52PpwcACnkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20675403165678258e2f959.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Excellent Attendance Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9034834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/774teWTgM4QzOF0TiB9t4paFOKE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6554787325f8a0c5712a33.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Desert Mural Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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What is life? A lie, a patch of shadow, a fiction, fortune? an illusion? All life is a dream and dreams - oh mockery - are themselves but a dream. by Calderon La Vida es Sueno (Life is a dream) ----------------------------- 'la vida es sueno' taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20430888.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yKYkT_ARFl7tS_eql1NiO3s_JnE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_323447514530a4a9aae26e.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | About a Girl Boys bedroom; sheet music for "About a Girl" signed by Kurt Cobain. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i8bR1Z9aighTQzkOnS70MxRxKxE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1250513223550cd291aa381.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Black Mold Medley The mold and moss in this suite near the ballroom were pretty spectacular. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Gather round you all the things that you love, name their names, prepare to lose them. It will be as if all you know were turned around within your body. Wendell Berry ---------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481463.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3_JzsHcbnXKrOwg4NI75gsYSZJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20537928816408e5c80c7cc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24440996.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oO-qWBoVVWAh25LeA3a3OsE02AE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1769588141556c87485e256.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Nursery Hut An old plaster fairy tale house in the Nursery area. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889288.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XAzu-RVg-DtF7q3uCvKZhS-7A98=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9147489854d744e835da54.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Lost in Darkness The hallways of the various floors above the first are identical and relatively uninteresting, although the pattern on the carpet is notable. Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-time-erases https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YY_d6yb02UA90jxqKbRFsHfH_A8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1971471462584ed3bb1fc42.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Time Erases Everything One of the abandoned buildings in Vulture City Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/slipping-further-and-further-away https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z7M52NucbmYMsJb2oJk1QR_h82w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14817265075d432fa5ac1cd.jpgslipping further and further away The town that Advent Hill Baptist Church is located in is not much more cheery than the church itself. Gloomy, soot covered, and full of crumbing structures, it is like so many small towns defined by industries that have collapsed - poor, and losing their young population to other areas with better economic prospects. The buildings are a visible indicators of an inability to create a new identity or purpose, and with every year of neglect the work that would be needed to rehabilitate the area grows more unmanageable. It is a sort of tar pit, a rotting borough that people still live in even though its hope for salvation is slipping further and further away. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-hymn-of-the-unwanted https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zPkhR48MWUTSRkKv5pUwrbHaF_A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15592703784d487d7f6bb53.jpgthe hymn of the unwanted Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Philadelphia PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2010. [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-impromptu-skylight https://images.on-this.website/15678_1911979586531fa69be93da.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Impromptu Skylight Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2010 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26142571.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1TiSu-I7EvB82h6FdjeyeAH-phQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1841217370564b4a3324e9d.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Keystone Hall Stairwell Simply put, the universe isn't a fair place. Terrible things happen for no reason, and other people do inexcusable things. Even if you're lucky and justice is served, often it is too late, and it never can completely erase the damage that was done. You can choose to let the anger and bitterness over it rot out your spirit, and drive away everyone to avoid more pain - or you can acknowledge the past and do your best to leave it behind, to focus on the things in your life that are good, so that those who would drag you down have no power over you. It is a tremendously difficult decision to make sometimes, and it is one that requires conscious effort and self reflection, but I do believe it is the only way to ever really be free. ------------------------------- Pennhurst State School and Hospital; photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257248.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KUZFRQEL2Zudx1eYdMa7RtbFMAk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1704728394d2d5157b46c6.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Greenhouse Greenhouse. Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-first-floor-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XDY5M81yLKm2FLTv_3HUgNJXGcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_948998795d360f2a5bb66.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | First Floor Hallway In the Irem Temple's first floor hallway, vandalism is evident although it's not as bad as it could be. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17241872.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z34FVC3TgRdxv3_P2wIUy5aF3EM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1496811245110143c5f658.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610569.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YOB4jp3Cwb-h_ija1mEugGhog98=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1118800430532c948f9bb53.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Rusty Sewing Station Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17616195.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dQgnlzvo-W2-NYUjkvLVl06aG68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_177032511851599d01b5ca6.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/this-mirage-of-social-justice https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UDGA6JOXZZ8qIOCLGDbuCIT4leg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2021123082538e59dde6ed0.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | this mirage of social justice I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice. - Frederich August von Hayek ----------------------------------- Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cant-reach-you-any-more https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lGPFO3A3jms9nVDrS0ZONSdfVdA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_690383950527a84504f9b8.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | can't reach you any more 'can't reach you any more' taken in J Block at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia. 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Photograph taken by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830537.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7O76Eu3pmZNgsUmNfvItWShBbPw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_171615806153cbe99517185.jpgPhotograph of the Ocean Vista Hospital (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Note that the church resembles the one on campus, so this may represent a family visit. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rmi2JmE5pZLW-UY9nXJdzGZJWLA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18475037454d74450e0df81.jpgThere are certain areas in these places that you fall in love with. It is often something inexplicable, and may not even be translated by the medium of photography - but mute and incommunicable though it is, it is profound: the repetition of the shafts of sunshine coming through skylights at certain intervals, the way dozens of corroded pipes intertwine, off to hidden purposes that no longer matter - it's nothing I could ever really fully explain, but it made me pause in wonder as I took this picture nonetheless. ------------------------------ Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cell-portrait-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xxs2muFTo9l9-sWZX4QpfBARjLo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14786877814fdd1f9fd8c47.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Cell Portrait Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-stages-of-dissolution https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FiyBwzSWFQoq9DbZjJkHCtcb9AA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7631646374fdcae8140b4a.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | the stages of dissolution 'the stages of dissolution' taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15893019.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ja3KSgyuVU0JVmS1DxGYJMvJMxA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9703396945029572c5e7aa.jpgPhotograph of the Ocean Vista Tuberculosis Hospital (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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[u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/no-frame-of-reference https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qoCZth-YEa_OSNHiswHeo4M4iXU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6916882944ddad4c50a199.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | no frame of reference With no real frame of reference for size, it is easy to look at this picture and imagine the torpedo car to be a hundred feet long, towering above the clearing below. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2013 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/fallside-hotel]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21383838.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cV70hW30uGTF82Tp1qzRnxaakXU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11410105815394df8411923.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Like a Tomb Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph taken at abandoned carriage house, 2007 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20895385.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tZ7SYELQsQ3xSr0qUSOT2Cqqfik=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1037038825356e92bca63c.jpgHuber coal breaker, Ashley PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Every time he looked in the mirror he became more certain of it. Every passing day widened a chasm, a certain kind of emptiness within him. It was something he could see in his eyes, a hollowness where some fundamental building block of humanity was supposed to be but was not. He could still talk and smile, and seemed to function well around people, but he knew it must be because they hadn't sensed yet that he was a labyrinth of useless knowledge in which he had somehow become lost. In his dreams he was always wandering in the forlorn husks of things that had once been magnificent but now only echoed his seething discontent at his own imperfection. The way that he had entered was sealed and these places in which he had once sought refuge from the capriciousness of the world were now his prison. Each corridor he tried to exit by only led to more empty rooms, more places where people had once been but no longer were. Even when he was externally surrounded by others the world had become a wasteland; the very dimensions had shifted so that all welcoming things before him were shadows and smoke. The vaulted ceilings of his most precious hopes were slowly crumbling and the machinery that drove his will to continue had ground to a halt. Though it was hard to define the outline of it, there was a certain kind of emptiness about his features. He wondered why no one else noticed. ------------------------------------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-brown-cottage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8stL67qgX2DXKM3LsGvh0NV2Dhg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_218714897553708659409f.jpgLong Beach, CT | Brown Cottage Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-beaux https://photos.on-this.website/wm/04OhwaTqoTU3-D0br9HObI2YMGA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70617788950ee647b089b9.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Beaux-Arts Administration Facade Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12876052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QbhjK2Xm_Ujy46YFkjV7uOY4u68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5558478364e78ea29a83a2.jpgAnother view of the seating in the oval room. Note the bits of the elegant molding that have fallen to the floor. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. 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I am unsure what purpose it served but my guess is that it was where tickets for the shows were sold, or a coat check room, although either of those theories have evidence to suggest otherwise. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. 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The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/soon-enough https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ofkyuwpqIlLVjWPhgK_QQJvHfPE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14144745694e78c238c928e.jpgsoon enough soon enough | by Matthew Christopher and in my dream i saw a room, scorched by fire with paint peeling off and plaster dropping away to reveal all the sorrow and misery underneath that had been there all along. there were rows of chairs as though it were a theater, yet there was no screen or stage - just boarded windows that kept out the sun. in the rows of seats i saw the dead, staring ahead with obscured faces patiently waiting. they were silent and still, and presently a flickering white light began to pour through the window ahead. at first it was only a tiny spot, but slowly it ate its way through the window coverings and began ripping through the walls in jagged fissures of blinding brilliance, and pieces of the windows and the ceiling and the lights - everything - were pulled off into it. i could tell this was what they had been waiting for, and i wanted to join them, but there were no seats left for me. one by one the figures in the rows were lost, atomized, and i reached out towards the one that was closest as though to pull them back, and for a brief moment they turned towards me, silhouetted, their features lost in the contrast between shadows and illumination. i could sense that they pitied me, that they knew i had been waiting too, and i felt them say, 'soon enough', - and then they were gone. and as i lay in my bed in the darkness of the early morning hours, i thought they were the ones who had been awakening and i was the one who had fallen back asleep - but it was all forgotten soon enough in the senseless bustle and clamor of the days ahead. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. 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The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753040.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5cbenl-lIaTpcDwCsfMLnj_2TfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1230698624550cb987c79a0.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Warped Desk Like much of the wood furniture, the table in the background is warping because of the moisture, sloughing off the veneer like a snake sheds its skin. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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As I was taking this picture my foot went partway through the floor, which did not improve my comfort level. Several people have commented that the shaft sticking out of the wall looks like someone shot an arrow into it, but if you look closely there is a wire attached to it, leading me to believe that this was at one time used to hang a flag. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cafeteria-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fkwLnl7kWsSItjGf4LW8xH4MIKI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3935881844fdca841c7ec3.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Cafeteria Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12919172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O2HEv9u5UZhj63mLiDvSRmVtGD0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10793057025fa092c85500b.jpgPhotograph of the New Castle Elk Lodge taken about a month before demolition <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307641.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dF4xwQOUjFg-jo3pEfqQ43x79gQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3659323225db611a274da2.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Rotted Bed Guest room. Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854484.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2O4squIvSAFYaLRS13-bIGwJ2do=/wbr/1747161032/15678_136288078551ff3272b557e.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Altar Remnants St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The pattern in the dust indicated another magazine was on top of this one; my guess is that the 'So You're a Baptist' magazine found on the floor is the one that was removed from the stack based on similarity in theme and date. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307634.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D4-hwwK-C3V3wJT_WGKZzw-yeuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5871243225db6133d854b5.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Antique Television An antique television remains in one of the rooms. Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873388.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7siE2s-T244emYVqMnbVsg52X5I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18573969454e78c1f9e1a41.jpgAtop an electric organ in the large oval room on the third floor, a crusty pitcher with a beer in it still remains. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0n5Qd78shfwHnVmdOb18Kjr1RjA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31440741457530c265989c.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Day Care Playroom Playroom at the former Kid's Corner Daycare in Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15497047.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BG17pkK_Rr7N5zJlvtU_zLL0B6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15783386404ffa2958d324a.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12106240.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iJxBICvg8gAnDMs9gqcMnycWoxs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14683674564e4989d6e0417.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Faded Savior St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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I landed in an awkward position, legs and arms akimbo, and I knew I was hurt badly, so badly it could never be fixed. Somewhere far up above I saw a swirling mass of shimmering light something pure and holy, whose warmth soothed the final spasms of my limbs and I understood this thing i saw would give me another chance. I closed my eyes and felt myself lifted back up, through the hole from which I came as the floor collected itself into the semblance of wholeness that fooled me into stepping on it to begin with. I stood at the entryway of the room, took a deep breath, turned for a moment to look again at the direction from which i entered, then exhaled slowly, and walked back onto the rusty grating, and set up my tripod once again. Falling was what I had always wanted all along. ------------------------------------------------------------ Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307637.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ML2r8HJ_c3HH_YWmi5O6-j6ezTM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7561927974e9fa7ec6d71b.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Hallway Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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[url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307645.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tKmAS1JKoQI2hIpwqYyB47TnxLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19683507185db614c77dcad.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Wheelchair A wheelchair sits in one of the crooked hallways. Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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On the far wall the elk head is visible, and here the true scale of the room is visible. This photograph had to be brightened somewhat due to the very low lighting in the room. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-livestock-alley https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DTBc7cGxptPS6zgsV2EknTzXDUI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1482023430524cdad643f1b.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Livestock Alley Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14727393.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vETPwYG4QkOKPMK0eEPLvcSrLVc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5364382454f9cc0895fa2b.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Vanishing Point Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs: Despite the artful tensions of the calendar, The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites, The costly aversion of the eyes from death - Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs. -------------------------------------- Photograph taken at abandoned carriage house, 2007 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-snowfall https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gpM5AYn73bzHT0DIWKVDzkhPv7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8054152784f6f728aabd54.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Snowy Grounds Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Phillips Power Station (South Heights PA) | Historic Painting Howard Fogg's rendition of the Phillips Power Station. Fogg was commissioned to do a number of paintings by the American Locomotive Company and many of his works featured scenes in the Pittsburgh area. Please note I cannot sell reproductions of this print, even though the "Buy" option below is not disabled. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-centre-cannot-hold https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nbG4yRFFWHCAY76660ZQz_DA-F4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15818403664d733976b7996.jpgthe centre cannot hold | Hudson River State Hospital Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. - William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming https://www.abandonedamerica.us/beyond-denunciation https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WTeguMTa-rCQXWASYl_vJNh0_ac=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15727514034e12a95f14269.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Beyond Denunciation "There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success." - John Steinbeck ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23746666.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O6XKHJavUCzx8A6g9_0GihkLLiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_233915934550b19198fa00.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Symphony Piano "Actually this piano was tuned and played regularly when it was the Ramada Inn. It was played every Friday and Sat Night and for Champagne Brunch on Sundays." - Brian Green, via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-silent-transmission https://images.on-this.website/15678_15768880554ddabf4f049b6.jpgHenryton State Hospital | a silent transmission In the rusty heart of Henryton Sanitarium's power plant, corroded machinery rests in silent contrast to the leaves creeping in through the windows and up the walls. When this facility was open, this small power plant would have provided energy to the entire site, allowing the facility to remain relatively isolated from the community around it. The clothes, gloves, and tools of the workers there still litter the site. -------------------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808080.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_193108710564ef7acfc6a94.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/b-52-stratofortress https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_oy3GdZy6Vt_avgL_ybtSE_BgkA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8746636785e7a5317d0164.jpgB52-G Stratofortress | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base B52-G Stratofortress. B52-Gs like this one were chopped into five pieces as part of the START I treaty between the US and USSR. Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821788.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vH8fN0PjDjwrzNZPPlBxVtwt4lk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2080470639559ae1f1916b7.jpgPennhurst State School and Hospital, Philadelphia Hall. Spring City, P Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Philadelphia Hall. Spring City, PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2013 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/pennhurst-state-school-and-hospital]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-road-home https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4ZtOHpeq2ZKPvIY9tLOmpUD0q-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13952189094d7339e96924e.jpgthe long road home | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher i must have walked a million miles before it all was done with my pack and pens, my camera's lens towards an always setting sun. and all my days are blues and grays, through blackened halls i roam eternally ascending charred debris along the long road home. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cant-be-your-savior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bHGjjAZedgK6H0Yb97K73Kj57Ys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4329136984f19b66b69480.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | can't be your savior Photograph taken at the Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-certain-kind-of-emptiness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GELnde9snwOmPPO-LIJpCPb4N2o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1747034714d488818cddcb.jpga certain kind of emptiness Photograph taken at Portside Power Plant by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2006 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/portside-power-plant]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ch-46-sea-knight-davis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hAEypRpBC67ilkZ3JYasLlSwkWc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1699978894d34b4c63f6a3.jpgCH-46 Sea Knight | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base CH-46 Sea Knight Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-snowy-roof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LxDrGg5WwIYUTCHuU9Aw-VAechs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11839661054f769679ae603.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Snowy Rooftops Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/unholy-geometryrandall-park-mall-north https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dLL5hYAemBjPY7kPO-pQO-Dbpvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_464469992604a8648ae631.jpgUnholy GeometryRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Soft light from the skylight illumated the entrance to one of the anchor stores Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17097436.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UA28k1hVwsvS3jcuI3I2bG7_RyQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93021975050eb2aaae1a5a.jpgHarmony House Resort (a pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15707498.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pNVpU7bNSuXrVEQdD2olaF3Vw-Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19209098075013f7c07dc01.jpgHarmony House Resort (a pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29924968.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6UZS-pmfzKJwUl2TFOq0jnGN0O4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1691790125859f3a14c348.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Bed Frames Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-bowling-alley https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eWW0W_0f2GKW91DpX9sce3QGAnI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20140502045567a7e95140f.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Bowling alley Bowling alley at Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307632.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zLil_1H4wYfQXHuGZpZ7meVtrCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5082964315db60e7351f05.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Chairs Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012596.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eXkKYgEJwxSGTbN1gQlmEKUHTMY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_535750474663a5998bc41c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-unsettling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6VD36cifO3MpFF9V8dP3OY7Cj7k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21001983404e12a94ce3b5d.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Unsettling I don't know what animal this was originally intended to represent, but longer you look at the face, the creepier it gets. I think it might drive you crazy if you look at it long enough. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17108677.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kvzUrYj7YX66ijC3P40k4beBWOk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_187521254450ee6c098daaa.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Administration Computer Console Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358778.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/farSanZp4g9ioxUbTwhJqIz5dDY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188966182763f7f3e81bdb5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mausoleum https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1J7JpcUe18_5OGCJvbSf-JhQdXA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4552568904d71aad5a1d82.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Mausoleum New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23695443.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rvPoODevw4WpWzUftmW_cNSnZZ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_186471307554fe22cfceb6c.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The lack of context for such places, the stubborn muteness of the architecture, and the fragments of half-heard secrets strewn through the rooms are some of my favorite things about places like this. They force you to conjure up your own images of what life there was like; no wonder so many people claim to see ghosts in old buildings. -------------------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-could-just-pull-myself https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y4KopJr2mSNjvn-YEqoMv4vp01U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2552685574dd74b8fb3ba3.jpgi could just pull myself apart An interesting structural feature worthy of notice in this photo is the absence of the wall on the left and the slight list observable in the floor above it. What this means is that there is little to nothing supporting the entire left side of the hallway above this floor, which I walked down before I took this photo. If the currently established course of decay continues, I imagine this floor will either continue to gradually slant further, or it will suddenly shift downward from some added weight source (perhaps a photographer), dumping the contents of the hallway into the pit of broken wood and twisted metal that the room on the left has become. If the few rotted beams that are still standing are pushed inward as it appears they would be, toward the opposite wall of the pictured hallway, it is very possible that they will shear through the equally rotted boards on the right, which would presumably result in the entire upper hallway and the rooms adjoining it on the right side completely collapsing. The idea of such catastrophic structural failure fascinates me as I imagine it will be a very dramatic event no matter how it unfolds. though I wish I could observe it at a safe distance, I am also very grateful that I didn't witness it firsthand during this trip. I think it would probably have hurt. ------------------------------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14786543.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NxhQntqaQ05hpXFCsLBJyjH-tTE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4661488344fa614780323a.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Water Tower Alley Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14122188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s_Dj76EQInysoXDypDbLRDw03pM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11621144464f35544de81a5.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-lonely-place https://images.on-this.website/15678_17274994404ddabf6454f27.jpgHenryton State Hospital | a lonely place Behind Henryton's auditorium is one of the prettiest places I've come across. Circled by peeling paint, a plant climbs out of the wall, its leaves radiant in the soft glow of the sunlight. Slowly but surely nature is staking her claim on this building, and the toxic lead paint almost seems to be retreating from the new life. I hope I have a chance to watch this little plant grow. Despite the loneliness of the sanitarium life perseveres. ---------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14122186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IzcLvGxFKl7q9xEYEtAoVCDvMQE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20871254894f3554432bfc6.jpgThe walkways leading out across this four story cell block are beginning to deteriorate and bow. Though it is nearly impossible to determine this visually through the layers of dirt, rust, and trash that cover them, the walkway floors are made of thick panels of glass that allowed complete visibility between floors when the prison was open. This means that walking on them (or to a much lesser extent, under them) is tempting fate - at any moment the heavily oxidized steel holding them in place could crumble, or worse the entire walkway could give out. This is particularly likely in the first walkway, which is noticeably sagging outward and downward under the strain of the panels. Probability and physics dictate that hundreds of pounds of glass dumping onto the floor below is an inevitable outcome. ----------------------------------- Photograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Beyond the financial motives, beyond the hollow promises of progress and hope and healing, we cannibalize our own past specifically so it can no longer stand defiantly out in the open and challenge us with the terrifying prospect, embodied in broken windows and boarded doors, that we are going the wrong way - that we have been all along. ------------------------------ Huber coal breaker, Ashley PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489024.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_1kNIuL1TOyDb0bsmodWwnEfZK8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17571430904d487b34efde5.jpgthe way of the future Photograph taken at Taunton State Hospital, MA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery available on [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-they-left-part-4 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MNtSqpTSTp7-SSZsrbBgV1rVbwM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17584925444e13de606b608.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | into funereal stillness and when they walked out to their cars for the last time, each of them slowed, turned, and with a long exhale looked back, and subconsciously knew that in this moment of passing we were inextricably linked, that as they struggled onward, i would sink into dust and spiderwebs, into forgotten memories and funereal stillness. it was a cold day, and clouds boiled in the sky, and the sun was only an unkind illusion soon buried forever behind the veil of night. ------------------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA. The majority of the Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-engine https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t3G_iruHXTHc4JNBuje48q5j3f8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13406227755aab02b6f04d7.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Engine #3 This is a view looking north, into the carcass of engine #3. These engines were powered by waste gas produced by the blast furnaces. The gas, mainly carbon monoxide, had a low thermal value (100 BTU per cubic foot), which was approximately one tenth that of natural gas. Because of the low power output of the gas, the engines were built with extremely large cylinders. Large cylinders enabled more gas to come in, thus using increased quantity to make up for quality. In order to ignite the fuel, a ring of 4 to 6 spark plugs (the same type used in radial aircraft engines) encircling the cylinder were used. The fuel entered from the top and exhausted from the bottom. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] ----------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-gas https://photos.on-this.website/wm/htnct4_He058h8LF_uEgSNK9gRQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11125091394e13de663ce34.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Gas Blowing Room Ladder Gas blowing house. Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873416.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zz4KngmHzvOsKDYTpihBNb8HDHY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7660928135d37bae1ba4a9.jpgNew Castle Elks Lodge (New Castle, PA) | Exterior View Diagonal view of the front and side. In this view the trees that are taking root in various spots in the roof are visible. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-huber-breaker]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34298446.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5uH1oZouJQ35g7FFEDE19x1lReg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18888149455ab12686b295f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RGgkoJCkM2sjR2kygFm3qUZXYLs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13594282235aab032ecbaeb.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Gas Blowing Engine House This image shows the eastern end of the gas blowing engine house. Looming over the engines are a pair of overhead cranes. Rated at 40 tons capacity, but capable of lifting even heavier loads, the cranes were used for a variety of jobs, from changing out cylinders, to turning giant wrenches. The red quarry tile floor is also visible in this shot. At one time, it was mopped daily and kept clean enough to eat off of. The powerhouse was a showpiece in the plant and cared for accordingly under a superintend who ruled the operation "with an iron fist." - information provided by the National Museum of Industrial History ----------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-dream-of-release https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dKIxJIpB8gG6_xAg3VIQaBMl6K8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8623275014fd01f905a761.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | the dream of release 'the dream of release' taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646788.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/POuAL-Y86O4jOqzflDoZ0V9A-KU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16704781756348920e568a6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112503.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T537Vy6ClR8AUVJf-OlHsvT2WLs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209484338363b72cc255803.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882668.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_137798963562f40ebc628ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/one-last-masterpiece https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fw9UONTXWGqr0XzAyUHyXA5JA1I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4012701114d65d5b3ca7b8.jpgPercy Crosby's Last Masterpiece | Kings Park Psychiatric Center <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="One Last Masterpiece" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="In the ruins of a state hospital basement you an still find the remains of a great American artist's work." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>[b]Updated August 22, 2022[/b] | By Matthew Christopher Known as "the Rembrandt of American cartoonists", Percy Crosby was one of the most successful comic strip creators in America's history, at one point making more money on an annual basis than the President himself. His comic strip "Skippy" was the inspiration for many to follow, including Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, and he took on issues much larger than the often tame comics in papers today - ranging from subjects like melancholia and mortality, to political crusades that lambasted the Tammany Hall political machine, Al Capone, the Ku Klux Klan, and the president, to ones that fought for child labor laws, civil liberties, and freedom of the press. Corporations who wished to use the immensely popular Skippy character began a crusade to strip the rights for his character away from him. Rosefield, the manufacturer of Skippy Peanut Butter, was using his logo and name despite court orders barring them from doing so, and [url=https://shrineodreams.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/a-comic-strip-crime-and-peanut-butter/?fbclid=IwAR1GIsm_WPTM6mGlB7apOi0h83zl74Xoaly1YrB3VaX7kXulyAvdiHOTbfk target=blank]allegedly contacted the IRS to start investigations into Crosby's finances[/url], which wound up being costly both financially and psychologically. Crosby claimed he was being watched and followed, and began drinking more heavily. Nobody believed him, though with the amount of enemies he had made through vocal criticism in his comic strip, it is certainly plausible. <center><img src="https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Di60TkTVBTEeCXK_Czo8YCdw7XA=/wbr/1659644670/15678_7309190358fbe2657303b3.73333872.jpg" alt="Percy Crosby mural depiscting state hospital patients working on looms" width=700><p style="max-width:700px;">[size=11]A segment of Percy Crosby's mural depicting patients working on Todd looms[/size]</p></center> After a fight, Crosby's wife left him and took their four children. He would never see them again. Following an alleged suicide attempt where he slashed his wrists and chest, he was committed to Kings Park State Hospital, which is where he spent the rest of his life. His daughter, Joan Crosby Tibbetts, points out in [url=http://www.skippy.com/skippy9.html target=blank]her chronicle of the story[/url] that a newspaper article mentions that the weapon was not found with Crosby, however, which is certainly unusual if true. Five days later Rosefield received the trademark for the rights to use Skippy as the name for their peanut butter. Deemed a nuisance for trying to keep his trademark character from being exploited by companies like the one we now know for its Skippy peanut butter, and for trying to voice the same political opinions that made him such bitter enemies, Crosby was denied access to the outside world at Kings Park and his children were told he no longer wished to see them, which was a lie. Rosefield used scenes from the comic strip, its name, and even its logo to promote Skippy Peanut Butter uncontested, and decades later would successfully stop his daughter from using the name for her own line of food products. Percy spent the rest of his days preserving his sanity by continuing to create cartoons and manuscripts no one outside the walls of the hospital would ever see during his life, and when he died in 1964, alone and penniless, his family wasn't even notified. His children read of it in the newspapers a week later. <center><img src="https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ib6zR1eL_FLI9b3ulJ1es3kVILI=/wbr/1659644670/15678_183181230958fbccfec39d73.61691444.jpg" alt="Percy Crosby mural depiscting Kings Park State Hospital patients" width=700><p style="max-width:700px;">[size=11]A wider view of the basement shows the poor condition of the building. Visible on Crosby's mural: patients painting, sculpting, and creating music, a nature scene on the far wall, and a circuit breaker cleverly disguised as someone taking a photograph.[/size]</p></center> Mr. Crosby's fall from grace is perhaps as extreme as they can get - like Job, his fortune and family were taken from him, leaving him only empty years to contemplate their loss. Despite his lack of access to the expensive materials he used in his heyday when his paintings were displayed in galleries in London and Rome, Crosby was able to create one last masterpiece, a work that despite its significance would be as neglected and underappreciated as the rest of his legacy - a mural that spans all four walls of one of the basement rooms in the asylum, and is quite possibly one of the most beautiful and touching insights into life on a ward that has survived. If you look, you can see patients playing chess, working on their Todd looms, listening to music that sets them free - and the shrieking, ghoulish faces of the attendants, the suspicious warden with dozens of keys and dozens of locks. A small section has been removed for preservation but the majority of the mural was, at least when I visited in 2008, still there. While I have not been back my guess is that vandalism and time have destroyed much of it by now. Tibbetts fought Skippy Peanut Butter's attempts to silence her until her death in 2019. Crosby's depiction, perhaps the only surviving memory of the final years of numbers of other patients, is peeling away now but still brilliantly colored, still a touching testament to a talent that refused to wither away even when everything else was gone. It shows what life was like when the ward and its patients were still alive, and it begs us not to forget. ------------------------- Photograph/Text by Matthew Christopher https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14062233.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_7387341024f2625843b388.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Turbine Profile Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The sickness was getting worse and worse every day. There was something inside of me, some terrible blackness that I wanted desperately to hide away, but I knew I couldn't. There was just too much of it, and I was too weak. There were too many things I had said that were entirely wrong, too many things I had done that I needed to redact but never could, too many things I had seen that nobody ever should have. There was no way to take it all back. What I wanted to be grew fainter and fainter, so far off in the distance I could barely even make out its shape, and I was too afraid to look at what I had become. It was seeping out of me, bit by bit, poisoning everything I touched or saw, tainting every word that came out of my mouth. it wasn't what i wanted, but that didn't matter. i had become a ruiner, a toxin, a blight on the land - i didn't have to go out of my way to hurt anyone, it just happened. And as the years went by I watched all the beautiful things around me shrivel and die, and yet still I stood, for I had no other choice. --------------------------------- New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Needles coated with fresh blood littered many of the cell blocks (along with other paraphernalia for shooting up heroin), and I frequently saw shady people meandering around in a daze. They didn't acknowledge me but I was glad that I wasn't by myself, particularly when on entering the basement we were yelled at by someone who was sleeping there. Living in a filthy old abandoned prison and getting high with a bunch of other addicts sounds about as much like hell as I can imagine. ----------------------------------------- Photograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21061396.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DG_R-qQWTs3hDZNgtoKX4LiyW8U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_700917181536db88777777.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | School Stairwell St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-adult https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NS3dD7dReUfbje9BzZTwu7ni5tM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6799226024e12a434b5a46.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Adult Cribs Photograph taken in the basement of the activities building - now a storage area with dozens of adult cribs. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" -------------------------------- Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-preston-ct https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ICO3fJrenxY5Dcf_ezDDA657mk0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1054971014559ae1fea5154.jpgNorwich State Hospital, Preston CT Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT. 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Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134754.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/undJmKqDicgOOc2iS_T0o124o3g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_118655395664e6576f1370.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-sorrow-walked-with-me https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a4lqoAqLX4l5iEeQpsB6BJRSCjY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6677054234d73d8b16562e.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital | when sorrow walked with me <meta name="twitter:title" content="When Sorrow Walked With Me" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="Oh, the things I learned from her when Sorrow walked with me." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>I walked a mile with Pleasure. She chattered all the way, But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow, And ne’er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me. Robert Browning Hamilton, "Along the Road" ---------------------------------- Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-lobby https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fD69StS-mZNgrwjwXJHKKh5U5k8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16087988615550ec4b1c903.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Lobby Mirrors Lobby view of the abandoned Variety Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19325148.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R1y6Dj_l2fNpihe7hBld5-s26Xs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1296657504523b1d8cb4b91.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590902.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1GnCWvx482eGq9ppP6eg5Jqm38A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_135806694657447bab50cce.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21383834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K2FEYzcMzOTp1w7YH_a2eTwHQvs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14004887665394df7bc1658.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Kitchen Kitchen area, Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-asylum-beds https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VFilFr1b4cnmwmJl3CIKZDqdNU0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1804441140533c450a39459.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Snowy Beds Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009779.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3LadBTIY4RSwSBUH1mGwrSGKXpE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117670831850381aaf32256.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/frank-r-phillips-power-station]Frank R. Philips Power Station[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14038850.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_17435294374f21dd1039c05.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Into the Gloom Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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For me, Christianity is the study of what real love, useful love, consists of - and of what constitutes attention. People think that Christianity is against pleasure, as it sometimes is; but it's very, very pro-joy. You're aiming for joy that will never go away, no matter what kind of pain you're in. But of course you still go through pain. I asked my priest, when I wanted to kill myself, 'What's the purpose of this suffering?' and he said, 'I hate sentences that have the word suffering and the word purpose in them. Suffering is just suffering. But I do think that God is with you in this, though I doubt you can sense him at all.' I asked how I could put something like this in God's hands, and he said, 'There's no "put," Maggie. That's just where it is." - Maggie Robinson Photograph taken at abandoned naval academy, 2007 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17616211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PQOFUGIeMjbbk7v2JRHyq63m6jk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183734776951599d30c1e48.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtontreacherous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IDp-3sj8UjD4aW_h9IIqEQH0LoQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1523340766550835a8a675a.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Too Treacherous Many of the abandoned homes I've visited are full of such an unbelievable amount of garbage that one has to wonder if people aren't coming out to them to illegally dump it. In this home, the first floor has collapsed into the basement and the second floor will probably be giving way within a year. In the rift between the two floors, the sleeves of dozens of coats and shirts dangled with water pouring down them, reaching out as though they longed to return to the earth. ----------------------------------------------- Abandoned home. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9IfCqOCcRFOLGep7BCqckl9kWJo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15522487244f19b391527b3.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23670053.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KTvrxpAcFgUskhKlHSlsQ6tup48=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50838406754fb9b9abbcdd.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/hershey-chocolate-factory-hershey-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/90RBmWY6hzYlL1X2BU-ExAW1aE0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1695558307559ae506ce3af.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA Hershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2013 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/hershey-chocolate-factory1]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] 2013 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-am https://images.on-this.website/15678_17020453534ddabf4b18b3b.jpgHenryton State Hospital | i am i am ----- i am the depths of the stormiest seas, i am each burning star in the sky i am the blessing of sleep's sweet release i am the proof none of us ever die. i am the ice in saturn's distant rings, i am ruins untouched beneath desert sands i am much more than the sum of all things i am a secret too profound to understand while you may see sorrow and you may see decay, they are only my true form's disguise for what i have been will never fade away long past this crumbling shadow's demise. you can tear down the bricks that once made my walls, you can bulldoze every last remnant inside you can blot out every trace that i existed at all, but the truth of my being can't be denied. so shutterer your windows, and bolt up your doors one day the waters will burst from their dam you can ignore me, i don't care any more nothing changes the fact that i am. ---------------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U5l73vmu3UVfoQT_rF1nMFPhkuI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18161346350381aa4ea84a.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/frank-r-phillips-power-station]Frank R. Philips Power Station[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8331226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DeDAwS22HJEBMjWghceoN1lgQ1Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20380296814d37d4a5d17a7.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Long Hallway Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069354.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OKdDoRVWG5r8tUfyI1B8hoK8bSM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12123477594e1109b04973e.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247134.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rr7pwoPfnLfvJT5KfMj828d8BmI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29114428563235a3863909.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342318.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TX-Odna0cq6nrCgjOhUEEzOlzJc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1193565121538e59cfb58e5.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Med Station Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531548.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_pw8kib_dsZZCMcUwrY05q5DFIY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20503583655422e1a9821ab.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Second Floor Lobby https://www.abandonedamerica.us/so-awake-yet-still-sleeping https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V-TBO3LF5-lZPs6qoqv2LclkzIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1329839354d37d4d10657c.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | so awake, yet still sleeping 'so awake, yet still sleeping'. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342311.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EFrPc43laW0dDxMW6xDODKkJmwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1698260235538e59b5c6576.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Day Room This spartan area is where prisoners spent their time during the day. Three floors are each divided into four identical areas such as this. In front of every bench is a footlocker and a flat surface for writing on. A hallway that wraps around the cages ensures that prisoners can be supervised from all angles while restricting their access to correctional officers. [b]Photographs and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America.[/b] Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610563.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XNmUJhOhUy7wPxMyr4SBOAPKGFc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1651792622532c9467c12e0.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Reece Corp. Sewing Machine Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/consigned-to-oblivion https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xZybvJ8lJ3hVu2f0mIHRosCSVZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17919739635013f7bd29e14.jpgconsigned to oblivion At times it seemed that life itself was an illusion, that the flickering blur of days was no more than the fevered dream of a man in a coma, perhaps. And where did these fragments of time go when they were unattended? In my consciousness and in my memories, they decomposed; places I had been and people I had known rotted away and became abstracted by the passage of time, ultimately swirling into the ether. They were consigned to oblivion, and yet I felt certain that somewhere and somehow they still existed - and by their very being they were proof that this present moment was little more than a veil about to be torn away as well. --------------------------------- 'consigned to oblivion' Photograph of Harmony House Resort (a pseudonym) and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you're interested in more Abandoned America blogs, [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/blog]follow this link[/url]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17616203.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mDM8ecxHCaQdB5mj_wTuZtOAtt0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_47657737951599d1874e86.jpgClassroom at Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_359uembWWdOSeToGYumHryynig=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22851318364ee3fe6c2987.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888045.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_slp2WTIcYt5I4mdE1LEUDDlQRQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_197396104762f561a632469.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753077.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/75fKLMLrOCGt_aHwUUPPKmo809I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1688245322550cd78c30d83.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Help Me No Breakfast "Guest elevator on main floor leading to 2-3 floors and basement level rooms." - Brian Green via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-finest-moments https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oKvWlaDsqyGc06qryesJiSin5u8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3779705604ddad48869fc9.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | our finest moments "The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." M. Scott Peck --------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31718552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I7bya2pGvtsKZkf_6RclfvAFD9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31598755948415b4eb0c.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Sitting Room Years Later A few years later, the sitting room in the owner's house shows even more water damage and decay. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21185903.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XvlOk7DB1q6kDWAxxfNOuZ7NtHQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1222785471537aca5bd0007.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26674005.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mlaww1p9wp_h7Uh10eN849Y6YDk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_171694853656c7a78c97e8c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35517721.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FSWAQtvJmep-i0IsQd-8a9s67A0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15905948255b463136db084.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Phoropter of the Gods https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23304901.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lWYQAtihI2d3KOHHgsn8xlz4eF0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_146958457754a5af09e4c49.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Slowly Flooding Christmas decorations surround a crumbling seating area at the Randall Park Mall in North Randall, Ohio. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753037.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fk4OnRapmbHYcms5vK2FdE1Ppfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1687694924550ca63d5aa7d.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Ballroom "This was the Grand Reception room of the Grand Ballroom. This wing of the hotel was saved , but I dont think any original elements remain." - Brian Green, via comments The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30853749.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lm14MZ1NcYW8bwgMZ5XFQPl6Jc4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_28589809758f66244d5f7f7.13136798.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Lost in Weeds https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17862106.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yQ5QGlCj-zFal6Pu-D91jkM7ZFE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7731641255a4fec573e4af.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Beautiful Stairway St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/guyana-airways-boeng-757-davis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-7OEPQe8pVYki6OsIT2bAGWHPUs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21432393045e7a510eca79b.jpgGuyana Airways Boeng 707 | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base This Boeing 707 was a part of Guyana Airways' fleet. Guyana Airways was Guyana's national airline, operating flights throughout the U.S., the Caribbean, and Canada. Founded in 1973, they went insolvent less than 30 years later in 2001, shortly after the FAA and Transport Canada barred Guyana Airways' last leased 757 from their runways due to cracked landing gear in 1999. Millions of dollars in debt and plagued by years of maintenance issues, Guyana Airways was restructured to form Guyana Air, but in 2003 this new company went under also. This liner sits now in the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) in Tucson, AZ, useful only to the coyotes that call it home. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/some-sort-of-anomaly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YLnU5Aj4Ho3HpRTCXAGNwyVYaDU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6529089524f19b015dee7e.jpgsome sort of anomaly Photograph taken at abandoned Belladonna State Hospital*, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-glory-of-being-alone https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0zOUgQFpCGIsPxCacgunSIF-t8Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16735793694d73dae09d27f.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | the glory of being alone Language has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone, and the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. --Paul Johannes Tillich ------------------------------- Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26451959.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bR-1cZlSQR-80Ge-LE1ZBSzQ-Fs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1357779190569879f5bec3b.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Ballroom Windows "These chandeliers were from Italy and were frosted crystal. This view is looking out to the main parking area from the Grand Ballroom.The remnants of the original parquet floor are visible." - Brian Green via comments. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17616199.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RIDdHYm9g1O4qjvWOU7TpagtRhk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183743622651599d0d8c856.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-ward-windows https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1JDTD4MQdIFV8VavrzDBW0IS5yA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1813219346533c45121075a.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Asylum Windows Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19331655.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PNWdqxEiDsxGkcPUW9Iuc_Jn1qk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1324684496523c837db6f3a.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299203.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e_xxhhoUcpb7ytjvEIC5FlMeuHU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179098367054a312dfea322.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Less Than Merry Christmas Christmas decorations still adorned areas of the abandoned Randall Park Mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752651.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qoCHSmaxHq2mSdjlSBE6OUkB8-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1618753133550c8f3549237.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Ballroom Chairs "This is the Balroom Lobby Bar. If you had a prom in the 70s and 80s here this is where you stood for your pic with the lighting in the background. Again Carrera Marble on the walls divided by copper or brass strips. The main reception room is to the right of this pic.The hallway in back leads to guestrooms on the 2nd floor." - comment by Brian Green Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865306.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AfT8REgvkdTtZbmyGrvrhkm2UAw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9035126484d732c2d87f83.jpgAuditorium. Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15497044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jzB8NNg3fx4qdSBqgLdzzZASi1A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6010744504ffa295219b30.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16763764.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2ozi2GHIUGsc1a7_S_C_AcP9klA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_33836626650a52d3564264.jpgWhile a few of the bikes were removed, most were scrapped. Being closer to the entrance and in better shape, I'd imagine these two were likely survivors. Kohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19325146.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xbdlHfaQqmoZ6LgDaNAxLbKVtr8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_621082573523b1d88eafed.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-snowy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MDVJ5vbc40wo-u6jqtWYN-LvMPE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180275687567843603824bd.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Snowy Kitchen Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/prisoners-still https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NYkyDq0Rvqe9_RbS1YqXd3mwtDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15062034824d6d5fb4dadd2.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | prisoners still We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to the liberty of the house; prisoners still, though within larger walls; and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. - John Donne ------------------------------- Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998136.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/krqdyZJDwZBZhSPzHYG3NnmEwpM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15802850734f19c00346bd8.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned slaughterhouse/meat packing plant by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Interesting things worth mentioning are: 1) This is a perfect example of a really bad concrete staircase and why they can be so dangerous. Most of the damage to it is only visible on the underside, if at all. One of the contractors in Philadelphia State Hospital died falling through a concrete staircase. Unlike wooden stairs there is relatively little warning of the extent of structural damage or impending collapse. 2) Note the stalactites forming from the ceiling. Stalagmites are forming too, but are less visible in this picture and often resemble (oddly enough) fried eggs on the floor. This is due to the porous nature of concrete. As water trickles through it, it leeches out the lime and starts forming stalactites/stalagmites through mineral deposits on the floor and ceilings - essentially the same process that occurs in caves. 3) The greenish cast is due to the light going through leaves outside. This has always been an effect I find particularly beautiful. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299202.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e32IELDz8Iug5KV0z8wk58RMSII=/wbr/1747161032/15678_101477883754a312c734c8a.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Walsons Jewelers A Wilsons Jewelers storefront at the abandoned Randall Park Mall outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20001808.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T1atWHjBKNUCxg2CIM-iy9zGJn4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_899965824529faafeefe83.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-scattered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2HE30Cv7BzSyo8-5aJ23Y5vArjU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15421587774fce2749a3975.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Scattered Readouts Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11517144.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/778QK3SARKGDhEQTsXcvqcSP3zA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17726263945df003142af23.jpgexterior view of the j.w. cooper school. the front of the building shows the most improvement from the renovations; one can see that the windows are new and the front classrooms are either in use or in the process of undergoing renovation. Kent Steinmetz has rallied support from the community and local alumni are participating in a program where they pitch in to 'adopt' a classroom. Kent also has made the J.W. Cooper Center a haven for local vendors and artisans - from fresh produce sold out front to a vintage clothing store on a lower level, the building is coming back to life despite still needing much work. also notable in this picture is the separate entrances for boys and girls. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13492244.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lu0z0Tu7COW-YwbNdI_VcTIRQ3E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6847626744eb9b024d74d0.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Front Facade St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/grand-staircase-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Z2NI7_t1oEsz12whZH-ngMT5t-g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127617655256797b744bde9.jpgGrand Staircase | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Grand staircase of the SS United States in Philadelphia. The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14217237.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_17774086644f49304499252.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Brotherhood of Steel Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26295980.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JBLIQ2jL6vDDZVTzJtvuiyOZGUE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66807663356689c9b029d0.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Springtime Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808122.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_149160907564ef7af1d0527.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q9-3bYv-1UoqVFthJqsJYTc-CtU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53730992962f16eecd65a5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247124.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yk1WfXPDGgY3Ph8GIUoJSJZsPys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1254021048632359af9f3be.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23746663.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4IATfarwsBJnj-Tgbx7l3s5X86k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_590934504550b18ee7fb67.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Rotting Chair Black mold consumes a chair. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-slumped https://photos.on-this.website/wm/amcN2Uy8P7q9lj6ECZ6iuJRyr2M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10804009345098c0308f93e.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Slumped The cars in this part of the forest are the most decayed. Moss and mold have taken over the sides of the cars, and the connection between the floor and the shell have rusted so completely that the shell is now resting on the ground, and the floor has sagged around the wheels. The steps are entirely missing. Fascinating to see the stages of decay right before your eyes as you move through the site. This streetcar is at the point where all that is left is for the metal to oxidize completely. During the process more and more will flake off until it's little more than a pile of rusty flakes (and the rubber lining of the windows and doors), still resting on wheels and rails that will remain comparatively intact due to their density. ------------------------------ Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/freedom-94 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FV9-gkRxXnWOYmhwErkNKehswI8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10592378984fddfd2c2dae4.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Freedom '94 Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17241870.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xD5_Rr0Qz0N6AT1QTiqVmuQljvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18168975965110140d70f5a.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009672.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F8jIQsqnjv6zTgWmA0hUpRwqRJM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1431215263503818181233c.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | A Wealth of Nothing For as much as the room deteriorates, the plastic on the television will never decay. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511331.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d2Ui7T3lQ-KCqIfeBEVdbjmrgk0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_216635687674dee3ed8fcf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21185904.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jeKD0O1v9JF8m2-w-bgHjpGI61g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2130313772537aca6c48a02.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22096352.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3oh7pSvqqS2c8Hc6UAibEpd7nl0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66621355253ee3b438c540.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/to-manage-the-darkness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e581MQXLj_fJcQAzm0fKkHk4kjU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181351234055bf7390ceaa5.jpgto manage the darkness Although we often associate it with other unpleasantness like pain or misfortune, there are actually some inherently enjoyable aspects to fear. It heightens our senses and makes us alert and aware of the world around us in a way we rarely are when we are comfortable. There is a sense of awe that can often come with it, of realizing the scale of the world around us and how small and fragile we are in comparison. If you manage to keep your wits about you, the aftermath brings pride and relief. If we separate it from actual traumatic life events, as we do in haunted houses or horror movies or even roller coasters, it becomes a popular form of entertainment. We like to safe spaces to confront our fears, perhaps to steel ourselves for the inevitable occasions where courage is required for survival. This prison housed the criminally insane, and this was the entrance from the D Block into the enclosed courtyard prisoners spent much of their time in. The people that were in this place when it was active, the things that undoubtedly happened within the prison's confines, the crimes that lead to confinement, even the concept of the necessity of incarceration: these are all things that I would consider legitimately frightening. In a manner of speaking, I got to stare these awful realities in the face, but in such a way that I was nevertheless shielded from them by the passage of time. Not only are there monsters out there, there are places and things that can in a second shred the safety and stability we spend our whole lives building, and wells of sorrow that can pry apart sanity if one stares into them too long. For some reason I was drawn here nevertheless. I was grateful for the opportunity to see the prison, even though it is designed to make you feel small and alone. I can't say it made me happy or affirmed my faith in the overall justice of the universe, but it made me appreciate my freedom to leave and that I had a world to go back to when I was done. I stared into the well for a day and the things I saw were amazing. You do your best to manage the darkness and rejoice when you are able to leave it behind. ------------------------------ Image and text by Matthew Christopher https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-stain https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w6Yy2zTT7olr9PHJRJPIm543WEQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1644656142559d40ec2fa06.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Stain Glass Cast The entrance to the lower church in the Ascension of Our Lord Church was bathed with a greenish glow from the windows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-better https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RU7o-9jgLBKXTtERuZ-6jQluve4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_305527988590e1b83d6b7e.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Better Days Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2008 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20479754.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/82Lb4ULvNXaV1zIKE09joJj3dOc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117012911553137bcc10464.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | The Last Loom The one remaining Nottingham Loom at the Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-forsaken-abandoned-home https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0PNu_jbwZpH5T9-DidulhmbI3XM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179336028056fb360fd373d.jpgGary, Indiana | Forsaken Abandoned Home Abandoned home. Gary, IN. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14098414.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_1027809644f2f64d923a33.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Disassembled Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863207.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f76jH2iy_624_NOepVopNFLvLmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3189540986137d837acf80.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-reclamation-process-holmesburg-prison https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xFVk9avF07hx8spZbiLKnyLbZYM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17063090194fcf71264cb25.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | The Reclamation Process Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fearful-symmetry-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IdRf05inpOhbPVZP9LiI7f2_lz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10973300574fcf71221cbd2.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Fearful Symmetry Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889302.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ALhHWYx2MBKnJFDtg2JhNoWaUyU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_560765044d744ebc5ad2f.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Ornate Light Fixture Most of the rooms are redundant messes of sodden plaster; finding one with a shelf and a light fixture intact was a bit of an event. --------------------- Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-force-of-nature https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NJcYNxk4GE0NypkX3TH8edPiDws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9462611345ea8629f3c74e.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | a force of nature "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy." George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-blast https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CQOJ6oOlUkbZPr0ZmybgtEEa1os=/wbr/1747161032/15678_844558260515d07ef8d289.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Blast Furnace Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-american-citizens-handbook-holmesburg https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tnq_-RVz4Fx_nY0-tBx9OuSSrTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7296558014fdca843c312f.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | The American Citizen's Handbook Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823134.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g82uLft2vvnlJEaROdyr5zSmepM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19797492114d6d5f870f95a.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Admin Hallway Photo taken in the administrative section, outside where parole hearings were held. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47355056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kSN6HJ1lN-UNRbamRxkX7qPP4Bc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_901703633632df2baa06b6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NF8OFO_I2UHeVDY89Expc8TulHI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3619105185eb583a401e60.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-wood https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PmDze4bgrP-YBc763txAkVHLgy8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7060413453137bb7d62c6.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Wood Brick Floor Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112479.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bEqMd9Bwzsn_kQ5wK-fFHmQirug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50690254163b72a223ef09.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808055.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_91626655364ef7abd8af95.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/central-hub-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CPhuGZVjgExI8cwiqE6JnIByeLI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5492870575526cbdd69982.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Central Hub Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/if-you-left-me https://photos.on-this.website/wm/idhghzuidI8b4_oyFGrvM5YzwpE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15181737794e11056fa5044.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | if you left me if you left me, all the ropes and chains in which i was bound would wind their way back around me, and i would sink deep into the frosty ground, into the litter and the brittle leaves of dead weeds where you found me. ------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-bus-ride https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0P04Rt86OCNaXEbsUpR4PRvqYkk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9594747515a6f5941193b2.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Backlot Tour Bus Ride Entrance The Backlot Tour Bus Ride entrance by twilight https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-they-left-part-1 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p2P22C8Sws5Nd3dfqK4foJyxch0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16852155764e13de8033a01.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | when they left i remember when they all left - there was an odd silence as they collected their things - coffee cups, family pictures, all in bags and boxes, shuffled away to parts unknown. i remember their awkward goodbyes, as though it were all some horrible practical joke, as though someone would call it off at any moment - but no one did. ------------------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA. The majority of the Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-central https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WZNh85U4Pir2iNx-nxBqIZLUuPU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5347926164d7423f5ea932.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Central Hallway Each of the 18 wards connected to this central hallway, which was two football fields in length. The wards were staggered so as to prevent air from one entering another and would treat one particular disease; there was one for whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever, favus, and diphtheria, and two wards each for trachoma and tuberculosis. ------------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342502.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UyM1RsKfSgaVvdT46yTvsqUTUg4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1271041386538e8bd3e9963.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Peeling Patio Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20376987.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AFVtJhKd3SNnzqww1ODNxsVPisI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_158652338852feacfbb9a91.jpgPhotograph taken at Atlantic Avenue Power Plant (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26451961.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cQESmS3qI1_lPJKHsMxNj7ehSqY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_207050055856987a2b6ce2d.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Water Damaged Room After scrappers tore a hole in the roof, many rooms like this suffered severe water damage although reading online reviews indicates there may have been some even when it was operational. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-a https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PHTsZMrvt5U5dKhq3kpRPBU_v68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1738423573515d08381c922.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | A Riot of Leaves Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009682.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b0bW8esZTTCSPwB9D-gJ94fm-8k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2065526651503818cf09fef.jpgPhotograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-fox-hotel]The Fox Hotel*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888043.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UQg8XVfDGDkwOBlq7BEV830XffQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20253189462f560df0b6f2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-orchha-ruins-monkey-house https://photos.on-this.website/wm/79VuwHW3lp-djfdsqonJJvACsu0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4705867395d48727c15499.jpgAbandoned Orchha Ruins | Monkey House Monkeys relax on a balcony in the ruins of the abandoned town at the base of Jahangir Mahal Palace in Orchha, India https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-war https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x8DjYK-GkuNGLRvZgF0l4VZ_PWY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1384977774519d0d678418e.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | War Zone Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/unchallenged-by-recognition https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sPSip0H6r3LhCqa2wkcN_Zi4n7g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5383271584e12a51bcc77f.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | DCCC Hospital Exterior Staring across at the hulking ruins of the District of Columbia Children's Center hospital building at sundown. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20001809.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DUPOTmDR-69B4yBJ0bPBtu9xIHI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_292187938529fab0f426c7.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-administrative https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7PGoZxgdRQCJXrZW5HdP5WSLLg4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_157328923053137ba77f705.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Administrative Section Administrative offices, Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/been-through-some-dark-times https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_EHnopYy8WPLSaikODV-ytJGMeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8401908875292c23d59bb5.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | been through some dark times I've been through some really dark times. ------------------------------- Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The General Cinema Corporation closed the theater in 1993 and it was used as storage for Diamond's Men Store afterwards. The ray of light lasted mere minutes after I arrived, and then was gone. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247141.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ryhtLRguJOiOYxsGGkozRxLfuC0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182902637263235a8b06d9c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-once-a https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m3Yd1h_TBDhP2GfWtkrfiI1l7ws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3587209085536dad0b09fe.jpgLong Beach, CT | Once a Home Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-blue-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ik-W9qBkgfALWVWfLM37DV9aMkk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14520484954f763657bb808.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Fireplace Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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[u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-one-i-fed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ef_-k3OUhYErJmNJGnXD55HPAkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13925142804ddaae521e2e7.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | the one i fed One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." Author Unknown ---------------------- Power plant. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187012.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zdqBac7Dgaf6OVjtg08t938kBXE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_35843421452cef8c08159c.jpgGarman Opera House (Bellefonte, PA) | Stage View Garman Opera House, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19920155.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HkQLfIXMAzsRf1furl7nIbga74c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18967813405292c1c33917a.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Out of Nightmares Fire damaged dresser in abandoned hotel detroyed by arson. From all appearances nobody was able to return to the building to save any of their belongings; most were ruined but in some places they remained untouched. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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I now believe that the room itself was painted black, but there is still indication of some sort of fire in the back of the room by the door, where the red trim is blackened. Through the doorway in the back of the frame the entrance I went through is visible. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-trestle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O8j6F38WECPWMAJPECD0TxmLuE8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1501501325515d07c4f2139.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Trestle Expanse Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-overgrown https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IeOfm12t5Or8BrMvx9rNQmKzL4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2015733477515d0865f1df3.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Overgrown Deck Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823126.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k0ckUFPYPDyj8elr6xG0kZIbFlE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13551688544d6d5f789b966.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Cell Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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(illegible due to picture angle) thank you very much. The lessons that taught me to read and pronounce words would have been harder if you didn't help. You were one of the most helpful and caring of all my teachers. The spelling bees and games that made work fun. If it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't read so well." --------------------------------- Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47732508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HvB4uz7IhKaL6ltDcJQnL-BxTZo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19201723666356ec6376ab4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-frozen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zlehlAfjEXiIuNajnkh4AdebHGI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6470222105313704b2be73.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Frozen Floor Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808105.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_206161013464ef7ae20ddba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13492380.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KFF7fxS0Qo_XROMIVS5LGvt7iJw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4561354874eb9b11ee5478.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Apse Diagonal View St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092641.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-Lwz1JvvmBKF5xfTusyxr_aTN6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60624208553ed1cadd84c6.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-ward-privacy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0PUXjtgg4vcv-N_tesPxtXyeaw8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7211468635d3f486e20a61.jpgWard Privacy Walls | Allentown State Hospital Privacy screens in one of Allentown State Hospital's wards still gave residents little personal space https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112481.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8NuSv2Ghe9IhscDGocC9LKfRRUw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_128349203363b72a606939c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-enormous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0lB9reF-5ebn_rEDIDMIf6kiWwc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_766614160516cbc5e2f4ce.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Enormous Conveyor Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778109.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aE8A0t4Os72zwpUUXuJldSB1a64=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188650526461e8819322d92.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dDJQB7qAU1FJN_yvWojhbtp6H9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_424170284d6d60d0a3e23.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Power Plant Photo taken in the prison power plant. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14132937.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hZHm1f_lyX2jOu98LmYkUqDKvZU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14414510054f381b1d3ca14.jpgNew Castle Elks Lodge (New Castle, PA) | Historical Photo Historical image of the New Castle Elks Lodge <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FcUFfPi8ZqIKUAtTFsJFDkMHNZ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_34600647863b72aed57a5d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-reduced https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fG1LcEysP7qo4WA0bXO546hSvsw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1809341412519da2c93cb2c.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Reduced to Rubble Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/caged-stairwell-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LfGYYWkI3Ga7YNSgN8R4sfCJlv4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11410337964e2e2cb87f54b.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Caged Stairwell Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-flooded https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GGAr-UiYT2_skMBUiXyH9fl9Rh4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119160849051ff321d2aae3.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Flooded Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26159747.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-RpZX34pTGH36ErvAV4Rn-ZMn_Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10368913225650b9edb0d5d.jpgSo many strange and surreal scenes one comes across in abandoned places. Like in dreams, things aren't where they normally are but you have no idea who put them there or why. You just wander, from vignette to vignette, and after a while you no longer attempt to reconcile the disparities in what you are seeing, much like the rest of life. You accept that your reality is what it is because it is what is right in front of you, not because it necessarily makes sense. We know we all will awaken one day, but not to what, and not whether it will be any more substantial than the plane we already inhabit. We need things with no explanation to jar us from our waking sleep and remind us that which we consider concrete and tangible is just as flimsy and insubstantial as any other fevered vision just before it is dissipated at dawn. ---------------------------------------- Photograph taken at an abandoned resort; photo and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-kitchen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e67CUBBhpgKZu3TZemTrSi77wHY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203953798551ff2f1c1cb9c.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Kitchen Kitchen area, Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813724.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8V2yo9vd32rL1HG3Tb4EgPrDOLA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14556831724d6c3cf6dad76.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia) |we can all be as one There are times when I feel as though I can pull it all back together - draw the shards of broken glass into the window panes, reassemble every brick and stone into the walls they once formed. I can feel the energy arcing between the cells of my body and it seems like it will consume me, reuniting all the tattered rags and shattered lives, undoing the scars and aches, the hateful things we said and did, the times we turned our backs on each other. I can see the floors shudder and then the crooked angles straighten, and all the wrongs are righted all of the lost opportunities, forgotten friends and lovers and dispelled dreams rise from their depths like the dead rising from the grave. I can feel it. Somehow, somehow we can all be as one. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808063.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_75649069564ef7ac22225d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21321515.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iGrNRn2jXmhUlJBrdHrRlsWpJo0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_546288626538b8c652c835.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | Lower Sanctuary Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11530628.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ICXbrAwgPb_D0_U-YsPqwpfDwpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_371012014e29bb3407eaa.jpgFew places ever contained such joys, wonders, and terrors as this china factory. At well over 35 acres, some of the sections still had undisturbed baseball schedules and pin ups from the 1940s and 50s. Because it was built in stages by different companies and closed in stages, the upper floors were a maze of unconnected sections and impassible collapses. The result was that it felt full of infinitely different spaces, some containing belt driven machinery and wooden tables and some overgrown with glorious explosions of moss. For as much time as I spent there, I know there were places that I never saw, and many things I never photographed. Now I'll never get the chance. RIP, old friend. Not many people were aware of you or cared, but getting to know you was one of the happiest days in my life. Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808108.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_131071825764ef7ae44cc69.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-this https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fIDezP_B9n2BHkYbP06OkkCf2k4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185363893956ae5a409568b.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | This Place Matters Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/every-empire-must-fall https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cA1qja_D35WNgmuYf0oD4s7Gb5E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12470949034d2e8887ceef7.jpgevery empire must fall the same bleak fate awaits them all: every empire must one day fall. -------------------------- Atlantic Avenue Power Plant (a pseudonym), text/image by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684051.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tX-tNo9oDIn_XvD0LDwSczARvW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_26270114461c3ba06bac2d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777843.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V05KVNTtRxPI9ujIpvtTJ08B8Hw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19687957105af34e17ac2f7.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Second Floor Hallway The second floow hallways of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home were very dark in some places and hard to navigate https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-thanks https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zGUnUfO3Gm1PUNI91jW23wo9wP0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1912246566516cf2e880482.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Thanks For Nothing Vick Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610561.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GWUkqWwGIciayDNKVBfVGAp-lBw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_609513915532c945ae2629.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Disarray Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813710.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OE916LgvZNuY04hnOltc48fdTSE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11919465274d6c3c368c559.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | Basement Stairs Stairs leading from the lower church to the main floor --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/roots-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KxCy1uyGbSkOcafNZgM468B8RIA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2628453754dddc3a2b6a6d.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Roots Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-stairway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n3iBE3k2bfiVi7Vr5c0eBkmsHvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5372711855a7ccffb617b0.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | stairway to heaven Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17738865.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/40NCaLiR3kjdDZfJtDPS0ExvkVw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1125662542516cbc7a61840.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Trestle Ladder Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17685911.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gOtbMWhMC4j3dAvOlxwgt3uUoBY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12148870385165af09c075f.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Trestle Shed Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-seared https://images.on-this.website/15678_1074264751531f76d50fe19.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Seared Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2010 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808435.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_139452583464ef8107cfc14.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23695438.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HtpXcQrJ8rc_pL7YDgsuc6Ee_no=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169022192754fe22a8d0c1b.jpgPhotograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-fading https://photos.on-this.website/wm/efkwR7OmxfQZ5YPQzDO8EsZvR-g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16184690445313703bcfff4.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Fading Light Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15498475.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Dt79mc7PD_La_47Eb65kGhzPOnw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7529539714ffa77e934634.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069346.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lcGKOZXGk-J0r5A2wW6K_IZ3g18=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10957286324e11099690f5b.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ite-missa-est https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TV7J1umPsikcbapSOYtiuYhP5_Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7845451004d6c3d1a72a93.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | ite missa est Top comparison shot of the church while it was still active, taken from a commemorative booklet published in 1955 --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307635.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4HNypXLKvxZMdZdyxfBC8QYbmKU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5213886125db60f4f6bf57.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Staircase Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16233122.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L_q856RE0oNThl86oidUFZmuiRg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_197626771250563ad8255e0.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14122187.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bdeIc4e21uFz_y--sd3hIR1rT3A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_671800104f355448d2436.jpgI am a fairly outspoken critic of graffiti being an 'art form'. while most people think of some of the more elaborate and intricate pieces they've seen and romanticize it as street art (ala Banksy), 99% of what I encounter are misspelled racial slurs, poorly drawn genitalia, and swastikas. Still, every now and then you do run across something that was clearly done by someone with some talent. ----------------------------------- Photograph of the Essex County Prison in New Jersey by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fn7tqBRah1VDoWCnKBE_Tc4zMIw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15883955355a5e98e601ef7.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Clean Those Bobbins Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25848271.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jAUETjQh-fmYrYPMA7MiRwFfeDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1065210077561b0d4327893.jpgHarmony House Resort (a pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/interior-of-entrance-station-holmesburg https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IOx0G4x7iX9Dd7B6HxXSv3_hBfM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18703621965526cbd757392.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Interior of Entrance Station Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lace-company-scranton-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XRlimp0PrhnMioK4IlCPY2MayC0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_56518565559ae1519e2b0.jpgScranton Lace Company, Scranton PA Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2013 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lace-factory]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-catwalk https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sXW3aRhzXNIKZ6zWjH0cipogSgc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5690492475ea78fc93e17a.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Catwalk Detail [u][/u]Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-theater-auditorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RAiv75xn_ntybIK430xaNBeev3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2501816724f7636543835e.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Auditorium Theater Theater at Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889412.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XmyHz_YHA4Z_IGaaeCUEtSscdQ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5509061835ab3f5fa7deba.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Basement Day Room In one of the day rooms nestled in a basement, the nurse's station on the left is still intact, as are the posters which are an attempt at brightening the atmosphere. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646789.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XyQVjW5cC7GWlTX8AW7mgAM7jr4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21117131636348921259d74.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/f-4-phantom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-CGxZ0P19d3LQlz6FQUTbbsDlFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4042979814ddd8c6cd43d1.jpgF-4 Phantom | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Mothballed F-4 Phantom Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-out https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ekkmBS6m8yQ7Sx8rjqRV4FOC5So=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39357008351ff2f2ba699a.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Out of Time Clock tower at the Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-snowy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iktX1U7hx1s0UWN8e6tqGby8vYw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11255333675313702c2a289.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Snowy Courtyard Central courtyard. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-slag https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9EG_nDTLjxHj-e6_NYOp6Vn3AM8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9592283054ddbe74ec8301.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Slag Cars This image shows slag cars below the blast furnaces. The slag cars were built by Treadwell in nearby Easton, PA. These cars carried slag, which was a byproduct of iron making, from the blast furnaces to the slag dump. The night sky would light up red when the molten contents of the cars were dumped. The slag soon solidified and was mined for use as road cinders, mineral wool, concrete, and other uses. - information provided by the National Museum of Industrial History ------------------------------ Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-lobby https://images.on-this.website/15678_1660757174531f757500b55.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Lobby Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-stark https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ARR6tzdm7an-XKkC1i4wzaxzcgA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14996902944e13de4a058d3.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Stark Shadows Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-point-of-disconnection https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uq8IB4HaHpOBARAujXJQinq8WWA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13850518865d43311c4d8a5.jpgthe point of disconnection There is a kind of aching in a place like this, a failure to maintain our end of an unspoken deal between lowly mortals and that which is holy and divine. Even if one shrugs off organized religion and its myriad of rituals and symbols, even if one denies the existence of a higher power, there is still something compelling about the loss of faith and hope that they represent to those who worship there. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247129.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7x7A8PkaB0nPbKZ0W6pjmdczeqQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2024666403632359f19f9ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-weathered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KEi3tPZvkF-0I4YramTJpyLhZjA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209761544467843649063c4.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Weathered Away Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-snow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BfH2J-XIC1mupgqjKGIYXk0mN9k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_926482599678435c8700a0.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Snow Masks Holes in Floors Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-ghostly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X5MldYdV0cJHy7CDdqDCMlms528=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3590886025a53f88a9c926.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Ghostly Sightings https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-home-fading-patriotism https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qLrnMTEVHmSxz5uDt0UunK-f5PI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6768720204f19b8bec490d.jpgAbandoned Home | Fading Patriotism Photograph taken in Stoverdale, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Hidden away behind a new McMansion development, the abandoned neighborhood of Stoverdale was one of the oldest in Derry township. The original Christian camping community in the area, a divide in its members led to the foundation of Mt. Gretna when there was a schism over whether or not to sell peanuts on Sundays among other things. When people started living there permanently, there was a row over the condition of the lower income houses and, more to the point, the fact that they existed at all in the otherwise fairly wealthy area. Slowly but surely the township supervisors choked off the community until it stood empty but for one or two houses. The original buildings were demolished in 2009 to make way for more high priced housing, and almost nothing remains of the site today. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-triptych https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZMQta4MycYWWQHeMNgbXEH35nzI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2649826865550ed077dd1e.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Triptych Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall-cleveland-oh https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QBjSdpMvI7NYxiW3chw3XtX6ap4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_701730413559ae191b1311.jpgRandall Park Mall, Cleveland OH Randall Park Mall, Cleveland OH. 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I believe it was where refreshments were served. Directly above it was attic storage. The floor has rotted out almost completely and several of the props and architectural ornaments have fallen through - leading to a very enjoyable mingling of fake ferns, grapes, and flowers with real ones that are growing in the mulch made by the floor above. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684073.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qs3ANbe_GcZizsclsYFOS426Qx0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196059795361c3ba88cda26.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dying-in-your-sleep https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6Kxx5w5MVNn0jTFfCwNeY6tWgTw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3870626924ddaada16b6ff.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | dying in your sleep what a strange thing, dying in your sleep - instead of having your spirit violently expelled by some calamitous event, it is silently stolen away as though by a thief in the night never to be seen again, nor to even be known to you as lost. and if death itself is like sleep, as some say, it is stranger still to find yourself wandering through the dreams of some monstrous thing that passed away long ago as only a random figment, to be heard briefly and then no more. we do not fear these places because they may contain ghosts - we fear them because they make us realize that is in fact what we are. ----------------------------- Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29839087.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jLTvgN4AR_uSU3eS4lRUIegxr9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8210002795846fbc0b7505.jpgSt Bonaventure Church (Philadelphia, PA) | The Heavens Above St Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia PA. 2014 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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It saddens me not only that many people lost their jobs during Scranton Lace's decline, but also that a place with such an obvious commitment to their workers is no more. ------------------------------ Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2008 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/before-you-turned-away https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mbstZxeJXwHUYWEeQt6faHB5ymo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19578050264dd74ced15aa5.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | before you turned away i still remember how in the days leading up to your departure i fooled myself into believing that it would only be for a little while, and if i could be patient we would eventually be reunited. there had to be a way, if only i were clever enough to think of it. there was a moment, right before you turned away, where i saw it in your eyes. i knew that what had meant so much to me was gone. i knew, and part of me collapsed, though it made no sound. there were so many things before you. the world was yours, and all those qualities about you that i so adored would lead you to successes, laughter, loves, and dreams that i could not share. you did not want me to. i kept it there, that place that i'd made for you. as time wore on, it would fall into disrepair, but still i visited it often and stood in the dusty stillness and glacial sunlight. i stood and i watched as you turned to go, again and again and again. -------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher Exterior, Medical/Surgical complex, Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-ceiling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mjGi2NBwPowppQ3UcTER54xzJ7g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_990918148555bd9df12735.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Ceiling Molding Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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I thought about jumping out for a moment but as I did a large tree hurtled by within inches of my face and I reconsidered. Instead I made my way back to the front of the empty car and tried to see what was ahead through the tangles and brambles that covered the tracks. Only two things seemed clear: that wherever I was going was not like anything I had ever seen before, and it was very unlikely that I would ever return. -------------- Photograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trolley-graveyard]Trolley Graveyard[/url]. Image and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-furnace https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wZ38RpiVgFIPkmcSq98YwSx6VYs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84428882653155680e18fe.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Furnace Power plant. 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Note the way the carpet on the steps is beginning to unravel. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752600.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-9_y_U_4XTycq44pyls_pSwb6dU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1446826214550c88c9d4c28.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Stacked Tables "This is the rear of Syphonies Restaurant. To the left following the wall would take you to the kitchen. To the right following the wall took you to a coatcheck, a guest laundry, the pool entrance from hotel, offices and some guest rooms. There were also 3 meeting rooms on this level originally, the Parkway and Ramada Niagara rooms later called Riverview North and South. These rooms overlooked the pool area. The other meeting room was the original Riverview Room and was converted to a tour bus gift shop." - Brian Green, via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mount-moriah-cemetery-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2BQQH1AtYvQAL2ZYCHvmSjP3EKQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_819460282559ae21fe2393.jpgMount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA Photograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/mount-moriah-cemetery]Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-stage-view https://images.on-this.website/15678_581548054531f86e6daea6.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Stage View Theater. Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23305456.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G0Q3FqdtX9AHtXla0Y8cI2BiyVs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138269951454a5f099c6562.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Chaotic Colors A balcony view of Randall Park Mall's abandoned central strip shows how cavernous the dead mall truly is. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/no-matter-what-we-tried https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PFyHIW1PYPiDrAbBga4fBqz4mdE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15727017755d4329adea5e0.jpgno matter what we tried Though filthy and disorganized, the bright green and yellow paint on the woodwork is still striking; one could imagine that this would have been a fairly cheerful room when it was in use. Plenty of puzzles and literature lines the shelving, and most of the items in the room are still intact. One mysterious aspect is on the cabinet in the background to the far left - on the upper part of the door there are either cat or raccoon paw prints in the filth, higher than an animal could reach. The likely answer is that this heavy cabinet was knocked over at some earlier point during the years the church was out of use and someone set it upright again, which would seem a rather pointless and difficult task in a room that is so disordered in so many other ways. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EQBAXYnt_gwOUbwckGF8L2yWu_Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112820415164ee4026029ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27023584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a6k8OcjK2wyhKxAwQ_l6ok51-dE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181290643756fc5dc138369.jpgFaded photographs of former students of an abandoned school Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The concrete circle in front of it is from a now demolished Dorr plant, which was a water filtration facility that cleaned dust out of the gas captured from the blast furnace. The dust was eventually dried and sintered back into larger chunks which were recycled back into the blast furnace to make iron. Blast furnaces did not produce steel, but molten iron. The iron had a high, roughly 4 percent, carbon content, which made it strong, but brittle. Steel making furnaces, now demolished, were used to convert the iron into steel, which this particular plant forged and rolled into products as diverse as nuclear reactors to beams for skyscrapers. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] ---------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26491661.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TM1GTZjPTppsJ6M9wxTjxofwUcs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90872310956a17a4143476.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Shelter From the Storm Waiting out the storm at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport, PA. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/empty-words-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ct6VB9ILRGnBfbhOWxkMr_eoFw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_622285464528be5f80511b.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Empty Words “Death as the destruction of all things no longer had meaning when life was revealed to be a fatuous sequence of empty words, the hollow jingle of a jester’s cap and bells.” ~ Foucault ------------------------------- Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103352.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eUOL6cmwAFr-5rKgggafR_B3yHU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3588531686526eeddd4a4f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872725.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/juYvMK0Yl0xGBG8Ys3_wbA3-lG0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10232080362f16fc988484.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21275803.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zxxtACMr7BOcYEK8lVji3mn-N5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16459580425384e32d4985d.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y4U1-NRC_mX74MGwvRSqWWMjeFg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21445689463b72b445bbba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-removed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GSpfsTBDX3a3jgb8krZzp7XSgmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15150642795f739f008baa6.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Removed Pews Rows of pews in the lower church of the Ascension of Our Lord Church had been disassembled and removed https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dying-hymn https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gM3TP0AsZjVKnheHfBfVQ6ChSK4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14739901934d7423e00f21e.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | dying hymn dying hymn My soul is full of whispered song My blindness is my sight The shadows that I feared so long Are all alive with light. ~Alice Cary, Dying Hymn ----------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-late-remorse-of-love https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g5ouNoYVSbKKqSeuB3mcOXdjHu4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4884919194e110939d3333.jpgthe late remorse of love But I have lived, and have not lived in vain: My mind may lose its force, my blood its fire, And my frame perish even in conquering pain, But there is that within me which shall tire Torture and Time, and breathe when I expire; Something unearthly, which they deem not of, Like the remembered tone of a mute lyre, Shall on their softened spirits sink, and move In hearts all rocky now the late remorse of love. - George Gordon, Lord Byron ------------------------------ Baltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-snowy-dorm https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gWaaBsdynYu3PYoWxBYMhTo1ljM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_393435341558b15d2ed497.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Snowy Asylum Dorm Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/after-the-fall-part-5 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sRmhHKf2xemp31b1cu6p-BqgxfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21439790615d434b676b0de.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | The Sentinel back in medieval times there were people called sentinels. while the city slept they stood at the gates watching, always watching the blankness of the cold night in which they stood. and when enemies were coming they would raise the alarm, so no one was caught unprepared. there were such people in my time as well, and they warned us and warned us and warned us again... but we wanted to sleep, we wanted the murky comforts of our dreams. it was so much easier to believe that since we thought things had always been a certain way, they always would be. we could deal with our problems some other day, when it suited us to do so. there was no rush. and so we shunned our sentinels and ignored their dire prophecies because with withered hands and faces blackened by what they had seen, they told us all along that the threat came not from some foreign army storming our homelands they told us that we were the ones destroying ourselves. --------------------------------------------- Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-cottage https://images.on-this.website/15678_115223846531f76f054555.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Cottage Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2010 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20430874.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fBfn1RlP39eWTFBNGtj97FKdE3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1737832112530a4a80b92e6.jpgGarman Opera House (Bellefonte, PA) | Black Mold Lobby Garman Opera House, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-complex-holmdel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rkOcNi-8cYZqENKTa3-FHY2g5qk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1981258098559ae4a2ebbe3.jpgBell Labs Holmdel Complex, Holmdel NY Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, Holmdel NY. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/where-death-delights https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RQOkQZOsQUeE3yNqiMo7j4O1sBc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7538996834ddaae4144924.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | where death delights Let Conversation Cease. Let Laughter Flee. This is the Place Where Death Delights To Help the Living. by Giovanni Morgagni This quote, originally on the wall of Pilgrim State Hospital's morgue, refers to the way the when one is somber and silent, death 'helps' the physican by informing them about the malady that lead to the patient's passing. While it would have been logical enough to place the quote alongside the autopsy room as it had originally been intended, I chose instead to place it with the power plant, as I feel in the quote is as applicable to most abandonments - which are now 'dead' themselves - as it is to people who have perished. When one is quiet and respectful, abandoned sites often seem equally eager to impart the details of their own demise to educate those who have not yet followed their path. Very rarely do we (as a society) pay any attention. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lackawanna-steel-lackawanna-ny-long https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lo8AJ1on9L4pW4u7AMRhHItV_5k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17047389814fce274c44061.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Long Office Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19920161.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HTGFGH3Ly_BneCPULCoLSFDfvA4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21175361745292c1f323833.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Sliding off the Side Collapsing hallway. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15898171.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3ptVd1NxAJPUf9NlelNllF1R7PY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2995202135029f72b6c477.jpgPhotograph of the Ocean Vista Tuberculosis Hospital (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/wilde-yarn-mill]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/variety-theatre-cleveland-oh-projection https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Df8mT2jl1yJEYt90S66MceJKvrk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20220143575550ec303f991.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Projection Room Projector room of the abandoned Variety Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Though it is difficult to make out in the exceedingly dim light (enhanced in this photo but nearly nonexistent on the first floor in person due to bricked up windows), the magnificent ceiling molding is the only vestige left of what once must have been a very beautiful room. ILee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33934490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3PCGip0Efe5V_qj_lPUpcZr7rjQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19934431625a5d11697be8e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/snarled-ss-united-states-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5C3CijbQB4SGuu68kwCnTwt8F-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3339308585aa813152822e.jpgSnarled | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23897872.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/saN-WzE0g6pgICsP5RK_dsdayEA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17516067835522d93247641.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Forger's Hood Heat hood, or forger's hood left at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport, PA. Danial Mcdade added in comments via my Facebook page, "notice to the left of the hood, the silver colored garment hanging with it. That is probably an aluminized apron or jacket that would be worn in conjunction with the hood. The silver color rejects the heat. These are also worn by people who do refractory work as well. I worked 26 years in a glass plant and had the opportunity to use this several times." Thanks for the information, Daniel! <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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(McKeesport, PA) | A World Without Us Fragments of the roof and upper floors still cling to their originally intended places at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport, PA. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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(McKeesport, PA) | Oxidized Drawers Rusting storage boxes on collapsing shelves at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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(McKeesport, PA) | Job Postings Job descriptions posted in the ruins of the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting in McKeesport, PA. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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(McKeesport, PA) | Industrial Safety Book Industrial safety manual found at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company showing accidents that could befall careless workers. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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If you stand still for a moment, all of this will stop - you'll see, it told me. It did not stop, and the car was gaining speed, careening madly into the forest. Tree trunks and branches scraped against the side of the car and battered the windows. I made my way over to the door, which was flapping open and shut with the momentum of the turns. I thought about jumping out for a moment but as I did a large tree hurtled by within inches of my face and I reconsidered. Instead I made my way back to the front of the empty car and tried to see what was ahead through the tangles and brambles that covered the tracks. Only two things seemed clear: that wherever I was going was not like anything I had ever seen before, and it was very unlikely that I would ever return. ------------------------- Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fort-pitt-casting-co-mckeesport https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AHt8tWBHw6wpdEndfboTU-TismE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5546859605522d9231214f.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Entry Bay The entrance to Fort Pitt Casting Company was wide open, back in a different era when people cared less about trespassing urbex photographers. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The unraveling of the carpet here is very pronounced and reminds me of a waterfall coming down the staircase. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital-taunton-ma https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NqvxmvuLd4Zft4YFQN6trZmNQuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19034156504d73d8b8346ef.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Dayroom Blues Taunton State Hospital, day room. As it was at one of the ends of the building, this ward would most likely have been one of the 'snake pits', the term used for the wards where the most violent or ill were kept. Hospitals like this one, built following Thomas Kirkbride's plan, had one main entrance in the central administration section and the thought was that the further the most ill were from it, the harder it would be for them to escape. --------------------------- Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17862214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bTqheN29UwSaAXBwws05jJRvnDQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7266999195a4fec0d7ea12.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Altar View Altar view circa 2013. Much of the stonework has been removed. St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. 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Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/after-the-fall-part-7 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BiJ6eiTi-UERb3UxtDVzVf4eZUI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15737334944d6c4fd4cb112.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | the memoirs of a bad man I find myself having the same nightmare over and over. In it, it's a long time ago - way back before the floods and the second Civil War, before all the plagues and starvation - and yet I know all the things that are coming. I try and try to tell people, but the words won't come out of my mouth right. I say the same mundane things I said before it all unraveled, I act as though nothing is amiss - but I see the terrible shadow cast over everything and know that because I am not doing anything, it will all happen again, and it is all my fault. Among the few that are left now, there is a constant grief for all of those who perished as catastrophe after catastrophe pounded things that had taken thousands of years to build into pieces. I am not sorry for those people we lost, though. They never had to live to see what their actions, their complicity, had brought. They were spared day after unending day of hunger and discomfort, of shame and remorse. They all sleep quietly now, while the responsibility of what we all did is shouldered by so few. We all knew it was coming, but it was too big to face it individually so we went along with it, we hid - and in doing so it became a part of us, and we it. Our penance is the knowledge of what we were, what we could have been, and what we have now become. ----------------------------- 'the memoirs of a bad man' taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-ore https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qkIa9em2ajgTdq61MZopRbHrOf4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14057666775aab02259f827.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Ore and Coke Bins Looking east under the Hoover-Mason trestle, this view shows the ore bins (to the right) and coke bins (to the left) that once served blast furnaces F and G. These small furnaces were built in the early 20th century, but demolished in 1965. At the end of the track is the scale car repair barn, where the best preserved scale car is still parked over the inspection pit. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org/]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] --------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The C5 is one of the biggest military aircraft in the world: as tall as a 5-6 story building (65 ft.), 247 ft. long with a 222 ft. wingspan, and 380,000 pounds without any cargo and capable of a maximum takeoff weight of nearly a million pounds (840,000 to be exact). My guide informed me that they were capable of carrying six Greyhound buses in a line three long and two wide. One of these behemoths alone is so large as to be hard to comprehend, but the ghost formation sitting in the desert is mind-boggling. I think if I had the time, I could have spent an entire day in this section alone. ------------------------ Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/garman-opera-house-bellefonte-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7rJr0YQEpnoKt7lW9ivdwa5zjdI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129517523852cef8b20ff59.jpgGarman Opera House (Bellefonte, PA) | Balcony View Garman Opera House, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-moment-heard-and-then https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Th8ocGagacd_7xk0ul2TkTopZUw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2689363524dd74b77124c0.jpga moment heard, and then forever past O ye familiar scenes,--ye groves of pine, That once were mine and are no longer mine,-- Thou river, widening through the meadows green To the vast sea, so near and yet unseen,-- Ye halls, in whose seclusion and repose Phantoms of fame, like exhalations, rose And vanished,--we who are about to die Salute you; earth and air and sea and sky, And the Imperial Sun that scatters down His sovereign splendors upon grove and town. Ye do not answer us! ye do not hear! We are forgotten; and in your austere And calm indifference, ye little care Whether we come or go, or whence or where. What passing generations fill these halls, What passing voices echo from these walls, Ye heed not; we are only as the blast, A moment heard, and then forever past. from "Morituri Salutamus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813736.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W_aS1C7-Ph-6_yywkxtEtfa8ETQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2427212554d6c3d32692f1.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | Crucifixion Up above where the altar was, there is a glorious depiction of the crucifixion surrounded by the saints. Interestingly, in the far left you will notice Miles, who is not a saint and has no halo. Rumor has it that Miles is the painter of the scene and this is a signature of sorts. This would not be uncommon as often in cathedrals artisans inserted likenesses of themselves into their work, however it is unverifiable due to a lack of detailed information about the church even within the diocese. I was able to obtain a history written in the 1970s, but understandably it focused less on the building itself and more on the progression of clergy over the years. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vit-ra-tox https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TH-KQbPZWOt9cwNwRQe1CcaESLE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9285431974e12a4a3bbe3c.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Vit-Ra-Tox Originally Vit-Ra-Tox, a colon cleanser, what the composition of the substance in this bottle is now is anyone's guess. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/locked-from-the-inside https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ws2Rj_iXh4o4uOOor2EvrbZkKnA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7997933664d74437fb6690.jpglocked from the inside It seemed to him that there must be something meaningful out there. For all the places he looked, there were only more barren rooms full of pollution and decay, and yet he knew that there must be more. Maybe it was the peace of his own destruction that he sought, maybe it was a divine revelation that would give him purpose and fulfillment. There was magic left somewhere in the universe and in places like these the veil seemed thin, as though he might open a door and find himself bathed in a radiance that would answer all his questions and silence whatever it was that drove him to push harder and harder and harder, burning himself away in the process. He could ascend to the top of every ladder, search every basement, and yet there was still nothing. In the darkest corners there was only more darkness, and in the soft sunlight there was only a restlessness that made him ache. It was as though no matter where he was, it was never the right place - as though he existed a little ahead of, or behind, the time he was meant for, and he was beginning to feel the trail of breadcrumbs he was following didn't lead anywhere at all, that even if he did find some sort of catalyst it would be too late because there was no love left in his heart. Maybe the universe had turned her back on him. While he could catch glimpses of the celestial machinery throbbing somewhere beneath the surface of his perceptions, it was never quite visible. There was always one more catwalk to climb, always one more door to open. He was almost certain by this point that wherever the answer was, it was sealed away forever in some place locked from the inside. ---------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26490376.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V1GthWAvrkNb8uTra3xuIsvWGvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_161422519256a0eec60ec46.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Some Sort of Spill Various chemicals were left out at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company site, mixing with the dirt and water <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26556741.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k6SXfAP6S5AYtDi-NNY1PfZf0hk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106209395456ae5a627f211.jpgVariety Theatre (Cleveland, OH) | Balcony Profile 2 Photograph taken at the abandoned Variety Theater in Cleveland, OH by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theater are currently working to raise funds to restore this building. The Variety Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sink-into-the-illness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NLHRBYTCnm_W0yaxVkeG-FNPCVQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11493286304d73dac671732.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | sink into the illness Without the blood, the sweat, the trembling, the oppression in my lungs, the fog which shrouded my eyes and ears, would I have had the courage to go deeper and deeper ...? I don't think so. If I hadn't had the occasion to sink into the illness perhaps I wouldn't have had the energy to go to the very end of the confrontation with myself. - Marie Cardinal ---------------------------- Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-framing-device https://images.on-this.website/15678_727582317531f86e19b837.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Framing Device Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iW9VmoFW4YoN1fYCIDDNU4VBAdU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21182614814ddad4912c6b7.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-rear-panorama https://images.on-this.website/15678_107610197531f774c3b77c.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Rear Panorama Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-punch https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v45su5gL_rRh29G8Uq89sCP1KEs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112892086951ff2f22863b5.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Punch Card Art Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-spectral https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LWMsgBA1o6g_E5b7fjKuHeSDiBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_37046042355ee64bb843ba.jpgGary, Indiana | Haunting Home Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-office-lonely-vacuum https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IRhb_EdquGrDlsFnEStioYbE8p4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17236135725b54f0b9f2a78.jpgLonely Vacuum Cleaner | Union Station, Brownsville, PA A lonely vacuum cleaner sits in a decaying, abandoned office in Brownsville's Union Station building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-third https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VihHhDoBQt_2HNKsCTbj3b5UOEA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_152260544853136fd256a89.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Third Floor Loading Area Beneath the clocktower on the third floor at the Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-door-to https://photos.on-this.website/wm/omNNL3towtmJZ-SCFSs_QH2Xl2c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_167552663584ed2a4cfb6a.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Door to Nowhere A door to nowhere in the ghost town of Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. 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If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134744.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UxiwaM7nnF8wHdBmczJx_wiQSbU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2096596583664e6357d59d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872723.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fhfB_upy68LwhuBtW8mcQqSCiqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_166719313462f16fa3a0b11.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-elevators https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oKYFsURGU_G2-xSiN6hG79CbHDg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1213313356555bd23da8e99.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Elevators Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187023.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3lsiK8rqZIqamu5Be7UH4jF2wh8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110367142052cef9534e7fb.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Machine Shop Arboretum Explosions of green brighten an otherwise drab machine shop at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport, PA. This was one of my favorite spots there. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-modernist https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DinmAgbyDJ6uHPcMzhcbPL2nxBc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_351430130555bd28c86038.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Modernist Panels Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823170.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OTBx7joiIUR5GWOnRGbRnGJx_qE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17316159124d6d60405ae98.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Infirmary Stairway Main stairway in the infirmary ward. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-sandy-span https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9yimoZwHygN5EI4pFj3cPwwY9sU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16776521385122a8c43b8e8.jpgLong Beach, CT | Sandy Span Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-am-still-with-you https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EsfUWI0HM4xmalUnV-WM4lLEOIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11321579554d73bd843d710.jpgI am still with you Looking back through the ever-accurate lens of hindsight, all the scattered bits of my life coalesce and like a completed jigsaw puzzle, everything I have done becomes clear as one cohesive whole. It should be obvious now that I have been speaking to you not from your side of the veil, but beyond; that I knew all along that my own undoing was nearing and that there was nothing that could be done to stop it. Perhaps you feel as though there could have been some way to prevent it, some magic words to change the past yet my end was inevitable. It always was, and I always knew it. I tell you this now, though I am no longer: do not mourn what I once was. Do not worry yourself with other ways things might have been. I do not want your pity, your guilt, or your sorrow - I only ask for your understanding and forgiveness. I hope you will see that when you walk through these ruins of my life that when freed of the constricting confines of the here and now, I am everlasting. You may see my remnants and remains, but the past - the past is immutable and in it I live on in buildings no longer collapsing, in homes no longer torn asunder. These places were once beautiful and perhaps I once was too. I had hopes and dreams. I laughed and loved. I tried to do the best I could, and I tried my best to make sense of this senseless world around me. I am not sorry my life ended, for that is the way of all things. Please, please do not be sorry either. I am still with you. ------------------------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-shrouded-in-leaves https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e2tp8M3gYmRxwW5mpG1m9KJ_ATg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6336079625602f05f1a936.jpgGary, Indiana | Shrouded in Leaves Abandoned homes. Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-flywheels https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vmvZO2Vq1RKJ2kIpFAYttnrIMD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5820864625aab02f8b8498.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Flywheels and Dials These are blowing engines number six and seven. These are single engines, meaning there is one flywheel per set of tandem cylinders. These engines were built circa 1911 using a design stolen from the Germans. Bethlehem engineers visited German plants during the day, then drew up plans in their hotel rooms at night. Technical journals refer to the engines as being of the Nuremberg type because of their origins in that German city. Extremely efficient (the twin engines reached 50 percent efficiency when combined with waste heat boilers - which were fueled by the exhaust heat of the engines), these engines ran until 1993 when an explosion in the blast air piping shuttered the powerhouse. Steam powered turbo blowers provided the blast air to the blast furnaces until the last furnace was blown out on November 18, 1995. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] ---------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865316.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dhaxqeCrW7DVo_ozlFN8RKk6FNc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18166724024d732c749a32d.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813704.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c_0Qx70V7DZJJIe3RLNnEA1eCCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12065305924d6c3bd59a57b.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | Eagle Detail Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-storage-shelf https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WToXgUezGn-Iva3gSs7f28OmhyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_723561487584ed31c3e3d7.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Storage Shelf A shelf of machinery parts in the abandoned ghost town of Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20610568.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u4vkG-thrcXEdFE2QHiz56B13Fw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_656744435532c9488468c8.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | A Sea of Slipcovers Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20192409.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ChinsxLXv-5h2DgJeVulaOtnmP0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_42779841552d1a13d4bf57.jpgWilde Yarn Mill (Manayunk, PA) | Monitor "I worked in 1983 and 84. I started in the upper building as a baler and blending helper and became the assist shipper before I left. I made the bales of mixed/blended wool that was placed in the Carding Machines that you showed on Instagram. As you see everything ran by belts. to engage the cards the guys would take stick and slow move the leather belt from idle pulley to the drive pulley and reverse it to stop. The motors that drove the cards could 15-20 minutes to reach top running speed. The pictures you have of the floors by the spinning frames bring back memories. I helped replace a lot of the wood floor in 1984. All the color in the wood was caused by years of machine oil. There were little thing about the building that I will never forgot. The upper building had one bathroom in the entire building. On the bottom floor we would take a piss in a hole that was in the floor. You could here the spring water running under the building and I guess it went right to the Schuylkill River. On the first floor of the lower building the was always water coming out right behind the building. The people that worked there were good people. The age range of the workers was from the early 20's to the mid 70's." - Email from Tom W. about his years working at Wilde Yarn If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/la-bella-trattoria-bellefonte-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A4L_A-hTCv4OQB8ocxt8B9ARo5g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107263195652cef8ce7555f.jpgLa Bella Trattoria (Bellefonte, PA) | Swallowing the Column La Bella Trattoria, Bellefonte PA (originally a German restaurant called Schnitzel's). 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-climbing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jTdprUo45xC-sXvHiCLmJha85nA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138866584767843581bcb6d.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Climbing Mold Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-irreplaceable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YGNz8Q1tPQ-XMteqXGJT7BwUgL0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1024846398531407b87f63b.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | Irreplaceable Nottingham Looms. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21275784.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zphHSuxGF4mKQADH-k4t8r00Qfo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_691184345384e2ddb78ed.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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While every few years there is a resurgence of talk about a renaissance in the city, the ubiquitous abandoned homes and businesses are like gaping wounds, evidence that no matter how much publicity or promotion is done to tout a supposed recovery, Detroit is bleeding out. Long past the tooth and nail struggles of decades past to maintain jobs and workers, on many blocks Detroit is more like a ghost town than a battle zone. It is evident when you drive through the business district on a weekday afternoon and notice how few people or cars share the streets, and it is evident at night when the forlorn hulks of crumbling towers soar up into the night around you, their windows all as dark as the grave. The Lee Plaza is one such building; it stretches fifteen floors above street level and gazes down with eyeless despair through the holes where all the windows used to be. The gargoyles and lions that once decorated the facade have been torn out as well, and nearly every unique architectural feature save for the molding on the ceilings inside has been looted by thieves. A few years ago there was a somewhat empty victory as many of the lions were recovered from an architectural salvage shop; several had actually been affixed to a Chicago building that had won an award for preservation. Even though they were saved, and the complex issue of how to protect neglected buildings designated as historic sites was brought up, they were never reattached... and why would they be? The theft continues unabated. The copper roof was peeled off in broad daylight and what little there was that wasn't stolen was destroyed by vandals or by water, now that there are no windows or an intact roof to keep it out. The era of Detroit's industrial supremacy is over. Once the fourth largest city in the United States and the symbol of our dominance in auto production, it is now a sad reminder of the nation's fall from grace. In 2009 the city's unemployment rate peaked at over 28%, and though the auto giants continue to shuffle about in a flurry of restructuring that consists mainly of closing more plants and dealers, the already bleak outlook only seems to get worse by the month. From the point of its founding in 1701 to the glory days when it was known as the Paris of the West, Detroit and the area surrounding it have quite possibly never seen such a dire situation. The city's budget is unable to even support its basic infrastructure needs and children in the floundering school system are asked to bring their own toilet paper with them because the schools can't afford it themselves. One wonders how the area can possibly bounce back, and if it doesn't, what lies ahead? Will the city wither further and further, until it is little more than an overgrown graveyard full of monuments to an era when the dreams that built it still existed? There is a small but tenacious faction of those still loyal to Detroit and the ideals that founded it, and their passion for salvaging the city is evident in their pride and dogged determination to overcome the odds and bring back the businesses and innovators that defined the town in better days. I'd like to see them win. In the tales we are told through movies and television, our own modern mythology, the story of the underdog who beats insurmountable odds to emerge victorious through strength of character and will is one of the most common. It is one of the cornerstones of our culture, a recurring theme that defines our very national identity. The real question is, is it true? Is there hope for the floundering metropolises that dot our country, the multitude of towns like Buffalo and Newark and New Orleans and Cleveland that have sunk into a morass of joblessness and decay? One thing is certain, and that is that the problem is very real and it is becoming harder and harder to avert our collective eyes. Detroit may be the most glaring example, and the Lee Plaza may be one of the many indicators of how far it has fallen, but it is not an isolated incidence nor is it an anomaly. We must all face up to the reality of what has happened to this city now, and the reasons why it has become that way, before all of the symbols of when our nation was at its proudest and greatest look the same way and there is no hope left for recovering them or for recovering ourselves. --------------------------------------------- The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Scott Fitzgerald Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-the-show-finally-started https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FRpshusv9KQ2A5HYW3T7MxktA44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14235168574d487d82df813.jpgwhen the show finally started Photograph taken at Thomas Edison High School (former known as the Northeast Manual Training School), Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/northeast-high-school]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. 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The sconces on the walls were Italian frosted lead crystal. This wing was added in the 1960s." - Brian Green, via comments Photograph taken at the Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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That the interest of the nation was upon her was evident by the fact that over 20,000 visitors stood in line for up to five hours in order to have a look around the interiors that Dorothy had brought to life aboard the new ocean flyer while another 70,000 people filed through the dockside just to get a close-up view of her gleaming exterior." Quote from A Woman's Touch: The Seagoing Interiors of Dorothy Marckwald by Gordon R. Ghareeb ----------------- The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/lebow-brothers-clothing-company]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-balconies https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NnWSkhDmQB5-ChwBpHry0V31Nxs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10137008945908d775b4b157.36947298.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Balconies Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bCl3pYl68T90jGauSduMXigIi6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1191547683559ae186b5ba9.jpgRandall Park Mall, Cleveland OH Randall Park Mall, Cleveland OH. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-wellman https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RAewLkewwYwesxGRaWcqZ_Up8RI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6010065354ddbe73a36d2b.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Wellman Charging Machine This is a Wellman Charging Machine, built by the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio. This type of machine was designed by Samuel Thomas Wellman for charging open hearth steel making furnaces. This machine was used in the Number One Open Hearth, later the Electric Furnace Melt Shop (EFM). It is called a charging machine because it was used to load, or charge, the furnaces with raw material. In the case of the EFM, it moved boxes of scrap into the furnaces. It ran on a broad gauge railroad track parallel to the furnaces, so it could charge multiple furnaces. It features a long arm that travels forward and rotates to empty the boxes of scrap into the furnace. The stars on the machine were painted during the Cold War by Laurence Kish. He received permission from his boss to paint them on the condition that they not be painted red. - information provided by the National Museum of Industrial History ------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889236.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tcwl16gz1PVmZhUZKLPtPMLjXVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12373741874d744569a3495.jpgThe relatively unmarked exteriors of the coal tower and the power plant itself give little indication as to how much their interiors have changed, even in just the last four years. Cavalier posting of identifying information on the internet and increasingly easy access have led to unchecked vandalism and scrapping. On the day that I last visited, I spotted no less than a dozen other photographers on the property and two small groups of scrappers running back and forth to a nearby parking lot with grocery carts full of harvested equipment. According to someone I know who has visited the site since then, all entrances have been welded shut, including the coal conveyor. On one hand it is unfortunate because this is an amazing site, but on the other the overall carelessness that has led to this being a well-known location among abandonments is obviously destroying it. The graffiti and theft are a prime example of why some such as myself feel that it is better not to post any identifying information at all until a site is demolished or otherwise beyond damage. ------------------------------ Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-gantry https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CiF1X28I91zYRdLcKI_t6M86-Kg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1060682646516cbc9a236bb.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Gantry Symmetry Gantry crane. Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20411106.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u2FwrydBpAdHMuyA1K0GEzc3gRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2123484331530665de9350e.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Shared Kitchen Community kitchen. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lebow-brothers-clothing-baltimore-md https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xznK1MHwYPoHxhcQPPmMai8uA9s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_207736459652cef84a2a353.jpgLebow Brothers Clothing (Baltimore, MD) | Sharp Dresser Lebow Brothers Clothing, Baltimore MD Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26451960.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dC1Db0YpIa2P1hWfcPzTI3EzB2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50456130256987a17154e3.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Suite I was told by a former employee that this was a suite; Brian Green wrote via comments, "This was one of two suites in the ballroom section of the hotel.Originally to the right of this picture would have been a wet bar , bathroom and bed.These were located above the ballroom itself on floors 3-4 .In one of these suites ELVIS PRESLEY stayed when he played the Niagara Falls Civic Center now the Seneca Casino." I originally thought it was a women's lounge, as it was next to the ballroom area; perhaps it was where brides got ready when weddings were held here. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/machine-shop-2-annex https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0XCWPlsP_f5Fo7MHJ2bvKnR4FR0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13492646474ddbe7405907c.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Machine Shop #2 Annex This photo was taken in the annex to #2 machine shop. The main hall of the shop, to the right, was built in the late 1880s and lengthened in the early 1890s. The annex, however, was added just before WWI. It is four stories tall, but looks more like ten from the outside. This disparity is due to the high ceilings and clearances necessary for the overhead cranes, which served each floor of the buildings. - information provided by the National Museum of Industrial History ----------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rusty-reflections-holmesburg-prison-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ptRHTwU9F7W9sFpa-9_6yqB1GwY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9625932964fcfdb4b46323.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Rusty Reflections Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873386.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F6HlqVXzWXPdLqqj6FKS0ZX6bFM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15118056204e78c1f3876ee.jpgNew Castle Elks Lodge (New Castle, PA) | Elk Head Front view of the decaying elk head on the third floor. As the area where his eyes were had rotted off (likely exacerbated by mice crawling in to fetch hay out of its head), the wood and other materials used to give the head form are exposed. I hadn't expected there to still be bone and organs inside a taxidermied animal head, but seeing materials like this beneath what was once a living creature's flesh give the impression of some sort of horrific medieval cyborg, an 'old school terminator' as one of my witty friends put it. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342309.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KQF3U76UqSJcEYYxgWD9LCplXmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_852111471538e59aedbed1.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Cafeteria Entrance Entryway to the cafeteria. Stairways lead to the auditorium. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-blowing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5hdlAPUB6iLSkn3Zjdw1fOZzmuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15103749905aab0284b82b6.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Blowing Tubs This image shows the blowing tubs of the gas blowing engines. These components are basically giant bellows. These are the parts that put the "blast" of air into the blast furnaces. The largest cylinders housed pistons up to seven feet in diameter that moved back and forth five feet every second. Air was blown at 30 pounds per square inc, which is roughly equal to the pressure of two atmospheres. The smaller cylinders are air receivers. From the receivers, the air was directed to a manifold and then into a blast furnace. The manifold valves were arranged so any engine could blow any furnace. Each single engine produced 13,000 to 18,000 cubic feet of air per minute. The flywheels pictured are 24 feet in diameter and weigh 100 tons each. The newer engines, not pictured, have flywheels that are 28.5 feet in diameter and weigh 115 tons. - information provided by [url=http://nmih.org]the National Museum of Industrial History[/url] --------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-hope-of-results https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n0E2_eGC_V9osPjGPfOp-mWr6wM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6086606984ddbe51b85613.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | the hope of results "Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results, but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself. You gradually struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people. In the end, it is the reality of personal relationship that saves everything." Thomas Merton -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-unsecured https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3ofEF8g319yV0i0KMAVOMpkWEIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18099544585ea78f6617d4d.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Unsecured Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/but-in-the-end-no https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ba5LpkQyY2mDwTnCHBYwuFT2Jso=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2123594788503818113dcae.jpgbut in the end no one ever came Photograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/fallside-hotel]the Fallside Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19920157.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gw4imyR6ljURcgZZLolMyKhLpWk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13252951275292c1cc1276e.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Memories Charred picture frame. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-remorseless-progression https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GF3NAfK_x0Y121_9_PEHOWTLitU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19219135934d6d5ef3dc68f.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | the remorseless progression Such is the remorseless progression of human society, shedding lives and souls as it goes on its way. It is an ocean into which men sink who have been cast out by the law and consigned, with help most cruelly withheld, to moral death. The sea is the pitiless social darkness into which the penal system casts those it has condemned, an unfathomable waste of misery. The human soul, lost in those depths, may become a corpse. Who shall revive it? - Victor Hugo ---------------------------- If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-biggest https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h0QMVm1D4J9KzZs8iizvvh84PPc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_782563695555bd3bcb07b9.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Biggest Mirror Ever Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/what-if-i-told-you https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qDA1cDlIfkxn9RWvyONh1OebQAQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1613291881527a8430809ae.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) what if i told you it's all a lie "what if i told you it's all a lie?" taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-welcome https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x6ZXijKRBDAzo_brAVDzOGHDQ0w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1491369738555bd3843ae9e.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Welcome Desk Entryway. Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-entry https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EhVoYfUNdLCh5AUZvbc0tw0LHK8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1863838703555bd1d1f0dfc.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Entry Lobby Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. 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Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23746669.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ic_jZo-UZ2uiDMHQMQ8A87GG4-g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1326779381550b1940223d5.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | The Circle Restaurant Known as "The Circle", during the hotel's heyday this was the place to be seen at in town. "I worked at this hotel in 3 of its various incarnations. This room was historically called the circle dining room for obvious reasons. later it was called Symphonies .This is when the decor you see was added.There was big band , jazz and swing bands playing every friday and sat night with dancing on the circular wood floor you see. Lou Powers Orchestra was the main band I remember playing. Boy he could make Louie Armstrong sound so good." - Brian Green, via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bell-labs-holmdel-nj-basement https://photos.on-this.website/wm/otaFgoyadjwzOULxSezVDNbX2yI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1366300391555bd2ce2902d.jpgBell Labs (Holmdel, NJ) | Basement Stairwell Photograph taken at the abandoned Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-anonymous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JqqwXhSg4Eoq8aKONh0JpaKiZo0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_287539668584ed2e90e1da.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Anonymous The heat and lack of moisture preserves buildings like this relatively well Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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B-52s like this one were chopped into five pieces as part of the START I treaty between the US and USSR. Stephen Talaga adds in the comments, "B52-G This section would be called the "41" section. No idea why they would still have it. All B52-Gs have been removed from active duty. Most have been cut up as part of the SALT agreement. Only B52-Hs remain. Less then 100 B52s left. This One #6486 was built in 1956" Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873390.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5N3w548IAJewToi5dlJDVbpIlxY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20738897014e78c2002a903.jpgDirectly outside the oval room on the third floor, the evidence of structural deterioration becomes frighteningly evident. One of the great problems with wooden floors in buildings like this is that there is very little to tell when they are stable enough to hold your weight or when they have rotted out below the surface and are just about to fall through like this. The refreshment room is visible beyond the collapse, and in the rubble one can make out several small fake flowers as well as one large light stand that must have been used for performances. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/after-the-fall-part-3 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SlErYz_slP8jzUDXXfHr9B8-aKE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2523096254d6c50127bef3.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | a house on fire I remember when people started stirring one by one at first, but then as the sirens and the alarms began blaring, we all started to really see what we had done. It was like awakening in a house on fire, where even our sheets and bedclothes were burning. We found our remaining loved ones and made our way out through the acrid smoke and heat only to discover our whole neighborhood, our whole world had become an inferno as well. There was nowhere safe, nowhere secure, no one to console us in the depths of our loss - for together we all were to blame, we all had drifted into our slumber with lit matches in our fingers. Somewhere deep inside we all knew this would be the outcome. We stared into the soot-stained faces of our friends and neighbors and saw our own guilt mirrored in their eyes - but by then there was nothing anyone could do. The gods had gone silent and left us to our consequences. ----------------------------- 'a house on fire' taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25683900.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fTfal97x1CKY6cw-vXAspsuBM6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15126174965602edb600154.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Exterior A The abandoned City Methodist Church, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/essex-county-jail-annex-caldwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mJEQCa_ng_uP9m8koZt_ZIRL7O0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1695171570538e8be322d4e.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Main Entrance Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26491541.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CexJFzG54nt2y5LlDM_4M_EDJWo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_142334321756a1650baa248.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Sunbeams Shafts of light from a tattered ceiling at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport, PA. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/if-only https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DrKRr1bI1mRsHnll6SP35zoyLpA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10622536355031c56b972ee.jpgif only It seemed like it just went on and on forever - burnt corridor after burnt corridor, collapsing floor after collapsing floor, until all the buildings blurred together and all that was left was a never-ending stretch of smashed dreams and snarled ambitions. I couldn't seem to find my way out. Even in my sleep I visited them, lost without my camera as a compass and entirely bereft of context or purpose. They stared at me through shattered window eye sockets and gaping doorway maws, defying me to justify them somehow, to come up with a reason or a meaning, to translate my own sickness through them in a way that would somehow leave us both whole. It wasn't just a matter of finding my way back into the safe and sanitized world of the living, with its prepackaged desires and ambitions contrasted against the backdrop of a swiftly encroaching entropy that was greedily eating away at the foundations of our entire way of life. It was much more difficult to understand and explain than that. Each building I visited confirmed something I couldn't articulate, a dark but long held belief about the utter meaningless and indifference of existence itself and about the terrible toll we take on all of the things around us. If only there was a way out, I kept thinking. There had to be a way. One of these charred husks held something important and sacred. One of these rotted stairways led to an answer I had been looking for my whole life. In my minds eye I envisioned opening a long-locked doorway amidst the ruins and finding myself somewhere else, in a world without all the nonsense - a world where I didn't have to pretend to be something or someone I wasn't, where I could be like other people and just enjoy a nice summer afternoon without the dread and the sorrow seeping in at the edges until I gave up and embraced it. Though my hope was dwindling, I kept pushing myself, daring fate to either give me an adequate response or end me and silence all the noise in my head once and for all. If only it would choose one or the other, I kept thinking. If only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-staff-residence https://images.on-this.website/15678_2112042766531f86fbbeab2.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Staff Residence Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777117.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ikeAOghj2Gscev24bv9mjfFeu0Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_24742697455956587c4563.jpgIce house, Philadelphia PA Sunset at Philadelphia's now (in)famous ice castle. Formerly the Locust Medical Center, the building was destroyed by an unexplained fire in the early morning. Due to the frigid temperatures the water used by the firefighters froze almost immediately, encasing the entire area in a block of ice. Thankfully no one was injured. Certainly gives you more of an appreciation for what firefighters endure. <a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Frozen-West-Philly-Building-in-Danger-of-Collapse-292292001.html" target="_blank">Learn more about the ice house here,</a> Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/free-at-last https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HI46NXij99lv3tloNsRU_Ji27QU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15815715494d73dac0af753.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | free at last A brief candle; both ends burning An endless mile; a bus wheel turning A friend to share the lonesome times A handshake and a sip of wine So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last. - written by Charlie Daniels, en route to the funeral for his friend, Ronnie Van Zant of the band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. ------------------------- Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21061393.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Eu1I9SrW2hm8bZCC3n6uCclSHGM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2125572562536db8694157f.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Balcony Window St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12873378.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IOGpHDrQWD0H53qRkWWLOjEPTF0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19597119714e78c1e3ad26e.jpgThis room was behind the great oval room at what would be close to the front of the building. Due to the state of structural deterioration nearly no straight lines exist; I am confident that the shot is aligned properly, but even the chimney visible outside is listing slightly. <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/by-the-numbers-ss-united https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IZAZ-VTwPB2l8f8Js-0MpR_i9D4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19004937304d6c61b220499.jpgBy The Numbers | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) The SS United States in numbers: Length: 990 ft. Width: 123 ft. Weight: 53,329 tons 35 ft. below sea level Passenger/crew capacity: 3,101 2 funnels, 60 ft. long and 55 ft. high 145,000 lbs. paper used in planning Building proposed: March 26, 1946 Cost: over $72,000,000 12 decks high 24 public rooms 2 theaters 19 elevators 3 orchestras Removed from service: November, 1969 241,000 horsepower Top speed: 43 knots/20 in reverse 29.5 tons of meat in the kitchens 3 tons ice cream 15 tons of beer 125,000 pieces of china 6,000 crystal goblets 7,000 bedspreads 4,000 passenger blankets 44,000 bed sheets 81,000 face towels 7 caskets for the hospital Tickets: $360/first class to $170 tourist class Troop capacity: up to 15,000 Total miles in active use: 2,700,000 Source: Picture History of the SS United States by William H. Miller, Jr. The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-snoopys https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LG861KhJpqwhnlEDey1Wi_A-ngM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107542438862c4964d1373f.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Snoopy's Obliterated Maw Another one from my upcoming 'photos that can drive you mad' series, I don't know what is more unnerving: Snoopy's black soulless eyes, his skull-like forehead, or his obliterated maw. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/things-which-are-not https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CAQuX0MotwMx7K1TPkKHgC_pGQo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10079819924e12a3bb75e2d.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | things which are not Study me then, you who shall lovers bee At the next world, that is, at the next Spring; For I am every dead thing, In whom love wrought new Alchemie. For his art did expresse A quintessence even from nothingnesse, From dull privations and lean emptinesse: He ruin'd mee, and I am re-begot Of absence, darknesse, death; things which are not. - John Donne from "A Nocturnall upon S. Lucies Day, Being the Shortest Day" ------------------------- Raccoon pawprints across the muck in a basement room in the hospital at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/in-memoriam https://photos.on-this.website/wm/78Oqx4WxPCSBfqp5tWTdZMus-kA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7298812364e12a3b5a550e.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | In Memoriam Photograph taken in the morgue of the children's hospital, home to one of my most disturbing experiences ever. "In Memoriam" by Percy Bysshe Shelley My lost William, thou in whom Some bright spirit lived, and did That decaying robe consume Which its lustre faintly hid, Here its ashes find a tomb, but beneath this pyramid Thou art not - if a thing divine Like thee can die, thy funeral shrine Is thy mother's grief and mine. Where art thou, my gentle child? Let me think thy spirit feeds, With its life intense and mild, The love of living leaves and weeds Among these tombs and ruins wild;- Let me think that through low seeds Of the sweet flowers and sunny grass Into their hues and scents may pass, A portion - ------------------------- Photograph taken in the morgue of the Disctrict of Columbia Children's Center hospital at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-man-with-nothing-inside https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GV4HDdmSZ19ygNhZjU-mWA33EsQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3239395914e12aea8914f9.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | a man with nothing inside thought it is something that i try to hide, i am a man with nothing inside. ------------------------- Faceless CPR dummies found at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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And when that seed began to grow 'Twas like a garden full of snow. When the snow began to melt 'Twas like a ship without a belt. When the ship began to sail 'Twas like a bird without a tail. When the bird began to fly 'Twas like an eagle in the sky. When the sky began to roar 'Twas like a lion at the door. When the door began to crack 'Twas like a stick across my back. When my back began to smart 'Twas like a penknife in my heart. When my heart began to bleed 'Twas death and death and death indeed. - TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYME ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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She sits now in the port authority's harbor, her insides gutted and her luster faded, as though waiting for the crowds to come back. She was magnificent once, full of music and spectacle, and her pride in this is still evident even if the new generations have forgotten her. Time has not diminished her poise and dignity. she was a hundred feet longer than the Titanic - the largest liner built on American soil, and the fastest ever. Look upon her now, while you can - she is the last of her kind. The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Since scrap prices have dropped so dramatically in the past year or two, the Big U has been granted a temporary reprieve from the breakers, but the lack of value given to her preservation means it is only a matter of time before our opportunity to appreciate her majesty as a source of national pride- something virtually ignored now - is lost forever. If we care so little for the symbols of our nation's greatness, then it is truly our loss and not hers. The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Formerly the Locust Medical Center, the building was destroyed by an unexplained fire in the early morning. Due to the frigid temperatures the water used by the firefighters froze almost immediately, encasing the entire area in a block of ice. Thankfully no one was injured. Certainly gives you more of an appreciation for what firefighters endure. <a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Frozen-West-Philly-Building-in-Danger-of-Collapse-292292001.html" target="_blank">Learn more about the ice house here,</a> Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-grand-hotel-niagara-niagara https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f2gJc1eWLKvpC4DceRj61VOTCY8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9922198264f19b0ed08faf.jpgAbandoned Grand Hotel Niagara (Niagara Falls, NY) | Lobby Staircase The Grand Hotel Niagara, built between 1923-1925, is one of the more prominent landmarks in Niagara falls. Reportedly Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio stayed there while filming the movie 'Niagara' in 1952. The building was closed in 2007 for renovations and has changed hands several times since. While I was very excited to see the interior and remain very grateful to the owner who granted me access to it, it was a bit of a disappointment beyond the first two floors. The remainder of the building was completely gutted by a previous restoration effort and was not very photogenic. Slated to open again sometime this year (maybe?), there's still a lot of work to be done to get the Grand Hotel Niagara back to functionality, but it would certainly be a boon for the local economy. This photograph was taken of one of the first floor stairways, part of the relatively tiny area of the building that still retains some of its original character. Photograph taken by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009673.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/doCFtXSwlVxDJcedPyQsWnekRgA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1052262074503818340d287.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/packard-motor-car-company]Packard Motor Car Company[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009674.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a7d_toOmJ3zvs6UOWvHvtqIMpg4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_139467360350381841836db.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/packard-motor-car-company]Packard Motor Car Company[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009680.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F0yeshZyuxb7yJDnxdkUs_qRvoA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1471072706503818aad6d8b.jpgPhotograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/harmony-house-resort]Harmony House Inn*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009676.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5bsoGX2mfDvlXWqGkZzjJNHJAqg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16304874355038186b2e190.jpguntil the day we're free Photograph taken in [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/holmesburg-prison]Holmesburg Prison[/url], Philadelphia PA, by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-happy-sleep https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2ieK24lJPGd3BiOdnQSUtHv0y_A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1633036124d487ad7c572c.jpga happy sleep Photograph taken at Bethlehem Steel, Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lansdowne-theatre-street-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sD81W8tIglojIz66zwnJYW2L5_w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11577764275a5cea848b6ec.jpgThe Lansdowne Theatre | Street View Lansdowne Theatre, Lansdowne PA. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752650.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/INeIRjLa2GzbQx-73vQjAq2ofxE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2114964725550c8ec387839.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Misty's Lounge Entrance Entrance to Misty's Lounge. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/northeast-high-school]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19920154.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R2q0Rda6lTcAYn2sQ2O08tusJpM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1491236005292c1b67b129.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Blackened Photograph taken in abandoned hotel destroyed by arson. The people who lived in the rooms were not able to return to them, as the building's condition is too dangerous, so they were left essentially untouched since the blaze. Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-disturbing-patient https://images.on-this.website/15678_837558664ddabf6ecb263.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Disturbing Patient Collage Several patient collages still remain in Henryton's hallways. The jarring contrasts between subjects in the collages is somewhat disturbing and poignant. The one that stands out to me is the haunting girl with the black hair in the upper right - if you look closely you'll note that her left arm has been scratched off the collage. There is a deep strain of melancholy in the picture that permeates even the 'happy' images. Other examples of such collages exist, such as the faded food collage left in the cafeteria. ----------------------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-symbol-for-the-century https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G40-KSEotIQxlJ6SbooC-LBNYOU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3441035634d74454d5fe81.jpga symbol for the century Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. ~John Dewey, Characters and Events ----------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753035.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VQAQ3qERaNNEuo33-PNgnTS2qRc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_263754619550ca61141062.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | The Shock of Being Left Behind This guest room looks almost shocked to have been abandoned. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-mack https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TSc1dbOorpqOhD9rYCHTwz5mqko=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1647400835aab0139ccb55.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Mack Model C Fire Engines Mack C Model Fire engines from the 1960s in a former Bethlehem Steel warehouse, part of the National Museum of Industrial History's collection. Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34298448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QLaQt1BRmM0MIhyQfhGglDPXbms=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18826668745ab126bb937cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345398.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/woKXMB9-SSObQJmQljOS5Qk2Zys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10441981156564f4b7a31e6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/then-i-shall-fly-no https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GQVyby9oyOGNCaJ7-OArXk_K4kI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10706804194d34b4eed0e3d.jpgthen i shall fly no more | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base if earthbound things should clip my wings with all the pains they store the desert skies will dry my eyes and i shall fly no more. ------------------------ Trans World Airlines - TWA Boeing 707-131B Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511353.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y_kUj9C_u8CNdFPrEDMYY2NCqdw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36880579674deea013a8d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N7hOsQHXnCxfsvpWKXMSVjS7dXw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_729392226621ff1fb6fda6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8365768.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Jn3iWLYVNrqwBimxOtGsBvDuavM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6142890574d3c6adb402e6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/patina-ss-united-states-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ghZ7seYZi-MNFrIs0olydmUUyII=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11238475844d6c61d16271b.jpgPatina | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-flophouse-coats https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0JDAgdaNeSIQMz5XbL8yYJZeGm0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2116679194584ed286e67f4.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Flophouse Coats Old coats left on the wall in an abandoned flophouse Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The holes in the floor on either side of the catwalk are where coal would have been dumped into the furnaces. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684064.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lmi1O-UfgGJB9xYqdSwWkdwgyLE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_176523475661c3ba4ee36c4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808680.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_159612263564ef8631349bc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40909721.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M8qI808P0d0I5Xgcs1yNNTBckE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16522452035e4afabd78584.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | George H. W. Bush https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3Tm9sBoicXQ0u0tv2rLLdgr7H6w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1635901884621ff1fe4b2ee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143992.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ch_FeBG_MW6DGotH-u_4H5NyOgY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3537896424e13dcd258ded.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754669.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t3AqOPNpuUXXhuOGLLJ442SfNi4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_76886979258ebb2d520e52.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Double X https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8823202.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4XhRr58hyvBnCiSg7Oy9vSzL_k4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13287243044d6d60bd36a16.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Cellblock Hallway Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wJXMkk0EO8n0hgc3f6p5V4-xr6Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_192774472563b72cec0eba6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14392611.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FnhFbm4IIUpZOz83S6js52ii434=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17949395584f675c38341a1.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-administration-building https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uacecB5WQJj5D-qBAYXBw4ndogM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8634136445d3f465ee1d0d.jpgAdministration Building | Allentown State Hospital A closer look at Allentown State Hospital's entrance at sunset. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684049.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NZSh79SdxjJ5dvzOyF04A4SC5ZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_184324975961c3b9fd5f94c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778124.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8U741EDtV_uw4Ez7DWpCPDUYwHA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_152515870861e882dd0c5cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848510.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Mxz3a4qCAJ6MzygIp6WAoLWVFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18988467204d71aa93ae1f5.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Dusty Sunlight New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30852193.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kcVs2Y5SYw7Btj9arlgs5JlLyuQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39938435958f64aa3db0dd5.42515227.jpgAbandoned trailers. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345410.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-35w_zZ5CdcLsRg589M3_VnAHkk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18384542846564fc755d94f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851148.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UTNUDPFYxDPkGO7JRerdEH96rvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_666805408517e921b58772.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Bedside Vigil Abandoned Kid's Corner Day Care Center at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872698.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rDV3TVQhGbOhQ0_jyZsVwVqVMP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_198822365462f15cd391727.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-always https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J-B7kRHysSeBW4QhFwZLc_YEOGE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1826035425945cb6a9305f.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Always Cold https://www.abandonedamerica.us/organ-failure https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9mF2vtQZ6_tHu0TeQgoLjBtaxzI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1578432730559ae1a0b40c0.jpgorgan failure 'organ failure' taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedchurches]an undisclosed abandoned church[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sun-drenched-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y8tY-B2UCWI6dCl3ZDku1mEQ4Zk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10901328324d6c61d94c3aa.jpgSun-Drenched | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xDsQQaHuvRH8YgXrRKgKNy1OiLY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98390788054a312b7bcd1d.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Shattered Storefront Stripped of decoration and identification, many stores in Randall Park Mall were little more than anonymous, desolate holes. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879298.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_SKTuFNQ2FaIEClDZ8jLL9IIb4Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_464456987644ec69eb3ba6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-the-things-we-once https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qUQwbYrNTxsmnUyfODxPmjsHzYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13710563094d2e25ebdeb51.jpgall the things that once seemed ordinary In the depths of grief, the present can seem like a cell. You can see the past outside your confinement and experience it in your heart and your memories, but it remains intangible and abstract. The shapes and forms of all the things that once seemed ordinary are flattened and devoid of context, as though in them somewhere should be the thing that was lost - but it is gone. Somewhere, somehow it seems the disparity must be capable of being reconciled, but it can't be. A critical figure has been subtracted, and the equation will never add up properly again. -------------------------------------- Photo/text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257258.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IdhbvNdpir6gIkpAQdibeUjH7eE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9150049954d2d5190d6ef7.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Learning Curve Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879269.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FPr5ysd3tFFKJr3RPgwWFL5plPg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_598420703644ec54bd672a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16234977.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n7qgdwle-OIF3YOHMy9r0PPeNEo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10757074950564e5d0cf93.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 Photograph courtesy of Joe Cubiotti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777659.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VxPdvNTL9YkBovJe07j1jJAF8BI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44394198155956eb3278d7.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44814452.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/25U4IuiGaq-HRiaSdENwEIBMCwo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_160805560761f082b9231bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24313833.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K-XhvHluICYzzzy0abxldldzNKw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_828720194555bf4c2d341e.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Building V Tunnel Entrance Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235368.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b3alaX6E1ZetVqCpsLq8RH8vdmc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16271625926057ceaa05292.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646796.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fnykupsWh3NKm6-Xil4nbisbwRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2061772671634896da4bfd4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-stage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_Yfl7Fj-Pku0RZE_bcL0phcuLvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_115524027156c27e31dff58.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Stage From Balcony Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/take-the-sun-away https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cH1Y6r6ftMOniRR3iy7h-e8EOlM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6422646524ddaae58d52d1.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | take the sun away If you go away On this summer's day Then you might as well Take the sun away All the birds that flew In the summer sky When our love was new And our hearts were high And the day was young And the nights were long And the moon stood still For the night bird's song If you go away from 'if you go away' by Emiliana Torrini --------------------------- Power plant. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684055.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/knm8y7oYYvl75jodvV5X02FZ2i0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_154812164161c3ba15867bd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808093.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_120593536564ef7ada0232c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/until-the-day-were-free https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DO3vnZNsAxV8m8OctFvxol33fNM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11328212034fc50147b21ce.jpguntil the day we're free | Holmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | 'until the day we're free' taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-factory https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w1f6icud1qTgBAVL_ykdXOgGZd4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18500966464e126c844ea1e.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Factory Floor Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112485.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K7E6cvbP9leR55AwVJYl3MZTNao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14853997863b72ab9b2e99.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684062.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qwpZWvSMDq9mlZqF7KgxIeruM3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110979267361c3ba417c7c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23753047.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UGtTQTbkmxolG0_HfuL1vSOy6-Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_341426374550cc4d3f2d61.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | Stairwell "This staircase leads down from the main level to the Riverview room /Gift shop and to the kitchen. It was next to the elevator in another pic and the lower elevator door would be to the left." - Brian Green via comments Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I0rj_qWrU1iPQzQKMQbPBb9Yeus=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13391651824d7443aa15179.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-low-gate https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0T7AG6-j8rQAcf_cEjj7ZI0LZyQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11109957255b11ede5ebd4.jpgGary, Indiana | Low Gate Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11516298.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3tXaqs29QBVEE-UpB-fyYWNRaAY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16231774345df004d75285c.jpgbalcony view of the auditorium stage <iframe frameborder="0" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=d7bb6b04-8967-4a70-b4a5-8e64f41b8867&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500" height="300"></iframe> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888059.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ttUhvfQemOF4RDRp6bpOjx0fCXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_184241226762f577ec3ed02.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946048.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7z2bWifdVOZC0jQFrt84XNXShpE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_35008911959c415262f0f9.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Building 3 Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v-m_8jVIKSfb0vjEo5jJzzP21a8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19057936621ff1e750590.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-new-york-home-no https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BG8I-ipfWXxggNPaBQM9MrXGVkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6891961124fc4f5f9205dd.jpgAbandoned New York Home | No Longer Living Room Photograph taken at abandoned house, 2012 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46203424.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6OtJGRaowHenWrmbyZ6tpUJdxxg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_499364428629f9ea8474bc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235373.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XYKOX0TED-I9MuddI9AJXBr42RY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13895354066057cf3722a1d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonporches https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vuIC9IbLK132izq8ekxgnVicJHs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16632690145585eccc7d6eb.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Front Porches Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882670.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_158636366262f40ed43a42e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112482.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZqdrabPxV4H5dIOP0C8_ZshOyZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_74613689563b72a6e1a676.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49287916.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6wJdNJILhT6wL4EA5Ggn0Es0Q3g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1092088414649dfbb5e49fa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358772.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2DcYdVOuZFSXgPmYI6GpVxxLOD4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98395146763f7f36105151.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206275.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W9a9Fp_TVaaFWeAWyyQ5qb2SZHs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20518126115ebdb5445f56a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778107.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AjxDiH7ehUC7X6oBAh3ddRPEv7o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213968609361e8816000295.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50010856.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bCXGMcECiRZxOYe1Ow0n8XPtoQY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22756200651479eec7183.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bQlzGUT5tFyXPXICkIZBJTx-Mhc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_885155639621ff2126fde7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24441459.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Iy_C8HdPvCfexwD3nySXQQSeN-E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_284693781556c929fe3f10.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Animal Pen Former animal pen. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808090.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_86008185564ef7ad6443c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-administration-staircase https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QviBhZlV66bVKndAQ3cD_pxJWIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5873642054f77cfe4e019a.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Administration Grand Staircase Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175438.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/66tSXyunZmCBdZNCEeLjTNEeC-8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12191911205e90c56b4476a.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Mossy Dayroom https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309482.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LIpJkpa3AMMquWy63BGNXr6zegE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67929147654a6fdab554d3.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Destroyed Display Case A shattered display case at the former Randall Park Mall shows that some urban explorers are just vandals. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-machinery https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gf4Sg9matkvV9MZO0rG_1-6mCw8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_474362841584ed3680120a.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Machinery Machinery left behind from Vulture City's mining days Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-hotel-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AL0e8cWNnS4pGuO2-rDzH5lUrTg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2140185317584ed29732a1d.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Hotel Hallway An abandoned hotel in the ghost town of Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rendered-drab-by-the-shadows https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tg-nQyKY_cGzL26HEW6oOZtZ5zI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19223126744d74457bdff9f.jpgrendered drab by the shadows of time "No one can really know the life of his own day, let alone that of times long past. Always the historian sees as in a mirror darkly, the reds and the golds rendered drab by the shadows of time." ~Earl R. Beck, On Teaching History in Colleges and Universities ------------------------------------------------- Coal conveyor, Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-way-it-all-works https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ak6LsBS7bttfrpeCU9F4t2sPaIU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12952190184d48885e481d2.jpgthe way it all works out Photograph taken at Baltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Power Plant, Baltimore MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2006 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ewOit7N39VJndMLcN2D7NobK7ac=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6089304886137dd701f415.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345407.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tlcfpbltp94W3n-X2NIrW5qiEdM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4694309676564f672c0bda.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fixed-and-final https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-vt5fAZ7-ES-h7e8cNWP1gWcJ6I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19467589764d73bdf0eb4d9.jpgfixed and final "According to conviction, I am not simply what I am doing now. I am also what I have done, and my conventionally edited version of my past is made to seem almost more the real me than what I am at this moment. For what I am seems so fleeting and intangible, but what I was is fixed and final. It is the firm basis for predictions of what I will be in the future, and so it comes about that I am more closely identified with what no longer exists than with what actually is." - Alan B. Watts https://www.abandonedamerica.us/auditorium-stage-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pIOPfekvceX3teLKTQ_9zjN1K5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3006491865df00463cd00c.jpgauditorium stage view view from the stage of the auditorium. the greenish cast is due to the color of the window covering. while i debated color-correcting the cast, i decided to leave it, as the room really does appear this color in person. <iframe frameborder="0" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=1828e409-2f37-41ab-bbbe-bba8f39322a0&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500" height="300"></iframe> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8310376.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2D-D2JtiH_7xAOi2t4mbQl14Y2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1391160594d34b936129fe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12598998.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R4rvLMd01MOFC_ew5cHF5HV87ew=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5577679444e659e2a06bf0.jpgPerry County Council of the Arts, "Beauty in Decay" show, 2011. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684090.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tyuEGhXqrLgYdwygJmWfHS2rqhk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_178780774561c3c01f434f6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-balcony-view-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vDVo4FHOw3aqakBIVjUQwAGI6xc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21153626955bce5f2333780.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Balcony View of Read Auditorium The Irem Temple's auditorium is spectacular no matter which direction you're facing. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35518935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HAkUSkQhL-ol7QoxHgYimsV6l3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13985292135b464a9800528.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28927330.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JM6TFlADFraB1sGndO-WlOlUaB8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18872612157cde0c5f2c51.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Hanging Trapdoor and Gallery https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-pipes-aplenty https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kuw4xBSpwOV49UE-tnDufbQIiGo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19997519675abe8c07edf14.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Pipes Aplenty Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23814582.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s7k5-AaggmbZ_vTbxKn-XmILmuc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16776264865515ab43c6833.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Aftermath of the Fire Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-new-york-house-clothes https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2tE7yIAhOWcTpW7PkLW6trqjliM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17120497894fc4f5fe9f05b.jpgAbandoned New York House | Clothes Pin Holder Photograph taken at abandoned house, 2012 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069316.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EZI-isI9mBXcvkNFlisTGruhCm0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15674508814e1105775b97f.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Tendrils Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/their-countrys-pride https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b5EAgeiBilg-bYkAvUde-tigTI8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13422995025abdb042bd282.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | their country's pride Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied. from 'The Deserted Village' by Oliver Goldsmith https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684070.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RO5zMJU0qlJ4XSVUHeU7WkN1Z_4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_92307314661c3ba73d00a8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808081.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_96037628464ef7ad007815.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/admin-offices-abandoned-monongahela-bank https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hkCgesJb0GYC7WpQZBevHKnItis=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5406141045d8e5cbe91cb9.jpgAdmin Offices | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA The second floor of the abandoned Monongahela National Bank in Brownsville, presumably administrative offices https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872700.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yKD9Wb2yvM--h6_qDdX0rTnAx_c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127632937762f15d118f8c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684084.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QwpZdueuDMgK0kgUYKNKhBMduzQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_168510407361c3bcd10d94a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26284802.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4VQl4Jl0VsDMMmm-UF_DYTGZ390=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14870560335665d406f26da.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Cat Cage On the map, this pen just said "Cats". The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-well https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5jbX7RKaQWmg3MzmpQaWqjRu3LI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_173976917154204b7655910.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Well Preserved Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/faded-glory-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oDoTCTX4DNS2G53qK5xEQaXw9bo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9342398155aa81268c81d5.jpgFaded Glory | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684085.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VVPhoQy7HsApWsq4HQve-b4Ipp0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_590670661c3bcd2161a0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069352.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5_p9JDud8Q0cnEVjfB4u1fBy1_s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19842527184e1109a96b580.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23741790.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hax8he3YDFO0dYPZORes7rDin3Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5681745755508b9fdbc648.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Sitting Room A sitting room or bedroom in the ruins of the Lindeman's home. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-fudd-and https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ppdY0E8dI2CWcTRaaap5_zA4rAo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_669463088589114ca0a6b0.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Enemies No More Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck dolls have set aside their differences in death after the flood. Is this Daffy Duck wearing bunny ears? I don't even know. His face doesn't look like Bugs Bunny to me. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ladder-ss-united-states-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SdFAu8thLBxkbI3PZZm0ebbHyi4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4546759244d6c61b9e7c0a.jpgLadder | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Promenade deck, SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863248.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_unm4c3owEiO8RwOns_9eAI78QE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5309004256137ee3c229be.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29682139.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EfuEFHmagjT55L7e1nGNLYXF37U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_726823852582d49f280728.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24467836.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o28SYr9lTLzeJcEOX0tUCChUdvg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2056511796556fd086e3b49.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Horse Stables Horse stables; this building has since been leased and is being used as a stable again. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684060.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OjWtTo7yCLbyrqOTmzhpBkWYXKs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_52308502461c3ba3ab7968.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44714212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8mM8shgkaWK4M0a5EOfpvNV_T7c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_210110152661d71dc853444.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808082.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_8880228664ef7ad1e425d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9097828.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KCqADVjrpuLDdBfEKlLJEkBqHKY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7623737485f8a09bd9effe.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Surplus Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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This building is currently undergoing renovations and is anticipated to reopen as Bell Works, a multipurpose office park. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464799.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jijkt_O9yHFMWJtmq1_UKfUOyWI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15471652565a59f632252e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464804.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2P_8tGygQJGaspMyUwuFs0mpEuc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63430558865a5a00f44c4a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k8sDsVpZsjRfKQ_ciDvumeHdqM0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_40036915265a5b0753d103.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024624.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SNUrNp7K993XfY5WjfOtWaRbRnE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12190306645f95b75be1df1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684071.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/acZxJJorH60wYlalgotslmHVQr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144357117561c3ba7e896d2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778121.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KPdysJ4O_847imEm1YAwyL52no8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117201617461e88289ace57.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239509.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7CMvOVNuzuJHpD0kDzGkUP-ak9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10910889345ef50dabe5f50.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-i-ever-knew https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eHj2TTC0EQHZiVcWdNDY0Uew4rU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6224660565f89f32b8ee5d.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | all i ever knew Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/catskill-game-farm-catskill-ny https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nnYdbTJ5vUEkjC1PpE6eL3twXDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144516470759dced5de6d1a.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Small Shed This small maintenance shed is one of many peppered throughout the property. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684041.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/208P-hXMFIRGKgcWYj7e1wxtD-Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10545575961c3b5d23f0dd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ksmtlLzJodBKd4kOao-spPxorko=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1095452267621ff1dcb19c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103338.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sVvWiwSKtxAbZgbtRO-VOigEkp0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7462142896526ee1241fd8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41186851.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eMmsgwg14_S1i4BSnzd8_dP5dyc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12228990555ea65001a831d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/worlds-die-in-them https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n9yq3-G0tTsfO8hzpn9JUdiUslc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5657630414d7423c0a6343.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | worlds die in them In any man who dies there dies with him his first snow and kiss and fight.... Not people die but worlds die in them. ~Yevgeny Yevtushenko, "People" ------------------------------ Detail of the drawers of the morgue's 8 cadaver refrigerator. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235377.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KCY7RwVqRmftXjr74du7yTtzZrU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_467799646057cfede553e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1Wgk2SBXVSkmeI3SOY82gJWtiHQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64110854354a314073ad14.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Dillards Arches by Moonlight Former Dillards entrance at the abandoned Randall Park Mall in North Randall, a suburb of Cleveland, OH. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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I have said, through words and images, "Hey, look! We f***ed up! And we're still doing it!" Over. And over. And over. Here's the photograph I worked on today. Let's take a few moments to ponder mortality and the past. Maybe say: look at how sad that is. Boy, things sure aren't the way they used to be. It's sad and pretty, pretty and sad. So we peer, you and I, through the tiny window of the lens, which filters a fraction of another microcosm of loss. This place was many things to the many people who knew it: a source of income, memories of good times with family and friends, maybe even an inspiration or an ideal. Those things are gone now. Here is the corpse left behind, which we can parade around for our entertainment, and wax philosophical. Here we are, on high ground (or so we think), taking a tour of the path of the flood via imagery. Look, there's a nicknack or a memento. I bet that meant something to someone. Let's savor the pathos before we move on. Maybe you think this is the part where I figure out some clever way to turn it around and say, "But wait! There is a point after all!" You'd be incorrect in that assumption. I don't have that in me today. As is often the case, I have the question - not just an idle curiosity, but a big gaping hole where meaning is supposed to be - but not the answer. Never the answer. I think sometimes I am just here to share the question, but periodically it's not a particularly pleasant one. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow about things. I can work away like a busy bee towards a set goal (taking/editing a photograph) with a set reward (sharing it with others). Maybe I'll have a more satisfying meaning to attach to things then, since all meaning is artificially constructed anyway. In the meanwhile, I do truly hope you enjoy the picture. I don't know why I hope that, or why you would, or what either thing matters when you click on something else, when you log off of your computer and move on with your life. Off this image and my musings on it go, into the netherworld of forgotten things and the subconscious. Why does the husk of the building photographed matter? Why does the moment this image captured matter? Why does it matter that you're looking at it now and reading this? I can't say. You're on your own with that one. ------------------------------- Photograph of Harmony House Resort (a pseudonym) and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you're interested in more Abandoned America blogs, [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/blog]follow this link[/url]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232341.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UWPNVkKuUgLMJOqMaO5e4y5vvUA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4247870396491eaa242989.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481465.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7sFdZFfxlCo7SYITT96dB4Lc5XE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7274541606408e5dfad7fc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273444.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cSlbdGxGtwwlFI93ITw8VYXd9k8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_35433552663e3fefda1c64.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Invertatron Entrance The entrance to the seating area of the Lex Luthor Invertatron at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232329.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NKrf9LO_iZmYqKMzlMNNImVtL4s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1503448406491e27322f67.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229169.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zgc_DusIt-DkwfIvirXYk9OzGsE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_906813710603d6605cdae0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42102311.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r2Q74M02lDHLLzykgluu37dwCO8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11647685215fbe9241c6303.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44552420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xU6M1j3xgDYsTiqYy-yLfQDcL20=/wbr/1747161032/15678_505333144619d5f6ca4691.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q7WRJBS4QRR3jfFVRVWiKIO8c48=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9295187006137deac51289.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232337.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d_dhGQVh5DFuFm0RkOHc04SgnYg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11096852066491e3ff00499.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42866932.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F5jDFHADvAQLar6LUN8KfY5xRks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106683737460c283c84b043.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Control Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232339.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ep2mTpw4jJet04mWgz3eUul7pY0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8963713116491e4706b7ca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464801.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8zov2kV3HsqpcDsSC3-mjInWMhU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53876423365a59fc7f119b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26494327.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HLeeYiAcX8TIyzZxUiqnEnJ9zKQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1819660356a3aab34154f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VZBhtH9BkrzfI6lm10zcIz3UkOg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19112231586137dd4676827.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RWIZ1sUadsv9wKq7j7HZTdR9otQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_526268185762ebb127090.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-union-station-lobby-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Voj3zuXLtxeLhjIr4ZVtSS0IZ-M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120609261063350c942e667.jpgAbandoned Union Station Lobby | Brownsville, PA Elevators and a ticket counter in the lobby of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282535.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tyG_7d-90Co_p3JYpiVI4QGVF5M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1488774899649b5662e8e3f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/szJsMzCgJZpd2chL9VtTQap5Q00=/wbr/1747161032/15678_49739695163b72d1197150.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33263580.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wceq5d_QLcJ53nRpQ1qEgx1h5FE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_30750985359eb840b7672b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pBaNUaLUHWWz5YjnWy25ed4BiEc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_126410878161c3b5e406ec5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-parry-shaw-building https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ig9g-xfKFS6IoMKAi_vJB2aA_MU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_187074114855ee65ff5739e.jpgGary, Indiana | Abandoned Parry-Shaw Building The abandoned Parry-Shaw building, Gary, IN. 2014. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39982667.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zfOcjqdbuBkhLzFy1nmNv8uGS2g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4413657275d90fe7b41b5a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23304905.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1ekI5B73_bPlFUFZA_xVMzWBMPE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22924373354a5af3fba735.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Dream Wedding Smiling posters meant to give customers a glimpse of the idealized life that products could give them seemed eerie and hollow in the shattered remains of the storefronts of an abandoned mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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It was used to transport molten pig iron from the Carrie Furnaces across the river on the Rankin Hot Metal Bridge (which played an integral part in the Homestead Strike of 1892) to the Homestead Works. After that the molten iron was then combined with oxygen to create liquid steel. Torpedo cars are designed to keep metal molten for up to a week and are still used in present-day steel production. The two chassis which the central part rests on are called bogies, and the parts that connect directly with the torpedo shaped vessel are called trunions. Trunions allow the torpedo car to swivel and dump the molten metal into a furnace or crucible. To me, the hole in the center of the torpedo car looks almost otherworldly, like a portal to another dimension or the iris of some disassembled industrial monster. While the car sits unused and covered in graffiti in the middle of a field, I believe that if it could be moved to another location it could probably be restored for museum display with relatively little expense, thus giving the public a look at a fascinating piece of equipment from a rapidly vanishing era. -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-morgue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YZgXBMClMnJy8BhPcjNA0tG9yWQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107163136156841b53691f4.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Morgue Drawers Morgue drawers. ------------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If there were young ladies who modeled for the drawings, and they were 20-25 at the time of publication, they'd be pushing 80 now. Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23301490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LbPbwIJG65EacyEXXsSFTW7xJIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87610707954a45d2314e34.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Payphone Kiosk A payphone kiosk - like the mall itself, a relic of another era. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-michael-jacksons-street https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KmVhJ0-yBGyrP8OklP-bVjf7jqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1678095289560306230f145.jpgGary, Indiana | Michael Jackson's Street Abandoned home. Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872695.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I590FkpmHKsf3PV_PKiQ0vfXDP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_32564387962f15ca4343d9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273443.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0QsTBKc0Q98_Q3LWIEObAw_ZOBw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_92098385763e3fed329aa2.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Murderous Cars The Joker's Jukebox ride would be creepy enough if it had not killed a park patron. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/in-the-eye-of-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kLJJzl9zwM2_SJJaYip4fgFwUec=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4469610114dd74b9b4e176.jpgin the eye of the tornado It is hard to explain certain things about myself. It is hard to explain why I would willingly go into a place that is in such a tremendous state of disrepair that I could fall through a floor and not be found for days, or why I went by myself. It isn’t just the pursuit of preserving a building through photography, or the search for the One Great Shot —both of which are convenient explanations that I often use to justify my work, but which fall short in the face of such harrowing circumstances as these. In the setting sun retirement home there wasn’t a moment in the building that I was at ease. The rooms had become cavernous pits fanned with jagged floor boards and bent metal bed frames, and the ground beneath me always was never quite solid or trustworthy. In all honesty the place terrified me. I took every step gingerly, not knowing whether it would be the one that would bring the walls and ceiling down on top of me, and when I left the sense of relief I felt was so great that it can barely be described. While I was inside, though, a strange thing happened. Because I was so focused on the immediate peril around me, and the challenge of translating it into something somewhat logical within the camera’s frame, I ceased to exist as the person I am outside the walls of these places. At that point I was nothing more than a reaction to my surroundings; all of the hopes and fears and dreams and ambitions that normally clutter my brain vanished. I wasn’t thinking about my job or my finances. I wasn’t thinking about the friends and lovers I’ve lost, or all of the many things i should have said or done but didn’t, and the many things i have done that I would give anything to undo. I wasn’t thinking about the ruinous path the world around me is careening down, the growing island of plastic debris in the Pacific that is twice the size of Texas, the myriad of drugs in our drinking water, the abundance of chemicals in our food. I wasn’t thinking about poverty or inequality or crime, mortality or despair or failure or debt. The rest of the world’s problems and all of my own were eclipsed by the one thing that mattered at that point: surviving the trip without being seriously wounded. When a building is abandoned, it is shorn of its identity. What it once was remains, but what it is in the present is undefined. The Setting Sun Retirement Home is a retirement home no longer, and at this point it is barely even a building. Its halls are wracked beyond recognition, its doors lead to nothing, and its ceilings and walls don’t keep out the wind or the cold. The color the paint once provided has faded and cracked, and the ceiling fans and lights will never operate again. What have they become? The glib answer is trash and debris, but there is far more to it than that. It is now something that has either outlived or transcended its purpose, depending on how you look at it. What do I become, when I am no longer the mass of limitations placed on me by the world around me and myself? Who am I, when I am not drowning in expectations and frustrations? What defines me when the scope of my world has shrunk to purely experiencing the present moment without the filter of my past and future to obscure it? What does a place like Setting Sun become when an observer such as myself enters it, someone who is not trying to judge its present condition or plan out what it should be, but instead loves it all the more for its current status and wants nothing more of it (save for not being maimed by it) than what it is? Often I can’t sleep at night, as all of the events of the day crowd around my consciousness fighting for my attention. I feel as though I am choking on myself, suffocating under the inescapable weight of my own trajectory through life. In bits and flashes the places I have been come back to me sometimes. The fear I sometimes felt while I was inside them — of injury or of getting into trouble - is gone. In its absence there is something greater, the void left when the experience is unencumbered by the threat of immediate injury. I don’t have any answers to the question of what is left behind, save that maybe I enjoy the fear. Perhaps I go to haunted places because I am haunted myself, and because when I am there we cancel each other out or become something greater. Maybe I go to places that no longer are because they are the places where I am not. Maybe I need the sense of serenity that there is when all of the pushing and pulling our society revolves around has stopped, for only in the stillness of the eye of the tornado have I ever been able to find peace. ---------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8365714.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qIqbFvd8klub9FNn0TQPMliLnFI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18882980674d3c6a961250e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232336.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6mXRU5UlSC2RW04rpu5lV0X9oSs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20341341496491e3c60628e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808123.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_191013646664ef7af303cfa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865330.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NMfhZ5Ed2wuLH9SXRIQ7QmVC1-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20323990924d733123451b0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/demolition-by-neglect https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4vB7TgIyLVgCtjgJQ4fHrSAyyb0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10138590324d73d8c8b92f6.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | demolition by neglect <meta name="twitter:title" content="Demolition By Neglect | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="Slowly but surely all the records are ruined by mold, and all the identities of those poor souls who were treated at this place and lost everything are erased." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>The process is called demolition by neglect. As a property owner, you'd probably like nothing more than to raze an entire derelict asylum and sell it to some developer for a tidy sum so they can turn the land into a nice little cookie cutter housing development with cheaply made, soulless homes... or maybe you could build another Target or a Walmart, or maybe even just a parking lot, it doesn't matter. The money is the important thing. The catch is, sites listed on the National Historic Register can be difficult to demolish or renovate due to the fact that they are meant to be preserved, depending on the location. There is a loophole, though - while it may be difficult to tear the site down, you don't have to keep it up. So, you allow time to take its toll. Water eats away the roof and floors, 'accidental' fires occur, and while the process is not a quick one, it works. You can eventually claim the site is a total loss. It would be so expensive to undo the damage you allowed to happen, you can point out. The site is an eyesore. Local kids come there to get drunk and high, to break things and possibly fall through the steps. After several years the community starts to complain, to do your work for you. They are tired of living next to a scary old structure. They'd rather see the overgrown graveyard bulldozed for a business park, and the windows, so like empty eye sockets, cease to stare out over their neighborhood with an expression much like sadness and accusation. Maybe you're forced to put up an expensive fence, or to install cameras, and the legal liabilities are huge but those who care about the past won't let you just destroy it outright, so you have to wait and wait, until everyone is so sick of the building, until it has collapsed to such an extent that saving it is out of the question. Never mind the sheer wastefulness of it. Never mind the historical significance, or the fact that such a place could be a museum, a tribute to those who lost their lives there, a warning to everyone that such mistakes must not happen again. Never mind that the need for inpatient and/or residential care for the severely mentally ill will never cease to be a problem, likely necessitating asylums to be rebuilt again, doubtlessly at significant taxpayer expense. Never mind the fact that the building was one the community originally petitioned for, because it built their town. It created jobs and industries, and at least initially it was worn as a mark of pride until mismanagement turned it into a dark shadow, a threat that loomed over all, a way of keeping the unruly in line: "you'd better shape up or they'll send you to Taunton State." Slowly all the records are ruined by mold, and the artifacts inside stolen, and all the identities of those poor souls who by need or unfortunate circumstance were treated at such a place and lost everything they had for it - they are all erased, just as slowly, but just as surely. It's a process called demolition by neglect. -------------------------------------------- 'demolition by neglect' taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]Taunton State Hospital[/url], demolished 2009. View from roof at dawn looking out over theater/cafeteria, destroyed by fire. Image/text by Matthew Christopher. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Humphrey ----------------------------- 'those who are in the shadows' taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808085.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_28921222964ef7ad408ce5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-returning-to-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NPvmy8Dx3ym5lnfeHblVa6tc0zc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94155420255b11ec75df5d.jpgGary, Indiana | Abandoned House Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16665425.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VXEXfpIBSSVzgJ7j2Obphn7xJ4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2165939845096a6af2138d.jpg'Before and After Utopia: Images of Urban Abandonment, Absence, and Aspiration' Group Show Curated by Olivia Antsis Open Lens Gallery (as part of Design Philadelphia) Philadelphia PA September - November 2011 [url=http://www.photomehere.com/]Photograph courtesy of Edward Jay.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-shall-emerge-one-day https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_41fyGhZuJAqWYRKnIQTnaSaW6U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4562816044d74241d7a648.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | i shall emerge one day If I stoop Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud, It is but for a time; I press God's lamp Close to my breast; its splendor soon or late Will pierce the gloom; I shall emerge one day. - Robert Browning, Paracelsus ------------------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZJkEBOU9J5CWYEIO_TBLHJ56Bvw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17321454624e13deb63cc4c.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Hanging Locker Detail Detail view of hanging locker system. Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The majority of the Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23301492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dBH89NzX8WWrJEfJ5JlP1DRGw7Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_88924995754a45d48153e2.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Grimy Stairs Black Friday takes on a more ominous meaning in dead malls. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZKSV7x66JSRQIFZCZ5OJ-eK9OcA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31469094853f4105fdd410.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24683328.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KW3xGyfW94EytsTUdWQ8hFG9g48=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3910833955588ad147e023.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808120.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_187026566064ef7aef829de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23883477.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9sxdpllelD1StgELXJ7yl5JC9zc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129534643955215ca9a1f12.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | The Roof's Last Days One of Fort Pitt Casting Company's workbenches, seemingly oblivious to the collapsing roof overhead <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/fort-pitt-casting]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39982713.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bwlm5aFFZt20CdCmhohhIEHqsHI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6014601145d90fed102fca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684063.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-zZ4x7FkXlsbDoDg--Fs39W1Ee8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10952146261c3ba4e1c620.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29780559.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ug7Cm91XuAXiAObwZdtAh50f-IM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_153086750583ccab18701e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oQV3WAn5eEcSeSmxalMAYdwB--Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120352812361c3ba1453917.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26295426.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qOUiOzJSrBY1GvpZJr7Ol99ugUU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14758543015668684930af0.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Dozens of Desks Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200930.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QVbbWL92QnKMtgI1urWEGNkO7bA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10100454994ddab8d12ae7c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376532.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/11LlC_N1Bw1qQYrkRvEo89COsGM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_128804916658bb04fe73d02.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805067.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kZp7lRvNM8_MblZ7rNkUpQkBd1w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_130106921464ee3880a31ff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26893141.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FEkoVaQDJXgcvhjmGP0JtsEr9xY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179992005356e843cb0f6b2.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Antique Accounting Machine A vintage accounting machine in the Lindeman's attic The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/some-men-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o0U5pW-XPws0JoCxuVIYyZ9KL14=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1355521785629576b573fa5.jpgSome Men | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23301494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V7M5T2AquGRWvSZE1b4X2WnQk3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_57809589654a463a7146eb.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Escalator Ascent View of the escalators at the abandoned Randall Park Mall in North Randall, Ohio Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25948007.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UllAqyIffzxdFhVNuyMlLa5Hvlo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66056225f89f2d1b8ae2.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Lobby Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009654.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GTz47-Bnlg9eI42EOWsRiwtzwP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7096679250381770a2db4.jpgPhotograph taken at an undisclosed church by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012[url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedchurches]To view a gallery of miscellaneous abandoned churches visit here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25683914.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qxznUlKaCa_42Bd72Dgv5tX6xd0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9657865105602edca760e3.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Stage The abandoned City Methodist Church stage, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299204.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lGYy_kGvAkWOJN_dZJVvWvVgiYY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18191787054a312edae4f4.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Filthy Water Former entrance, I believe to Dillards, at the abandoned Randall Park Mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808104.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_154964792664ef7ae1b2f3b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41197656.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TcpkPRAbeOmuAIdXM9HO1xx4Xfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11697534665eb305900b5f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24241566.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Vmu3wBP38t32qiiuMkGCsd5jHg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2996133955553990ea422e.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Blast Furnaces Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-home https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h9C_LwvqmL6nFIuecvS34ZZq_6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_592113045559ae1b628df5.jpgAbandoned home Photograph taken at an abandoned home outside of Pittsburgh, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-homes]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/c5-galaxy-sunset https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rqsQBYIhMGPxcH0hJgbcTOeOK6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17079240535e7a60c907b25.jpgC-5A Galaxy, sunset | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base C-5A Galaxy from Atlus AFB. According to C-5 Galaxy In Action (comments below): "AF70-0458 is a C-5A, the 72nd out of 81 built. It first flew circa 1972." Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14203188.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_8422310814f45209f7c3b8.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Reception Area Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247126.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DVxpo4IB77SPeS2d-y0bJEnrZ68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_962164837632359cba77ff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-frigid https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rgcb61dlV1UX4yWB_Mck4WzheSI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13599127546784361ed96af.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Frigid Exterior Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646794.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zrs6LvjRy43nNM4fR0dWaVuGNdY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2136163576348953574984.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/undisclosed-state-hospital https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wEFbgX7LF8BvPAsZK-8XOA-2oiQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1577891374559ae4568dc79.jpgUndisclosed State Hospital Undisclosed State Hospital. No full gallery yet. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14392610.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3kbNfGA5QGMnnWgD7rCjXLfgPbU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19262392504f675c3426fd2.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-warehouse https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jZLal5kQVMMIepAjKBvQg5GEfAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12850256925aab01bf61f11.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Warehouse of Treasures Artifacts in a former Bethlehem Steel warehouse, part of the National Museum of Industrial History's collection. Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247125.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0x8OELPi9p9mDkZ8B9PRLiUeEOg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2034020519632359b709884.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229171.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E5WArkiKswpBggOiTObUHxfOAzM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1472602308603d66884dc53.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25943280.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FOdSgGfjZuXn_GPRhYKYUO6mddo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9858392775629516e75cad.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Hallway Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37371812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UctFgvQL6_v7IyPUlQg0hPWuxGQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17749492115c607792c1ef8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229170.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n5xCltoNzCfcRyzDv8ybqvKY4qM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2046083293603d660704d50.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16665428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MYKTObfWXo8VJh1CdT99m0Xrk3A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7637894305096a6b411492.jpg'Before and After Utopia: Images of Urban Abandonment, Absence, and Aspiration' Group Show Curated by Olivia Antsis Open Lens Gallery (as part of Design Philadelphia) Philadelphia PA September - November 2011 [url=http://www.photomehere.com/]Photograph courtesy of Edward Jay.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42101935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/abeNIyb0VAc8Rbh1ggnqgV5CkBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20214542505fbd964c35787.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40460953.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nDBaSWu_5YDFANRxJx1FRp-HnIk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4413999135dd2f7bf974eb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sFp_xALG_90G9KDrLzva8l7F1nw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3210025806137dd1831d93.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247123.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/83zDt18jM-wBs12hWXg4t0_PBpY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9969240046323599faceca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/entry-stairwell-odd-fellows-lodge https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BlUE6B3Cj2la3M0DUp9a4mJnpeE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_74799684763350c7aa7d64.jpgTrippy Entry Stairwell | Odd Fellows Lodge, Brownsville, PA The entrance stairwell to Brownsville's abandoned Odd Fellows Lodge https://www.abandonedamerica.us/majestic-theater-east-st-louis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eXYpEmIFqNGXOnw8VXXYhNAJ6DU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_131390509055b11c12d440a.jpgMajestic Theater, East St. Louis, IL Photograph taken at an abandoned Majestic Theater, East St. Louis, IL by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14062144.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_8810850784f260d167eee9.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | IDK Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/engine-room-descent-ss-united https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WqlsU74ajsDzqePtJC3pzGPBYU8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16175265655ae56cb8a34b.jpgEngine Room Descent | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Engine room, SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you look at the ends of either wing you can see the sharp contrast between the original hospital and the more recent addition of the stairwells to bring it up to modern fire codes. Maybe one day I will have the opportunity to photograph the interior here also - abandoned or not, the architecture is very unique and impressive. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824231.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wMkYruLHc8gpaIetckwz562AXNs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8886967265df0004820904.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299208.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m71gj6HF0yj8DfXOgqDWQpV0mSs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110983711754a31326a648e.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Parched The dried remains of a dead decorative tree greets urban explorers at the abandoned Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30065434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lgtRpGkesAZZ6gwx-CK4C6mEGkQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14369008625882d18a30e7f.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IqvtWsI2lMQNLJV92HTfxHw5onI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193126461762f576fec6051.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46355578.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wE463y2sOpKVcr2y1iEw4uVdrds=/wbr/1747161032/15678_158852899662b39124419c9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51133779.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0rj_RQFeQhK4SQjt1BN5EGjEHS0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_451789846664e165fabfd8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824234.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XWTT3tP0zy9QZfjf-yTmuS12kw4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9942824475df0008db275c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13307643.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hCHdMFAyqE8nHYCl6KgW-tMigk4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7726079455db615d94c2db.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Listing The angles of the hallways are all wrong as parts of the building are sinking back into the earth; a collapse is imminent. Photograph of the Empire Hotel in Sharon Springs, NY by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/signed-copies" target="_blank">Signed copies are available here</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-hanging https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lhv3dMU_8joftdU08FnVm7nvMKk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31937505855dcf09da3487.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Hanging Shirts Adult shirts still are found in the closets of the dormitory building. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16234636.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/egSTQUmynwfi2YpfGHXDGBAg2mw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10576588225056483d392a5.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808116.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_27813280664ef7aeb397d7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808117.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_85426005064ef7aecd92ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33523801.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/chi6p_qkFRq7vwZjOsO7Y2qPsw4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10293658815a0887781aa58.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-reclining https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8hTT5oNN90IJAf6fT_tYaYGG2ug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12030550256841b30cd5c3.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Reclining Another large window with shattered glass. ------------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-basement https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tFgHl35rBIWCVmEKHYAp7xdU_OY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14736645415595531b43e4c.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Basement Cribs Cribs rusting in the basements. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14193628.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j65sGd8LzALoqmbahu7stqYQ5Es=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20484829134f431d2757eac.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned school, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874302.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2VmQN80eAmRLm7E62J3UB96pytA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19587554674d73d82606a99.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Keep Locked Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17433404.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/omlCvYMZpiltaVdDtW9iDpfmWJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1326952360513537961d39a.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9097102.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yON12t2A5BY7-1USAjEmTLrpwvg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20840595645f89f2fcc2b01.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Fall From Grace Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23746667.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jMuwZyPqRUJbWe2yOasOslGm1oM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2089699141550b192cddfee.jpgFallside Hotel (Niagara Falls, NY) | No Exit I was told this particular section of the lower level was haunted, but of course nothing really indicated that. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24441451.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xj5aPSlBwOu5Dllp9WdpwdJUbmA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2090922372556c926f14543.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Fairy Tale Nursery House Nursery area. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33193341.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LpISOrqxVM4NB-U1M12Xrff8sog=/wbr/1747161032/15678_184132703259dced545da47.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Spider Pen Whatever animals this stable once held, it is home only to thousands of spiders now. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Based on medieval forms, Hudson River State Hospital is still one of the finest showcases of this sort of stonework in America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461181.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/64N1PJKCElfLWDcOJVH_B34V8cE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14367095685dd2f93721425.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40890603.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ul5E774sAevReISFXDnhhEjfe4I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11779499515e431744b95fa.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Jump Storefront The ghostly lettering of this storefront, "JUMP", is all that's left of the shop in this dead mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642017.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uc2d5xJQJP4JSLMm6vdDOyq0xuo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5840805015ae11dfe35209.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Checkerboard https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-city-methodist-church https://photos.on-this.website/wm/neAYeqBg5SVK2knvPBtu2Vjo6hk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_208976413958d2bebbe6a30.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Roof The collapsing roof of the abandoned City Methodist Church, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-decaying https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_Eb4R_kqjBqCCVlDuzNNpHhSwyI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1080325988568182e810360.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Decaying Cribs Decaying cribs litter the basements. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14378715.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hjf2wGZ_R83mtFlJngXlIbdmdUM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17859223904f660222f0221.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/destroyed-mural-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U8jIwYK1lb7FvOgc0iEqxpXli_w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138162159261c3bb9ab66b1.jpgDestroyed Mural | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/afternoon-glow-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rhAO_-m4a05RdRbh_FWV2XSEANM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_43177471756b8fb108909f.jpgAfternoon Glow | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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It must have collapsed, but when? Why was the debris from it cleared away in this spot and not in so many others? What was the room, anyway? If you look carefully at what is left, you can see that there are boards to the right of the door from which teacups still hang, despite the inherent ridiculousness of their current positioning. That surreality and never-ending trove of mysteries is one of the reasons I love places like this so much. Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874758.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AAouvu9XWGuR2ZrX7B71Mn2UCkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12297864724d73daba0e6f8.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Losing Ground Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28495415.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qyUMjbb6rigl2iVldM8U00QiOLU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1065936272579f57f5cda6b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40864600.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EqSiG49EAEvYyAE5wBbu6wZcYHw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8325918915e39c6bd6f277.jpgThe bema, or raised platform, in the sanctuary of the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684086.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x38sXsLYb8YiKEVQNowVxzWANq4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_85651588161c3bcfbf1e0f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51133776.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t49VGKks_DiWTwQnZ7Jq3RJo3UQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1155681401664e15e820a6d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LiowYz5Qa1XKil4jlWLAplLvRbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19519020854a313c8185a5.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Dwarfed by Debris An urban explorer stands amidst a pile of rubble at an abandoned mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2010 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/portfolio146998.html]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y2uujApIkhzYZx90eDr5ac5OQ0A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13454895914e137427ec82c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ydquWcdTU5ticvLlKkap9KSCWtI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4753901005ef3e0ed562f8.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | ... And After https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229176.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QLm71fWKUYdkdQqTRWBDEG7eG2c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1737855539603d706b4c75a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8605184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t2VU6NO9RWy4twCRxeDCrGs1PeE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3797685595d43329084b39.jpgVery badly in need of tuning, this garishly painted piano's sharps and flats are detached and spread across the keyboard. The pressed wood paneling is peeling off, although given the color it has been painted this may be to the piano's benefit. Paw prints are also evident on the panel on the cabinet, leading me to wonder if perhaps this hasn't been the sleeping place for a raccoon. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-ghost-town https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M0dSeMl6DWvuQPyqZmbEfvqyBNo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1454692359584ed3f7ecfd9.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Ghost Town Blues A collapsing building in Vulture City, Arizona Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235375.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bleCoNrtY-Imrw_o-0KlNxDqWgk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6625467526057cfa1111d3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33860395.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-mYJ-vxNl-t3kh0Z8Kmpz76fESg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6875672895a4ebac8f3983.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29494890.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T492BVAtagxBsmdoIkCv7QlAaCI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18971012465810f9bdf33cb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17616216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yvyusbTgqJY6L7-kjcaXoF4etqA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6248875651599d413f886.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-dishes https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IDq5xEcFnjs_gtjHjsoexP6K7Bg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1955839662533c4516deb20.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Dishes Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8367834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gkbZNRFgYXcs83vEV0jeV7OofqI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8101912264d3c77afe78fc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530855.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QdNew8ijYrB-mJ696RF_suSMJrg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_918433949610d8be1c6ecc.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | What Little Is Left Looking down the row of remaining buildings at the Remington Arms Mulitions Factory https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-things-we-saw-outside https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W81ZwDxiHqoCuwJCo_YPskH2M3A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20169451024d3636601ad42.jpgthe things we saw outside there were days when it seemed so pleasant outside. grass green, trees flowering, twittering birds; all in unison, like a siren song, or the glowing lantern masking the toothy maw of the angler fish. life wasn't always easy in here. tempers flared, staff grew more confident daily of their superiority, their ever-correctness. the other patients were wearisome, their tics and delusions aggravating when stretched out over weeks and months, slowly wearing nerves away like sandpaper rubbed on one's skin. the wards were claustrophobic, the sky a distant memory, and the pervasive locks and doors and rules and papers regimented both the good and the bad like pills. but the things we saw outside, through the windows of the televisions in the wards, the discarded newspapers, the overheard conversations of nurses and attendants - those things were frightening. those things were inexplicable. there was a pretense, one that i had failed to grasp and play along with. there was a general agreement that nobody would speak of it, but i think everyone could see it. mothers killed their children. people had sudden heart attacks and died. houses caught fire, thieves stole and stole, carefree and happy things turned out to be poison. it was the worst delusion of all, and everyone shared it: they pretended there was a reason, a cause for it all, and there wasn't. and when people found that out, when they broke the norms by speaking of it, they were quarantined by society's antibodies, and shuffled off to the wards to be sterilized. it was a good system, really. for all the frustrations and lost freedoms, i wouldn't have had it any other way. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808103.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_52729064164ef7ae03791e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26143505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rjS-bhNrdtvWgXYuuJCbIJ5BHCo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1675690885564b75e46e8c3.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Eroding Picnic Photo Damaged historical photo of a picnic at the now quasi-abandoned Pennhurst State School and Hospital. If you look closely, you can see children and balloons in front of elevated tunnels and a building in the background. I have always found old damaged photographs particularly haunting, as they remind me of how memories dissolve over time and the past is swallowed by oblivion. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778122.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eT3EjnOT4-2-pRZ0KjfeFty6tUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169048306861e882a1d5f41.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35684456.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JVRCJrOOr-oHgsLYWsKjnc3fD30=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12289651275b57c3ff9b970.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Vertigo https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511336.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9zFN0JZI-PP4TTUwfqVmhsjhYTQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1399044117674dee4951457.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282531.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6f3qMHnhUjipEq7sJJssIFRxPGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_889606985649b54e46ed4c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022924.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OE0tFxDz8-M117Q7MugLJnJE7EI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13472649359078e88825461.65139614.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25948485.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i0G49E45ypCtGbduXlRvO_D4EPg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1017974706562a904634f80.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Sports Schedule Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-backstage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R_Uocxve_ljTms03Bxt_rikIqqg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_37895977654204b28f0ca2.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Backstage Backstage, Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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[u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31054074.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Nb7Dwoa_ksNyjPI8NV_o8ZPvHU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1156249814590b6d111fa178.74667261.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37297144.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w8QUO9V2tSk4M4KZin7kotCgT2Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2637188405c48d3ac1fe3c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257246.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5CiUpjFYPUZJd_LAYE7XXRNvOXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12359461595f8a0aa8e2f32.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Bleachers Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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It was not a comforting effect. Photograph taken at the abandoned Fallside Hotel and Conference Center (formerly the Treadway Inn and the Parkway Inn) in Niagara Falls by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Fallside Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28409129.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K7TmlkNGEUeSMdvDyaNk2CLMk1U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8279689045796510b4d9fb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229378.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tiqi3o0ceor-ubsVO-PLhHZpe4g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1117682873603e982c1671b.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Mid Demolition https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012606.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jVvtZjukYSFfD89xvkHRuOWll78=/wbr/1747161032/15678_825695787663a5a48d1d4a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136911.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ub2Q9SfQ6O4SuQ0JQMEopmtm4A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20911435395224b0b0c5d43.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29099584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m7j31V-Tow5lGNSjqle6UfM3WFI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_49766503557e061b96ecf0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200414.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6AOIxbpH9kETBe8gWW2k1nfDfz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13504434524ddab42f14ac0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-dilapidated-mine https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qFd2za2gSW2d4q3EZ-uepNskWGg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1334495934584ed34bcabaf.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Dilapidated Mine Many of the mining structures in Vulture City are dangerously dilapidated Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28187063.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rQtcD4Pvffmh2eJzZ3kUEM1OPmQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_863719531577e873c1733e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42012182.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yASfCrmJqj4Hg5dTu-mT9hikoeo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5976967955f90b4a664dfd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33856469.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7DKKqF3u_g4m6DFF8wkiO9JLUBA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16328712655a4c5d91c0a69.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Housing Unit Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-until-the-static https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kC7Zv61GTpgNDGr7Apx8a4MPF_I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17054215865fb2bed79cc7f.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Until the Static Takes Me https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24529097.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yhE76Z_68wXTza7ydZ3BClEZ2C4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_48009056555772298ba6a8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22291360.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PYAPf6DqU22ISFmOsqNn5WuCBD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_72261671454062337e36e7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44686693.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TxoBy0Citts-8dqDhMQkDb3VBf4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_207644802561cb75d4df4ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345402.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aLNjUtaODEgijgSJQ4I6v8jCC98=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16920951346564f56aaf695.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-extinguisher https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qdoUh9H6o6wVVV4Qh1lcjkaZVUQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6958545424e13de4f1623b.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Extinguisher Silhouette Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/within-me-is-the-cold https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7YXfvqoUqEnM187IwfvxqxjQvkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13683939284dd74bb2bd68b.jpgwithin me is the cold It is autumn; not without But within me is the cold. Youth and spring are all about; It is I that have grown old. Birds are darting through the air, Singing, building without rest; Life is stirring everywhere, Save within my lonely breast. There is silence: the dead leaves Fall and rustle and are still; Beats no flail upon the sheaves, Comes no murmur from the mill. "Autumn Within" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ---------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-shattered-lives https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CA8Sq8-FfxS1V0oQ7Uargm_lRsU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4810290945122a8e4be344.jpgLong Beach, CT | Shattered Lives Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16665424.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tbfPJ7YhICCscTcww4U9NtrqaYI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15619771585096a6ac66fc3.jpg'Before and After Utopia: Images of Urban Abandonment, Absence, and Aspiration' Group Show Curated by Olivia Antsis Open Lens Gallery (as part of Design Philadelphia) Philadelphia PA September - November 2011 [url=http://www.photomehere.com/]Photograph courtesy of Edward Jay.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42012178.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_N758UDgflml5LOgmjOVvGSax6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8953118225f90ae0c94714.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9070266.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ve5NtA-yvlhJOmjk6XgxsnVx3Ww=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6656044415f8a0acdddc57.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Lone Desk Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/maybe-youll-wait-there-for https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rSWeUr_RROQXsDiUemlemuGppGA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1545605667538be8e2a9955.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration | maybe you'll wait there for me Try as hard as you can, there's just no making sense of it. As time goes by, the people you love turn one by one and walk away into that darkness that is eating apart everything, bit by bit. There's nothing you can do about it. You can tell yourself that they're going to the other side with everything you ever lost, to a world where things finally make sense and the shadow of death doesn't hang over every word and deed. Maybe that's something you can hold onto in the midst of the tempest, when the fierce winds are howling and tearing away everything you hold dear. Maybe you can pretend that you're there now, and not here. Not here. Not in this plane, where the ground itself unravels beneath your feet, and those things you love all eventually fade like dreams at dawn. Maybe you have enough strength, enough fortitude to not want to turn your back on all good things because you know that wherever they ultimately end up they will go away. Maybe you can let go, you can salvage something of your heart, you can turn away from the approaching nothingness, you can take in a deep breath and let it fill you with life, and you can keep yourself from wasting your days entreating each one not to go wherever they go to, not to leave you behind. Maybe you'll find them all again someday, stashed away somewhere as full of beauty and possibility as they were when they were first created, and maybe you'll wait there for me. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-blossoms https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vnie0OG5eNUkCngcYyzmmtp1dD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1050756344524cd07dc627d.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Blossoms Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17624811.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gAVr-jsU-Acb7yFzTCPya056l6w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2104733000515aee4a9c439.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Roosevelt --------------------- Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/little-oases-in-the-desert https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TFrCsO-zSfT_GsaAsOyFuDq9Xfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15132563694d74455741499.jpglittle oases in the desert of time All that the historians give us are little oases in the desert of time, and we linger fondly in these, forgetting the vast tracks between one and another that were trodden by the weary generations of men. ~John Alfred Spender, The Comments of Bagshot --------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20895644.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EULs4AqvqzTBidj_yxHgXFkCn8o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15735316955356fdafe7dbd.jpgHuber coal breaker, Ashley PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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If you'd like to learn more about Wilde Yarn, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/between-heaven-and-earth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wgUKAWh99M7U56x8gnGKCC97d84=/wbr/1747161032/15678_683333805096b2f033254.jpgTrolley Graveyard | between heaven and earth Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137828.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FiONmA-OWM6oMPzorjIsJio0C48=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17350598674e136d8dae3aa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20914831.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8tekbeOl0Tn77sSntQ_AZc_wKjc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12985106315359d63e9183f.jpgHuber coal breaker, Ashley PA Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-will-of-an-epoch https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_OzBipqXyfSDy8iwCmMypbiwYW8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7638039244d744571519f3.jpgthe will of an epoch "Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space." ~Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-all-came-down-to https://photos.on-this.website/wm/558BybSjnfiqaTgyZQsrkaxtaaw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9351054885abdafa8de374.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | it all came down to this https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30187897.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6ukl4A3xn6eM3XXr0oW5UkqIC68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_956897813589a0be84872a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29583839.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zp1MDJ_QHyRkJFvGxSxq0v6liuQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1270656433581c070568a10.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198053.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tGb6C_WjmTiJY9NI-DJQ_9uGXyA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19181667595eb5838d9518d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iZRwEr6meE8ExDr61fj3M6i_e7Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16921004195eb583930d542.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198057.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LAVEDIU0EmVhpLiRyDhvl_s5SNc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22460865eb583b630e58.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198060.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5v5P3_c62G9lYeE4QO324P-h3Dk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13057215965eb586468a43a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3qc10q3rQSjiv3cjhCLPIxWSKr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20121568362f57731263f8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17242116.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W9QZqtH0MBUztAObsYnql2Vsq94=/wbr/1747161032/15678_583667642511017ad11673.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144006.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A7GEHibFaf8Pb7HR08s8w5M_ukk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12303250664e13dce948fa0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29432840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XzSxhxrYytuf6rYki-x95mJenMo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15386003985805001519a35.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206258.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DCxW6auTsoFMahgNSGippP_hCts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21145608985ebdb4c3321a2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12619958.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yfruD-rBAINHtL3jUHTTDyysVE8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8277860034e670267094cc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229386.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r5WkKCTvd3mcfVPiblYOnyzYgh8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1872792159603e98af4fc3a.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Slender Men https://www.abandonedamerica.us/money-cant-save-you-abandoned https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MSWIHTexOiu6UWr-w1rsCBKaOmA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_172611033463350cd096379.jpgMoney Can't Save You | Abandoned Second National Bank, Brownsville, PA Is this too many views of the collapsed wall in the abandoned Second National Bank building in Brownsville, PA? I don't know. You be the judge. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230583.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xwIuvEjW5Uq4wCcYbPrChIhJc_I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_493770166604a5591b53e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879299.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r1r40iQcTIgyUuRZfurOJlfXUto=/wbr/1747161032/15678_971793531644ec6a7d9b81.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28891525.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3r1wVyiOIoLQQma8nYzmk-EpvDg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39111154357cc6b4fd0882.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200718.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bDXJwgfhELy79Uhxd_Eu2SyBY20=/wbr/1747161032/15678_34292374ddab757177e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sunset-on-advent-hill https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZmvFUTuIBup0xfehOPK8k8RRyWg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1742903895d43336cac611.jpgsunset on advent hill Sickly and glum, the Advent Hill Baptist church nonetheless holds tightly onto its perch on the slope, its roof, bricks, and stonework in better condition than the crumbling concrete steps and pavement in front of it. Surprisingly there is much less damage to the structure than one would expect in a place that has been out of use for a quarter century. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869806.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Uzucxng7fXgEnWjB8yqlbpdROQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18514440644d73beb208e18.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31048790.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C4GyAMaSUnx70KbbzkGr1Msshww=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1369954405590a2866ba35f9.11143178.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/karkPG3bKg-vp6edsklyww-Dyds=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6916487524e129c57718a7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8264374.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nd9bm0IqkjQCXzibe-HxeUInCcU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15054888275a68ddc350997.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27734428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gffg1BDP7Rb9_PBX619t6P2fveQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189862968575079f04cafc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/to-do-list https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ENbw74ZjzNnE3naoTMjIXEniOKQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9030301754e13e5361ab8d.jpgNorth American Refractories (Womelsdorf, PA) | to do list get up, go to work, pay the bills (always late), keep up with family, clean the house, errands, write emails (always late, very late) so people know you still care, but never enough to get close because that's when you get hurt. go out and take pictures of abandoned things, of half-demolished asylums, amusement parks, schools, naval training academies, power plants, houses, farms, stockyards, furnaces, factories, refineries, distilleries, hospitals, prisons - places that reek of sadness, of loneliness, of decay. get lacerations, get stitches, get tetanus shot, repeat. keep going, every day another site gets destroyed. no time for rest. look for new job, print photos, contact galleries, update website, going nowhere, keep pushing, no end in sight. edit photos, only 14,000 left to go and still more every week, like everything, get further and further behind watch as outside world gets further and further away. try to sleep, instead think of things that need done. go to gym, get groceries, cat maintenance, car maintenance, all to what end? to do them again. work on online degree, get haircut, return phone calls, but something is dwindling, fading, missing. try to move more, think less. escape the ache. apologize again and again to loved ones for falling ever deeper into something horrible - like rusty machinery sinking beneath the surface of brackish water. somehow getting trapped in something that was supposed to free you. look again through broken windows at the green world so far away. somewhere there's a perfect picture, an answer, a reason maybe down in that basement, maybe perched up in that crane climb the cliff to get there, fight off the mosquitoes, ignore the spiders, keep alert, keep searching, keep going, don't look down (or up) it has to be there. it has to. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ye3U1cM7UXCCk9llBTjVyu6jvpU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10907707084e13745ee4e62.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19466966.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tk1D4wvoaRxRSMCHymrAKXuZ4IU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_653638475524c70edd8127.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413918.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YK4qZu8beTFyt_Kq6f4hSHkytX0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_25925586554161cfeb3b0e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29780561.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sI8Lgu-5TBxJO2GjH_5pU9tkKnU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1369732965583ccabee1b91.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113260.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HiDJomYjEujgP1C1gVzALHeEEDo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15586141534e1293857f513.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379318.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SR4SWuxF0lgtZYveoux453lFupk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2974174915abbfaa9561ef.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Dead Switches https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144000.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bqkAXS0UU6-kqS0xlAVPoVAUSjE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1038073924e13dce15261e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113426.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FAbHxeNI3rSFIL8Bd1MbR6yqrhU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16100156954e129c61a9df1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34378025.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JRH-wp3IeDrsaMDgjGsszhO68Q4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1969123045abbdb9edc90c.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Rusted Stairway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239241.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pZ1BkVjBGdMCibYn2dfX2brcYCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16048812475ef3e165c2e3d.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Vestibule https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26528687.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eGq_d_f1butzkpBk1WkVMxE9qLw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_59183151356a8292d1b840.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18964555.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hvk26Zr49pFxgwVTg7JSH0RgyCQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6111795865df002a7c0d13.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31985534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IIlVjfIRSLH2RMI8yq7wbLrLWy4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19096393535963a8a77fe4c7.58273562.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | Seared Bears https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086235.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FMRf2DYFmL8jOCpSKby6c4oTNCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183356311253eba400dc20a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27922612.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oaXDBuZSxPGbD3OHlEM0NfWIPMQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129097328457631941012ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33861715.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ix_3FdGVmSzV6BekBzMTPgXncTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14960195345a4fe95ab2b7b.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Beneath the Arch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-needless-destruction https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Aq-ljI4PLOBUVlRJJ7Iux4mfV1I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4253809375537d3feb37f9.jpgLong Beach, CT | Needless Destruction Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/interiorexterior-hudson-river-state-hospital https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n18AM8LLH0b-L1ocnECq5zgcQYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20785740474d7339d2656a2.jpgInterior/Exterior | Hudson River State Hospital Navigating floor collapses like this one was tricky to say the least. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824237.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aMYlxMlWL0tCSj9n1l7Ai1Z04LI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4415026275df000d756cc0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413922.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-Zk6Kmr-eDa8J6R3bGDoHWjHjiI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46065356854161d316c798.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708754.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HYamd4XRgJGBqZ38xrB8m3IJj-k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11529913545e13a5b506de2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XwbxdcfkKuHYt-HJ7nkle5g9Dqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_146004363454060f09f41cb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012600.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hvXH9uKtXhkLc6pBckgVkArTdnY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1912772017663a59eb447a1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879285.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LA8RYgNRgT04RTQ_rN3XVUDgV10=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1654170887644ec6035cbb0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28446761.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JCFbhXl1Sk0pYnWWtEkNGaw6nVk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_472916903579bb677f3cad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/f14-tomcat https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C8qgVhVT26wcTaegnaZ1nCQCCfk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19078245254d34b4543dbb1.jpgF14 Tomcat | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Mothballed F14 Tomcat Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24464060.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DZw7jTMM6AVQf-ODDTOHRaNfavY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1644464775556f537ae5a1b.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Playground Remains This area used to house many of the amusement park rides. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15756615.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_2080937304501862c53e8b3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645667.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UkfT6hFndauw4Dn11iJL74M5zJg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5054767955583170b2bb93.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Cinderella's Castle Turret Door Cinderella's Castle was one of the structures that was too badly deteriorated to make the move to Clark's Elioak Farm where much of the park was moved to and preserved. Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20000967.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NTcbYYAE2E0fowKu8NmOEcLzxkQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1618872548529f91a07896b.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | A Distant Disaster Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16766649.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_GrKXx6atJnCR8-snjhXpHZz0A8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58981191550a5ddcf5a8db.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890574.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NftFhXG2fdcNnOfdOtkCpY2kuwU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5466530325fd5388a74db1.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Control Board https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808124.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_164710118964ef7af4251a3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377864.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nCKDDAAVETNQb258-tGwbu0_rz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12557809345abbdb26cd791.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Ground Level https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27620221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DpjPAdPIf2-ErjEdWxc5BVWwQ4E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12158602915749ea142a238.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27802336.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pCqeR00mvcBjbPRY-ZZRihYyqWQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17283607635755db3c04c6b.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Fluted Columns https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27801774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bQLBerrYZeSjNtB4PH_XtlxMa_c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7841329115755ce0682c41.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Interior Window https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27728290.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T7WtpDauBEaVWTRrzvvIRW1zbtY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1323258328574fae40599bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34867267.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2IflQOAb0jrEoxkUKG4R5cavJ8Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1642721945afaf4dd2643f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27620224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JL82XSpf4sZr12GcxfqIt9iuX7s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15121475745749ea22292ab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-beckoning https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jykTSD1We_EAlPBUHk99AF2PYUk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11711532495602edfb63181.jpgGary, Indiana | Beckoning Abandoned Home Abandoned home. Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19137500.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HeosSybNEcYDnDS1sOybQYwtIAs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8316802095224b64a31d60.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198048.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AnkRVCupk887xPIux_Lu4Uj3xvc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21069200425eb58368eeed4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xcP719h-536OXjlw-xmqDZ4xXeI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119079885259cc0f48eb4c4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8365758.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RwNhnRi0H3YiqIWd2mj74YAYRqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15586178134d3c6accb4c5e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373496.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xIiUc9M1IQ_DH9ojHmpuiuG5CR4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1695880598a5db15b09c9.12488167.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26143592.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v0R_Tb-838l6k4cApjyJZ9WBDao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_711486490564b89f718e69.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8365784.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fv4TLJeF-Elf9ngokTHiFsnjkAo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4501824354d3c6aed14bfa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16784860.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vRowdgwyZGiPwxf7pYOfy9QO1d4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_79114252850a956422b590.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239239.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/auDq15FqUNw7I4-vUN2AM1EcGQo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7160865865ef3e152f39f1.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Stained Glass Sunlight https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-coaster-crossover https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G0SKKGB87BI8rTRaDdJgUEbwGVo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2078885658589115319083d.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Crossover An X made by crossing ascent/descent ramps of the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564145.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QM6YQ3Odl7LA3SVpMZS22prjZYM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_72707431458d2bfef57712.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hf3Y8lt_-OlEIRXqrAPzwhr21Vw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12910227564ddab79fcdf37.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200772.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2EOiHIYZQ2dInOdLu_7Tt40Fvj4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18092237494ddab789453cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n8FcndwXv8icERWq1T0zx6qAvek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_350144475e8b743c562c6.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Muhammad Ali Banner https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27922616.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bNDtxnvHz6xYAUK-NNdr1oZUQrc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3348641915763195f8a9ba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33035215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J2e5YvIPrbaAb0gCYRV1dUDmIYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_91400388859cd12c128514.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-unhappy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7hPYVODKlaKCM22_fnKTPQalRdk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2096977575a2b0e8eb4577.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Unhappy Post Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824243.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gy1FUAtZ3fZLOzVukwSCOekPpHE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15151221795df001afbae68.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28168505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/97Dr_ikCbtVjs2UVO2XU8W7Lqgs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1299065901577aaf2e11e65.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8310378.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zV7_e_tN2P8_N94Ldo1QOM1YKeU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4873143884d34b9429b708.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200782.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R7aTmkpGGFZkIyZzI6vBZwCMVYY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6120420124ddab7920c957.jpgthis slightly loopy looking smile created by the light was a little disturbing. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198049.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jtb4jakfGjZN5wgaKLFueukmD0U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8246892855eb583765587d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30853748.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BE1StvBsd-VI-bZBjzPKAS549Q8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_164516332958f662410f5c08.88821133.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Peeling Columns https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/asJwHeKteUWWmNYCkg5PO_ZUm-c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_177582751859c4153ab0f4a.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Building 4 Ward 35 Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17437254.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vm1U9xsOAY-aTvDt9qQW0UA72e8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1652778857513615262166a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30931612.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OdXEekydly9G7cfwxI2ik1_8Kno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_212440766158fe9aed367751.30872015.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-empty-sockets https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EJ2b-H1dSVvMvWsfnciZmlLc85Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16048775895b632b72593c4.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Empty Sockets https://www.abandonedamerica.us/every-tatter-in-its-mortal https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DAvRjzzRfj9b5EWDL7LtCM2gcEY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20390619655eadde6f11436.jpgevery tatter in its mortal dress An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clasp its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress. ~William Butler Yeats, Sailing to Byzantium ---------------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-sun-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YILjoX-wk5CmZrMKfNZKTt8sU5c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36717066755370879a786a.jpgLong Beach, CT | Sun Room Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eZFsU80aq3x5w3iWJNHMCQNVrBs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20029918944e13742f5221e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-endless-immensity-of-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NjS4r8jtqUNa7CtoziU7fMy8yTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19753361044d6c61c9a96a4.jpgthe endless immensity of the sea | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-askew https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s4z186r2pguNaLOKrmH7waK0fTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20774180264e12a3a5810a3.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | Askew Stairway Stairs spiraling down into darkness at the DCCC hospital building. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206272.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tx7cgeuTNzS83J-vN9nlkP5lclI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2184721755ebdb528e4502.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144014.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kPnFuNTRsErrE1NbtgWum8J-d_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12132293024e13dcf40bc79.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FmaQoeqC0Syd1TqRs9t_uk3wTMc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14576060185840dbca6e27e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xVINCI6vWg0r9OIhlvTfRYXeKK4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16129919985e8b7360a057e.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Decayed Storage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26216961.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/60giWB4y08s6qCyF7k0wLCzbggg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1929358500565a1249856dd.jpgAbandoned children's developmental center. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206394.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cZDGGhUBwsKpGVyOTa07Uu-1i8A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21341810925ebedf4c189af.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200742.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pXeurOyBoHIrLFrpf-ftw6b5ZBc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10750635484ddab76ecc37e.jpgward hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aX9g5AzfrU4QZ2K7D_N5uwq-fLU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13915290115eb5837ba9196.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29706626.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ixSorQWS-wbmZx7SDsn9I7SZUDg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18576822858326fca3b861.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12619956.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uOVipnI8MTR4O7kGjVwUuQgC3BE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8758764554e670264ab6b7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200756.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e4i-ZaS3meN0DBRB2EVAwKX8V_4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7783426544ddab77c83f31.jpgthis room was for storage of personal effects. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30626641.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B-9kRck66vfFeaL0tgcetkwgpEs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_140929884658dd4342c1871.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30627081.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pamHwHIoMuJ3SpGMRUNgo7isn_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_108838299258dd5ee48f520.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-skylight https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s1AF6NXR93Ir_6xQQy-8Lmgb-yw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_199386660261a54ddad579f.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Skylight A small but lovely skylight at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30627080.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vzkZrzBN1hd_KdPviwFQxElQzbM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_211555358058dd5ed51b59f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35496544.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6HG8MUKHZkfZND7NN6J1gJl_oP4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19062670195b42d2e5a3a3e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32114031.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_9QcJ55s4ToK3xKLN-FHqsHa1eY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1427323817596eab4442173.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934316.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kRNK9lBEHK9ksee41XWsQ4EahTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1437509761552706f004d2d.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Not Long Left Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175443.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mOGRAB2F7T5aQuNupIXxY9ennuw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20534366045e90c5879d4c4.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Stark Day Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NhtBx0fOgHWs3N62RBlkL-kpkqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19450669015defff9cc0429.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200778.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pdRjmgzvybz2kjHCZcGHiXk6V6U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7476266904ddab78ddf7e0.jpgthis ward hallway, which was far away from the administration section and on the top floor, would have been one of the 'snake pit' wards where the most violent/ill were kept. i thought it had much more of a presence than some of the other areas. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273442.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hceWHfStrYSuibmqyrNBUQW20QM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_165266446363e3fed088563.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Prehistoric Serpent The curve of the Spillway Splashout ride rises above the trees like the tail of a massive snake https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32315308.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lzMruhMHb4iH9H7szWavq60mxdc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6618583515987459ca49222.87001305.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-no https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UFkm7GhCpkiwjTBjpepJamQ5-8s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5919536494e126c9953d33.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | No Smoking Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24441000.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y8ZzlrI4rCtRQDdMiowemqQ6bM8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1902587293556c8765324ac.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Ominous Pen Entrance On a gloomy day, the pens can appear fairly ominous. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40909741.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BPmbz8EY_capdJckkCCXE1PzlRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7372586135e4afacfd9ebb.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | George W. Bush https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40909819.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9bPzVUQb5Mi9izi8khZuSPmkFfc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4082787815e4afaf5d3beb.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Woodrow Wilson https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-madness-car https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j_PTnf-Ce4PX8CH2s6yyiUPB6Zk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_327406473589373c6949ef.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness Car One of the cars for the Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness ride, Six Flags New Orlean's haunted house https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29977560.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ITzWAWL9Y_iZd6E6UcqXMaHUT2k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_199140604458716bf254050.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17437271.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UIo9bBcHF0bIj6bmQwNqIQoGzu0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16237139605136155f89b30.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35439107.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RUsAHIDn-8iJDil4KqpeM4GYsdk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5014841595b3a60f585afd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206257.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u12A3XVLqXSVsP2iEVbH42sWy6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5296924145ebdb4be28b14.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33747840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A_qcBsYAkRUwkMo4dO4Jmxuhk8A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1612942265a271b66e6211.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-post-apocalyptic https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VT2s_-j0BAu_BFcxz3S7unmAjVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2136239925537d41e42dc1.jpgLong Beach, CT | Post-apocalyptic Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206265.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Oe269jXlea_0KOn9p6uWvyRfYpw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7472117235ebdb4ee74244.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323394.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nCFRNlOqnGsYRSfDJKr9AW_qfMA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16312627824d36369a1a344.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890576.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0VLaJFTo8fkznLMamEfk5X4fgaI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3785128714d74815ad48cc.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Treacherous https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33494371.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mfmeark3rNAQ5r6Eu9hHZmtlAIA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_818306015a0318b0aa3c3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143970.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OLSHuWo0lAayj9odHKhcu2pXILI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14380688704e13da704e114.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143984.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MOW-9H9U3U6xgB6sLslG7RsdV5Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18292557924e13daea800fb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373497.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/41VJQRq9qNyrlw7NtsXiGWez9CU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_987244098598a5db46a4b71.49592961.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8705906.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HSW6kxvTaizVv6RCamgxa10twTY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11239502235d433abd93c74.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835549.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uJ1amjaalCNWjKyBgphGvsTIb3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1372282692559d3fe7a4ea0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143994.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q97XeQBNBMWHIpmXDT7WqT2l__A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11842004064e13dcd509ec0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32179987.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BetlFIvStw3bkaMwTfCIeVGSUdw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87790142459763e6088f6f1.41884959.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33866188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j-5yDwDT3erpPYYRk3aTEczkYtA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18166062465a511bf1312af.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Pulpit https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031501.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3BU_GtquMFhnlWb-SOWV3jlhLjo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_42478917759cc0f7cae5a7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086480.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GLoKThYLbmL0b7MM41s5ISVMHz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_118958576153eba88518a50.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430429.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IGk0fj2XMFkmPWhfXzKyGHmOaDo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12933189458c306c62c536.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902449.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KLPt5fO4k3v2MJTWXkQ9shpl7TQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3034179745d828b789a1c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25420982.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U0dDh41WX-udzD2Aj8BdW7UY3Ck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83087724355e60a0474f81.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32139858.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9FEHmw70BIbkhp4VH3uQdHuHjiQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7034750295973c8c7b32b3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nq7tRxZJaSHznlWvks1p7a09eDE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11234321335d433f62327b1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M3q10vj4YrRZ8a8ZFmcoNy-viHo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1779623265aea4cb186cd1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087005.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SjnA_3GaLbvOBpNMF1gWJOVOqps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83476910353ebb05aca13f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863206.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GUS_VWcpvj-D-zh3fvpIuYWYbd0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21457643096137d6fc4425b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29793186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BZIxLD4_oKypRxGUKdajdRKN-k0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_211185978258419042805e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32137354.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i9n4BqkxUkgSKfEbGKlH_6_3r3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_143305743359738528008bc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144022.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KhbDne_0bqF-dVzg8sgTdovxr3I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4260233404e13dcff87630.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35439106.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AGkFnrhhveabuwGzVugUBVjYiPA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14207338405b3a60ea1b592.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-lounge-area https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pGM8GcIGQAhFkGiROKV7ax4ONSk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1148770205d360f8a8cb78.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Lounge Area Another lounge area in the Irem Temple https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28891540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f0n2urr8HEXkiDdd7lyyMxFbwfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94997789557cc6b63d49f4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23651231.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RYgicLCMBEfVpbsJUws77A-K_OI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121659932954f50668e9313.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Sacred Heart Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132432.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GmF8Ogcp1MSKTAkGa3bV1thhoNk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13022150374dd74baaba26c.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206393.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DdGbLkUFUC6qTqMGqj1DOHPK7RY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14125201545ebedf4a3f87f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32114029.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mMEK3jnH0HcHcOkB17_YlPfDe0g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1249124674596eab098d58a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018478.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-GkcBLndM39hzPorHoltbuP13WI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66803153458759e455883d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31054075.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QGmPezQypSoZ2PJci9dBOU-tjZw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2067524871590b6d1314a047.42728996.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200430.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/guIr4YkD1fL_1ZKsmRIelBmI7Wc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19267802454ddab45b43b1b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33202444.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l7swgQD5e5QfVQgzbRzWC6Je6-8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_201772370359df85fbaedec.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740833.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kpOQ2Pr2NXuUMestRwclCtad1Wk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6624185445a25a90ec7b64.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Odd Aquatic Decorations https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31176899.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gZv5JMSHvmct9kICFirJDRZsjSQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3509102465914a5229b03d4.41192759.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24529096.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WgKNEGwKNCpu8wG6F1gf14f313s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9032714055577228f46a84.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113280.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wsg8BPSK-egXxhAN40R_MlmUpFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18501382254e129686ea5df.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Massive Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18884953.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VnbcNu4pwLV51OXjQlVirCnh1g4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1707077844520265026f561.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775728.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KoXfBWMbFeg08YJbuKfFBHCcvPQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12183845594ee639f8b8be9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41886486.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5vLWSpkHqCXJYFChh4HNjketS00=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14598462895f739f030680f.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Altar View Detail of the front of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41205511.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eL9nxDsEtFdOmsWLySBuqgwdB5M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4246598155eb9d8bf5a8de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35385644.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PNeHPL3HNnhheeq-65Y25UvCG7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15475509915b33c0350ce19.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22779022.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yFCbQxk0gcm2afAMNGM5G3Ju77k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11550098275446f0ce54412.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775724.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qaX8mx7odTZs_gSmAnVy7Fpx6nM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21380520284ee639e9ad7e2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615507.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ZzA0uW8uFAh6rCI0JvwX0FECik=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107049478154306fa3509ce.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684088.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i0TzDxnypVY-x1gqmmPOVcygFxg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189657659761c3bd217bddf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30883532.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/StGKoXBlxImTxS2f2A3BrxMBPoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31154081258fb9a75c45bf8.18186555.jpgAbandoned train, 2010. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11592978.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tA5t5W7kwzMb1Fe4ZmqSSWQykO8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4447633705df0033c55020.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185954.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bT5YYmhZahM3KkiJ_s67ltomhTo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_34643224159766375a7e2e0.38128026.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IKt8cqebfn09hVw59ZrrbiichS4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_202421076457447b2aacb9b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/blackgate-prison https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FezEJ23qiCqzeMjN8qHwlcV9tuI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_331914405559ae1d45308e.jpgBlackgate Prison* Blackgate Prison* (pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/undisclosed-prison]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200412.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XLUDWkvRqkzGgacUP9SFKB3qAIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8086865485acd4fce08699.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29883774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BtP1VxBfHBEOgW68dItkyKr9XA8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1708535203584ed39d340c8.jpgVulture City, Arizona | General Store Remains? Identifying the remaining buildings in Vulture City can be difficult with no indicators what they were used for Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36200104.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1-GQwgXls7LNMIPoIRBRCfPmJzk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9752899195b92e0773c9ba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379325.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8i2Fdta420RzpMYSoG6bEZyGwX8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1534769315abbfae91792d.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Pattern Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43620718.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NU4F7vHu7pYuDA-7eFwkYE8_hms=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10891569146116b34a716c6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-autoclave https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zklYsjBLNfVCVKiWNK5qlsTio6s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10526345935a53f86f61ce2.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Autoclave https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31206502.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ajOqVBMxn6f7ndO0IGXIMe_HATw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7260351175918d910ea7759.14940698.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32113591.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TF139nyy8WwrObfbhQZParppnuc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2055521570596e9716aefd0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30538465.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cKx4P2l1F5URKnTOP8YD_AgYtyo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_141806266558d037b29a406.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187043.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uROq-H6XFeKCX12LPAV6lDoWQxo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_140929612152cefeeabb5a1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031502.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZUWgRlhlqpXoYhpg61JdT_BDgmA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_170983883759cc0f944474a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22923704.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DGkoyAvSwKjBrDaAkBI531ruBzo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_857207681545a50189070b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379324.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tTlAZrwyMWqTLMVXpgVGxFZNNL4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8896361145abbfadcab81d.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Carnegie Steel Beam https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31176896.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-v_GsERhDgqk4-qXXbvbrtuFK3s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2967489815914a519034016.13321322.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-seating https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XfepYNwMrnuS8TGudv63KAPhVnE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98070876254204ba9009fc.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Seating Arc Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36084033.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UmXyKcvHAmrS0IGNBdfJ8tXuXcU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1878009345b8461ad14f7d.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Beautiful Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-city https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tiEcOrEGfPtcqajrzs4bGiYr3Xk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3616329925d4871e1021da.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | City View Bundi Palace looms over the surrounding city. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28187064.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gWqJbD27o63eidbVswkKZSQgoyg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1926753394577e8754e4f3e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36191094.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KI6sFflW06T3PEOVKypuxuoQWB0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6291093905b9163921a2dd.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Control Panel Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mm1mptC0DEWiYe6Y6v7tZYWd2D4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17131570484d73bda5e67d7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bank-after-collapse https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rTVbcaJNDgewd01dlKksz7Ym6_w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14943242785b54f10f2cfec.jpgAfter Collapse | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA One of the back rooms in an abandoned bank, appx. 2018. [url=https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35667172.html]View the same room years earlier, before the ceiling caved in.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399769.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oNe_rDg4WMVX7624nGGok_8AdDg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14719646205565d6edbc9f5.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Giving Away https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ch-53-sea-stallion-helicopter https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AU2SKa0RoGGPT-tbvI5LRuAjDoE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13192272274ff21feac06ea.jpgCH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter fuselage | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter fuselage Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752401.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pv8o71FFoRMmdNL96_BCRhQzm_c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1883275534550c6f4f07f00.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175498.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kopw7bmjoFj_R9cDnFU6D5Nl5GU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18943378705e90f39362974.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Patient Toothbrush https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902405.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lsp64W_CjhZfEPqCgiVNbUMSq8c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5067603705d82883dbace4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17241867.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0Jya9_8WZ5BfJ-BjRYvlRDWxU6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1573023899511013ef7d3b7.jpgthe work I was born to do One of the criticisms you most frequently hear about photographs of abandoned buildings is that they are 'exploitative'. Like the use of the term 'ruin porn' as a perjorative description (which I've written [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/life-as-a-ruin-pornographer]separate essays on[/url]), I wonder sometimes if the people using it have any clear idea what the phrase even means or how they are using it. To exploit something has both positive and negative connotations in its definition. "Exploit" can mean to advertise or promote, or to make the best use of something possible. However, the term 'exploitative' is often used as a way of negating or devaluing something. By definition that is to "use something selfishly or unethically". My chief complaint about people who throw words like 'exploitative' or 'ruin porn' in little snipe-and-run articles or comments is that they casually damn someone's efforts without taking any time to understand them or their context. The people who use these phrases as criticisms not only don't take the time to understand the work they are so imperiously dismissing, but usually have only a hazy insight into what they are saying themselves. To claim someone is using something 'selfishly or unethically', you first need to have an idea what they are using it for, and how that is unethical, two things that a brief glance can't really afford. [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/confessions-of-a-ruin-pornographer]I've written about photography of the dead and its inherent responsibilities and problems[/url], and I do believe there is a strong need for gravitas and respect when dealing with the subject. Is it unethical to present an abandoned building as a photograph? It's a tough subject because there are no clear guidelines and people's expectations are all different. I personally have argued that the jokey, "Look at me, I'm on an adventure!" style of a lot of explorers' photographs is disrespectful and belittling to their subjects. My work centers around the place and not so much my own presence in it, although I don't necessarily think when handled artfully self-portraits are 'unethical'. They are clearly not the center of what I am trying to do, which is offer a eulogy of sorts to the places themselves and the era of our society that they represent. As a sort of coroner of buildings, I try to look for what the causes of a site's downfall were, and what the effects have been. Even so, I simply don't have the ability with the volume of sites I visit to give an in-depth look at each and every one historically. I wish I did, but it just isn't possible. Sometimes I can't write things to go with them. Sometimes I present an image without context or writing. Does this mean I am neglecting that particular place? I feel like it sometimes, but realistically my time is limited. Shooting always takes priority because it is often very time-sensitive and when a place is lost, so is the opportunity to document it. Processing images is next, and writing, website updates, and researching usually are in the 'when I can' category. Maybe one day if I am financially stable, I can take the time I want on the subject because I am a man of means (and hey, maybe even hire a team of people to work on content!). Maybe then I can afford to flesh out this aspect. Until then, I still would argue that an image without context, presented respectfully, is not unethical. Blaming me for the condition of the buildings, the sadness that one experiences at their waste, or the feeling of hopelessness about their future (and ours as a culture) that they can inspire is ridiculous. I do the best I can to make something useful and beneficial of my work, but there is no way it can singlehandedly repair a sinking ship - not even one. The state of affairs is frequently pretty far gone by the time I get to a place. I can report what I see, and my hope is in what the images and writing inspire others to do or think. The idea of an artist or photographer as a superhero who is responsible for fixing the problems they document is unfair and unrealistic, and often the critique of the privileged, who would rather not be bothered with the issue presented because on some level it makes them feel guilty for doing nothing about it. Another fun criticism (getting close to the ruin porn subject/essay) is that making aesthetically beautiful photographs of ruins somehow glamorizes them and is unethical. I've retorted that in a funeral, we make the body look as good as possible because we want to see the beauty in who that person was and not just the tawdriness of death itself. I have also retorted that people are not interested in ugly images, and ugly images support the 'these places should all just be torn down' argument, which I vehemently disagree with. By presenting them in as beautiful a way possible, I hope to make you see why they are worth saving and what a crime it is that it isn't happening. Perhaps the most ill-informed and arrogant part of the 'exploitive' definition, though, is that this work is presented selfishly. The people who claim this often will say, "but look at you! You're selling prints of ruins! Here you are, making a profit on other people's misfortune!" Anyone who thinks that I make some king's ransom on photographing places and selling prints or presenting work at a gallery is a fool. There is no kind way to put that. My camera equipment, my travel expenses, website hosting fees, my schooling on the subject, and my effort and time so vastly outweigh any financial return I have ever seen that it blows my mind that anyone would even think that I do this for money. Without any hyperbole I can say I will be far in debt for the rest of my life specifically because of this work that I do. In the real world of our Capitalist society, things do not occur for free. Nothing does. To remain even partially solvent I have to work constantly and with so little pay that just reaching the poverty line would be like winning a race. Nearly every means of making money in our culture is exploitative if you cut right down to it, and I have picked one of the least profitable endeavors there is. Yet the critics love to paint you as the photographer, sitting on your lofty Photographer's Throne, which you bought with the untold riches you made selling a handful of prints, looking down on the misery of others and smilingly milking it for every cent you can. This is perhaps the most offensive part of the term: that I am capitalizing on the misery of others for my own gain. <center>[img]/imgs/news/15678_15965333955112c9ba09a0e.jpg[/img] [size=10]Maybe in an ideal world this school would still be open and I'd be teaching in it.[/size]</center> I live in the country I am taking pictures of. I do not live a life of privilege or wealth. The communities I photograph most are the ones geographically closest to me. You know that factory I photographed the ruins of? If it were open, maybe I would have a job that paid reasonably well there, with benefits even! You know that asylum I took pictures of? Maybe I could have got care there for my depression and anxiety. Can't afford that now. Those schools that closed, my (potential future) kids and the kids of my friends could have got a better education there then they can in the deteriorating, underfunded, and overcrowded system that exists now. Maybe if that church weren't abandoned I could have found solace or a sense of community there, rather than being stuck with the barren wasteland of sagging malls and chain restaurants that is often all that I see left of neighborhoods. I live in this country, and I love the ideals it was founded on. I hate seeing it buckling under its own weight and painfully falling apart. I can't escape that. This problem is very much my problem, as much as it is that of everyone else struggling to get by in America. This time is my time, and its sorrow is my sorrow. I have every right to speak about it and make my work about it. So, if you want to elevate yourself above what I do by judging it without taking any time to understand it, I can't stop you. I can judge you too, and I do: I think people who do such things are pompous and superficial asses who feel they have a right to dissect the work of others with the dull scalpel of their own rhetoric and language they barely know how to use. I think such people are (perhaps willfully) blind to the scope of the problem that this phenomena represents, both on a local and a national level. What I do isn't perfect. I have dedicated my life to it because I feel it is important and I hope it accomplishes some Greater Good, but I have no control over what its actual effects are. I am throwing this bottled message into the ocean in hopes that whoever recovers it, in whatever time and place they are at, they can understand the slow-motion train wreck that I see unfolding before me. Maybe that will happen in time to do something about it, and maybe it won't. Maybe it will only serve as a snapshot of a moment in time, and show what that moment was - not the past of the places I photograph, a time which is already gone. I'm trying to record the present, MY present, and the era I live in. It's a sad era, full of the loss of beautiful places and ideals and their replacement by a cheap and unfulfilling dogma of squeezing the last bleeding pennies from your own culture and countrymen no matter what the disastrous effects of your actions are. When I look at the world around me, the wastefulness, neglect, and decay are what I see around me and if I want to be realistic and true to my own inner voice, they are what I have to work with. I don't owe you any explanations or excuses for that, even though I often give them in hopes that perhaps someone out there might see the validity to it. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-part-of-a-plotted https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6olteu-1MM_ao2LVCh2K8NWvkW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1127946044502fce0ceeec8.jpgall part of a plotted progression Collapses, while inherently frightening because of the threat they pose, are endlessly fascinating to me. There is something surreal and dreamlike about seeing the familiar shape of a wall and window twisted inwards, seeing a chair or desk seemingly midway in the process of melting through the floor, or being able to look into a floor above you or below you through a curtain of wreckage. Conquistador China was full of such odd events. Constructed mostly of wood (which is probably why it fared so terribly in the fires that destroyed it), it had not held up well over time and certain areas had the feeling of wandering around in a shipwreck. Areas like this have the immediate appearance of chaos and madness: boards jut every which way, propping up walls that are sagging inward as the floor drags them further downward. Despite this initial response, which I imagine is due to the jumble of familiar forms in unfamiliar poses, every piece of this puzzle is behaving in a rational way. If you understood physics, architecture, and engineering well enough, maybe you'd be able to trace the chain of events back to when and why one certain section of the ceiling gave way, causing the boards around that section to fan out. Maybe you could predict what might occur next, like the buckling and splitting of the ceiling boards in the upper left. At the risk of sounding insensitive to the building's plight, this sort of decay is like a slow motion action movie sequence.I enjoy the challenge of looking at it and trying to figure out the chain of events and where I am at in them, and I am reassured that scenes like this, which appear so catastrophic are in fact all part of a plotted progression, just at a more spectacular point than most. ---------------------------------- Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/weathered-ss-united-states-philadelphia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/INbHv--LokFOUmB6-uvNX2fyQRU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3095379545aa8124987c87.jpgWeathered | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138392.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iWUkPmxB8xBFBaQyS4qRNFi47f4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5570964684e1374146972a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32947712.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EgNx22PHDV5j3vCkg9XG-gZpkb0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183616993459c4323028126.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Don't Be a Parrot https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22651492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4keqtd2xCHdPL7f1YljzE8jqAtU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1478128044543326fe13572.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RUlViGgYuEawptFP_tJk4BNle7g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3711981224d744538afca3.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28927271.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xlUibUorDIwqCkIaZn8e_4WCylE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_24777231157cde06d0f6f7.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Cell Block Entry https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983109.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3FaIfaGAYhJ6e_WNINfgqfYDj0Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21403004695d9100c3e08ea.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OLYqdYUIAV7YlDNQBSBGQtIr_sE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13746258075840dc09beeeb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824239.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gKNvW4s1wpW2gi9fsk10vvegVWk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7730992605defff87d96dd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29540697.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZXIoqEP2WtIirKhEevDzNmVdpuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17838644075817539b7f921.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29639185.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QDGk98iY_IWlGfdcgxO-PNjIn3I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1984183111582348a31d16d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29793187.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jmgm2xfqON71yNTJYnH0eTmb0OE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9324595875841904fd858e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oMeGxE7QIxDgrvKwLVOTdGrZty8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16995563485ae11e7d720cb.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Hanging Shelf https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-curved-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J99ZCZPVmp2XcGFI0oVnVBvfmZw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_170277646061a54d733d282.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Curved Hallway A curved hallway at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376535.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5K5P5q8U8T4cGWAMm6_csGEHCOc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18861072458bb051d7fd80.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143982.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aYDgWrfungqSyG0YiCelTZs1u7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3907771364e13dabe1f2f6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031500.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LD0bLnzUaPdP8_T4jFkb1y9X2tQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83858872059cc0f70bea44.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yHzsayuw2Cm2hNm-y9Mqg9oOzW0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_687603151550999c3e4edb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33354845.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gyi1ZF3Cvx9vDZGL8WpWs8elvUE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112643641159f364ef0031b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26412748.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9KNsVN6-ANG2sVqh-jH8FUeB9Is=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11387785315689970356079.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33380670.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BUSu3Bx0hSkoAPyl2T4banK3aLk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_74123309259f6618628d36.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919199.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dFjs-CfbOipQtDVIRLgXpw9aF4o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2177162135857cddcc44a9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lzz-Le3IIG9L5Q-sG7Qw3VgSxlA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12988221234ddab45f1883a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143974.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pLnQJjzxyCupjCv8n-IY9qcalLs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5210550874e13da74a8c32.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086969.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KaJMZXM0cw5tUqnyZqMB9cg0Sfo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188797958753ebafb987ece.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nPE2rXz5uFv1uQ99UOa-e2QxkLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20164123074e136da036278.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33860393.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fL9iQ6XMmQrIGpGkulYGtKSQ5lA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14875943755a4eb73a62e0a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40790504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2D2dPsoD0O5TfJDOZel0G6cqKzM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16911027735e2b57c7c954b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598622.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CXLmxW8snBEnS5LsJXCPO-TZabc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19119957425bc0f16adf2ce.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-alleyway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iNOmCTsUM6oAcmDDVbQVhSZMehg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9579636584e126ab7c3175.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Alleyway Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26143593.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5AUVtjdty4hoGnXFywnksOo_iVs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_841447276564b8c5459f22.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cozb-jV2zP1tY8SVBfCv5NivI7k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14968124664da525c629c3b.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Picture This https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30538452.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JguhnUUlScw_fgK9U7BIJxiATpw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127462556058d037a27aed7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p2TQpzony_FF53jMiCNf8ebl-_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17343415984da525b596f60.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Handprints https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-behemoth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YVoNHMR84cVbpNpmPdGlMTqL1Wc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15452738785b91638b4db68.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Behemoth https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33035216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j7GTvT0LNwA22E6LFdItOilS1Ms=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61334264659cd12c68858c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40790506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y9rUs8yNSY9uU4rKb5w-RnD-hiI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3721160585e2b6cc1cf1bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777838.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ecC4cS3K7PKDcdzMEriwqIy3wtY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20046176545af34df0c912e.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Main Staircase The second floor entrance to the main staircase of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t-Qs6RciF4q4yWNyoP6GGciIGck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13879913394e12909c90ce6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32179994.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CzaWP5O5hRFuXeNwpkGfPoyo1wk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64450509859763e6ebad162.46256637.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35439103.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jrIfR5fK6xmUzjUZpZbbPp-np8g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2435454705b3a60e000bbf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22924044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZNgpSMjflzUyzTbgsqPC_qekdBQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_514895994545a55c5abd60.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16480657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HN21g_rWrKCtwyZF7a6lXyPUPfE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_283143264507a0309710aa.jpgPhotograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24526029.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kx5mgziVn-waFvuT7TndVb-QmRk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4347183125576565b3e220.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200798.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S_c8zmaA4KDtKDnGYxXGl6WJ6hk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18479647934ddab79e044fe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33035221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_J4bqMfNFRSB7PApwsnAP1O9peg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181056586659cd12ed2ab01.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-perched https://photos.on-this.website/wm/REvXYOb0YOayzodO8xJpDGTwkE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_881386807518c7116d4cae.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Perched Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31176895.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hD1xVWtDVFDjszK3laRWteW3AL4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10444056335914a514e42616.33422452.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36444076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vedpQXC-p33jB2pjFbTA2e0_yoY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11849808905bad00771a403.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xWEZx7xbzoWBGvuv_AN8nIf9fZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3986699664ddab755260d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113272.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PdFKXfaigsHVktmFHRunWZSm4vs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16055011414e1296785613d.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | It's All I've Got Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26531289.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VE1poilBftSCmB01VknjusERwwc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44179873656a8ebde46bf6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30161399.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qgzsbz6HyqEQQKi1UmSuTmPTDYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1271407799589772d9d7f16.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684059.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mJNEKDnK_x0C8izYCeFj-1eT0UQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196402280161c3ba2c825de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290860.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AGXOvqWUxW8wD35-1SpnFDqSkno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58786219654060f2340da0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28183255.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t54b1I1D6bo8t_GYv2kYa_uN4wc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1989510203577d49fbe0cd5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-cafe-union-station-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eodD8Tiy0x4FtCiQeJ7Gkvw1HQw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_271508898633a8a1cc76d1.jpgAbandoned Cafe | Union Station, Brownsville, PA An abandoned restaurant or cafe on the ground floor of the Union Station building in Brownsville, PA. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31575871.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5taXTFwP3l8h8U_Tyek1ri_CUFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_35775857459382bd8b6650.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206277.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h85kOYEAe-qmnEtMLZKQdADDqU0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4817053975ebdb55fe7f2d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-simplest-law-of-nature https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5W1yfeZn6kDirBKu-vfBF_RXuhc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9512146944d733a16d25b3.jpgthe simplest law of nature | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher Gravity tries to break you, to wear you down. It's so much easier to sink away into oblivion than to constantly fight, to hold it together and defy the winds, the rains, the weight of your own existence, of time itself. A floor caves in, a fire breaks out, another day passes and you find yourself further and further from where you started and what you envisioned yourself as being. What goes up must come back down again - but the reverse isn't true at all. What goes down often stays there. It's hard to imagine why Hudson River State Hospital obstinately resists the inevitable, why it refuses to acquiesce and with one heaving sigh rejoin the earth, to let go of its quixotic quest to remind the world of what it once was, what it could have and should have been. No one wants to hear anyway. No one wants to look at this gaping wound, this real-life parable that clearly shows in irrefutable terms that many times the Good Samaritan never arrives, that glorious ambitions are sometimes left to bleed out and rot away, exposed to the elements, without even the decency of a burial, let alone a memorial. For a brief time Hudson River State Hospital took flight, buoyed by the belief in the Kirkbride ideal and the hope that society could and would care for those who had been stricken with some of the most cruel and baffling illnesses ever known: those diseases that contort the soul, poison the heart and mind, and cripple even geniuses and saints. Think what you will of what came of the way these goals were approached - this is what happens when those ideals crash back into the ground. What goes up always comes down. It's the simplest law of nature. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33865299.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/efmpAZP3pJp3Gs3yVUI0WuY-LPQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10409842175a511320aa161.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Gloomy Parish House https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26732211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X1A0R5pkmY458xgPolLn6C2uio4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_32558451456d354cd1c9d0.jpgInfrared photograph of Hudson River State Hospital exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24522605.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PuulbRwZJ-V6txpnJthRMxo_9qQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14395885485575e9bc29ff6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32137985.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_P_q3TjlVY5mlnrYXRYA7zaTBtI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_38417788759739db61a53d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373495.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BmuJj6Cmc_j57VISoCdo05i1vxo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1775241979598a5da0855061.93769054.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35439111.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VJ7m6JQvI77jJk1cHa954TVKs1A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13866155425b3a61111f00c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138380.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HmI9YqAvyKtEpMg2GJcpY2pOpwY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16510345614e13740e24a85.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33747842.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h8XmRBWsf4OdKMQiEVEGIcN6E9I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6647557705a271b76ada12.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32282316.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IiTkjfTVfO2M-L68sUNDzOARNlM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1457645411598345097f751.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nsJ2XXf3SxQXgf3EJBv8PCax7zc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179013691255099a739b0f7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430198.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Aspz7byujp0nr2CbG7Y_wcQ4RmY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2316201774da5257450315.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Each of Us Has a Place https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069360.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Axemqq0mush4z5DAXCbrifXaDHo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7177428694e1109c906ca6.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-raja-mahal-fort-orchha https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dIprzftaLcLB7zcwVpWtHa7RwkY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183804355d48723e41e10.jpgAbandoned Raja Mahal Fort, Orchha India | Moonlight The Raja Mahal Fort in Orchha, India looks even more intimidating by moonlight. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37190504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/461VA32CFmD86I0av5l5Jc0XfXw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14582674505c2a512170795.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598607.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jDbVDgsAHAB941e8d7uMHfMYMnA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16194357895bc0f057273cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373501.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sqBUgFm-f0HzVmxVO_QUPJ1jeok=/wbr/1747161032/15678_838375365598a5ddaadbf38.47711555.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35695631.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/05hpeVqPLjYjff-4Rn4eoNqnn6c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4693622705b5a24e803cc1.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Murky Reflections https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902437.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uREE-LxVD8SYsCowc_MZvjbfbb4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13496826735d8289ddcef48.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696943.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/isRe0QL0VCuyQuX7yyxTBOvXiSU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3175398455aea4eb160d5a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22292582.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/snHw5QJiX0KormcoLwqBx6lJY-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129304369954063bd8ec1a5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864736.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AbuoG3aQUaCxnbymujgMeMHxWqo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16728686465d7fea43237b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27036577.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HeXNH9tVrW0Kf_9bKaC943G1zLA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127590274656fecae0a4d0b.jpgAbandoned resort. 2015. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131411.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gh8b3sHOYMzrl1cX2FqXVMlqz5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1637162791597253477cb57.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Off Limits https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30280205.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DHze7b9VJJk8hNfvcMHJ0fZE1hI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62251363758ab1005d3e7d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27734429.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5MNGJe802SylKNyYh5bsJK7zgDo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1982695544575079f962a54.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41197657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i2vdnCEUeGT2Q6Ppf_1WJ74QdaM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15652161645eb305935f09a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-beneath https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ODcvLdmKRh1Mk9OPWnkS1NdrzOg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_850064656565ca0826357b.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Beneath the Furnace Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15936360.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cgpmxHs9eiLE-lapkPrZIe0FB6U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1704729810502fdf7351a62.jpgPhotograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26412744.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NfxFzklBLaGmhfVIvAUb-3oKmug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1695619083568996cf9dab4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777852.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-e4jNBqZSsi_QvLI4AStyjZMJYA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4494433185af34e5c76412.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Nurse Station Graffiti A nurses' station at the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home, covered in graffiti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8718644.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HtOpMe2o_7oefmra35O4o6Wph5A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13904848435d433d4236353.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kaNRqdLMCAFj0RAXOFVxJFMD8so=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2116429292596e498ef38ab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598613.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kNQ1-dk7fejo2Aas6tEKdo5Qbbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20812443445bc0f12907eaa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33494372.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cv8mk8R1zC6tTF1PpaUq5kK2Xhw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_818306015a0318b3abc26.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16782552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A4AAtBv2zDb4j7CfVQrmfBJN2aE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61120025850a939688090b.jpgMain guard station, visitor entrance. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/what-if-the-medications-are https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xWcuScs-RYwqRcai0J7sQoTlSls=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14811510674d2e247629a62.jpgwhat if the medications are a lie? https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36199400.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xfCc2LQQW0nQP0AI-jIbDlOhpCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7504322885b92ca90586ff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615486.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r8KIdThHhLlJrFSVqgpdaVli_JI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_174009459354306f32eecf1.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598606.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_SwRoBYbb19O16QQ93fkuy3mDYA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2795506835bc0f0406c4b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921315.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tSptJK2upNZSOe9BF5QTyzM1i_g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2039149995762e58df2c41.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889196.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lDJvV07ioq0BN4hlWdgACb-LilM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8563604444d744440c7873.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18884952.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/01yWdM7j3joSK4FTtscNo9x7Tk4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_979484326520264fda54ae.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-laboratory https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2jguuuX5mp0LLlsSQEjtqyorkOQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7799843794e126c3009eb0.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Laboratory Stairs Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30536582.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rdJcVIG4IpZzGuPS1Qa2bWEWhfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137963223258d0170c51652.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28580227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ktSzicdZgNyNu1L75PcRYWcwTmo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_214297449957a8da9f46437.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Executive Meeting Room The executive penthouse meeting room at the top of the tower at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29678212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rp1maCPJ0PiP28MDDe2wDj-uDxI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1605942705582bcb5ed6222.jpgAbandoned woodworker's home Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xi5J5ZnfBCNcxuTlywMpZhl_F18=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106441403258bb04a8750fe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29099599.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iOrsxET-NmbbHlrYX9K_8SeDZ8U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83673903957e061dcf04fd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791229.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rj8XYCSgMMkgF8JIoK06-qywr4s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3497650265840e8e139bb0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29099589.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U98Gsobi4lOVDllpteH8LmD9BeI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60935717557e061ccb83c0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30536587.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dZW5kFTNnNIkc-YOp_jKW78v2PA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_146833085558d0171a96651.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/greenhouses https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0vkY5WBLGvQV05mksF0n0VxcAY0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20193474864ddaae3c86dcb.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Greenhouses While in winter it looks more like a trash pile than anything else, in the other seasons Pilgrim's greenhouse is overrun by the plants inside, making passing through them difficult, if not impossible. The trees and vines almost seem actively hostile towards intruders, as though they have finally claimed the buildings and are guarding against mankind's return. That being said, once inside the varying green shades of the leaves in the afternoon sun are extraordinarily beautiful and calming. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37190505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HNB4O2qTM2YGcbp4IEzXEIZpTRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19740148755c2a51232868c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134741.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v-2GgIT1Tqw7XrdTvJ3tGfyZGXI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_907937979664e6239bfc45.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27822635.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IR0vYlQHV8eQgYGTJNB4Q5aZv9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_48807784557572742d3503.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Dark Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36454909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5RpN3d_YiZBfaTwpAumGXP8QLl4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3177329265bae4e0a94bbb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33860390.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zogjgAe_kORqsOaGHyNl8M6v5lk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20016910315a4eb715bbf99.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195423.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KWigxIiNLNDsEiW0sBQ-h3qcoqk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19501826025c2d0562cee3b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461014.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1iB0UTvArJnjDXoa5jFV-gM5HHI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11667310525dd2f81810db2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598605.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s8FbTcdLXUtodwY6XsForIKwUqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6000563805bc0f03e5e7f2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598624.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PCMQymbOLnRBm0_dBJns9Iv0NDE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12570530835bc0f173d3c11.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377896.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CEOGrY8F5rAlugipjYxVLnUV2wE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5702552835abbdb410d659.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Switch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35529513.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TEzculHux0Qs-YdVT6ltURl2-YU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16484699065b47cdbcb0785.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27443063.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d8RbZGSdKNcOZrQ_pL4ai2CGhqU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14714999957349a37a7af2.jpgAbandoned psychiatric hospital. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376520.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T5GvJ8OnCGG5FbjrXmeq7QAc52w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_104732196258bb04e180e36.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aXwin5ujFQk4dEqIg6pMX8C_wpc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4695598564ddab765ae940.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-sanctuary https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NxzRGPWyYR-ZqlVgwDbsWHB6eoY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_172854198961a54d3adf7c0.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Sanctuary Wide view of the sanctuary at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12619954.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BzByfOw8YH6fL5OuA5_W5_SWN1Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_979632134e670260445c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863208.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IacNgvubUEl0D0Lq-pIOAxiljRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17580776856137daf7478bc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257278.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9tZnNIOFCbo353-Mv3MPjpmUL6c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5559529864d2d57a0e277f.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Stations Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30161357.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EQ884h4liYuJM40wAEC0w3lJO5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3040043655897728f8c2de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696934.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pD-kTHOVvK6v0XDh9tybYb_cGzg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15462295615aea4cadd94d7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30153455.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kLN3H2pkFaIU9AmpYK3GEzCDQdA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21150048205896429fbd1b8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24654942.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZlAH2V35bnja0QCC6BP2nVhh5mQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18393218015585c01fd11fb.jpgthe in-between For as long as I can remember, I've dreamed of these places. Subterranean ruins buried beneath the streets we walk on. Ancient metropolises overgrown and crumbling, hidden away from the maddening crowds. Passages and tunnels that lead out into derelict malls, factories, mansions. It's one of the few consistent things I can recall in my life. In the dreams I find myself alone in the stillness, always wandering without any real awareness of purpose or destination. The places I visit remain impassive and mute, filled with hints of previous tragedies and triumphs that I will never know of. Byzantine architecture constructed by long-dead hands and minds surrounds me, and sometimes its scale and majesty is terrifying, others delightful. In my adult life, one recurring theme is that I have forgotten my camera but stumbled onto something I know I have to capture. Without it, I'll never be able to. Perhaps it's my subconscious awareness that nothing I see will ever make it out of the dream with me into the waking world. Entire desolate city blocks and disused arcades are glimpsed in an instant and washed away at dawn, and yet I can feel in them a need for something I can neither identify or provide. I am not a rescuer, I am an observer. What I witness, I witness in silence, for there is no one to tell of it. It seems inevitable that I would find my way into such places in the waking world sooner or later, that I would try to make sense of them somehow and share them in a way I've never been able to with the realms I inhabit when I sleep. Many times I've felt the odd twinge of deja vu, that I have been here before and seen it before. Maybe I have. When you look at a building, you see it as a physical object rooted in a physical place. This one was a school, this was a factory. This is what it means, this is the message to take from it. Then you stop looking at it and move on. I can't do that. When I look at these places, I see cyphers, elaborate riddles whose answers have been lost somewhere beneath the sands of time. Even though I have seen what lies above and below on the staircase in this photograph, there is also the possibility that next time I go through the doors will lead somewhere else. In the abandoned places I visit, the veil is thin - between waking and dreaming, life and death, awareness and unconsciousness. Maybe that's what I'm looking for, a way to bridge the gap. In the abandoned the past, present, and future have collapsed into one point. I don't think I ever had a choice about coming here at all. --------------------------------------------------------- Image and text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934233.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OGJviQo4_QqepCDocLK3n3aR56E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8754157605526fbeb67723.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Salon Cabinet Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175442.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IWOTeZW3Bfc-JqqG1f-undwowO8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16627079415e90c584de36b.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Top Floor Ward https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19466952.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sMH2E-MvDHQ6xk9Sg0S2nSwI07k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2009769478524c70ba10e62.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-conveyor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lhAr10D7LdkcVv5tjT5gRp1T3Bc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1929396314e126c5225986.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Conveyor Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31744262.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kY6JPYHPs9UNPLgTWEzLgrbEnx4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1452777962594d410ad2bc0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35514107.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Uw3x-pR-pApGVo7nC_Z3zT4uPEU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5924436585b45142c501e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086954.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZX3NXkcpLBXel5blfBvOYxCLa60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_41303548653ebaf815c5b1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377988.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yCZETBuMh6-D7zfN_5QX9lP8URs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2883697855abbdb8568b82.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Wooden Pattern https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206390.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hbznaXdreuPdkuMtDDSBDuRrSv0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5762460645ebedf440cccc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15431898.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gUQ2NQ2Ph_i9R0Vkn51ssM2YxWQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7346046144ff2208975fd6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8310382.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E_xkxTTCM4nHXP2ywMjtJmZWOAg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2563936584d34b95fa6895.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-mine https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-8gIpvmEuq_sHm9T_R3hRj9dwAw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_150740373859ef89dbd6ed8.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Mine Entrance The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44814454.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lIw7WlRD3gVeyW5C3BUF-YsW5uQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_86891219361f082c751952.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17739575.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uB9vu70kcC5tz-6N0WwM2ByLvRo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1798696074516cf41619454.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Gantry Crane Operation Room Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15756613.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_821805079501862c09ea3a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G2FLG_Ihr3N2OmZGo4xbKpNidCE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10465437874e83fc6cd0454.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | C Is For Clown Children's books strewn across the floor of a classroom https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113278.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5renA18IWE6U-rWPxeNctBgldYo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5393381124e1296835b52e.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Peanuts Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11592800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tPUo34341dScpxZXq7vmvQSbdq4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9660297075df003728cdb6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-gorgeous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vqIin_RA9llDzeQxQSyZ_A-kOIQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20372431485d487167a9981.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Gorgeous Ceiling Painting Bundi Palace's Badal Mahal, or Cloud Palace, is an incredibly ornate ceiling mural. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33870136.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AkRhlEPpYwCv9J681-2Tu0rXXPo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9383820005a515b2ce3cd2.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30153299.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4ZhX4qJ7EY_V2oIWZAQPgnih0nQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62213504458963ce3b84fb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22293462.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vPyg38WMYVCTUp7K_X0VXSeNJhI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1810012695540664a9c2275.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22093895.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/StZ_w7RjlNcRgbbGh9YSw6_TNnc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_194496469453ed81a4b88df.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175444.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TiSrfL3m2I255ZVwqLulod2AHC4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16655210145e90c58aec429.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Peeling File Cabinet https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32113603.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NUK_Itk7YNCnVaoeDIdZTlq-Xbo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1629923879596e97815a5a6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41197653.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yTyYlsZiTAx2Tqq1XbX7PT_3Fn0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3182353735eb3057dab0d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fallen-is-your-pomp https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iGMe_KNyXY6h3bFCUHdZGYzL_xI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19547039164d744ec683877.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | fallen is your pomp "Oh, Rome! Your very ruins are a joy, Fallen is your pomp, but it was peerless once! Your noble blocks wrench'd from your ancient walls Are burn'd for lime by greedy slaves of gain. Villains! If such as you may have their way Three ages more, Rome's glory will be gone." - Pope Pius II ---------------------------- Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031503.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bZxhy5uX6XvY1Vjy8QE8I0gIMBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112431946059cc0f9dafde2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696941.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eLgfFnsygOd-Nf4EJh5IhLuuqwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14768726755aea4d0204add.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851112.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kb4jHvJuUpkD9LtLwbIf_MWqg4M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1590514586517e910faebf7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25422699.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oruQTtfnrblCJA8HmnSwOx2dkcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61721633055e671b9b9d28.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399772.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s9xHO-jbN6dBFKNendJSeVMNKtw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20716305625565d70415483.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Swallowing the Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-crooked-abandoned-house https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2e5KJI6glbhvT9ozbWNqkXyEpzU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_131602439958d2bea2d6bb5.jpgGary, Indiana | Crooked Abandoned House Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31575872.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2cRe33fSAGajPg2IixkzbDurboo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_172712253459382be4e6766.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17113914.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0UVfIHDLPGkCAMudvW7zM-aKWCA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_55291982250f0e5755beca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28409130.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AChi-EXsO2-I6E4BEPUrZ7eq7qE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8512348845796511b08616.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dVUvfmU7wcITobamKPCADF8B-ng=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19443932766137dec189654.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25574478.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fHcr5f4BWuzcIrXg_aPBcLiED7o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_202994727555f8d60518eb9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28445635.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tp2Z7g2Qh6yvc0zUqhOPAvy2Aqs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1464772539579b59a799384.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430590.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/68FW0o_TOe2rsVB9dCT2JulLV50=/wbr/1747161032/15678_161704592258c32a653964c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200738.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Md1auF5r9funYl8a9UX8a6uEm8k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17867564434ddab76a723e4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25758134.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0EhKHG0KjRNntOlV-35H-LFvpyM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_649018785560c471a5cffe.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Chemistry Classroom https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-girl-i-loved https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r1db9KsEquehStDTQjztN_yiBEw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6388954795038193ab83f7.jpgthe girl i loved Photograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/conquistadore-china]Conquistador China*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26220467.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jxpMUtxMu55-RIF2NmX69uSsb1Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1935309128565b2db754446.jpgCafeteria in an abandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31177894.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e6qR87tDcEYlmOaQ73WiUUc8XCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4863209075914d82a042a71.75451923.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Missing Lockers https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27928296.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ib4XqCDn_EvLyx-6hYprC7OlWDk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10240009295764a42187046.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-gated-ward https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8BOZvhC144Bw9mJvBJV7G5MRlFI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20479227465d3f495a88411.jpgGated Ward Entrance | Allentown State Hospital One of the ward hallways at Allentown State Hospital still bears a steel gate, an unsettling reminder of the residents' confinement https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8742730.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KMEfoOWujr2PljaBeOKXktK5C2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15029830304d65d5a878f3f.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Into Infinity https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36199399.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2flTI56qgZlhwcHIkLz_0lCE08M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13665337855b92ca8867bab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865332.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w4FDTBhKORdij7lkTCRhMYSpwo4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14437250864d73312910f91.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352353.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S-JgorTl1x99rLtAeuLOSWM5RhU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169106020656731e32f21f3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741451.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x9a32jg6FXwReR5iPTmEEUMbvD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_766769882543ffbf0b3022.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540831.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1lIqyVeErAVb4gXXJ5ievF-8sk8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13985609115a09e6943ff1c.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Fleur de Lis https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136908.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LITpuKAN5oJ64MAF1hl2B-yG3nY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4175119635224b0a3d9d3f.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22708242.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pkIwfaDB43J3wT7fb6-IbDYk_ok=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1458608755543beb9970ce4.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Facade https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137832.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mNSpJDwlb2rAd9yD0KepIVed-FU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10785488474e136d98ce9f2.jpgthe overgrown state hospital's baseball field is now being used again, which i am assuming means that they have cleared the plants from the bleachers. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nirses-station-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p9R8KPk79dMxf6tk-zGKc9TkyW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_101288636954f3d3f3321e5.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Nurse's Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31718378.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uGJXN37fYIuW8X_3OZLhOQnRBvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_76251048659483a4167060.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Greenhouse Tables https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376539.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HtsXCbQVk5lbZoyElriKw-aXZbc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39088611558bb05938afd3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37407176.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SBbcRVlAGUkCTYwdJjwhWthTyJU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7756875275c68571550b8c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ladies-gar-home-swissvale-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7YcjF5lxbntvDn0aC6c6_WCmg4o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19766194795e48600292999.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Front Facade A front view of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home shows a facade drowning in weeds, letting barely visible above the awning https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8310380.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PnUvYQI8LeFlZOv-8LmoWhwxmIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18798399044d34b95090f74.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36084024.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gge_mMLBLs1m9cTBYYH5A3vXUEM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2911118465b84618435b33.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Corner Entryway and Pews https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30067666.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J-2oTAFROO_beVgUZMOo4U-4EQ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11949848105883b7ce4bd4c.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33866186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3_vnqyU5rw81TePd43gUGC1A_eU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20937033855a511be2e4ce2.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown PA) | Church Rear Door Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-most-important-thing-i https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-7d7uHSePUv1K0cxwscWCZMwiNA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_159710950050a9283a8b2aa.jpgthe most important thing i can give What does a photograph of an abandoned building actually say? It's something I find myself wondering about a lot. The simple answers have been written about quite a bit: the most obvious is that these places tell us about our past. They memorialize institutions that are lost in limbo, allowing us to confront, celebrate, and experience them even when they have been otherwise neglected and have fallen into disuse. But what of their opaque nature, the fact that an image by itself gives us little of what a place once was beyond what our imagination can furnish? What is there in imagining the past that is more intriguing than a similar photograph of a place that is still in use? Why is it that this is something that stands out to us in a way the present does not? I've also read many articles about and discussed in my own essays the fact that images of abandoned locations allow us to communicate in the most basic visual language about the most fearful and in some senses taboo subjects: death and obsolescence. We are able to see our own demise and the end of the things we hold dear in these images, and contemplate the days when our own way of life will be little more than a memory. This 'memento mori' aspect - remembering that we, too, shall pass - certainly has its purpose also, and is important in that it gives us a forum to speak of things which are frightening and overwhelming through the safe medium of an image. We are not looking at a literal corpse, carrying the revulsion and horror of actual human mortality. Yet we can read humanity into buildings, which certainly bear the imprint of the people who created them and who, even if they are still alive, have lost this portion of their being. The time when inhabitants worked in a vacant site, or called it home, is no more. It will never again be what it once was. Like a photograph of a child born a century ago, we may infer that the subject is no longer alive, yet in this moment something about them still remains. There is a power, a tenuous sort of immortality that reminds us that no moment is gone even when we can no longer experience it. There are social elements, architectural elements, economic elements, environmental elements. Why was this place abandoned? Where did the people go? How did they build it and how did that reflect the times they lived in? What is the impact of the structure's loss on the community? How does it return to the ecosystem when it is left unused, and how does it impact the life that returns? Is it a site that bleeds chemicals and poisons into the community around it? How will the parcel of land it inhabits be preserved, restored, returned to use? These are all things I think about when I look at these places, and yet at times the photographs I produce are maddeningly opaque to me. I spend hours shooting and editing them, and I don't want them to be just images. Even though I strive to make them as much as they can be in that sense, to make them beautiful and technically correct, if it is just an image and nothing more I feel as though I have failed my purpose somehow. Maybe it is because I produce so many of them that their sheer volume seems like it veers off into meaningless obsession without some form of justification attached. Perhaps most importantly, there is also the element of connection. When I am in a place, alone, that moment can be reproduced, perfected (to the best of my capability), and distributed instantly to people like you who can read it as they please and infuse it with their own dreams, fears, and reflections. My own experience is saved from obscurity, my own loneliness negated, and my own inability at times to find something to do beyond presenting a place for you to consider is forgiven. I don't know what you take from this or why you are here. I can guess, but your part of the puzzle is an unknown variable that I will never truly understand unless you tell me. Maybe sometimes it seems that I sit in silence, that I don't know how to follow up or what to say to comments or thoughts. But I do seriously consider your reactions to these sites and am always trying to improve and add to what I do - for a reason even I am not always certain of. I know that there is something here that I must find, but I have faith perhaps you will find something too. Thank you for taking the time to look, and for sharing with me what it is that you see. Maybe this dialogue about who we were, who we are, and who we hope to be is the most important thing that an image can give us. -------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185895.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AvEUaNGn7pjNCiVNmv6D-3EyEXo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99109633359766326328c84.05775992.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iMOFZAHvIcywkAwdeRoxDt1Nvpo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_249108419596e40abf2930.jpgAbandoned Weirton Steel (Weirton, WV) | Secluded Shop Area An odd secluded workshop area tucked away in the abandoned Weirton Steel Plant in Weirton, WV. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36084026.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NUTWg-sQnY0Ol3YxL1G9HPGRZxE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7786867495b846188e46d9.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Corner Windows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33747841.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7P3M0E48-15Dd8BONd7c6RTjSWY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4794318535a271b6c80f56.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33005467.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ao8-KY8VbfXIMnhrafhR74N2e4s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4413768359c9736d75b4b.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Dental Chair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144004.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/80omQvYMpITjYbuGv-2lz69nmDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12475082664e13dce659436.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921317.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BKd0A_LOeJspGwogv6wTAY2WwU0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5263404445762e5c4b663f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26494325.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gZvvVW8CtlY8BHwllwQ5g7FYXXQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16558732456a3a969b64a9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30099679.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B0lYObSHrb0ve63_BGO_4hHpWkw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2566391445888ef1bc58f8.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27823657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Etl7ffACwWEhzaoCAuGn7_9KvAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19358252957573945d62a6.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Blue light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200804.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eNtcxtWTylh6MsHCCEcj-dqP-Vw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12865138624ddab7a22d02c.jpgview of the attic https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060010.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v0Ns6K0c8o8cJcLQj43xq8IuTHs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13711053414e83fc340bd9c.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Shattered Nurse's Station This central nurse's station has had most of the glass shattered by vandals https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113020.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-zbw0a5ttUIOmKqA0_ZfKX1IU-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9302034624e126c8848f65.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Factory Floor Office Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288179.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RZbtcyahlHwRFncrpUlTIyl4CAA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2104297675984b9ddb4574.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755906.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5HA-9z_yk84RzgKCyZ8C9hpFwFo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21194390285e20a7ce87cf5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813986.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ORIx-Mlzp74IvIv1cP2fEX9-eX0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6800559974d6c506648e31.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Overgrown Vincennes Hall Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5aij4WWLqoEBmy9I4Sg00eLtWLY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36024423754306f7aefecc.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-ulysses https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xnzs-cw6dSziq2Xv5DhgdIsu8c4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_420647745e4afb88c9d9a.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Ulysses Grant & Frields https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200762.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qORe7DmQNVcuIbZyOboXnf4muOk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13003949944ddab77fa6205.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30797295.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YPwRA13_zHPp1krF47q8JXngsUA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_160571574358efb81a236f07.46195200.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835546.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RzV6EB8u2dosniYqIPKmj_Aa4Qg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1941959952559d3fb2a813f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018474.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sfPXo2ff2l5VENPqpeBQ2IFvfVQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_42150549358757ea13ab2c.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Beneath the Roiling Clouds https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24683330.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PHfWXRNs6PdW2xlZadBj7SxYl4A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10175179005588b01f7f7c6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29682140.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-xoOdGOQtdcFGAzvgKwKBdhW5qE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1248833464582d4a00160b9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22281222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iBmeUkle7i9gbBFMBx7lSseZpHg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63672912354049c23ae19e.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15431930.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DN_OyFJcfuX5Rcs-Yl7-0QTDCgw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7204334024ff220a7195c6.jpgPhotograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37196560.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dlqejBx-2I_u8hdTbm6wPXexgGw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9865096585c2d667ca2c83.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-sepia https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZYrpF_uiWzaJjqtvarfZ3s682fs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73301012854204b0b7018d.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Sepia Seating Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28786441.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nXlSoiELqOV6YSb2LGvj3wAGjsE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_108597310157c1c4557e162.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32113601.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8azrE4NnOh-DXsyeNMaGwtNds9w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1072657183596e9764a547d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/my-downward-spiral https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bLHvyYVPTvnExgFwGoCUJJPlTdY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_667534644d733a63aa375.jpgmy downward spiral | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher If one cares at all for the truth, it is important to periodically step back and look at what defines the world around us, and by extension, ourselves. In Hudson River State Hospital's case, it is defined by its grand ambitions and idealistic foundation - and now, by the collapse of these noble dreams. It is a place haunted by the scores of tragedies that litter its past, by its inability to integrate into the world around it, and its inevitable decline into obsolescence and disrepair - much like me. If I were to be honest, I don't want to see it demolished, but I don't want to see it restored either. It is what it is because of these things, and its status as some behemoth enshrouded in its own obscurity and decay makes it larger than life, legendary even. To tear it down to make some development or store seems so pedestrian, insultingly dull, in much the same way as trying to undo all of the damage wrought upon it, cleaning it and sterilizing it and packaging it for the masses ultimately belittles what it truly is. You may look at it and wince at the sheer scale of the calamity it has become, but no matter what you think, Hudson has finally revealed its true nature and become something far more intricate and ornate than our ordinary world, with its gray cubicles and prefabricated sentiments, allows. To see Hudson River State Hospital, you have to actively seek it, much like you are making a pilgrimage to some hallowed site that is a shrine to all that fails, all hopes that are smashed by time. To change it, to 'save' it, ultimately destroys it anyway. Sometimes it is the very things that eat us apart, that ultimately kill us, even, that are our own defining characteristics. If Edgar Allen Poe wouldn't have followed a trajectory that left him dead in some back street gutter, if Van Gogh hadn't followed a path of loneliness so severe that it drove him mad - would we ever know of their works? Would they even have accomplished any? I believe that dissatisfaction is the mother of creation. Without it we have no incentive to create or to change, as contentment is suspicious of change, lest it throw off comfortable equilibrium. And so I suppose my own defining characteristics are a necessary evil. Were I to be perpetually happy, were I not to suffer, this work that I do that defines me, that is paradoxically one of my only joys - that would likely cease to be as well. I don't want to be a Walmart, a business park, a playground. When I am gone, let it be left to those few (if any) who care to wonder at what drove me to do what i do, and what frightening and magnificent things I saw in places like this. I have chosen this path and where it will lead me, all in the hope that it will entertain, edify, and maybe even enlighten those of you gracious enough to join me and peer into my world through the small window of my camera's lens. This is my downward spiral in all its splendor, friends. Enjoy. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29731701.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3LgkMM5iOIHnl93_accb0tl8no0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209687192258338d42d7264.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37196559.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EbfvlRYy_k7n9a__1GLGTRYeB-A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9178618555c2d664bf3602.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19466955.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LCJ-IZbr0lyTHVYZrbDTCoMLx6g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1992113775524c70cb37ef8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-red https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cgOjQ6E09ejA41U0nIZN3Y76SZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7327250665e4afb4c2c031.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Red, White, and Blue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28172622.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VrWRLxENS8GLU1Z5epDg1971-_8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1949809217577ae4262aca5.jpgAbandoned laboratory. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808096.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_63391343464ef7adc47655.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377846.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3zhhmMG14ieAe-gf27JzvHxlA_0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8672901415abbdb048276a.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Dreary Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/activity-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-CiTny1SUnUZRHLEK6Rw7nJNdMc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20611867464d2e25db9cc31.jpgactivity room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137830.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-GabfgjoUy9dv7KxIVcPpPjHptc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6911105804e136d943eaeb.jpgthis lovely creature is a nurse spider, according to a spiderologist i consulted. the spots on its back are eggs. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27923436.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HD_DjMlBozF6Y5kF4B5byA4gnJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_192619947157633b6c59ea7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775725.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mWAOLxBtMu2h6f68nUj6VPsI_Sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8967735804ee639ee0c072.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399771.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ei1_Y9Kaiv7dhPhVTysKkaUqx0I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2651455305565d6fc6cad8.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Caving In https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821769.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KAwDkdxL9iC3sTc0CTPdJwgChG8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_756418573559ae15e6bfa6.jpgUndisclosed prison Undisclosed prison. No full gallery yet. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30105381.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Px62JJkiUmMu1tf8JO3CUHgVayc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1479081897588cd06e19831.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23651227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/77TuL0zuiOlw7lGZVo6WMWtTN6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_145529728354f5063bcfa2e.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Arches Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413926.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QPvC6KDA_j2FNwhhmqwtvkz7uJY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44567230854161d60f04e4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136409.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R-k1rW6yDzwVLMZIDZSy9a7Fn-8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3889482285224ab706bde0.jpgAbandoned prison cafeteria https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MhQU31XqzhM0lAkWxxxffa_mK_Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1390859763596e48b86dd3e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31998809.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ducOY1iVaqzFDlESa7P37cXow-w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_162583790459679b44230c52.62472123.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Fallen Branches https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29955797.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BKCuRJIVoje4gXynTXha5BottzY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6265702155868295c5682f.jpgAbandoned poor house. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430588.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f5Ti82YD_Q6WOfRd2lHJsZHg4qk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83070831658c32a5ac1d97.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27923432.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R_29am6OKMDRQwQ8Y_YrAJV4cBw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188839444557633b2e9139f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27928295.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hnGTa3aeSaOVnvEBm4TOsRdMcBk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5496246815764a3ff48a2b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24526027.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zOToO6LWBABbMIdJxuN4_8PK4fc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_343011030557656462fd11.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26409489.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KbG4fFSRUOOGhEFf6wx-Tu_KXp0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_205129301556896ac34189c.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Cookie Monster's Den Dozens of cookie packets on the floor of a former children's day care operating in Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-great-american-fire-sale https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aavh5bw_wxtIf8gj7ztOR3fgBhs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_118257047650f0e578bcd1f.jpgthe great american fire sale When we see a place that lies in ruins, we are primed to interpret them in terms of visual splendor: what are the colors used? What is the composition? How impressive is the space? Each place I visit represents very real loss outside the artistic sphere. Some would argue that this is why artistically presenting such sites is somehow unethical. My response is that if things aren't visually arresting, no one will bother to take the time to look at and consider them. It is precisely the quality that can make it easy to miss the point of the photograph that also makes one pause to consider it and thus get what it is about - an interesting paradox. You likely would not bother reading this if the photograph hadn't first caught your eye. You are not just looking at something that is there to entertain and amuse. In many ways you are looking at the scene of a crime. When a steel mill of this size is closed, we should be asking why? And how do we prevent it? And yet the answers are not easy or comfortable. Pointing fingers at politicians is easiest but if we live in a democracy, we as a people are to blame also, and perhaps moreso. At this point I think people on both sides of the political spectrum are aware that there is a sort of fire sale on American greatness going on right now and it has been for my entire life. If this weren't true, I would not have such fertile grounds for my work. Essentially I am documenting our slide into a third world country. We are already a lot closer than most people would want to think. On both sides of the aisles, people seem to all agree that the export of American jobs is to blame. Clinton sold us out with NAFTA, Bush with CAFTA - free trade bills that made exporting jobs exponentially easier. Both parties pay lip service to protecting American jobs but do very little to prevent work being shipped elsewhere. Contact your Senators and Representatives. Demand trade reforms that even the playing field between American businesses and ones that use child labor, unsafe working practices, ones that destroy the environment. Consciously shop for American made products. Write to or call retailers' headquarters to tell them that you want American made goods and name specific companies (ones that manufacture, not just distribute, from the US). Figure out ways to fight and share them with your friends and family. Most of all, find ways to alter your own spending habits and behavior. Do something. Stop hiding and fretting and instead look to how you can work with others around you to do something. If you think what I've been doing is just to give you interesting things to look at, you are so very wrong. I'm trying to tell you that the house you're sleeping in is on fire. Wake up. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-cavernous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_9hiBeU1PXFPZ0twAxPVTrlc_8s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_162836849750a8798ab76f3.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Cavernous https://www.abandonedamerica.us/balcony-cross-section-blue-horizon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dRiBlR9Ceyiz4E5gaQg2vWg-A9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8920885235db74f4543e19.jpgBalcony Cross Section | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9532588.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aXPL4WoyZF3hhU7rFMZsh7v1z80=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5811076814dac8f71759fc.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Doorway Window https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34298447.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nAhR4a-BLU5G_kJMK8Xyr6aAiEI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10666038585ab126a5145d7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309481.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/crtVrfQFU-lw_GOxNfyp__pyq6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39967280454a6fda03d5bf.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Bullet-Riddled Centerpiece A central area of the abandoned Randall Park Mall bears the remains of the odd hanging glass panes it was decorated with - now they are pocked with bullet holes. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352369.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kD1Z12Ot9A59osZq1UzM5dCKICE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_95197289156732c2ebde70.jpgAbandoned asylum Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33523800.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6xL2KwBDIuENO4WsPabLrK-i9bM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13240956785a0887747f36f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986450.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-DXHhoRjp-twJ2pV-3oKGhFrWOw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17929765634d7e7f786cb39.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590894.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IkHJ1mai10DK8-MltpSY1-Abp_g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19428166057447b8a932a6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26387638.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_PrIXHxPYP7fjT1-2oUMJUWWYYo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2378554565681832a87415.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | No One to Call An old rotary phone still sits on a desk at the hospital building. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29701710.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EDnoMZHd4P075U4xojvmz63hSqk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14365014765831e7f83e965.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-steep https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sFmQ__49Rcz-dC7FBAbogRSrMXQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1861778675518c71589b07e.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Steep Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646792.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dSUMGWnLpwrZ5Aczw-tw0VFBL0o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2111596484634892a7b6d1c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37371817.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kwha42XfYB_AKr_cHjgtLNFOol0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15514672635c6077a76d843.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cuepJBfGS6OClitlE6V59kd5CVA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_204324366859192a6d601ba5.00711994.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29540702.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fZKznQEwHaOw9MDrF7YC5NHIhxw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_208754733581753a123caa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/brutality-george-pepper-middle-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kEwWILnd78OK4FXsdGrz7-7mqss=/wbr/1747161032/15678_96809116462957691e2056.jpgBrutality | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28579257.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sQR3tGINIeh1Vq-oUE49hzMeRr8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_198498703557a8c2d861de7.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | ER View The Emergency Room at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35695633.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gb5K9asYsnSu14nBJ7zb8lFWQ0o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12924556785b5a2516653f6.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Partially Flooded https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31744265.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KdCzDzYB56Tw8Vm5JqfRK_3UK44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1339502038594d4136919d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33354914.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/md5P_yIzSmeF_rQE1ZnxQr8XBKM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19594017085d9b8223ab0b1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30161384.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WVm2cJ6-oBH1L8qiRU5JHfKLYdg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1974022076589772bf01282.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-california-hoouse-garage-shelf https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VV_HrsL84ZaUlBm7Fx9urnFHfGo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1234715950581906e65f2c7.jpgAbandoned California Hoouse | Garage Shelf https://www.abandonedamerica.us/municipal-electric-hagerstown-md-patches https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PsZHy_R9lwhX1EKZWKlqE9GIeAc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10630229374e1261b34c4cd.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | Patches of Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430591.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sTEB2YyD9ZRkk2B6r9mqikOQPJI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6250534858c32a6b11b48.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200790.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yeSkbEXcfMi6ch6Q0OhICwpbytI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20129370064ddab798b1daf.jpgday room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200720.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XlKiU4uQr6N1W1fqhnXPevomFHg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15506261804ddab759305be.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22675862.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eYFIX61bF2frBmWzougLHWFE8os=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138349822154382e54a6b64.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | The Grandeur of the Past https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864738.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KwxlvYqmKdxr75WsKtr8ZVT5_po=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21027474685d7fea8ebd261.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KfYvrn6a8aMVkLJhNal6P-zVR2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4591922355d7fea20c8aab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c-0qXevxOdi8UsrsXouHhN-sX60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15051562814e83fcb398450.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Ransacked Lab A laboratory full of dangerous waste at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23745172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nabjJZbjpbxXlW7DryOh8SDW8UI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20988676875509dc9476437.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26222812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YeHMUmNebApbp3VLqCEdhL6xX3c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1355739775565b50f44968c.jpgAbandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36685194.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RiAHlp-epaZUqf0nIHuMAAkYEsM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12000446605bc62dd5556a4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144002.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sMh6RrK8PJ1jgOatUBa9fR34xyA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10234674504e13dce3daa70.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28770866.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I7kt9WGbu0OpXYA_PvePw3MZU8I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_163739878357be3cb3ca571.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399768.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PJexVKNmWoBU_OZfyBPekXt1lnY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20778783335565d6e645200.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Doorway to Disaster https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-altar https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DE1edjqDfcfVYdR6BEz6Y1I3R7Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_721820151559d4093c3419.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Altar Detail Altar detail. Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143968.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YDcJm0QZV6IgjHCJdVD4_IcrDhU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3851221714e13da6e2a184.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986362.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s1hxFMrDpxMJ0Wxvg00sBCaOAXM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13747673944d7e7cacd2978.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009691.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HHG0Me3ypZOiJoWgV-ZAeCqKsRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_925826644503819645a3a7.jpgPhotograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalobeth]Bethlehem Steel administrative offices, Lackawanna NY[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25828167.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MH8OPt72BWIX_k9r51U18Z-kT5M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_230718374561808603e7b7.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Smashed Wall Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740767.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oqDsPqQUR43v4y65l7aF1Lbyikc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6384180785a25a81eee8ee.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Foggy Morning https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eHrLnnnCSnjr8zsgspWg9_XeUEA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10959688805d7fe9d95b625.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138619.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M2B2ISVQ9aqhmjY_zQSayuPbd5g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189857451553f3ea11a8ab8.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21342313.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-kCZsVWYBD9ASpdudrwKKHIHOwQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_40692171538e59bcafd0f.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | Cafeteria Cafeteria. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-reason-to-continue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/13G1YC0IUrl11AMgdXa_jlXNvfU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185351359250a52a0c612f9.jpga reason to continue By our nature we need goals and reasons to exist. In the end they are each as arbitrary and inconsequential as any other. Sex, power, money, fame - all are fleeting, and yet in the depths of our misery we look to them to validate our suffering and reward us for the torments we endure. These cell walls are adorned with hundreds of images. Some are of concerts never attended, places never visited, c ars never owned. For the most part though, the photographs are pornography of every conceivable type: all manner of softcore and hardcore porn, sex cartoons from magazines, inmate drawings, pinups with speech balloons the prisoners added, some girls with clothing scribbled back onto them with pencils which would seem to defeat the purpose. These images are peeling away in layers, incomplete. There is a fragment of a thigh here, a woman's lips partly open in a sigh there. Eerily, in several cells the women's genitalia have been purposefully burned through, leaving holes in the posters and cutouts. Whether this was done by an inmate or someone else after the prison was abandoned, as an act of censorship or something darker, is beyond me. It's easy to respond to this display of bared lust with revulsion, but in a way it's an act of survival. To keep from losing all hope, you have to have some goal. The idea of love or being loved is abstract and probably nearly impossible to conceptualize in a prison. Being able to have sex with a beautiful woman, to visit an exotic location, to ride a motorcycle wherever you want with no guards in sight - these are concrete reasons to slog through another day, to bear the burden of confinement and powerlessness until at last you can get to where you'd like to be. Who am I to judge? We all strive towards this idealization of what will make us "happy" - a nebulous concept to begin with - and the means by which we seek to attain it are no loftier than any on these cell walls. We too hope that objects, experiences, and (of course) sex will somehow fulfill us, but if my experience is any indicator, they never truly do. You still wake up the next day, locked in your own head with the same nagging sense that things aren't right and that somewhere, somehow people out there are leading the good life, but you're not one of them. You can buy into the cycle we've set up as a species - that of lust and acquisition - and either go about fulfilling your ambitions by what those in power have deemed legitimate means, or you can break society's rules and wind up in jail. In time though, all of the fantasies we plaster around the walls of our cells rot away. The colors fade, the paper crumbles to dust, and the rust and decay beneath show through. I'm not really sure what is left to us after these things wither. I've been going around looking for some answer to this for quite some time now, and don't feel any closer to the truth. I string myself along too. Each place I visit, each photograph I edit, is a way of creating some reason for going through everything else. I guess it's good to have something to lust after. Otherwise the whole world around us and everything in it would just seem to be falling apart. Photograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison*. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-silo https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vdxK4njYYVxFdKa-qJ74LTyS-tY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18580175695abdb3ba08a5b.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Silo City https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pennhurst-state-school-spring-city https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DYV7ZCr1Rg9fXaBTYZ1DZS_Qkuw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18304117015a0f3e7d2cee5.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Vincennes Hall Sunset https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28425900.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CXg8_lnlzRygYM2LBsdo7rVszyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1963695375797b5c5b2350.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/balcony-back-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zh-Sl7T3ud9LaCCemsz3lc14_mA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1443244940595fccd37ad961.44751212.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Balcony Back Looking up at the back of the balcony of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373493.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HLrKopp_Q1HSL2pg82ipS3c4rvw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2057881664598a5d8facb047.87123370.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-cannon-factory-india-rooftop https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JGv8-CtpwNFuMQtGuR91rWoaJ50=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2697886465d4871d5141fb.jpgAbandoned Cannon Factory, India | Rooftop Courtyard A rooftop balcony at an abandoned cannon factory in India https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27837183.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PKqrY3AEkMqikChXS0S5xAmrRtQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1635929857589a2d18434.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Chairs in Disarray https://www.abandonedamerica.us/westinghouse-atom-smasher https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SvCC852Ga9VFIJm57eyOu7jsyUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8457614535a26dbe58aedc.jpgWestinghouse Atom Smasher Built in 1937, the Westinghouse Atom Smasher in Forest Hills, PA (the large, bulb-shaped structure on the right) paved the way for researching nonmilitary uses for nuclear energy. It was mothballed in 1958, and when I photographed it in 2013 there was hope to preserve the structure as part of a school. Two years later, however, it was torn down. While the adjoining buildings weren't particularly noteworthy, the atom smasher itself was certainly a significant landmark in the history of scientific research. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377994.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H1uMzeeMO4K2CRlxLXWzZ1R3hf8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15146480995abbdb888d1f1.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Insulated Glove https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rusty-bed-frame-the-ladd https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6T9YcY54QyCgxvWA-6cVHwj5SpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50470420754ee23b41ee3b.jpgRusty Bed Frame | The Ladd School Rusty bed frames were mostly all that was left at the Ladd School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813978.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_azz6_z20NU82wZFtirPXJIVJ_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2965522114d6c5007e1709.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Administration Entrance Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32687199.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dYzOpt5zQ7AzAUK_lCjtKIRA-xY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120035411959aac853063367.31328639.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Sinister https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24688267.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NAth-s_D_3w55DOGY2apLJnjqII=/wbr/1747161032/15678_167018010558983a3caf7a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-impressive-skylights https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bG-aKtGVX_ugH7Zjav5I3j1kL6U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16476349615092b5d419193.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Impressive Skylights https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33035220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hWB8XR-thkWLyaXw3eSVjVaKR44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87005847659cd12e89e8ef.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/songs-of-grace https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QYvAUODHTEWT4FykFcDde_LSG4A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16314708055d4336e5bffea.jpgsongs of grace https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32218935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3upJtRa2J54wdKU6WEXoJEtnHPs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1959920579597bb1b8be1d13.37119785.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Missing Panels https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430194.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p0xdHznuzm72TwNFemCABPQnYC0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3050999634da52564a665d.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Look In Your Hearts https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835553.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ewOfc-S7ODSibeQxm8Xm95gQdew=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1725531541559d4028f375d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590869.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gT7hTZNZmAR5oECtjv4Zt9PYGVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_113592994857447b49d35e7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-houses-row https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3g3j6hC0w8u6ivfUWy9RvNqKwbs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98780230853c1c629d13d7.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Houses | Row in Ruins Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xWYIAuT6L7Kn7QXDSIcbnMWpxVI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20276498645e8b73baae18d.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Beneath the Rear Ba https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gvCh7UIKoKg6ebbVCESHu8ae-F8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_132554509557530c14c69f0.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Where the Wild Things Were Cheerful murals with characters from Where the Wild Things Are brighten a ward hallway at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17942376.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gJR8Wh2hdPc1bHEmqbHRSU_MFj8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_400538632518c71f124f4e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33543220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-9GJdJ2_tZ8_w3O3Lg0mUFVglu8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10585634085a09f1224603f.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Welcome to Rapture https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864742.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lVbhHTGHULxAF8MjB-ykJ8M5RwM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8496134615d7feb403da4b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33866187.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gj6QK0_osjuEeErMWyjYadPeJSs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7052093415a511be7ed7f1.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Font https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511324.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fhS6wnIs_obaF0I4cCTaCGgsD1E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1161285048674dee28754a3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37371821.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oczgFtSlNNZrHXorJ0Ai5kJsHBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3475918225c6077b1947b9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113294.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ivmvJ2psHWu74c6E7eYH_yo82-0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14801582524e1296c767e7c.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39982663.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RBBsDcJHeG9rAXd0M4atxuI1Trw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17583724525d90fe75d48ee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15431908.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yfiUK5aVWdL2-7hLsKtCK93DMTw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17448005564ff2204fb4d00.jpgPhotograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33566775.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2fVCPjzPsuapo3PFxV0MWRaOZu0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9071650185a0f39bf03ab1.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Greenhouse Windows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944103.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XxjGNnCLMEit0Mx1xDEabPBO3P4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4994671105863fd0f2f1eb.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Descent https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32139807.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q5-tHcuIDtj5yKFCb-rC_CPRjos=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12940399365973c8ac0ef7d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531557.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L1BVEF5zyyYisBeVzVU-zGM73ig=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9787416675422e1c8788d9.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Theater https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946057.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wQXphpuzajsPB0hyl4QufvMnZo0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39074467459c4153fbd094.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Barren https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15101967.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dIvspnleTZdH3EmpPozaxNzvx9s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16060171474fca5cc6292b3.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195604.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5rKdrqhBiK_LjkUH_b3szWZCNvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15449524425c2d571d1df97.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xf7uHO_cFDFrESPagcdTE2m9bV8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1096883298543ffbb45e67e.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136449.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7Sb6lfF9mExV8eXzxZuDZo06NRQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18045498715224abe5c61fd.jpgAbandoned prison cell block hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26672793.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hEajbjPLsV1Y7DWIGjQMYM6iQg8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8984124856c76c68c833e.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377966.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TGMnolmaMcFTBJvb4T7lSHMc-3A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20846373185abbdb715d085.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Clockwork https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32923205.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_wb0nSCVznul5mDgG_U9UN81l7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50724560359c164f76f20c.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Rolling Recliner https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087700.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eVkrHo1Vt9YGLHt9J3ztjQ6zxbA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120798782553ebcdd5b6a6f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229376.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/edLkUPHFWXF0TgdxB6NEpjWkiGo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1512337461603e9803499d7.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Concrete Cavern https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15060409.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cVjGxcnwwXnMmm17sgKp8n2ylNQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16197196594fc4f520cc70a.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned school, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44264864.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xdN-mrntGrfZIexkGvFfLCNeFeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1142967221616b2d01c29b8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cant-mourn-everything https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tJFevknWzMHRgUTMEIFyYAfDwJk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14682628695096b2e3ed23d.jpgTrolley Graveyard | can't mourn everything One of the hardest things is maintaining a sense of perspective and gratitude when things go wrong. Whether it's disappointment or legitimate disaster, it's hard not to feel like you've been failed by others, yourself, the forces that govern the universe. I tend towards depression, anger, and resentment when I believe my hard work hasn't paid off, when I think about all the effort I've put into what I do and how far I have yet to go, when I need other people to follow through on things to move forward and they don't. This is nothing compared to much more severe issues like health problems, losing a job, losing your home, losing a loved one. Nonetheless the outcome is the same: focusing on the problem and becoming blind to the other things around you. It can seem almost impossible to distract yourself from fixating on the issue. For the most part, I'm not a sentimentalist. The places I have devoted my life to photographing are all evidence of the very real toll of mistakes and misfortune. Wishing them better doesn't really make them so. You can try to spin the closing of a factory in any way you like. You can say, "Look at how beautiful it is now! Life goes on!" or something of the like. People often do. It doesn't change the fact that the site may be an environmental disaster, or that people are out of work because it closed. These effects are things that are implicit in the photographs of the locations, but we are not actually looking at them. The frustration and anguish caused by these cataclysms ripple outwards to create new calamaties: depression, physical abuse, poverty, and suicide, to name a few. Nothing justifies it, certainly not a pretty image of it afterwards. If my home was flooded or burned, how would I feel about someone going through the aftermath to make 'art' of it? I don't really know. As long as it's not injuring someone or worsening their condition, I suppose it's ok, but I wouldn't want someone rhapsodizing about it or romanticizing it. This work was born of my own pain. I was at one of the lowest points of my life when I really started getting obsessed with abandoned places, and photographing them was a way of looking outside of myself to get away from the crushing weight of my own despair. I could empathize with them and didn't feel quite as alone in my sorrows when I was with them. I don't think I ever lost sight of the underlying costs that a lost school or church or home had. Rather, I felt connected with them because of it. That is my justification, my reasoning that why what I do isn't merely rubbernecking at the social car wreck. I am a part of the accident too. I live in this culture, and its losses are my own. That being said, I don't know that a perpetual state of mourning is the answer, and sometimes I feel that perhaps it's a bit selfish. No matter how legitimate your suffering, its effect is often to turn your gaze inwards and sever your connection with others and the world around you. It is through sharing the burden that sorrow becomes manageable, and it is through remembering that there is still good in the world that you are able to move on from it. Being thankful for the good things we still have in the wake of a disaster is critical because of this. Though I'm fully aware of what damage scrapping the streetcar system causes to our environment, our economy, and to the lower income city people who might use these as an alternative to the sometimes unmanageable expense of driving, I'm still glad that I can go here every now and then and be at peace with these old trolleys. I am thankful that I was able to spend a beautiful fall afternoon by myself, wandering through the falling leaves and taking pictures of these old streetcars and trains. I am grateful for the places I have been able to visit and the people who I have met through my travels. I wish that things had worked out differently, that these streetcars weren't left to rot. But, I can't mourn everything all the time. Sometimes I just have to accept things as they are, appreciate what I can, and try to take something useful away from it. There isn't really any other option. ---------------------------- Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25683886.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hP2324sfUH3UOuaII67qbRP8ZPk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18352966745602eda3afa38.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Exterior A The abandoned City Methodist Church, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aOowCWlwZayYxe9v-qZQjGOBu6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_566764764d7443dd692ec.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cHZWpFYSJsCZadp_MH3WG3LvaX4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8238130425ae11eca9b04a.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Offices https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33393265.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9l65x-O-JNYuGkL2bGnJcW_DDl0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_72896760959f76443252de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31824138.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OKIdvKDULpboAjoTXLAja-9FLog=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3545774905952cf3592a8b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/municipal-electric-hagerstown-md-polluted https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bwh45iK5m52S9Ck87hMCL4iFplA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15905590564e12a87fe3dbb.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | Polluted https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902443.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZgU4sdtj3hEwRQVJKKdeyJ2TqVo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20489095835d828aaee3193.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590882.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lMgENnl7uOe5ysglbyYLC4OEn24=/wbr/1747161032/15678_32391121857447b6b7bba2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775729.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2WmPcZxG7Bx6hpFNcvag4s8UB5w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2945708414ee639fd4ec3c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087698.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Bf2rUmtptmA3zEex6sIOeIgE5o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203508718553ebcdc5dc3c7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902442.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/veCAKwOyqlQj53sNS5e2pbjE4_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13992571355d828a807c5cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413930.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SdmzcG45aHEgoN1LnxRZi_R15fs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_187326214054161d8a94ba4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143986.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L_7uKEfGs-xf_ayxN7sx0pf46ko=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4160068824e13daecef7c7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229395.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ENFP7saJcokj_9OfxnZP-6-uiz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_727091215603e9919ba637.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Claustrophobic Robot https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323160.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/shBaGl4o70d5_slxBzvSCY6lSr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18221051434d3628e9c7afa.jpg'the things we left behind' Midtown Scholar Harrisburg, PA December 2009 - January 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377873.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I68Cgd7wmd8JAO7DG7BV85auMrg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12769237185abbdb2d80c5a.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Wash Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377904.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xp0WiJdD0wFx7yjDbpKXl7qxnYE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15023579235abbdb45e0a9d.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Bowels of the Beast https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22096348.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5NXxDDDsyfnXB7s_cjDNbjL43Iw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60267714853ee3b1ea93f4.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175440.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K2ZZ5Qg331x-LM9hGaqEQDLh0Ak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17232023825e90c57c6e5fd.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Fire Hose https://www.abandonedamerica.us/friday-night-fight-blue-horizon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VtMK_e3kl9zpV2TJQ73MpkhBAeg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11998430395db74e81c0e79.jpgFriday Night Fight | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18949171.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jc60D8sUCMoxEyVoxB7ORoJiNH0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5212660715df0020f0a00a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/an-erasure-of-sorts https://photos.on-this.website/wm/09D6U5k4HQFBsSMA1DPU3pgqpNs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6340999655292c1d9822a9.jpgHotel Do De (Bellefonte, PA) | an erasure of sorts There was a point - it seems like so very long ago - where it seemed like there was a purpose to all of this. I'm not sure what it was: maybe it was in some sequence of events that I could affect, maybe in acquiring things, maybe in making the ever important numbers increase. It was about getting more, about the illusion of control, about not spiraling out of my depth into the darkness but I did anyway. Then there was that day, that day where I looked at everything I had put together and it struck me how mind-bendingly pointless it all was. I had never cared, even though I tried and I certainly couldn't pretend I did any more. I had known it was all a joke all along, a joke with no punch line, something you mumble over and over again to yourself and pretend it's funny but if someone else heard it they'd be frightened. The day of the fire I was relieved, really. It felt like I was free. All those things, all those hopes - swallowed by flame and lifted in cherry-red embers up into the sky, far away, where someone else would tend to them. I knew it was where everything I had done was meant to be. Laughing until tears cut through the lines of soot on my face, I told the heavens they could keep it all. I didn't want it any more, I didn't want anything. Sitting up there in the dark amidst the shadows of familiar things now twisted and blackened, with lazy ashes swirling in the last fleeting rays of sunshine, I knew I was where I belonged. This was what it all had been leading up to all along: an erasure of sorts, a long sigh, and then the silence. ------------------------------- 'an erasure of sorts' Hotel Do De, Bellefonte PA. 2014 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Hallway outside operating room. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430432.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9escu9Lkcpl86HmO8nOFKVRxKbs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94105694458c307a5649c4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564138.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wbl78VXWboEuoYI41rneMLn86iY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_186996012858d2bd8ce30d7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-sagging https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uvFRYRMuFs_7iiCPIC4RtWrwR2A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1597697748524da6c05ca1f.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Sagging Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30280179.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-d3vqZg6Nx0yt_qLWb46as2YH2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193733189858ab0f877809e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23814583.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cCiwaKWYsz4sIWaY-c6CQqHHwPQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_954874425515ab57c3453.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Lonely Ward Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379323.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lwig0QWJsGL8s921366YG2P09iE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20910211815abbfad1bfe23.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Main Staircase https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642035.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IBrtYhytUWksGBc1pqVfqU49N2s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5645459465ae11ea44af77.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | 1935 Apicella Bros. License https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808097.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_166535856964ef7adc71566.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-map-made-of-scars https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ab9RoyTr-CPJ45EtSvEq9ouawCY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16283012214ddab75d73125.jpga map made of scars https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-tower-stairway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-CzeeVZ31jg1b0KPItMphX6tfx0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_155957104961a54cdf07ab4.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Tower Stairwell The stairwell entry to the tower of the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bureau-bros-bronze-foundry-philadelphia https://images.on-this.website/15678_100336221551ff3d325d804.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | Clutter https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33774591.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IYiRhjTax0pZWu4CcbBeGqnnlq8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19221170525a2f08017696b.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Guard Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/on-plannedunplanned-obsolescence https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DR9GeiuOVMXQc_223yRDWLspCZs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5637294265565ddaf8bae3.jpgOn Planned/Unplanned Obsolescence In my opinion, it seems that it is impossible to create anything of substance without a measure of love for and pride in your work. All the effort put into refining and perfecting your own process are what eventually defines it, and by extension, what defines you as well. Maybe it's also impossible for someone else to love what you have created in the same way that you do. If you're lucky, they'll find facets of it that connect with their own experiences, victories, and struggles, and that thing you made will become a piece of their lives too. You can't predict or manage it - Alfred Nobel's invention of dynamite for construction purposes and its later use against his wishes in war is one example. Still, it is just as likely if not moreso that your work may fail to connect in any meaningful way. You might spend years learning how to make the gift, offer it to the world, and find there's nobody willing to accept it. The maddening part, though, is that even if you can manage to make something that is beloved by others, and even if you can deal with the fact that in becoming part of the lives of others you lose control over its inherent meaning and it may be used in ways you'd never intended - even at this point, which would be considered 'success' by many, from the very second an object or idea is birthed it is destined for obsolescence. The struggle to invent/reinvent oneself and one's work is a perpetual war against the creeping fatigue and forgetfulness of time. Like a band trying to follow up a successful song or album, there is a pressure to continually improve so as to avoid the point where the peak of one's career has been reached and passed, and in that there is even an element of burying what you have done beneath the foundation of what you are building. You start creating solely to outdo and thereby render obsolete the things you have done before. Without planned obsolescence the creator becomes obsolete, since the thing they were themselves created to do has been done. However, in incorporating planned obsolescence, it also in some ways invalidates any effort and creation even as it is being created. And so you build and create, and the reason why becomes ever more imperceptible, and if you reflect on it maybe you start to see that in a way it's all for nothing. Even without your own efforts to outdo previous accomplishments, if even the greatest empires sink into the sand eventually, so too do the comparatively minor accomplishments of those within. You knit something of nothing, knowing the effort, the designs, the love that went into it will one day unravel before you. I'm not sure which is more difficult, ultimately: the realization that time is pulling you apart and watching as it erodes your own body and mind, or seeing it take the things you birthed into the world and knowing that they too will be erased. Either way, time is greedy. Perhaps we watch with fascination as it swallows the efforts of others as a means of coping with the knowledge that it is swallowing ours as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Photograph of the forms used to produce fine dinnerware at an abandoned china factory. This section was later destroyed by fire. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35517733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mNRLnOCVj6Zr551s8tCw1aPqCmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4372912665b46319e60f8f.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | The Darkness Within https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754666.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c_6VqmWGedv5rspgStSguT3L8rc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65446879358ebb2976ef8b.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Empty Boys Section https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696940.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SI4Q3cAjLAZQkSTUOsq5KVCRn6I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17222977205aea4cecceed4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forgive-us-our-trespasses https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aHOFJXcOCEtKkBzbKHeOtcsXbmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2036108544538be8ca036cf.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration | forgive us our trespasses We'd all like to think that people will remember us well, that they'll overlook our flaws and try to understand our intentions, give us the benefit of the doubt and where we erred they'll find it in their hearts to forgive us. I look back sometimes at the years behind me, and it's overwhelming - all of the faces of the people I knew, the millions of mistakes I've made. It's enough to drown in. Sometimes it seems that whatever slight benefits might be gained from my existence are vastly outweighed by the times I've been callous, self-centered, short-sighted, mean-spirited. These times come back to me again and again - times I raised my voice at someone or didn't take their perspective into account, times I wasn't there for people who needed me, times when I was so enveloped in my own frustration or sadness that I forced them upon those who trusted me enough to care about me. I don't know how to deal with it. There's no way to undo any of it. There are so many things I wish I could do over that I could barely even count them if I tried. The worst part isn't even the stupid things I've done in the past, but the knowledge that no matter how I try to learn and improve, I will find new ways to fall astray, and until the day I die I will continue this cycle. Even if I could shut myself off from the world entirely, it would still go on and on. I tell myself and others sometimes that I am a recluse because I am afraid of people. I don't answer emails or phone calls, I bow out of engagements, I shut people out but I don't think it's because I'm worried about being hurt. I have taken a lot of abuse over time, and I've seen many things. My capacity for heartbreak amazes me sometimes, and I manage to plod along nonetheless. I think what it really boils down to is that I know who I am, that I disappoint myself frequently, that I know if I stay to myself I won't have the opportunity to fail others as much. It's not the rest of the world I'm afraid of, it's myself. It's hard not to think about redemption in a place like the Church of the Transfiguration and to wonder if there isn't some way to make things right. Whether or not you believe the Bible is a factual account or an allegory, that's what the whole point of Christ's sacrifice was: in the end none of us are worth it. If we weren't so miserable and wretched to each other, there would be no need for such a drastic step to save us all from ourselves, to offer up something perfect to take on the weight of our inadequacy. I hope that the powers that be will have mercy on me for my flaws, and that my friends, my family, anyone I've wronged - will forgive me also. I am acutely aware that I fall so far short of who I could be, and I fail to accomplish all the good that I could. If there is anything that I hope for, it is that if we are truly sorry, we will be forgiven of our trespasses, and that God will help us forgive those who trespass against us. Otherwise it's just too much to bear alone. ------------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25982143.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f0hkTcZ_vNEAjtmxDej-2kGiRoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_770713267562e6c3d9034e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777236.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O8mfd1VszU-FMQiZrPLZNgEUmyM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12150670415595665d88e55.jpg<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/imgs/news/15678_17288516855453ea608af6f.jpg"/>The funny thing to me about Halloween is that it is a time that, while outwardly about scary things, actually seems to be mostly about comforting us with 'safe' scares that allow us to confront fear but in a way that is sheltered. Much like a roller coaster gives us the sensation of falling to our deaths with the risk of death all but removed, in theory a horror movie or person in a creepy Halloween outfit pose no actual risk. The "haunted house", often an abandoned home with several layers of urban legends attached, gives us an opportunity to look at something terrifying but at the same time to reassure ourselves that it isn't real. Sure, the kid on the bus ride home that everyone knows is a pathological liar says that mutilated bodies were found in the cellar or that the owner was a witch, but nobody with any sense actually takes him seriously. We want to be able to confront our demons, but conquer them by reducing them to entertainment. We turn our fear of death and of being forgotten into ghost stories, our fears about the precarious balancing act our society requires to function and the consequences of our social structure unraveling into zombies. It's conveniently packaged for our consumption, just enough darkness to give us a thrill but not enough to make us hopelessly depressed. In the end, reason prevails. It always does. Natural disasters and those that are the consequences of man's mistakes, loneliness, senselessness and chaos, poverty, irrelevance, grief, helplessness, failure, incarceration and being at the mercy of others, bigotry, the mob mentality, famine and disease, mass murderers and rapists, abuse of power, environmental devastation, losing loved ones, corruption, unchecked greed: these are the things we all face when we look at the news every day. Our ability to communicate the horrors and injustices in the world has increased exponentially with the advent of the internet, and it's hard not to be overwhelmed by all of them. Even if you focus on one area (say, water pollution), the issues are so global and complex that to make any impact on them seems impossible, particularly when added to the pressures of just trying to survive in a floundering economy. So we sublimate and compartmentalize. We can't turn off terrifying phenomena but we can turn off a movie. The lines blur, we base fiction on truth, and train ourselves to become spectators. Then, when the train derails, rather than rushing to help survivors, maybe we just pull out our phones to capture a video. Prisons like this were always the most frightening places of all to me. While we see them in movies and television shows all the time, actually being inside one (even without the guards or inmates) is hard to express. Looking out windows to see razor wire spiraling around fences and food apertures on cell doors designed to allow guards to give inmates food without having feces thrown at them - intellectually you know prisons are bad places full of people capable of terrible things, that they are designed to keep these people from escaping or concocting devious plans to hurt others, but seeing the reality of it still is still shocking and disconcerting. What would it be like to sit in this guard station and look out into these cell blocks, filled with hostile inmates, knowing that the second you step out you could be stabbed in the eyes and blinded by one of them? I can't imagine that anyone wants that. You do it because there are bills to pay and you have to. Even though I am inhabiting the space where guards and inmates once were, I can never begin to comprehend their lives. I, too, am a spectator, viewing it all through a lens. I never wanted it to just be idle entertainment, though. I never wanted you to be able to just look at an image, one of the thousands you'll be bombed with daily, and click your way off to something else without consideration of the actuality of what was presented. It's not about ego or wanting to be a celebrity, it's about the places themselves and the people who were in them, about the vital truths about who we all are that they all hold for us to discover. Sometimes when I post things that people have to squint at a little to see a connection to the theme of abandoned sites, they'll get angry. "What right do you have to post this," they sometimes say. "I expected you to dance for my amusement and just post photographs of abandoned sites without having any thoughts or opinions that might challenge my own!" This body of work was never meant to be some goofy collection of made up haunted house stories. It's not my attempt to become a rock star (God knows I'm not), to impress you with my exploits or just have you say, "Wow, look at that place, it sure is creepy." In the real world terrible places aren't always dramatic and gothic; sometimes they have drop ceilings and fluorescent lights and look disarmingly ordinary. The key thing is that they represent failure - often massive systemic failures. Why did the factory close and who did it affect? What will happen to the children now that their school has closed? Who were the people kept against their will in this asylum? Did they deserve to be there? How could they have been better helped? Why did the people in this prison commit the crimes that they did? Is there any way to rehabilitate them or to root out the causes of their transgressions? Is this the only way to deal with crime? The questions may seem rhetorical but the outcomes absolutely are not. The huge unanswered questions we all tell ourselves we have the answers to and the immense toll that hubris can take on those around us, that's the horror story. That's what my website is about, to me at least: staring off unflinchingly into the abyss of the unknown no matter how frightening it may be. I don't have the answers, but I have many questions. I think asking them of each other honestly with a willingness to consider different viewpoints and treat others as equals, and having discussions about them without hostility or defensiveness is the logical first step in understanding and therefore resolution. It still doesn't mean we'll ever figure them out, it just helps when we work together at it. There's a psychological need for a holiday when we pretend that the scary things around us are manageable and within our control. Maybe it helps us fortify ourselves for when we have to go back to the real world and stand up to the horrible and inexplicable things around us and pretend we're up to the task of confronting them. --------------------------------------------------------- Recently closed correctional facility, guard station. Image and text by Matthew Christopher. 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If you're interested in more Abandoned America blogs, [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/blog]follow this link[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8705904.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6tSsfRdzdDXLEg9SVUg5yIsR8Ug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20340533015d433a80a2ba6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740788.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w1kH0J2pdHILOdnoZUHZWcX5W1g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19269090365a25a8a79e161.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Guard Tower Walkways https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-graffiti-by-night https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LMHLxMvMYGQUGYIocipeyT34Vb4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4409775085a9877178ba90.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Graffiti By Night Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/08G5bvMAZby3FoZEufBd-aZZHOw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4223355155099a3990545.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210065.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nMINz3NTckANHWiiWBoayf_GJpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70827333359192a4de22e67.16345073.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42867430.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1UXzduJJrfWhC2OOZbn2FfZPIbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87663514560c39419967e7.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Turbine Hall Expanse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888048.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jD39igOGbJdYGfx5gPqXZ5UyaAQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_23110327562f5623b35266.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919195.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/az4U8Kf3nfMBbBiWbIIuthRzWqg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2965890585857cda500f52.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24313848.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aH7VwGwTtwwYW0rCgEepzyDqBiY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_754117988555bfcf214c6f.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Mayflower Smoke Damage Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2014. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23653558.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BEe0uBzngI8xzwVsSlYro9obelM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209626354354f608e041997.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Wilderness Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135859.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HdGTgAHh7D-8aQ6yQApdhS3yTJk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_915859598554825c199128.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Glad It's Not Summer Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29815646.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hBGoQU0GPmnN1BsDgJPEQitDDdM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19519388575844abe0dedee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740781.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ow8m77eUktrN3YJTdfttnHIbvYQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17043643465a25a88f7baee.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Brutalist Housing Unit https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863243.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rp2IP3EwAjG5z6Sut7eztpQJMNo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20817316096137e9d44e01a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864740.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hmKuHTsDAL-jwMK8zDS177SO6gg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18910715815d7feae7dd620.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/undisclosed-church https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FfHor8Yd5dd8j_zvuMLIVu9WZGs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_970985151559ae1c3b3523.jpgUndisclosed church Photograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedchurches]an undisclosed abandoned church[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864741.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qL0xQGIXcI1z4E7j3FZR2UaGCws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9310035675d7feafc2c40f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28157050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_CgLdcZvNKEFv0pQXUe3F3-kPhc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_540625535577a7d28798dc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NbrJsj12y3zqMj-HfsugoVMsYE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16882766475840dc1b698ab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060004.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ormiWV9vZjmJz7jCno4G0OTQp78=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7950001674e83fc23f3a73.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Wallpaper Detail Detail of blackened wallpaper in the tower of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-hopeful-past https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mAk4aYsYS4P_U2a6GdYUVks3A34=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15562091564d748162dd923.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | the hopeful past Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? We rode; it seemed my spirit flew, Saw other regions, cities new, As the world rushed by on either side. I thought,---All labour, yet no less Bear up beneath their unsuccess. Look at the end of work, contrast The petty done, the undone vast, This present of theirs with the hopeful past! - Robert Browning https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511356.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DCG3nxfYLe_xMtOaNgyEw2hXhGI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2047704866674deea6a970a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345406.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/de1Wfi8E_IjVfYTkQEjw-luIlls=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21019673466564f63ad5649.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20000968.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kaJ7toch0jQ3IVDEftrFY8cgUSs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144900998529f91ae2955a.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | Complications Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/view-of-stage-westlake-theatre https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zIJ5HqAYc3tnCI9pjpVPQli9kGQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15806112045a399760d90f5.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | View of Stage Looking down onto the stage from the balcony level of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282538.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dY8nImj2JWdiJ6GSI092znIW-EA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1527682754649b5769bcb40.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511348.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D7JNSYJ82sw6hFO3DKpT62s2lXY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_576402309674dee7c56483.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IVgzFT8in6wARhoAkwHbnKUwP0Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_38899258159cc1435481c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511333.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SEuyU62mm-hKzROZ8peC_2UjCbM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1920043360674dee43815bb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134734.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FwUhTc61ZBFjnIgNSxi4p3Oz7ew=/wbr/1747161032/15678_330736759664e6086c23e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33774589.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rqPmT2tGdmd9ns1_PMFqIh_dF84=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16904910135a2f07e287d4c.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Geometry of Nightmares https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138486.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tu72mgBaY1GNCBp4KA12YFQ-Alo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20886082684e1374525c9d0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gloomy-hallway-the-ladd-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I9GWpqlmD_l01sR6mmc4qlWSbZY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_161018533854ee23c6be398.jpgGloomy Hallway | The Ladd School Vandalism had already taken a heavy toll on the Ladd School in 2008; walls and windows were smashed and spray paint was everywhere. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-bell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ANfhDV_TvsAgPfkgXlUyoirMr0Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14331866424e126c758c3db.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Bell Jar Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257232.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NOR9jR0QpEW2veeerAMs-UScx4c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19074355744d2d4cf4cfc05.jpgPhotograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29972307.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PiOo67SPCnECf_ipQcIYSxK1xck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_77439129358701fddd599c.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Smashed JCPenney Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511344.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U1tBXexCKnIIwFChqejMYj7dies=/wbr/1747161032/15678_654057047674dee6b669e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113374.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lvbj9JZEr4pikYTH74qjf2-wQbI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13361588614e129b3a712bb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791231.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vsac9mJfW8evfWiXPg9btz5WiKc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9561663845840e8fe8630f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-ugXDWDa9FClr5q0TcKZjgbNwCg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169608208464ee375cf00a2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35901448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sV6yP496JjGA2IBMriTaDQfIkeE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_511586735b6dde4ff1c54.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200740.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S5orbIORBpPcLupPtUhPg-L1DHQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3466675554ddab76cbfd08.jpgthis nurses' station still has old comic strips taped to the inside. while athina state hospital was mostly cleared of personal effects, i found this personal touch interesting. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44102309.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j-j4aPtd10t8ugCItw6BCeIay7E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29288224461521f88154c3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708728.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nypVcslhN_4HdP-abrn6wF9DO4k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13444734965e13a407cc523.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309483.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J_p3m8gV2jne9Zc7namN3H5v9_4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50449040054a6fdb71aeff.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Futuristic Skylight Randall Park Mall's abandoned atrium was beautiful, in a surreal, dreamy way. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-seems-legit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/54jDRtl0ZSE13YLMPmHITUW877U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_171919634755b11ea967aa0.jpgGary, Indiana | Seems Legit Abandoned home, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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I am no exception - but the question is, with our own egos obscuring our vision can we even see what we are photographing? When you are looking for The Shot, can you really take in what a place is, what you are seeing? Can anyone? There's always the next Big Spot, the need to prove yourself, to find something amazing before anyone else ruins it and then likely to post it online to show how elite you are and thus in bringing others who will ruin it, ruining it yourself. It gets tiring, running around in these little circles, always primping your hair, checking your own reflection, waiting on the next comment on your work to validate it - because, in the end, to hell with the site, right? Who cares about the history, the art in the architecture, the silence, the serenity, the surrender to something beyond what we are capable of knowing or understanding? It's all about the next post, the next show, the next site. It's just never enough. And so we blind ourselves, we shut our eyes and the reality of what we are seeing is lost. The greater trend, the overall unraveling of the very world around us and what we hold dear in it is hidden because maybe it's just too big and frightening to face even though it's right there in front of us. Maybe we need to focus on the moment because the bigger picture is too hopeless. So close your eyes, shut out the noise, drown out the rumble of our society falling down around us. There is only the sanctuary of this shot. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/crNm5OFxxEqwZPe0ExSJNSR-XdM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2092802374664e6013260ad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-gray https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GDcutjR6ZMgPMFYlhJZ16cA9frs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8754011815945b880496e1.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Gray Day https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31718379.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T_XsbCg3y8OWPhMw_fnjI_gZIF8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_52861561359483a501bae1.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Greenhouse Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863205.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bAeHU6juPWN-DLzAZSSZeHAM_hY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9043288816137d6efaa39c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BcHCxM5kJI9-4x1-eZdN31CMSfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_976325596137dd12743fd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33938897.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AkkHDlbqygzOdneu7o6XJUsz42M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15424835325a5e9ade7259e.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Rows of Machinery https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ring-logo-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UCld1lArG2AS0d2xmmStZG8myag=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14498339145db750840cdf1.jpgRing Logo | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863203.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PjD6KdGQiSCAfrz4zj-3RCiY1Bw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15380814026137d6c77000c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218555.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HC9ab9iv3Fg_yFUMttCr9VE8nNk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4982813075aa2cb5253cec.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | D Unit Showers https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28187061.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dL8cnusrNMFxoDBm-v13PLVoKVU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1726838566577e870a57f40.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28013102.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yk0JOiPhPGseuoI8368CGW2J5X8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2070244204576d77c5e66e3.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Mayflower Hall East Porch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273446.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ql9iJw66gSEccKH9YBvGKlU8QV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3790108463e3ff3963ff3.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jukebox Detail Detail of the cars in the Joker's Jukebox ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29693166.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oKxnij3IxCmZ4JyaCdr2w__51uA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5187903485830933fcf690.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Pool of Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175497.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dU8uydBXIO6jSd48fDJsZ2Egu-0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12218117335e90f38b82f4c.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Adult Crib https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138366.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hg43M2DzPrHy46fqNKjI1Wyoc_k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13316494244e137404dcdc9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889194.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mnmtPlbygzS_6iIVtr_kGZdfvj4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11575022524d7444397a487.jpgFaded lettering from a set of 12 Monkeys, partially filmed at this location. Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485510.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xZdvOKaRV4FPveMp1Z5klSUcawM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7041470115a5e987e2294b.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Crate Detail Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-barren https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1GwxSTVwqeBIc_0VBnxZpzPebkY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16245815454e126ab079204.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Barren Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851106.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_5MjUdVqtIIo-oyRYxXlFO8nHz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1514129602517e90c3a93f2.jpgAbandoned amusement park. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35518934.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xww7k6n1bxgaJFkA_2I5C-E4Rd8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17335685835b464a931d822.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481462.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QEAOY_yEStx0pWJdgDGcRKyhoCE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8246351516408e5c3a5d53.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/down-the-stairwell-the-ladd https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pcnso6Pkz_HBiE7SmkN2r4rrCBU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_56138751454ee435a4ab3a.jpgDown the Stairwell | The Ladd School The stairwells of the Fogarty Hospital at the Ladd School were certainly unique. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377970.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KEVXYX-TpxQTL9-EnHyk_K4ciY4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14666109735abbdb74b3bc1.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Chutes and Ladders https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200754.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mne-Tic7KtfxTjEYRxq6_3kYmKY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7921422234ddab77ab86dd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-woodworkers-estate-japanese-sitting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-xR-n7lhJyoqNKNZMs3NiDbBopI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_658979675b2143f0b4d12.jpgAbandoned Woodworker's Estate | Japanese Sitting Room The abandoned estate of a notable woodworker showed a variety of cultural influences, such as in this Japanese sitting room. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450819.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oAqNK9oQJiDlQnJ3p-K0ZzEbDoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122920187666830f0226859.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450826.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_8q_GwcYVreVImsU2P9s2uir3E0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_100234062966830fd6e8608.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450822.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HX_rZljr3riJ0L-wnbRLXXxdqjE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93056253166830f4ddb651.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28893010.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_c5QJy8yvP63RIO_ujJ_j7R8g90=/wbr/1747161032/15678_151533515257cc746e49295.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Cell Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WMPma_9BjB76gzCFnb-3OTj24oc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2977369834da525bd0cbc1.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Typical Rochester https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44552423.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SgDd9cVSZUJO9HAxrTUPeEei_bU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_441288366619d5fb845635.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737350.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-ekhvMa1ZuYFwSV66gD-sPeTxzY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4461244954d655de760de2.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Infinite Spools Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022925.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_1Bt8nh1UGxZyQU6b1RdZfaeMoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_159176822759078e8c5226a3.58841956.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kxOiva1l1FNAceTOQI4EGLAKJfM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18491437084ee63a1001da5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16782021.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sStwvO5eysWtlVJLc8Bc__vPrAo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17826442550a927f78eb07.jpgPhotograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-basketball https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WI6e_qy-SbVm0J19pbPp2-WruB8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129442017960c283ffe8977.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Basketball Court https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489424.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yGPWsjY1qr7Ro34e-fRdjwB_GSU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9694906484d4888d224765.jpgbeside you in time Photograph taken at an abandoned institution by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808089.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_170498044164ef7ad5d9caa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29682138.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dFXZtwWocjdIMDC6hZAQMx1pU_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_755757350582d49e4e9b0c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136901.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Sxp7JFM8wIPEkGLLGYxKMKOE8kk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20444795745224b0987ebc0.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138354.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ez1P38_TDj6Du-yLMDVWYbmmfYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5585500504e1373fd55977.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ac1VavhvW72D-MrVb99ZSoQSc44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11324333845e8b73bf09a45.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Revolving Doors https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018475.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BsOnCID0vgOiND_boUwdMyfNuvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29905212358757eb9c20c0.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Big Sky https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-entryways https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C4f4U1NKU_A5NIiPQWEsE5CyZW8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_560080096561ed45192d72.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Entryways Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26412747.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3YgpAznCHjRQGmOzM-zo-b1ySrM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_611671485568996f5bf269.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888047.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aN26o8s71VrNYF6ooHvMsM4-jJc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179942340662f562165e737.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200796.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RnjLI90z435G7j5RrpZuemd7Jjw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18119466514ddab79c2cbcc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450817.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eg2sdU8cxuYfNI5HYM4609moPng=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51131238166830eb560543.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-entry https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LZ-O3ochV5MsaBKKHu6X7TdKhH4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2055012451598613f2177355.63682768.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Entry Stairwell The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450821.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/loqY78bxPIs0teKo4_WXjcfHn1w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_175976581866830f2acacda.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358784.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vtcb5FNGCGWyTD7LW5CxFBRkFzs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138910296563f7f463c03c1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-last-fragments-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FxqhnnnnuAdIdEVUg8R96gR7evk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1076847991629588637825c.jpgThe Last Fragments | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708758.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ay1wD-ft26MFViGAmojSyvqexsY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2406989775e13a60022fbb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998049.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BUXy24Peg_kbmU8BCopLB_tYkKU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_864279944f19b0b55121e.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned Belladonna State Hospital*, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946061.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/boAZJqoGCkTquV5qfO_GpO8q_lU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_28337503759c415495d285.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Cluttered Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282520.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jEUuNu9kVV7TH-4GFhUT4XiM_Sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58117640649b50bb4cdd6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27555433.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rzcBh5PSwtTEHcHvcqVT4-wIBGI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11135290165741f9d9cb4f2.jpgAbandoned psychiatric hospital. Infrared. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/like-a-maze-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZMbj8sScTOxlDyddBAweZhkdo6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20074337762957664670a1.jpgLike a Maze | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345405.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bsYNGbpz_SA8_WAKyHxWb758a-E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6973674096564f632d3fc3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232331.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RyZcDfJpsyxfPTH6xN8J9no4RKs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9627586456491e2a6185d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/connected https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dZ2fE2GffPJE7Ewjmwfp0s0ASYM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4140796234d74445b7ef28.jpgconnected There are a lot of ways to die doing what I do. This particular site was probably one of the more dangerous I've been to; in the cathedral-like main turbine hall, huge chunks of concrete and plaster dangle overhead, occasionally plummeting nearly 200 feet to smash onto the main floor below. As I was on the walkway connecting to the main control room I saw one of them tumble end over end, landing with a meaty thud, breaking in two, and then falling into the flooded subbasement below. There is also the rusty metal grating. I don't trust rusty metal, particularly not anything in the state that the upper floors were in. I've stepped on seemingly solid metal before only to have it dissolve beneath me as though I were stepping on a sandwich or a piece of paper-mache. I took photos of these areas as best I could but wouldn't venture into them any further than the doorway. I was alone and didn't particularly want to spend the remainder of my life bleeding to death, mangled on the floor several stories below. Probably the worst threat, however, were the ubiquitous pools of water. They were on every level, and in every part of the plant. While they seemed harmless enough, wires snaked in and out of them, and there was no way of determining which ones might be active. It did not appear that the power plant had any electricity, but one can never be certain. Every time I set up my metal tripod I half expected to be electrocuted. There is a lot of risk in what I do, and I thought a lot that day about why it is that I take such foolish chances. I'm smart enough to be aware of most of the potential dangers in the sites I enter, and am very cautious not to do anything to endanger myself any more than I already am by entering such sites to begin with. Some would call it educated idiocy, and perhaps rightfully so. I could come up with an endless list of justifications for my actions, but one that kept coming back to me was that it has only been on the verge of death that I truly feel alive. Entering such massive sites is awe-inspiring and profound, and I feel connected so something far greater than the scope of my own problems and worries. For the period that i am focusing on my photography I am no longer myself, no longer anything but what I am doing. In this sweet oblivion there is a peace far beyond anything I have ever felt elsewhere, and I suppose if it costs me my life I would consider it a fair price to pay to know and see things that so few ever will. There are no words to describe the amazement one feels, the wonder at the magical world of unchecked ruin. However, like all magical things, there is an inherent wildness and unpredictability to these other worlds I like to visit, and a price to be paid for the trip. Even if I do not die in a catastrophic accident, the accumulation of mercury, lead paint, asbestos, toxic mold, PCBs, and other poisons in my body will doubtlessly shorten my stay here as well. When I finally leave a site with my memory cards full and my head swimming with all I have seen, there is no greater joy than returning to the waking world. It is a sort of rebirth, a resurrection; simple things like getting food and a shower are pleasurable beyond words. I am reminded of everyday securities that we take for granted: that the air I am breathing is (relatively) clean, that the roof will probably not cave in on me, that the floor I am on will not collapse - these things are amplified, and I am grateful again for the comparative stability of my own existence, and the company of those in the waking world around me. Life is finite anyway. I try not to be careless. I try to calculate the dangers in situations before I enter them, to minimize the potential for injury, but one day I will cease to be regardless. Until then I will continue doing what I do, and bringing you the fruits of my labor. Thank you again for being part of the world I reconnect to upon my return. ----------------------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bad-things-happen-to-good https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kw9ITSaM-eWkQ1oxm0BdSi1Ehf4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_195720124dd74b64d5dd6.jpgbad things happen to good people In the days when you make more sense, the world around you makes less: after all the hard work and struggles you've endured, the experience and wisdom you've gained, the loves and the losses, the dreams both fulfilled and unfulfilled, the sum of all of those years gone by equals only this. All you ever had is being stolen from you, bit by bit - your health is eroding into spasms and coughs, blurry eyesight and poor hearing. Your friends and lovers are vanishing, one by one, into the darkness, until you are alone. Your memories are slipping away like the details of a dream at dawn, and your ability to reason, to perceive the world around you, is turning against you. All that autonomy, all that freedom - you took it for granted. You thought it would never end. But it is ending, and the worst slight is that the lessons you've learned and the battles you've fought are seen as irrelevant by the myopic and self-centered children who now rule your life. Your family visits less and less often - they've heard all your old stories, and you don't have any new ones. The things you do are undemanding and calculated to avoid aggravating sore joints and frail frames. Increasingly the realm your body inhabits seems less and less real - no more so than the mirage of youth, the flickering images of the things you've done and seen which warp and bend as the fissures creep across your reasoning. And so, you know that you know the people who still come to see you, you know that they are important, but you can't remember their names or why you know them. The room you live in isn't your own, and the people that corral you, that keep you from wandering off outside into the sunshine and honeysuckle-scented spring breeze - they are so significant, yet they mean nothing to you. Your day is broken up by small things - taking medications, going to the bathroom, watching television. All pointless, redundant, mundane. Behind them the shadow of death looms, and he could be waiting anywhere. You could open a cabinet to get a box of cereal and see the empty eyes of the Great Destroyer, and fall to your knees as he crushes the life from your chest with his horrible claws. You could spend your last minutes laying there flopping like a dying fish in a pool of spilled Cheerios on your floor. Whatever the case may be, you can feel its presence, and no one even cares. The nurses treat you like an obnoxious child, and when you soil yourself - something so embarrassing and unthinkable years ago! - you can sense the disgust and irritation in their voices, their frustration at the inconvenience that your descent into oblivion is causing them. Sometimes you rise above the fear and the helplessness. You stare out your window into the glow of the flickering neon sign at the gas station across the street, and the drawn curtains of the cozy little homes you have been exiled from, and everything becomes clear. It doesn't matter what you did, or what anyone else has done. You can shake your fist at the sky all you want, but the world cares little for your logic and your theories about justice. Bad things happen to good people. That's just the way it is. ---------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/like-a-prison-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZmpfpoM77pXwi18jcduNdM9AL2Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182381730561c3bb9976f37.jpgLike a Prison | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33866183.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/So8i-OI3KXDmWl--nv0-kLD47d8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12740554265a511bd3caf18.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Window Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31177312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U0_pZggtR4aMh7J8aRPSUWKLoIk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15293019705914bca28c9129.47775357.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Down the Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642026.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y2n0L67t4AsabpjaVKZDNCMtfqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12369648595ae11e46a6c26.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Invoices https://www.abandonedamerica.us/main-staircase-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vflm7dn-UcvxzDKQZONpZFrimVU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_663666905db74ee974978.jpgMain Staircase | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31048795.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kZdvDTugOulNbilzw0dYYXqaFM0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1692755087590a286e3f5294.11937045.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012609.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pohbvQDpQq7-kqtgKJqhCTwF4ZU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1137328766663a5a716f7db.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q8Qr1rDuge0Q1cXVL-MSX-Slobs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179484894662f560e49f55d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30067659.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IBBPA98Gq7qGRG-OBlH4uDD4oMQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9563786545883af9eb1bcf.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31048811.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sQ0NJySiyOlmhUTppGiNWlrmEXY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1998784619590a28929428e0.95122753.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808107.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_87542387164ef7ae40ee35.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29790794.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AcNXpsOy70iq_V-bp97-JQSPixo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44312434458409167c5290.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086963.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5byoTVXApQ4iGDZZ-yRZncOKT2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112870654153ebafa570fe1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200792.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qCUChxOTCCQkcP7VlD6aivzVgTA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1372783324ddab79a3d298.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40135955.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8K1fcy4cDiaZyPUc3Cb7wKzsVLg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11755216385da0b8852ddfc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200780.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bnwgRk8cqMGmKPPIKHfPsZclUl4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3618170894ddab790267f1.jpgan exterior view shows a functioning college campus. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BRvxtnP4rbVjwY2RmK6U57OYwnA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_158066072958bb05aec8084.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144018.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yq60KOdwI93yEQM6buJ0WkhDBMA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_934710504e13dcf9ababc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44552421.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IKVvBJYGdGrBerDGjlOvI0hu2KE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_922464734619d5f8952c52.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218553.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mBfNWglN9pXMmTGa0jiDTyJonJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20196945705aa2cb3f29fe2.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | D Unit Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511354.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZwL1welG2P7whgPdW28_NQsVU_s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_769106749674deea101582.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-of-my-best-friends https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_THUbE7cAeGJK-NZ7va69vZth_c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18918472775fd54fe1ea441.jpgCrawford Power Station | all of my best friends get torn down all of my best friends get torn down, she said i lose more and more each passing day all of my loves are now withered and dead i can't wait to join them some day. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134748.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nT_35nmLgLPfg1gmEO9gbtFBFe4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1893187995664e64634cf05.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yrcs7RpU8UFqhzlvJkmrUO1G7Uk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83880974061c3b304064ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775721.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YswPH6pTEPtVPTWDYTlM-mlEScU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18953115634ee639e08ee29.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fh2HCMMpuIRhHvubWzYdOVr8mpY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17234028535e4afbe9ade73.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | James Madison https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32737601.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bypendna7gh8efccKBE5WIO67Zs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_164105638759b17a60ae96e3.33034542.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/crumbled-paint-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rPLP1bzR5zEZgEwFl1dv1Xo7abI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_54505978055ae5696918e8.jpgCrumbled Paint | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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(Baltimore, MD) | Go Funk Yo'self https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N2gYulMU4FIJNm0lIHiZZtyPMZE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21418888376137dea97e239.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/my-box-of-shivs https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J09061f03XgITS7N-PlFOR0MNLY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94698288650a9280147743.jpgmy box of shivs There are a great many things I don't like about myself, but perhaps the worst of them is the fact that I have a short temper and am fairly adept at using words as weapons. It's caused a lot of problems for me over the years and to some sma ll extent I have learned to control it. I know when I'm becoming angry and I try to be much more careful about what I say when I do. If I'm writing something, I wait a while to send it, reread it several times, and try my best to err on the side of diplomacy. Unfortunately the luxury of taking time to think before I act is not one I always have or take advantage of, and it doesn't always solve the problem either. It's not that I'm afraid of conflict with others. There is a part of me that really likes it, actually. The rush of anger and self-righteous indignation is exhilarating. The more intoxicated by it I become, the more sure I am of how very right everything I say is, and the less worried I am about collateral damage caused by my actions. Sometimes I don't even know why I am upset, and there are a great many times where it has turned out to be something completely irrational and unreasonable. Doesn't matter in the moment; I'll sit there and stew about it anyway, concocting all sorts of retorts to whatever the perceived slights are. That's when I try to shut the gates, so to speak, and be extremely careful to monitor what I do. The problem is that even though I would say I have improved a lot over the years, I'm still not what I would consider good at it. While the ability to stab away at things verbally may mean I can make a witty remark or insightful observation when things are going well, it can cause terrible damage when not properly regulated. After the rush of an argument is over, I'm left in the middle of the charred ruins of whatever the relationship was, trying to figure out what happened. More often than not, I was the one who was wrong. Maybe I even started out right but didn't need to take it so far. That is what I would say I am most afraid of, because it's the worst feeling in the world: realizing that in this particular story, you are the monster. Our culture seems to glorify doing and saying what you want with no apologies but I can attest, the cost of that is severe. If you're lucky, whomever you're dealing with cares about you enough to forgive you, to help you sort things out and move on. If not, you get to carry the ache of knowing you could have handled the situation differently and things might have worked out, but you didn't. If you delude yourself into thinking you're always right, the cost is even worse: you repeat the process over and over, alienating yourself from everyone, winding up despised and alone. A prison is a place where people are sent when they screw up so much that society can no longer allow them to continue wreaking havoc on those around them, and so it contains them where they can hurt as few people as possible. It's not an option that most inmates choose voluntarily. In many ways, whether literally or metaphorically, the places I visit serve a similar function but I am the one who has chosen the sentence. I am a solitary person not because I am so terribly awkward around others that I can't manage relationships, or because I think I'm better than everyone else. On the contrary, I choose to be alone because I know in my heart there is a box of shivs, and while it has never been used for physical violence, the consequences of opening it are no less severe. Even though at times it has proved useful in defending myself, more often than not it just causes needless damage. When I'm photographing a place by myself, I can't hurt anyone else. When I interact with people through the somewhat opaque medium of my finished images, I am insulated, caged: there is less room to make errors, even though I invariably manage to find ways to anyway. I'm not the good guy here. Don't ever think that. You could say there is something penitent about my work, and as a culture we tend to admire people who attempt to make amends for their mistakes. But attempting to make amends and changing your very nature are two drastically different things. I don't know that I can really accomplish either. All I have is this: this body of work is the only way I know of to try. ----------------------------------------------- 'my box full of shivs' taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103348.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LisQXHzmYK87dTgnojcLNR7LIOY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16534097566526ee90ae6a1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615509.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cyYxu1lXRgRYrD46pPF765wnXt4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_79140027554306fb33715e.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872719.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l0YwIoFpzVVciR2ovkQDjMDJD9A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179209958362f16f47138c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33861717.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QDTB_9dkQw7c7UrQxhtRJF6tHN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11381629925a4ff2c30a8eb.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Parish House Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889416.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6wi8Wz7VuOcbfCInZHYoFZBjnwk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1119420074d74556b7307d.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Cleaning Table A table for bathing residents. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642041.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AVEWLL1X5uWs17_KZ_SWBRdWbwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19532413375ae120b20385c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/its-all-a-matter-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wmfUxZnL-JeRjfurizVNtbInlno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15296260724ddad47081791.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | it's all a matter of perspective If you have followed my work for any length of time, you have probably noted that I am not what most people would consider an optimist. If you were to ask me the standard question about whether the glass is half empty or half full, for example, I am the one who tends to reply that since whatever is left in the glass will evaporate or be consumed over time, you might as well consider it completely empty and spare yourself the heartache of watching it gradually vanish. That being said, I find it interesting how people react to abandoned sites and think it says a lot about who the viewer is and their outlook on life. The comment I get the most consistently at gallery showings and through emails is (in condensed form) that the sites that I visit are beautiful, but depressing. Such an outlook tends to focus on the former glory of these locations and lament the waste, the failure of ambitions, and the (perceived) anarchy of decay. While these are perfectly legitimate responses, particularly to things that are in a transitional period between serving whatever purposes we originally intended them for and their inevitable return to the oblivion of nonexistence, it is almost completely the opposite of my own reaction to abandonments and my stubborn attachment to them. To continue with the somewhat annoying half empty/half full schism, if you tend to believe the glass is or should be full, when you see half of it gone, I suppose that can be saddening. If, on the other hand, you tend to focus on the complete emptiness that awaits, to see that there is still half a glass left can be very reassuring. What I mean is, if you look at a place like the Carrie Furnaces, you are seeing the remains of something truly magnificent. The furnaces may be covered with graffiti, rust, and dirt, but the fact is that they still tower over the surrounding area regardless of neglect, the abuses of time and nature, and the very laws of gravity and physics, which dictate that things so large and unwieldy must eventually fall and return to the ground from which they came. You can view their condition as the result of weakness or tragedy, or you can admire them as a triumph over the eroding forces which ultimately overcome us all. Maybe they won't be around in a year, maybe not even in a month - but for today, as I write this, they are still a monument to those who designed them, worked in them, and built them, and even perhaps an inspiration - to anyone who has been wounded and yet still struggles to survive, to those who fear their own ambitions and hopes may not outlive them, and maybe even to those who can't fathom what their own direction is beyond surviving another day. I feel that the Carrie Furnaces are an indicator that even if the clear meaning of a person or thing is no longer apparent, their ability to weather an uncertain future and an unkind present or past can be its own purpose, and a valid one at that. I do not feel that the scars that the Carrie Furnaces have received over the years detract from their glory - I think they are their glory. The loss of what they once were makes what is left of them all the more precious. In the end, it probably doesn't matter. They are what they are, no matter what you or i think of them, and what will come of them is beyond most of our capabilities to change. Nevertheless, our ability to attribute meanings to things is one of the most fundamental building blocks of humanity's ability to reason. How we perceive objects, concepts, or events determines their overall relevance, their function, and the significance they take in our lives. In other words, if you see these furnaces as an eyesore, an obstacle to progress, or a painful reminder of some past defeat, then I could see where maybe you'd think it would be for the best if they were torn down. If, on the other hand, you see them as a marvel of engineering, a invaluable historical relic, a link to the achievements of our forefathers, or even just encouragement to personally suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in hopes that a greater good will come of it, then the relevance of the Carrie Furnaces is much different. Like all things, they are symbols, to be interpreted through the lenses of our varied experiences and thus be incorporated into our overall outlook on life. How you see them is all a matter of perspective. -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K1QEHgzrtR40SpK-7-O3rATX9FA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3853613144da52aa00e5e1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737342.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v0dBt02hzUQs-dUW2ZCP_jj3CPw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2409179914d655d7ecf5a5.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Starburst Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511338.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PERX1nLUzAVFFGPDw3voWze3oBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1630251263674dee538c7bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103344.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MsIT0lYP01H66w5gaYRfpwb8dxk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16182081356526ee5819fd1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200764.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M45f1nXilFh8hiGxhS4DPNjh2Kw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9318823364ddab78234b79.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B5_NzFIx6a5k8fr_Gh3pZ3J5VNI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12870410116137dd3f7e353.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fb4oYGK-_WGJZYbY1MjlgGb0G1E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_829168663664e60bf32ad1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3gKfa90Qt7QipsGb6zxy4n-XATQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_82749012054a31356e9c59.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Concrete Mausoleum Entrance to the abandoned Randall Park Mall in North Randall, a suburb of Cleveland, OH. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229382.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KlUkJkO3np3aiqJa-9yCygNRfIw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2071311253603e987133e1a.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Walkers https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XLJAjllRTQQEoXVglUg_Y3Fqngo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_744410181589cf8b3bb8e8.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Front Lawn https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42012181.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IOjmVO8URaylUmsQYfMT0ktNxH0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15030416685f90aea3df1ff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-doors https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hf8fqnt-vee7ZGbwuanaQ4khSZs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7409261474e126ec8a5e91.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Doors Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137844.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ayCFicXpJ9oSLMbl-mFh3uhWNqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17196527974e136dc2caa36.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-snarled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ky8wjKuPKgP4DU7cqEPELfb958k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9830557905945cb5c017b4.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Snarled https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530854.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8lcYlJzhDl3pvguMbLDriKz8oSQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_581365421610d8ba09e9e3.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | RemGrit Facade The heavily vandalized facade of the RemGrit Corporation https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3rvlyaSoEgGdCdjB6Nbp7k4hx8s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46198056864ee3fcdae254.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805053.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BonN7sT3zNegeIJqnaoFa2qa8so=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193460488164ee37892fb61.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fqK58jortTSThvtndjQYyDbVGfc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_102789897264ee400b52f32.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40460838.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qh6FH7BgCJyah8NGtvSFkdoiTtg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8518300045dd2f71ad6490.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708744.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yRRERaJM2dcydk0dPKzbvz6OmiY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13610434835e13a4fb4daa1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684087.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XmZl4DlcBHjdpwCJ76fbfxPNYJg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_147922393761c3bd118adf7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708749.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q_68RbizjJ6-Th-Psv6HHTZXHpk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8190383495e13a55295b84.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/more-than-a-palace https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XHTNlmMfxQT3P0YK1m1PVnn6t78=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14878499954d6c3ae303d5f.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | more than a palace "I have so many fond memories of the Transfiguration church, the parish where I grew up in Phila., PA. There was a lower church as well as the more exquisite church upstairs. I can remember the long winding, very wide, concrete steps leading up to the church's entrance on both sides. When I was a child it seemed like it took forever to get from the bottom step to the top step before entering what seemed to be a magnificent palace. Now as an adult I realize that it was much more than a palace. The beauty of the church upon walking through those humongous front doors was absolutely breathtaking. The paintings on the ceiling, mostly above the altar, alone was an exquisite sight to see. I was always in awe of them and often wonder how anyone could paint something as elegant as that so high above on the church's ceiling. God must have definitely had a hand in this. I was also fortunate to be able to attend 8 years at Transfiguration's school and could not have asked for a better education. The church and the school actually consisted of 4 city blocks. It was quite a sight to see. Some of my fondest memories at that time in my life were when the nuns would take the class to the church to participate in many religious services such as the Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent. Even as a child as we stopped in front of each Station, as beautiful as the church was, I can remember being disappointed because the statues were draped in a purple cloth to symbolize the meaning of Lent. My disappointment was not being able to visualize the statues that were so detailed that they appeared to be life-like, but there were so many other times that I was able to appreciate their beauty in their entirety. Every May there would be a May Procession to honor the Blessed Mother and the whole school would line up in the school yard and proceed around the school and church in their best attire and to make it even more special, the little girls would wear a wreath on their head or a veil if they had recently received their first Holy Communion. The procession took several hours but would climax with the crowning of the Blessed Mother statue - what a sight to see! I am also so proud to have received my first Penance, first Holy Communion and Confirmation in the Transfiguration parish. I will also never forget how proud my mom & dad were the day my baby sister was christened there in such a magnificent setting. The services were always very emotional to me as well as the hymns that were sung either by the students or the choir. Just to be in the atmosphere to me seemed like Heaven. I feel blessed that I had the opportunity to experience this when I did and am very saddened that the Transfiguration church was demolished. It seems like such a crime to destroy something that gave so much good and beauty to so many people. It certainly is one of my best God-given memories In my life time." Text contributed by Alice E. Mozer Farnsworth Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805041.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FSYAoKVekBEmQ1XtTrB0rJOpYoc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_132599332164ee3744bc8c3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863233.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tpiY3AalcaMV_78ZW4zAZi5M2x0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13078901136137df7f0b203.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805063.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5HpRy9JcrGSSfSx_s2J9Epn4vkY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39352207864ee37e09fb98.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qOmy3RVJ10FglwKmjcVun7xUc44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10125157364ee3fa2e0922.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29955803.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lwvriQEOlU-muXXllnflAah17mo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106189919358683a4d1e238.jpgAbandoned poor house. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/better-days-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nW__3fdnfCtqPw-k-2NrsJ9zUYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70823073362958838b7e59.jpgBetter Days | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29955798.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pvIT4kCaM4Fs6qA-j4o4WPxh1wM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3547669855868296cac79a.jpgAbandoned poor house. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195431.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mawh6IQN6JjRQqyiTZr4DtcoVVw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14805491075c2d0b3526fdf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-workboard https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4l9F-FbqF3YoeUTgUuWkD94SP0o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12663906065a0a531e56789.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Workboard Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740771.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/odDhFy3pL5XvyjaLImLmPN2_57I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17448199965a25a86165b7a.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | C Unit Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863231.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6Ej5Egtxr-9UMDx-d11D-uoEpk8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8964050436137df5946cbb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dLB0hsmYa9G9L1eqr6KAXO45Fxs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8476718835840e213bc4be.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33202445.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2_slb35_vIwC5a0nQjo1-dcK6iU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_82316055859df8601f206a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813972.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DJfXBq-FMN67XeoSRyr61SepJ94=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14468915984d6c4fc5795be.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Soiled Mattresses Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022926.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4swBjR2DT7DEl9gM7U0iPbOTqWg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66392981059078e9e4262d5.06026624.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-gate https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PqfZsMqR7YcoIctUDf5KhLo0nLk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9844410454fc4f51b943e0.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Gate Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741446.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E1ToIot6qs0dZpI1cUlQJ_qJuoo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1030857265543ffb91750ee.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10201052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-MMzwO3KyeasnA8rDzcEPoKASmI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2251728324ddab9ac266c8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33397296.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zCIcLFB7HmltoTppxWBP-TFVQ5o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93237528959f77c095203a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890570.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I-xppGIIyYDiahputnBwyG2r0Sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7786214435fd5464bbc327.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Submerged The basement, having been submerged for well over a decade before being pumped prior to asbestos abatement, has much of the character one would associate with a sunken ship. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_yDfedkAYLEzJPlhl6TYBVSy0iE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6780525955abdb11818478.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | The Coming Storm https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bs28cUjBpCfZiH3RcDZ5d3UY0iw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16801806685840e8cfdda76.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RpksaEzgH4N2TsLTKAHwk6v4HJg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16773404775762e529d827d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835550.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kO58_Xu5uxftb6kmmYT0LnSRzF8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1198884750559d3ff7d0c70.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/austere-george-pepper-middle-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RL5wxR7v9WSWtzN0jZA6fwDB8KQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_431378002629588914d29b.jpgAustere | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481467.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bI2u_1KeoQDC4TJV6quM_qUNfTQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3225360456408e5fa47f90.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737344.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ozo5lxC3T-zA5Okmx3kRuyB8wAI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17310868534d655dbe938f9.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Bobbin Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775717.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U4tr7xsEsEdNmCxOlDV99UCHA7o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9840580114ee639cc7a545.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dropping-drop-tiles-the-ladd https://photos.on-this.website/wm/71KYU1PQFr9kY-mnyKLXPU_Vz3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_145928721954ee47ae4b72a.jpgDropping Drop Tiles | The Ladd School It's hard to tell what a lot of the rooms in the Ladd School's Fogarty Hospital building were. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060026.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v1m-PbWkD23N7Lda1rIlAogu2SA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3724088385df6a8cd26436.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Tower Center Another central nurses' station at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22676293.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sJEi7_W-WgxcMxGZP4bAwmVWHIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_47232581354383b2a62965.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Gorgeous Stone Facade https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22676181.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E213pvymc3zeJy2PabrCgewP1cY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2109165459543838d7827d1.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Floor Collapse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h4CmUizYhRKLVzLi-1uOAWxqB6U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65907874353ed104e08a05.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430202.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vZj1QLpuwGVIf5gtsWURRNJmmz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2563160844da52583e9c4b.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Tchotchkes https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134737.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iHrhLN4L57zXwolXXkiYpknalJU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1324345983664e6127d6e44.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134743.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NpLAZZ0yKSL4NpCkkaF3bi9_XMo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1567285710664e62fd6cc9b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-narthex https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PAoWKT-_W8Yl-VW6mNktZeamsPw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127183190459b99dc96549a.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Narthex Storage A variety of paintings and other miscellania in the lobby of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200708.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sWC6WiJ2j_pkXSQKA5IXXWdPSyU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17930794794ddab74edc3cf.jpgthe stairway leading from the basement into the ward. at the bottom the pile of discarded protective shoe coverings is visible. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187005.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7Qg6L8mxXF3v9cxhHk2XQWOIh8M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_151497844452cef856cd818.jpgAbandoned asylum, NJ. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lN8u8Xjx09FSxEjr56Dy4e1rAJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14948486915ae11e6c05f3b.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Burroughs F5100 Adding Machine https://www.abandonedamerica.us/in-things-continually-vanishing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ibV1hxHC1Oj_TndYI6j22s1L9D4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6558412804d74458891176.jpgin things continually vanishing "Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." ~Henri Cartier-Bresson --------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30536594.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XU8sf2QVnGnrC0MJRK0kd9p5gmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93974568258d0172919b82.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642020.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LWb3BKNvgSiuiXCA2cvWYjxvCgw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9391057125ae11e12a5be4.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Short Nap https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-teddy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZJQBh7ecNfPwizW74tyNc3Ap8Ps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5600031005e4afb343f142.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708760.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7eFaQ21JIkImsmjs9yJq8z0YPlU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17201191905e13a625bef44.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200706.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-6TIEWF4TUXuEKhIQDh5y-lr-g4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21147248874ddab74d1649a.jpganother view of the stairway from the basement into the ward https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26894056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FW4i8jYiWPu7Xc-sfcRbskyfya4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19215370156e87af7eee0a.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Kodak Souvenir Kiosk Kodak souvenir stand; film was sold here and at one point cameras were rented also. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49234822.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/912TtngFAz_NQN--gcItnr1JURo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1674504978649359e6e783e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754668.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hGQ04vyb1wGTOOufiXWFd1Y6jN0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_68205452658ebb2c1ad03d.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Shredded Store Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41186858.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HCDIPBXlIckyKwRYw9CFo4Jiz7U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9631550405ea6506450b0d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708753.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lyZDPPUDL8a4Xytw8-01YoSlBT4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8644612465e13a5afce8bb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30489644.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zRZEv1m73IsyF-QlIWqNG1-PCSg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29019092258caa98317fa8.jpgAbandoned orphanage. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29769551.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0sY8gjGQKiiAfGs0UHG1gnj0Yes=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1875392264583b956734ff8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-union-station-facade-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LdM_2Y-TiS4k1t01dpe1Glqj-dY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2058091031633bb60633084.jpgAbandoned Union Station Facade | Brownsville, PA The facade of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28445634.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ri53wuvxKOLY9AJQaa8ZbSFO2gQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1734391176579b599aa9efc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103337.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BRKFKLTEvTZ9pQWd4D1G1xxfp34=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12572928886526edf9a60ee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755910.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qGkAcV4bzg6Bik2JKtM_Y-3kcjQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1908655495e20a8db31950.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26672248.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lUcIYypYX8E2GIld-DClWACKzBs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_207034243556c73a5eaf90c.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32139803.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zd4J3rqNhKHgOZ0_quWqEkkC0dE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3954670045973c895a8fd9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19466940.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vxKqiKDHB5zAL-AQzXmag-Ed6Nc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1496354354524c708342a0e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43620716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6EA2hegZHQ0xSYHJaHSteiYjC5I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11328491886116b3218b63d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461197.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HZZPRADwLA33HGIWcE8F7RDPRqs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12578110125dd2f953550b5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805058.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M9OK-cpCkliln28q892l1FRdDus=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110727222364ee37a2c4ad3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744735.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZP-6Ow6sc8tMsemI4-oydCguPu8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14267479165509bae7f280c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103346.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BsrnJ38KeAdVXbxnPXEoUeGSXCU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17442919006526ee6ecb57e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-safety https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LQCGU9WSf4mPu2wnWH2_AGritwA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1205383665555398c81e059.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Safety Involves Teamwork Photograph taken in 2006 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. 2006 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49232995.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/btZ34ZCQwZBtP4bI_Zg-1O2FpFU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19287292666491f5b607260.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103339.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-r4V6kBZ3Dr5JLvMwumIsTotlpg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9141811686526ee153bbf6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103334.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FUNVCIw1AXfbII715hobXy8ZQd4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8796935706526edc1b925f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22923712.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RwQVQnzZ_gqQ0tcxUIB4SpQnVis=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1077825886545a502833cc8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-retreating-wallpaper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_nj-EqbczoHcVMOmvo_4LhP7uz8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3839674465092b5c445154.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Retreating Wallpaper https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024611.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1cAy3Cwm2_ev18ZzQBAhmHU_A6c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14603751865f95b7467a6e8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902241.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jN31zyaogKP1gGcjNwoeMhn_EwI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4941756655d8286b37aef0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GhHx4WrWKk92V-bg40lVRXdTsNQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18291619715ec6ec3bc85a0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282525.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MP_P9xZ73sSvHWXDCWrbM3P7utA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1500971056649b529bd7046.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35517730.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o9d9F55CPfbi6AX9RKEzB-ZanxI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15352866875b463186c827b.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Likely Non-Potable https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200726.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gDGHiv4FBpsmzBjedFnLSy-1Fuk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6325434134ddab7602fcad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134742.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vzahi5uUmtfani4Cl-VF_nn_28Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_214888619664e627da2d0e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jX1zSxvEJmOdCGLn81Cj4_h9loA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10314994145a25a95e8b5c0.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Front House Murals https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379319.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HYE0NdcNpTlLtdPdLWsg7B_4gAg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2974174915abbfaac74feb.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | More Machinery https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808099.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_48507647964ef7adecc27a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo38785827.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kb7iiAcJ6hZ-90-F8WuXAk6w_DE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19337279605d07b787480c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31048958.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r00VwW_hmO_tEgHARd8Ewvnn4fg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1793298834590a302cd774f7.76935212.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113418.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GTznIbzhqx_LseMquA8JZY5VsoQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2080088144e129bd0386ed.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642025.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H1zZj7cjc59PMlpHQcBpLFtD5Eo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10793716905ae11e437b4f6.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | I Still Love You https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44686697.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1PnLohUDVcNUMVe5b0rYaIHn6aw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_152441939761cb760f63ddd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VMf5hp7Tqf_cpYkrprRxg2wjsnc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11511619395857cdebe6dff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209043.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hQAmtlZiSLbmex9dAEINy98NyIc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14554577985ec6d81748d01.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209048.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m8ZLz06d7s_cjG17mMOsO36IXwo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1441183895ec6ea91d3e8c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-somber https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cFVx7fNnndeGfKpG_LP6cOgd9uo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18678094775e4afb230208d.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Somber Lincolm https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41205509.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9g_RE93BUG5rcdiSrvSmVWmFcsU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3047476375eb9d8b3c44b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25981360.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jKDd5KwnEyJgZXOF_9y2QhFUvfQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4678504562e63b05fccf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33938899.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LaOtHmeAyvr6ud5-JQSvJsIps-o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12843623585a5e9aedb7e9a.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Stacked https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47247133.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5nzxQ1-PPXKJkzVmiTiocXueJ40=/wbr/1747161032/15678_207109371863235a2c918e2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290862.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/anIqnVUfsJUnPu6LGfNCVLCVc5M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_172532527954060f34949e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44552422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VjOu3N34q4wRqW0uqaBvSwEsywc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185654324619d5f9c9e488.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642019.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/APQb-5SOfHaDVz2Y2D9uWRA5lJA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15250823795ae11e098ed4f.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Secret Stash of Vintage Playboys https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282515.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FxJnDPCWmo1RNzseFC0ABQmmQ8c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2071497640649b4f06eb99f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282537.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LZSx-XZRhvSgEsSclMLyIHRlwRs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_889184754649b571ceec0c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49287914.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8T-0JLsyRXEjtuObEn_LNUrKn2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2094657914649dfa021add0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33934487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M2CYpEklzP8wjjtpSCagVlXqQ3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21020729865a5d1158a3cef.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/games https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e2Krs4Unf-5wR-pK0pyK1Fpf4YE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14243259304dd74ba66aa94.jpggames 'Games' By Lara Hazelton, MD “We’re going to play a tapping game now,” I say, but it’s not true, not exactly. We are sitting in her kitchen, even though she says it is not her kitchen, but a room in a different house that has replaced her own. It looks like her house, but it is not the same. Even the ocean outside the window, rolling restlessly under the grey sky, is a different ocean. She doesn’t know its name. We are at the table, seated opposite each other the way chess players would sit across a chess board, or arm wrestlers would face off in the moment before they lock hands. My patient is seventy-four years old, but she looks much older, with a white mop of hair and deep-set grey-green eyes, which right now are glaring at me with a mixture of fury and bewilderment. She is thin and frail, and if we really were going to arm wrestle across the table, I’m sure I’d break her arm. It would snap like a twig in winter. Any of her bones might, at any minute. She has a bruise on her forehead, and she can’t remember when she fell. Home Care is scared she’s going to break a hip one day. I smile encouragingly. “The rules of the game are as follows: when I tap once, you tap twice.” I demonstrate by tapping the table. She taps her twisted finger twice. We do this three times. I know Mrs. MacDonald likes games, puzzles. Lying on the coffee table in the living room is a newspaper from last week, open to the comic page. She told me quite proudly, when I inquired, that she did the crossword puzzle every day. The squares of the crossword grid are filled out in ink. Under the newspaper, I found her pills, neatly blister-packaged by her pharmacy. The foil cells are punched out randomly, and brightly coloured pills lie scattered on the table and the floor. By all accounts, she was a very bright woman. She worked in the city, never married, and then came home to this village twenty years ago. Her nieces and nephews are intimidated by her, which is why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate this far. “Now,” I say, “When I tap twice, you tap once.” She tries, but even this simple instruction confuses her, and she taps twice. I try again, but she slams her hand down on the table. “This is damned foolish!” she says, “I’m not doing any more.” “Mrs. MacDonald…” “No!” She points her finger at me her hand shaking. There is a strange flatness to her affect, but you can still tell she’s very, very angry. We are twenty five minutes into the assessment, and a couple of times before this I thought she was going to cut me off: fortunately, I have developed a few tricks for coaxing reluctant elderly patients to complete cognitive testing. But I have a feeling that we’re through now. I look down at the partially completed Frontal Assessment Battery. She did poorly on abstractions and verbal fluency, not the mention the fact that she only scored 18/30 on the Mini Mental Status Examination. There is rotting food in the refrigerator, and she doesn’t know how to operate the telephone. I don’t really need to hear any more. She stands up. “Go. Go now.” I stay sitting. “Mrs. MacDonald, you know people are concerned about you living here alone.” “Out!” She points at the door. She’s probably going to hit me if I don’t leave. But I hate to go without at least trying to explain to her what will happen next. “I am concerned about your memory. I was asked to come here by Adult Protection…” “No, no…” “…And I’m going to have to tell them that I don’t think you should be making decisions without assistance…” She tells me to go to Hell. For a moment we just look at each other. She’s so scared, and I’m so sorry. I stand up and gather my things. As I pass through the living room, I look at the crossword puzzle. If she weren’t so angry with me, I would ask if I could take it. It would be a useful teaching aid. All of the squares of the grid are filled, but the words themselves don’t make any sense. They aren’t the right answers: they aren’t even real words. Her brain has conveniently filled in the empty spaces, yet there is nothing there. As I get back in the car, I look back and see her standing on the front step, wearing an expression of grim satisfaction. I’m almost glad that, for the moment, she’s had a last opportunity to think she has won. --------------------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864724.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nYvKxivBZx2_VYja_DpGavrH_CE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10897046775d7fe9bbae5a8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889166.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PlyRysVWIQ23h0lI6Uob24t4dpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12091134934d744371d34e9.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14220484.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_2349090024f498597c46da.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Time to Reprocess Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30024128.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S06TtJcXV7H_Wca75d5C2qrJRLw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1489743742587922491848d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27801509.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GLhefREXVCxMTHR4NbTQH0cOadE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14700138075755c4b0c6292.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Concrete Collapse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282539.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VmM4ESQULFF3y6OCx9AZ92JwZDY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_260491020649b57a8edad5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30099687.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KZB3_Uj_TAnmUBQ1VV5Ggx42OFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8513974795888f58b8bc02.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24815198.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tJ7Vy7FB5J6zefKp2viNLa9PwjU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1506306314559a9afa249a1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f4EQGH2qaNJ0HnTThOe6Jv9h7cA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2661410415e20a8d952fd4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358776.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EQ968pUx1vKU_b_vKVimSzVNT9E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94748879363f7f3ca5baa5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131415.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vg2d04QUvpRAaB2JX5rNznbLk4s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_845767442597253b9236b1.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Guard Tower https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces-rankin-pa-rankin https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WHM6WPztYzy9etdpKXz1JtDIMWc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1906398456515d0812c78e4.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | Rankin Deer An enormous sculpture of a deer head is a somewhat mystifying thing to encounter at a site. It was created by a group called the Industrial Arts Collective; according to their website description, the Rankin Deer is "a 45 x 35 antlered creature. This trophy was created between October 1997 and October 1998. The group of six to eight people worked every Sunday throughout the course of a year to complete the project. The piece was made using all recycled materials from the site; steel tubing, steel structural metals, copper wire, and rubber hose." they have created a number of impromptu exhibits at various industrial locations, including a giant owl and an equally giant millipede. Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6M8P2aZtGL73UD_B0DyYVBrlQq4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1158261665598a5d9aae08e0.06008920.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32214417.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f9Yhi5T9m82GPnWYxM3W3CznX2E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1504832615597b507dde3c18.86061463.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Vampire Cupcake https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138408.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xpyCxMM-VxRkW6V5oF9u9mbhAGQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4815328834e137421d9de4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464815.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qtid8pNIYm7Fo_z5Tnm6PvL-VzA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64978255965a5b7e074c13.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X4j9NMY4n3bmfbedNDRZXBpImtU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9173888055099a0442ff7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30527417.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AuZYXLUBC3YOoTsH_MZWkCQhjCU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_48680006758cfe2755b6a7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511334.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ML9Q88Mw68v4vUGgBHoNBVeRK1M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2145272070674dee4386abf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218560.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LcQfvk7hJFuaqBJKTFt8gutYPpM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1118292605aa2cb7c04abf.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Razorwire https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808121.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_122438075964ef7af16e8f1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946051.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iABUIkTARsDp7VjvRLXZLkmBVOU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_190040918259c4152fa1d83.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Reception Building Wards 53-58 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708741.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NQRA7qgNnxsxacNB0HNSs6Hon84=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12327669285e13a4dcbb311.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44038672.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b7WIZYJLnZEv0RV4mpyoRYhzvYM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_599942881614cdc285774c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44254191.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q6m2Lf9CG11XW0FE5cJ7jrBfLnE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18191699876165e82f6da41.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835554.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1R8bBHRscKwjxfnUsSH6qat8Q-4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1120653424559d403b2fdde.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35684455.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7V6zx--vdVOsmybYoQ1H4I-llls=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2284827405b57c3f94c029.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Belly of the Beast https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29977564.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rxNhZ2AbKNElZHnmXNkoMHqDrJM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19523842458716c05496b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-falling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-ZM-cWylhinQ8hAkVhkothRAybo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1378183894e126c4dc9232.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Falling In Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530852.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BugqmXIYkqW1xQYf5Mc817ia3sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_660982498610d8b5cbd549.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | Shot Tower Overhead An overhead view of the shot tower at the Remington Arms Mulition Factory https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aOde0R_0mUrtlpaBpNJKenAmQPc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_32309085561c3ba9d16bbd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-edgar-building https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MzyKngp7bLUVhIwSXYM9v5xF0PQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15561852775d3f44e20b449.jpgAllentown State Hospital | Edgar Building Allentown State Hospital's Edgar Building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775726.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/St_FCxTIWt6AtN9fNBdJlu0RE7Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15378658214ee639f3d3b14.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882677.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_175384382362f41758bb6f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27550089.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nwX3_9VB5PlPWKklNlOTiQczYBQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1011157305574105913b438.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854630.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_57346514951ff3d36bd941.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | Upper Office https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33856468.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y2Dvt0GzrHtgi2iHiKjos7Ax0SU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8440448595a4c5d899240a.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Murky Reflections https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15756850.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_10625807705018825525db7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29815642.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cQetUnR49CFiza1AvaHNAVOM4qo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14947026325844abaf88d5e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3Y3X94DzPpFKOcLldqDWiYeE5A0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6497354875840dbf97e449.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-day-i-died https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4xzdfhGfyIaQ_Ok0TZFBSXTqBeY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_839191414d73bdf9df754.jpgthe day I died The day I died was so very ordinary - it seems that it should have been filled with a parade of coincidences, things easily noted in retrospect, but it was not. There was only the way the hollow afternoon sunlight crawled across the faded wallpaper, the steady limp of sickly clouds across a sterile blue sky, the buzz of flies and a certain weight about my chest that was undefinable but far from uncommon. I made pancakes for breakfast, and ate in silence. Then, I washed the dishes in silence too, unaware that the places I set them on the drying rack were where they would remain for the next ten years. After that I spoke on the phone with friends about things of such a tragic lack of substance that I would be ashamed to even repeat them - they were all regurgitated banalities and stillborn thoughts. I left with no words of sagely advice and wisdom, no heartfelt declarations of love or friendship, no prophecies or messages of hope and courage. I lay on my unmade bed for an afternoon nap and stared at the ceiling, where there was a steadily growing spiderweb I had yet to remove, and I decided to wait for the spider to die before destroying his work. My breathing steadily deepened, and soon I was dreaming of all manner of magical and marvelous things: cities too fantastic to describe with words, other worlds where I did great and important things and saw many miraculous sights. Sometime while I was there my heart stopped beating, and the spider continued his masterpiece uninterrupted. ------------------------------------------------ Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19142427.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jWD9HHtgRQ54nFpnOmDnqkfarY0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19609276355224f8f2932c7.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25420983.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ps9GZOcERrynKyFdNCzPbecaaNk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_191182627955e60a0d328c7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485530.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5dSjmCHBGQfTROKB5nXrKcynoFY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12582025674e5effd99225f.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Insurance Calendar Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921314.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JComDpqTBzBGLHG1o2sMcbuxQWI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15930849625762e56f4695a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775789.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ncXjeMilC3jwYV4tYdcKCxCYk7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20540240425a62640bce607.jpgPhotograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-quaint https://photos.on-this.website/wm/av0QH4HlnHFIt0a6T4sRtB_a4xk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110464967253c1c60f19d2d.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Quaint Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22293277.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S1t5wQ1VN1EL_iV3XyadRSymoX0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_210823393754064eca6f5f6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47732505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1G5Skd0u1gw2LzApXsw4X1FNgKg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14612914156356ec57cfe54.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-detroit-home-arson-victim https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dKKw0uDN_nE0YArOY0qtw_pzRMg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_161903598359c6a9bc4f01d.jpgAbandoned Detroit Home | Arson Victim https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022929.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KSwEdTRgh1_lQRdYuclM96FGfcw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14769558359078ebfd28c83.39114038.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40790507.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gZ46GUXcvVjoIhxlieVYm6autOc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3947660455e2b6cc70788d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854493.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7MCbiXfO3GPeZ7WOTxbCqiQ78Dw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62795674351ff33deae048.jpgAllentown State Hospital | Administration Lobby, Third Floor The third floor of Allentown State Hospital's old administration section looks down into the lobby https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863232.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sf43H5z3Iz5AZQI1ztK5qyoCQbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15707866746137df736f87d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iSKZLqgmtnN-JPv1a8kPMVkZvLQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99686314059c415320890f.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Surveying the Walkway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24032859.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xEwihPn59ShsWMgS_wSJEfk4ZXg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21079723675536c9177d66c.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Tall Doorways Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060048.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kqb8jKnqcAZcieIibOI531mnftc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11763247054e83fc9f25af8.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | The Remains of an Ideal In an office of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center, a drawing of the tower rests on a desk https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131412.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/17nPmx913kMAPCqul0ZTBVhiC_4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_88140908859725362d4861.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Tunnel of Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40438507.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mZRSyf_dYt3dxcBi7ELhEysd6ak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9046935695dd05b316de2c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218559.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HywiMwBKWK30GVeMH_2nJP4UQ04=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9757210785aa2cb749c76b.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | North Block View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615821.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rVEH0TJB8Lw5LGQExvGjM0GiPzY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_190743963854307de93f6da.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027343.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZgTfvYUOp6aNp_Hb3U4cPJ-wPRw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19710975165535709632b80.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | A Pool of Light Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CRLTMcxnfNIExz8IrEJYsEzXo4U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1738771751faafa1bf6f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464810.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A66TLpkyAdHYcXEJGMf1iRufd4c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182528809665a5b03d90d2e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235374.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oR2s3u215azndpFdVbuDDvZn148=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16197307566057cf95cd5eb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273450.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xPyhIM67V9cxIFe0HeagfhJWp9s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127226659863e3ff92b76a3.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Smashed Lockers Guest lockers have been smashed open, presumably to see if any valuables were left inside. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273452.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xWotQ9KDDNDiX5uj-EU14Ri9VLw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_41905596463e3ffb624cda.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Skycoaster Entrance The entrance for the Skycoaster ride at sunset https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RIilEYXInKl7ittryBQtHxklX_I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7278497135defffe0ae4f7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646797.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rSQdolMsMkRZeBk02ZtX-Vbwzs0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58722487663489dd3dcf7a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EAiM6M4YRHKrW8OY4N6XVBSCFmY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_26624864063f7f3b30052e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824233.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sjH4HbSdYYOza2M5AYcvi9gJzTA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16225991155df00079aebf2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1JgEQCBOFHklClkLFGw12UdExkw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7956103104dd750e055908.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Game Over https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32217517.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2xrLgQ6wFqR5KCX2JRXFdcQdfXo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_348831851597ba3374ca251.33463790.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Unless Your Art Sucks https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206260.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bmtii7Hz8HZU9gHCNJwIe9qAjv4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5747607945ebdb4ceab52d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51314199.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yI-1I7VRelFI-ZQSuaXWzXrxFlA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1965078936673216e053c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879233.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7h1xJLOPZj1MSksodMFv18IxPsY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1481059623644ec3cf1d043.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48358771.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6_p9wPFPR0APFRRlWb7WFxk7sWU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31766511363f7f35e2afee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564143.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/waPpM018TdB5gB9z6xJtqkI2Tnk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64633430858d2bfca3339c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26886090.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HqlEN0UyLdq69z5k8BvEQWhKkhM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63149491956e6f16dc319e.jpgAbandoned medical research laboratory, 2016. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-G3NLh9Y9BKe33yDbkNMLij5mDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_22449613564ee37108ba13.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430272.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KbzkEDhfnrjMivCWdwiIjIXJiCU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182756075358c2c0f7d83cd.jpgAbandoned ??. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36559743.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lyrMZlTx-dS0BGvl07AP8GKdyVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2273287175bbb9e7bd807b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206269.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SAHv14ltFu-TD2FnGIya2a2hkbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2017767155ebdb50edf980.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23651229.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YLJEpBXH7Bq8TgHe5bKJoxlq2LY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_156935182954f5064f00989.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Gutted Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G0XVvlbAo5_rGVs5orlq7vHdbrw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5532475015422e1ba36233.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22708321.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2A1QSYaplOcG6V3HeZf0Kks-6Og=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1316146824543becbecf4ff.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Rays of Sunshine https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206259.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jA9J5IWz3Bu8RrGFpSj1b8aPuq4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5525631395ebdb4c93dbfe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22675759.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CBpE0Z0V4NckuzjeB1KeI5Ear_M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_928839977543825f9452af.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Interior Shell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36650691.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bTl3vp3lfEpv9WOQ1TE0uwtT17s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15134918125bc4db1d2f42a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26156379.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lb8u-tDfhIaGTv-QibC1zBZX7nA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1254220055564f9cd77ecdd.jpgCottage in a decaying resort. Photograph taken from collapsed living room looking into adjoining, relatively intact bedroom area. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808060.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_118146878164ef7abfb31b5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo45034219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zzSrkvDHWBw0vDKtYwjWq0thcLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1589061771621ff1f1b1eda.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288185.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZVojvSgObSoEo8vcRPsxY47qza4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20946057625984c24e98d19.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8705732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UlClatZ2uLsy3ga5RuoymRvE1xU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18719309835d433a3017767.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808076.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_16230396464ef7acc95e0d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136429.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6CLuP78HwovBYw8929V3bEwDGf0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10235018705224aba986ff8.jpgPrison cafeteria, serving area. The sign over the door reads: "Vegetarianism may lead to nutrient deficiencies, if you want to practice seek professional education. YOU are responsible for your own dietary practices." https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808064.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_149123295264ef7ac3724f2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257272.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vRQ6r8fj9a5TDP8ZZBJOk2kmGYQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2039394515d4337fcf2eba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808087.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_61915440664ef7ad5271b3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44264866.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pxS5ivSe8bx0j7ythzr8_8neNZk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_436918831616b2d0910230.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44102318.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/os7NSzsBEMYy2k00-1XI-FTcEbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209027452861521f9430495.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808115.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_36631591364ef7aeade4f2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808083.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_34200354064ef7ad23d948.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808078.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_190025627564ef7ace68ae5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986380.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QD1Dri7cGmb17lb71K-jokxPbrg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6302001224d7e7cd7c0ab3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808068.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_9087082664ef7ac78d977.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31048829.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q-A3-D_YUvnA10bYaWwOXbYZ-24=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1147898068590a28b89a8186.71826140.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239510.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tbE-msQkvP7-yZfUwOP1mYRnvbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21219482795ef50db1914a6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1WDpezVqFx78Sy99BiHhgY_TprQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_204077024152cefeb36257a.jpgSt Bonaventure Church (Philadelphia, PA) a requiem for St. Bonaventure I truly wish that people would stop viewing cathedrals (and, by extension, all faith-related structures) as symbols of religious doctrine that they either agree or disagree with, and thus dictate their value by. Instead, regardless of one's beliefs, it is vital that we see them for the effort and artistry in their construction, and for the irreplaceable collection of cultural and historical artifacts they frequently contain. The destruction of a true work of art is never something to revel in, in my opinion. The erasure of a beautiful cathedral like Philadelphia's St. Bonaventure, pictured above, is a tragedy for all, and an enormous hole torn both literally and figuratively in the community around it. The city was too lazy to take action as it rotted for years under the incompetent, absentee 'stewardship' of New Life Ministries, and then too shortsighted and (again) lazy to bother seizing the building via imminent domain and stabilizing the steeple for $77,000. Instead, they elected to tear the church and school down for a cost to the taxpayers of over $1 million, so that perhaps it can have a future like Transfiguration, another Philadelphia jewel that now is little more than a trash-strewn vacant lot. It should anger you if you're Catholic or Christian, but it should anger you if you're not as well. It represents the worst and most wasteful theft of all, that in which something that was of incalculable value is taken and then senselessly destroyed. Farewell, St. Bonaventure. You deserved so much better. ------------------------------- 'a requiem for St. Bonaventure' taken at the demolition of St. Bonaventure Roman Catholic Church, December 2013. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-shower https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QVRGJRSjHyGc-PBdz93XB0vOfK8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_190232875358fbc142cea381.73460180.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Shower Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239240.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FJgk3VRmjIMP9Fq0g9pyXoiHlMQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8807095275ef3e15ee0721.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Towards the Pulpit https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239234.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-4ZybNtS6bxztCWvz_2doyeiAdE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3309935245ef3e12f94e8f.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Cornerstone https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173489.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rKAkBd2wejHAFqH-U3g9kMT7Kqg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12921800805e8cccc798f06.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Organ https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173488.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sKDu-6GGFm5m02KKQ3rBY6LFIwc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13221108215e8cccbc69e16.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Rear Balcony https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345399.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i8pnOMAklmWAGHSRrYUpEQ-YohQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7706401936564f4d50026e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281433.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MOjkTey_Ki3Zhl1WledMphqE4Z4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4458826034e9b9c9e72915.jpgCell block, door detail. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345400.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JnzHna6E6wxs-7FvJBhodVjLj44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19803447886564f50499d98.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775785.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jAtZm6zcDt_ZDFOCbhf2fQjufcM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14720558214ee63caa661f2.jpgPhotograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285473.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WObHDs_kq1mfnvEnD_BT3BPymHk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17096570155f0f45f4417f2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230655.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XdftxO3RXv71qsLmaRAN59aLZhA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_788016080604a830e2e003.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/P2x-15nbSRsYIRZYFItE1TTq-nk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1532638453604a834a01284.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777278.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R1WewAs0r_9AAC-d4XPGziI6TBY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_195972441559566aca7947.jpgAbandoned prison cell block. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uaT9cu2nQK0OLUhg_gzA_WhmMVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5805264065a25a927cd7ab.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Health Services Building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33822971.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q53ojNGXtWOQep_4TpjD3c3NzEQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18470829595a3d4cce075b6.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Workshop https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25943297.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D8jqHGkAv5_gFfTioXkcoQtwKLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120915647056295202a135b.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Stairwell Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36685191.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bu6VHcQaiJ8vgaVgy5UPwMc78Kk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17968302245bc62dae809f0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33972092.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FaUE15t7UNblKzHhV4eg1ApDj9E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13449340825a6a1d42a4b90.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Altar Mosaic The altar mosaic at the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-chapel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qP3ufLL8_cUT8cCOexoinlZfIBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1308321045d3f44a59afcb.jpgChapel | Allentown State Hospital The chapel in Allentown State Hospital as it appeared in 2013 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012598.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N4lKXI7wS71cl514oc9JtCB7A3g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_133124423663a59bb7b901.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879284.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k8a__ExbLgigARNmcEqyXvqqAlM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_312176797644ec5f98872f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BG1j90xZ1Uur5c8EeWYh5sTSAOo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17316070625840dc2c786d2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642033.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-GM5EKWwPqwQyn2tlNPRqkY-Evo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20091007035ae11e83a3229.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Flying Santa https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808053.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_117006655264ef7abbbfb9c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-crumbling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L5KXhfEnUsdzkKxJzNsAJsuJQRU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12613986605d4872f324ed2.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Crumbling Doorway One of the doorways in Bhangarh Fort shows the level of craftsmanship the building was constructed with. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33445253.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lUUcyDVIXJbZpeZjXFcjX_lTkwI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61706619859fe05a85710c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755908.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XuKODA6LFuDrLsI_wYLq-o-vSTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9858367425e20a7d9d64f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33844269.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A7Du5cnUn43kMev3RhQQeR1tKXA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4142262045a494c16880eb.jpgSimon Silk Mill (Easton, PA) | Down the Well I Go https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tBrgP5LwULbNHNrj-CJEX-DEOy4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15454770425526f41139637.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Minty Day Room Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44264865.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vFDP1koXIubflYcmVnTDUA7Oil8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_198985627616b2d091c33c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15060357.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/22ugI4cQQv0COQl4gs02oOSta6M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7227994874fc4f41f0ddc4.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned seminary by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wq_u0jVHBCn1QGG0ResiNJk1qJk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_548587430603d66aa5a3e4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285461.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6fwthp9VSGMRY_84zG0VpruaGGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13383143295f0f4552decc6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37304484.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9eET8NLEg53EpNZevSEPM0eK7Q8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_147068435c4b690522d4f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110033.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IZ7L-y-BJ3J7FwvkuRKDCKai5KA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_544775888596e48e2641f0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060006.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vMQFDtsYIAQLxicUz4BrESf5xPU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18345590144e83fc2a5f5f5.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Nurse Photo A photo shows a nurse caring for a patient. It may have been for promotional material https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fragments-of-the-past-union https://photos.on-this.website/wm/afEY-BJKteNiuGOOYsfmxc9v-9s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117103158063350c878a4a1.jpgFragments of the Past | Union Station, Brownsville, PA Inside Brownsville's abandoned Union Station building, store signs and other items from the town's past were strewn about. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24313834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8mNg8H5MF-HeH2IEa-YmXdwdjJ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1027123586555bf4d08a2f9.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Cramped Desks Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377849.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WkK1yjlHTeE3SExLrnNEvY0lTUU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17974612925abbdb0852b38.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Exterior Profile https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511343.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w6OFU8Hi186ELKN6IhjKcmLTros=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1466867847674dee615ea04.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-pen-doors https://photos.on-this.website/wm/llQrB3d53Iv_LHrYyMKXhenAbnU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1924855861524cd01857549.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Pen Doors Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944107.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IzyANA25U8n54JRRPKoLp2H0rU8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15859817558640472c3253.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Boarded Storefront https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139285.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8u9__CeTKre9PbMjgTOhu1Bj7vo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14844431815224cd059b2d3.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16782042.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PBD9kKg4PWpXT26zADKsJRHRoas=/wbr/1747161032/15678_23353744150a92834cc8d8.jpgWriting on cell wall, solitary confinement. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30020188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sIfGmbGfzq4vKX1lDHCiasf7MjA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7914997155876b7bc84dfd.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Beautiful Cabinets https://www.abandonedamerica.us/going-going-brownsville-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qw0dk-ePJvq5xQZvZzoQqKBE5gA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18616458463350ac11cb0f.jpgGoing, Going | Brownsville, PA The interior of a collapsing building in Brownsville, PA, taken in 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/even-if-it-is-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yk9abcj9F-OjIe941ODnVFAxZx8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2835461034fce2d792f900.jpgTrolley Graveyard | even if it is the end I kept thinking that if I just worked hard enough, that if I finally did the right thing, things would get easier. There was something out there, I thought. One day I would turn a corner, open a door, and in a flash of radiance everything would become clear. It had to, I reasoned. All the effort couldn't be in vain. None of the goals they wanted me to push toward mattered to me, none of the placebos worked more than a day or two, and when the buzz inevitably wore off I was back to wandering around the darkness with only the knowledge that one more thing had failed. I could find all the places, take all of the pictures, and still - I'd only catch fleeting glimpses of it in the sunlight through the leaves, in the slender vines gently pushing buildings back into oblivion. It was why I went alone so often, because there was no one else to distract me from my search. Since I didn't know what else to do, I put together a massive puzzle - a labyrinth made of all the old hallways and deserted corridors, a spiral of words that I hoped someone brighter than me would be able to piece together one day. All the story fragments, all the images - they all fit together somehow. If only I could see how, if only I could make it work. It wasn't about money or fame or power, it was something that transcended all that - but I couldn't get there, I could only see it shimmering on the horizon like a mirage. As long as it was there, I would never be able to rest. Maybe it was why I loved things left to the quiet of their own dissolution - I envied them. This wasn't something I did to entertain you or to make a name for myself. It's a plea for an answer, a last-ditch attempt to finally pry away all of the layers of garbage and lies we've wrapped ourselves in... and see something real, even if it is the end. --------------------- Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-jahangir-mahal-palace-orchha https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hbAu9UjgnXfcMkVAJZRl5zG9C4I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14021050455d48721c7123c.jpgAbandoned Jahangir Mahal Palace, Orchha India | Lovely Symmetry Jahangir Mahal Palace in Orchha India was built in the 17th century for a ruler who only spent one night there. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087706.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i9lv2EMol-Z_eBp8NWGlbtvyUCQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_148389420253ebce10b0030.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11144020.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H-qJ_2d9fbjbnWo5LBTtODM3yo4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4491993964e13dcfc99b33.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35519933.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PNLk-4XGYOQGHN0GcnKv-S3n0NI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7600263995b469710e85f1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-screamer-descent https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dSFArEdR4bUxtViFXoWoBYOw_x8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1640437031589114f4304c3.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Zydeco Screamer Ride Peak Looking down the slope of the Zydeco Scream Roller Coaster was a vertigo-inducing experience. I was never so glad to be back on solid ground. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33865296.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IeP_R1MDrRGxoqo4uvTTNPxpaIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2175070695a51130a1de61.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Parish House Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51314197.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N-3Pmra23LGv866_BwTi7_oUWpI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_186525475266732134a34d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352377.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xWWmu1xRH2vjeEuNO-S-FEryarU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_160117983256732c5bb357d.jpgAbandoned asylum Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060058.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cVNTtZ8UqEQMB-425KArZilat50=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15287847965df6a9920d9f6.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Patient Records Patient records scattered across the floor at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rB5lOBzdicLCKhMO0EC_x5n1XD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12266383395e8b735bbc1be.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Sanctuary Cross Sec https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41886491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ne5iDI2XTB9dyVINJyVLgnNaKKI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18083982265f73abfc044dd.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | School Auditorium The auditorium of the Ascension of Our Lord School In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trial-by-fire https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lX2_AUPhJcCQFjFNOGATHPkUhRU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_639212094d733a3cc52c2.jpgTrial By Fire | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2008[/b] | By Matthew Christopher A year ago today, Hudson River State Hospital nearly ceased to exist. They say the fire was caused by lightning from a dramatic storm that night, although there are many theories that the disaster was more of a man-made variety. Since the structure is on the historic register and cannot be demolished outright, some say that the lightning rod was removed on purpose, and as Hudson stands proudly overlooking the town from a hilltop, it was inevitable that this would be the result. Such an action would constitute arson; any removal of a fire prevention device that results in a fire is a crime… but who can or will ever prove such a thing? Another possibility is that a photographer who was in the building at the time started the blaze. No one will ever really know. I suppose it doesn’t matter. The end result is the same. The fire was of such scale that it is difficult to even imagine; by FDNY standards it was a six alarm blaze. When the hospital was open it was so large that it had its own fully staffed fire department, but those days are long gone. Even the fire hydrants didn’t work, so miles of large diameter hose had to be laid to support the crews. Walls were torn down to prevent the fire from spreading to the administration building, and the firefighters remained for days wetting hot spots. All in all, it was a heroic effort. Despite the fact that the building was empty, despite the sheer magnitude of the firestorm and the difficulty in combating it, the myriad of departments on the scene prevailed. You might not know it, to see the remains of the wing and the gaping holes in the brick… but when you look at the stunning facade of the administration building, when you run your hands along the exquisite railings on the stately main staircase inside, when you stop to admire the delicate stone carvings that adorn the pillars on the porches, you can see why it was so important that they were there, why it was so critical that Hudson River State Hospital survived that night. Even though the fire crews probably don’t know or care what their work made possible for me and the few other pilgrims who make the sojourn to see Hudson’s august remains, even though time and nature will eventually complete the job the fire started, today she still stands. It was quite literally a trial by fire. I’m glad she survived. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138472.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_42Yvy3pZU4p31SMnAs0iyFU9zg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2742332774e13744710e18.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137838.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kVEvrSrTx7dUROpDXE45CG5I2rQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4837610064e136dae88286.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24101082.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H62BQAIDikYwQYdMh2ddplMP_WE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6418062755542755486a3a.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069330.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Mz55XE8MM9i_jfamnhTK8ly51o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5384837044e11062fd91e7.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Enormous Kilns Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808065.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_207939850964ef7ac3c4073.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175496.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ISPngluRtfRi87-cWtsy9wRUoto=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20408263425e90f3834ba45.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Curry Building Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/warner-swasey-observatory-cleveland-oh https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SSKdws-WU8fHi-YBvEQ0bLivn9M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1091655144597ba30be85c14.37273260.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Light Pollution https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377866.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6b7hXUJZhi6hXIycL7XVSH3nGgg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9563792165abbdb28b041e.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Overgrown Conveyor https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808118.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_100146826564ef7aed615a8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15756612.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_562312494501862be455e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869674.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5GbBoLfKUq1I75n-TI8w2FB66Rw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2665406144d73be1ac64b7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33861718.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JxCo8TOsAbT1-2cyaHIM8BOKEfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17325576915a4fe97940c63.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Rear Church Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34948835.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_kan_W7KBkp9U4VUpP9kV-HkOkU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9456559875b070040464d1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q4CW_ZdtIoqWFeFY3tEeGy7vy3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15491410765840dbdd0ce23.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-tagged https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N_sU8CkQVSyF43S5IVT79MuJXt8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180195254360c283f495818.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Tagged Stairway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195432.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ur5hoB1tpwAlPcw1N4ywJ2Rn_iM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20693947685c2d0b412b294.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11515944.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ra0AknCYlrdoGMPwhxvQ5RzEjrE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12478577945df00483583ef.jpgsecond floor hallway, rear of building. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48481466.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VSiehvJmkIJVgKqK4c8gAuJ6j8w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6804783836408e5f60232a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-lion-capital https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UJEmJsjaRceOqbzVBiftcsgs_Ao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_201535608761a54e422e91b.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Lion Capital A capital carved with lions at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41228935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E5huc3nj7p8yhEE0t14q7s9oEpE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18560211075ede845dd1350.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bnai-jeshurun-synagoguehopewell-baptist-church https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2dfvH-32xk3H1lQoEshDBLguJLM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9202296296116c468852bc.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Heaven and Earth https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-turquoise https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WAnUG0rZPRJdwAoWDfSyIMIkDtw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14911022745d48712792770.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Turquoise Room The level of detail and craftsmanship in Bundi Palace is amazing. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012603.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YKoDPoLhTLQtLRrEoujd9naSO4c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1538356803663a5a14a531e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511346.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oekmDGH7X0qn2Zzu9Y7Apo69ORM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2129188175674dee6d09411.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32923206.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JTH53HAZMFyUwropgLEfJuzQUYY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97904721159c164fbc4abb.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Bedroom Doors https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28793807.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GlV025dMvcnxSLTucmPPqf2613Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_38891166057c308c0d9674.jpgBank vault that was repurposed into a book store, then abandoned again. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kfqo_a_zonrd5V82mT5nfhjjYV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2861005714ee639c8201cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26152958.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SC8QoC70UmI5r-WaEdCqYPvD1N8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_526579896564f40013304a.jpgThe remains of a partially flooded machine tool factory. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200734.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O7Rs2_O1NnIEirY8-ztuhUlMO3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16712552884ddab76869db6.jpgthe layout of the wards is such that they end at these sunny termini, and hallways branch off to the side continuing on in an L shape until they reach another end point. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15756614.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_439802569501862c267391.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103342.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yL0V3AtK7MzhsDeGd3fBCHME1Z8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7240226756526ee38a667d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708746.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kmDMe8RSwoZV3GZ1L9XtXoCyMcc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17771947455e13a525c40ec.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175445.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FfPdbMJVEds0PNXsRdQEfnADmM8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17533531935e90c59356804.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Ward Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-fearful-and-the-sublime https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o7yByKDe2GiQ8UmDQcDjOaolhQc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20130898474d2e1ad1a7e3f.jpgthe fearful and the sublime https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24526028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xbiwCuClCmSCaV5aQk89O5QZImk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4429295955765652ce913.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/class-projects-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dC7NbFR-BYVDv9aJKdtr8RKkUdA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_890275465629588be27133.jpgClass Projects | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16782039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eSRw4CEzZestlq5vQ4mqqOlqmxg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36916123850a9282f04a00.jpgPhotograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30852883.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zgR-LVw0g8lV_JJKQSXjjq8DQQY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_37258276258f654aac5c7d9.49204257.jpgKemp's Ice Cream, Lancaster PA. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29678213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u3IaT88So2nSWe2RRlNJEX0yHhM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_394033830582bcb6336fbb.jpgAbandoned woodworker's home Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879245.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H7iX8lPMZp0XKKl6R4mMzUaLzMs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1369648134644ec455787cb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919198.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7TqdS3SYzZFkkovvO_amvZM8Ghc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16715002355857cdcfccafc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44686695.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7pm_pQlPFQbtBKdB61dAZno3ZeY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_156025487861cb75f0d6217.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229385.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EhCKPza0eEh5cl_qic39cv7ICIc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1778059352603e989d6a01a.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | The Divide https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-lobby-stairwell-2 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4TvNX83x_If9nD9VY0v2YtLE5dw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_476556285d360febf09f7.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Lobby Stairwell 2 A side view of the Irem Temple stairwell shows how beautiful the details are on the building. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-medical https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nTBy2e8Xyl7XNkjQ_JuY3ssbVAg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_191982634358fbaed3e6de82.99558909.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Medical Building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282528.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RY_rw2AiNUtefc1ag8pCsK6wUOg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1950722024649b539bba91b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777661.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l9HVz8HPBmhjHhKSPBrkb2Q--24=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62133870455956eea30ce2.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27837181.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Maj3n-X9Ypm_UsrXZ3_oVZ4hd6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_141103579857589a08c7714.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Chairs and Cabinets https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17113903.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y98zLD0hBgn-QQ6W_oFslUpsHyk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_100022011150f0e1531be48.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47732506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JjQHvu9GAbIvLcEOmnKbBy9_8UA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_954704666356ec592692c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33865298.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tZd6dir9ZFQFBNl6fvAA0yg9Br4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17984050275a51131a45703.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Ornate Stonework https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-krazy-krewe https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vqXlqWRofeZ9ziDkg8A1wGZf4gE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_351444678589114b71589c.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Krazy Krewe Ride The Krazy Krewe ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615513.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WPnOx9_-ntF1c1OXdkOGdoR6Tz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4865743454306fcecfc33.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44254190.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FXHa-D8zV8VemRzcAehqLd-vHyI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2710740176165e82f72253.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26531287.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RVYRw8tY39ttccTMad3VITnEPeg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5093373756a8e6a90b241.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113304.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tXWsiF5-ZPbK5NGLxxGCMzv-YRI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1106628944e1296ded1451.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Kiln Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-zig-zag https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6xlfiIb5InAdr9YhO3L2v0aXMS4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46125952750a86495836ae.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Zig Zag https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-raniji-ki-baori-stepwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JRpZDWKuHvlmHFyRTzp3m6NfCmc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9871288515d487ddec67f8.jpgAbandoned Raniji Ki Baori Stepwell, Bundi India | Columns The abandoned Raniji Ki Baori Stepwell in Bundi, India is an architectural marvel that is 150 feet deep. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018472.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gOnJiBrnpW5mREV39hxzu3QEiP4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5441961158757e68b9dd2.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Antique Autos https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29681577.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rvzhitzBSl9hgGVGxcN-OhEv3hk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1617568592582cc94e2032c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KsOLOeAR9rljGN3UyI4ipLvRJiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_261677255c2d047b085b5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257274.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U3HLUby5sbNOFMctsMHwOlVL8R4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6543458295d43383be6568.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/penitence https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K0q8a9dhQ2rISIWMUARaviCAKOY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19289089144e13e39f27a67.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | penitence when the building began in 1822, it was the first penitentiary ever a radically new idea for the confinement of prisoners. the outside of the building resembles a castle, to make it intimidating, to deter those who saw it from crime, yet the interior's architecture was patterned after a cathedral's. the idea was penitence. you wore a bag over your head as you were led to your tiny one occupant cell, and when the door closed behind you, you would have no more human contact for the duration of your stay. when you came in, it was to a world of silence. the wheels of the food carts had leather treads and the guards wore covers over their shoes so that there was no sound as you were fed a meal that arrived through a slot in the door. there was to be no noise, nothing to distract you from the crushing weight of your own soul, nothing to keep you from endlessly pondering what you had done, or perhaps did not do, that got you into the penitentiary. nothing. what would you think about, for those two years or five years, or twenty? how many times would you sort over and over through the same memories, the same songs, the same madness and misery? with no contact with the outside world or any humanity at all, how long would it take for your spirit to break? as the days slowly passed into weeks and months and years, would you do exercises to improve your chances of seeing another barren day, or would you batter yourself against the walls to vainly ask for the mercy of release? a single slit in the ceiling, enough to allow a shaft of light, would be your only answer. perhaps in the shadows of your fleeting sanity you might see something that resembled absolution, if only for a second. perhaps somehow you'd find it in your heart not to curse god and yourself and the men who had thrown you away, walled you off, wadded your mouth full of all your empty years until there was nothing more to say or do, nothing more to be. perhaps then you would be forgiven. the idea was penitence. ------------------------ Photograph taken at Eastern State Penitentiary, 2006 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-weaknesses-that-defined-me https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pkUIM7KPnSD_P-ViHdGrjGkxQ8M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2991536604d2e254d183c5.jpgthe weaknesses that defined me https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200768.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AUQ7Mw6UwntL1jHYTkYsQyjMAqo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_950104104ddab784cbe06.jpgit would be interesting to see how this room has fared over time. leaking water like this rots floors quickly and i wouldn't be surprised if it has sagged quite a bit, if not collapsed. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29099608.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aJegYnzxEBaNM85ompAx35g9FP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3245688657e062017ff33.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27019629.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v2DQ-jzASsx8JRje70iToWSWSPE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14230095056fc07e67fdfe.jpgAbandoned hospital. 2016. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22778885.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/evDbv_GxckAkojt3SQ1w3jtfuAQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12365580875446e4bddc304.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740827.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bdJHV98IAQZlNZCvZ-RQE9L9IsU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18215234315a25a8f5d38f4.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Pinups https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869588.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hUPouB4SbB50dU7HUMkDVvprbD0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15844838864d73bdd867cd4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UB0o_Kd0g8PFLkQP_JPvWWc1zqs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9843604275e8b73e5bef94.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Entrance View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642022.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Je2a8CkwrTrj09H_tTIspTDkG4w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5361798445ae11e256179e.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Victor Gaskets Award https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33844267.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hMlqIzkgBIaDubpSGBYQGXG86BQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18655790795a494bf55e40e.jpgSimon Silk Mill (Easton, PA) | Bathroom Stall Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-railway-stream https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rAMEnUb5nbTOXaU4wJSvVZtrEIE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1916517847568999df6c575.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Railway Stream One of the rail lines becomes a stream after it rains. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard photographed by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48879089.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qm7on2OHIDZ9m1t9Sk__hR7ZyHY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_527919695644ec0b3b1a48.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889284.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jK0MwDHBKy_yT0t7KAuUeLnsIDQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8225339984d744e7075592.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Interrupted Sonata Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229173.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cp01R2wlYojsrCoWeEu2qI2Favo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2098357636603d6fc2487cc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46203534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JHtB-xmJ8TDEVIsXMD74qoBSDSI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1025022232629fdb9543700.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131413.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UuJ8v7bXrN3mPhBwTIBq-L76eRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15008982955972537d95741.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Overview https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889174.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5eLxQLvf-rmBx9L4tJ91GYZx_Y4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10441433984d7443b35f293.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37297143.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EHGTA-EO2jo3IFNLKkOXbA0GDMk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8498785775c48d3a60b616.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-ghost-train https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O2jG4IyDRtqW3ZNAAgHr-XrLFNo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3813484805a98773587bf2.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Ghost Train Lighting on old SEPTA Car at night. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard photographed by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009653.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nWZhBrCXEZ2jp_ivh-xVYP7nxNg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_790001211503817692f6a3.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trolley-graveyard]Trolley Graveyard[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bok-technical-school-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l7uxaVKUPOGOHxYFB4wXG7I7gWc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12072470005876bb1c4f424.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Graduation Robe https://www.abandonedamerica.us/speak-of-the-peacefulness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bcb_z5ewhoOftAIUsVJJbiZB8Vo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12003830835075e4442bd38.jpgspeak of the peacefulness All too often when viewing photographs of ruins, I think there is a tendency to be drawn towards spectacle: the grandiosity of a once majestic theater, for example, or in the magnitude of decay in a building where entire sections of floors have collapsed onto each other. Just as important, I believe, are the quiet moments such as this one. In the diffuse light of a slightly cloudy day, it would be easy to overlook the beauty of a walkway that has been overgrown, stretching off into the distance beneath a gold-brown canopy. Sometimes you have to pause to let places like this find you, because when you just plow your way from one sublime set-piece to the next, you miss the spots that speak of the peacefulness even in the midst of catastrophe. ----------------------------- 'speak of the peacefulness' Photograph of Harmony House Resort (a pseudonym) and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you're interested in more Abandoned America blogs, [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/blog]follow this link[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-weight-of-all-their https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K-YlcZoELaZsOHccYdZG9pYihGQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11410888904fde0c066c2d0.jpgthe weight of all their sins Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069332.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k-LfI0CMqdbURjU3otLpP1rcBAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10872887524e1106741ef82.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Wooden Shelves Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851145.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U6Qepc-EEAabGbBhr7tuxZZaKmg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1223574944517e91fe708df.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Lion King Lion King mural in Kid's Corner Day Care at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CVVjImBi560mHCW80SvEbrhxFN8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1559442260589cf884cc310.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Crooked https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113310.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u9x1-kJI4LCDX_xs2g0B7h4JSCI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11651188254e12976e46443.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Smokestack Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944599.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vc_PPswyQFiJWQL0wJeNgmGPCho=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10197045905864389f548b8.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Mirage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kleen-brite-laboratories-brockport-ny https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qI_CKPfIux5VSLWivy-VvYqfMr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_866139131529f916f60c3d.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | Can't Be Good Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31150145.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_h32Tk7Q985JM15D7gMrA2NLU60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4477755925911d0ed849cc.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jester Ride Crest Looking out over the crest of the Jester Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352373.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iNEknU5TMxXtZ6eOqJJFqXjIacs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18938020256732c3f9c92d.jpgAdministration building in an abandoned asylum Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kNLGegN5kBVdjkahn-koi8vZvhQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12074766724d7443e55854c.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112495.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w0ugzynj3dGOh2URS_Ncpm1Rbbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107086333163b72bdd75cab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-serpentine https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tYDbOSeLfbLi5indCEK4WX8UqZ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5449396574d74242e9245f.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Serpentine Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230581.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lXi_F2bORTGjaNUr3w01RHeyGgU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1097476565604a55423cc23.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33355350.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i2f09Ird39GqI-3tyi_tWwtj94U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89535343259f36d27a28d2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865294.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BvQLGYLfuQm5Fcn8jnBI-zJ2KP4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5107245805d433fb4d53f6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-splayed-roof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Swz6s2DEPx7oBJdC9sK46LmiU_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1084496459524cca665dd2a.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Splayed Roof Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. The enclosed area where the pens were was badly decayed and collapsing. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16234974.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dqL5ph4q6Xw96mKmnQ1ejPe5_GA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8313074650564e568f422.jpg'The Age of Consequences' SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester NY September 13-28 2012 Photograph courtesy of Joe Cubiotti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872728.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n3z4zcWMb8eMQ-RfNdpRz5EJzP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_157962479962f17029eaf74.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30364040.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VVwPLWGN4U7EV1w8DfDDLj01GWM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_145375026458b6f0a690e16.jpgAbandoned orphanage. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35467544.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ur5t5YfWQAG9IBU-VIXEEUw2omo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1122604665b410a9050b94.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/monsour-medical-center-jeanette-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VhUZ8dpj6hDpAFfc_EcnXuOQJqA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_780202725574707fbaa583.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Exterior View An exterior view of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center in Jeanette, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26672246.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RQ5Dk3B1PHyESijw_P2hao0YDPY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182166389656c73a3db9bf2.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52588372.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uQ3u_qKPkqpgDFqphSM_cE7BTzM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_175382183267843fdfb3cf1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31206503.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nwLInrlBSS70w4XjqcLN6s93P2A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8008587735918d914683e03.90864646.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743937.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NdfFzMEmOLS4qdGAtsD-sTcXtD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_197022336059b20de954e746.61824017.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Sunset Skies https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8706086.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hqR271EXsqe3NAdgiPVwagtiOuc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3091057945d433b951d30b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642036.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KYWl1XrRFVUd7djWjZPlOV-4-pU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7339854705ae11ea7c8b6c.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Obsolete Supplies Shelves are still stocked with boxes of parts at the old RJ Loock & Co. Auto Parts Distributor in Baltimore, MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376537.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YMGkApEYWkyz_ZQsPtE1gr1u46g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213450883158bb05516fea1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O-Db41_em-ktp4Vz8kE3i7g0o-M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7244900875aa2cb36e77fb.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | D Unit Rotunda Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136414.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kiZF7uSxl2HKl3OyT-UoEaocYZY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9878076255224ab80ac0e4.jpgPrison store notice https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-balcony-seating https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xG0SLx2mFyj28_Ym5X91GRVBWGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5238671975d360f5a8c1da.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Balcony Seating https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-jacket https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fddmXzubNIAGNMx0RfgXzFN8UQ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11415187744e126c8c6d0a6.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Jacket Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642031.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MFT4sAQCK_fwCe0CCevHUS3jr6c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4594105465ae11e7a2dd12.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Leather Bryte and More https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30694899.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZCGGCB1KmaZ-Smjk32WiyClgxhs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_123705919258e3aa038f7fe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-gray https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yhBQeDXO0QS1ewSKWlPeCy5fHn8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15339432759ce6c203ee7b.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Gray Skies The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/central-junior-high-school-chambersburg https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6SvbjW2KORM-gpOoY3Ouo6SMcS8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4845510265914d836df6b46.69323301.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Auditorium Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848498.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lKiNl_yoDR1aZCM4rmDNjj-KpjU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5379447035d433ea8e5723.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684067.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kkCxHYiwE-19JiSL7QEC5Qn85B4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8661709661c3ba64995c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47071716.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YagKMXN8-S5Wx7WhGCPK2bs-_GI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_136189781163126f73ea947.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J_4DuTNxWWQczBJfl9MBn_4-4LM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4669510105df6a8fd3d454.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Today is Thursday A sign in one of the units proclaims that today is Thursday https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo38785817.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rBLLHRCugC7jlLD8cB6a1nCmTXQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4367623235d07b7491bc14.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-stain https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nJaQ9OM9kGHp9Bxv-AHKMpN2fmw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12957139295a0a532dde20d.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Stain Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mP8aw1zPS6RvPkkRwLfxYw9hg1k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9179634274f19b0c457b7a.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned steel plant, 2009 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47646790.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oaikatYR9jEBVzD3lYo5YSIUY_g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10205524426348925cb48ce.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200398.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6V_d7fChJ1tX15uQWswretl3o1U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17138471844ddab401e8a75.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33870139.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j_jtkkxGPi9qf0Mkhzn2m0URtSE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8165141925a515b37e9d92.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012605.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GORIpaOy3jjYeidpfmfGzhORwGE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1955894079663a5a33264dc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27641319.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aGy-U7dlLF5sS_4DdLHWVu2zSWE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1993548719574b0a8871822.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Tinicum Hall Exterior Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2016. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22131479.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/22zLM8bmRPR1CPnYbWIF_cLj5bc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144599530353f2e9062e24f.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187010.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G2AbzP8w6-APK4PiEMRXkqFR0PM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121698920652cef8a07ecaf.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15060462.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qDAl8R6VIb3LoOYXG_Bb5I6yt9o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3286967814fc4f66bc9e19.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3UNPylIN3qFFEdkO1R8TvUggQR0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_163112159653ed101560e69.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-jester-roller https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bM_r40-Jr4HAMf0a8y5PqqAvMSU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_171281828958937407aac04.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jester Roller Coaster Coils One of the loops of the Jester Roller Coaster against the sunset at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869512.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Z1FPmFpklKiARxD4Y_D_imxG6bI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20035402024d73bd8c935d1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777856.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6n1CKmWG8YA2pH-jkBTtJCxs_Ck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9314844965af34e96a6910.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Through the Windows A view through second floor windows at the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-world-of-missing-pieces https://photos.on-this.website/wm/trQubIgopQxQICkqVJd0SmWlW7o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12681424184d73d8c043617.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital | a world of missing pieces <meta name="twitter:title" content="A World of Missing Pieces | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="She spread her wings out over him like a solar eclipse and with the sizzling sound of burning circuitry enveloped him in a world of missing pieces." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>just like that, the illness returned. she spread her wings out over him like a solar eclipse and with the sizzling sound of burning circuitry enveloped him in a world of missing pieces and half-glimpsed nightmares. reeling from the shock, he held up his hand as though to shield his eyes from the blinding darkness - but it tore right through him like murky floodwaters sweeping through some peasant village. there was a certain elemental beauty about her - she was a wraith made of every scar in the world. ageless, all-knowing, she stared impenetrably and hers was the gaze of the sun, the moon, the ocean - all that is without time, everything to which man is but a speck of dust. she had knocked the sky out of its alignment and set all things in places they should not be. where once light and life had been, there were only boarded windows and tragic pasts, things no one should ever know or see. what mouths were left whispered words devoid of meaning, what eyes were left betrayed no spark of hope - and so she sat serenely, perched like a lion over a freshly killed antelope, licking her claws and silently roaring, "you knew i'd be back, didn't you. you knew i'd be back all along." -------------------------------------------- 'a world of missing peices' taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]Taunton State Hospital[/url], demolished 2009. View of dayroom at end of wing, likely a 'snake pit' ward where the most ill or violent were kept. Image/text by Matthew Christopher. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-industrial https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6U3MP886evm3LTA4EF2QVXy4x-0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19098722375a0a532acb1ec.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Industrial Hippo Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-crosbys https://photos.on-this.website/wm/76-YsuAJkT_UxQJ9aKJyg3pE-Iw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183181230958fbccfec39d73.61691444.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Crosby's Basement https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-a https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NP4Ygr_5o_UMUB5itN4d4-fBA9I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_210358079753c20de54ad37.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | A Few Leaks Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777835.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gNxSvmZAkFpr21DFM5Z2GxaSgp4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16525464565af34ddc6e69f.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Down the Front Steps The view from the front doorway of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home is obstructed by the awning https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-tank https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4pni2-hvhTIPl7SSjwxyG3oB7MY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6709864965a0a535c4e3bd.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Tank #8 Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22651494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x4jqp-05sRkEjVoXQqI1oFSdRO4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18555944375433271c99fc8.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sometimes-trying-isnt-enough https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZQP4h1-sJlEFTYAZBLokdmDqmI8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7040619954d2e255ad784d.jpgsometimes trying isn't enough https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36020031.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_rmfW1KvZSvS-oQJaHh8lQY0ILs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5852471765b7c503c00b77.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461174.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wh1fRIUl3K22Jclv5PnhgnKSPjc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3264530975dd2f931753d2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874524.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LlSRiAPs95wnrdCfFMJ0SWdYBfo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6790760924d73d948c423d.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Resuscitator Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26898974.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EwnpsnQR2eHfU4FMrDSIFBTrYy0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_88094855556ec567633400.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25124857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rGc3a8zhP6xPzAS-kY12iIjmiaQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180057033855c0cfb291a88.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Painting Detail Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-god https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ls8ZY76gze9KfLP1qCW8-fRt718=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13147402335ad37099ea3b4.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | God Ray https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919197.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h6RPK6_fosanUPXUKXh1A6c56Jc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14622443545857cdc214677.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092668.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DslUXA-xQcuTgKHa06lEvaiHf1c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_35058467253ed1d3e5852e.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399767.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sCj95nwSmUOUvrJDQO6kMkexuK8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3338422185565d6de70567.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Dividers https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8606878.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7mNFiPryxyoyPNNoslbP9-_lRzE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8415577515d4332c15d5df.jpgThe kitchen area in the basement is a mess, and several nice plates still sit on an ugly chartreuse table. Were they grouped there to be removed, or were they left there as part of their day to day use? https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22744204.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xQrRq3VqYuqFeAbR3Y2-xGZcp6M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1292345395544130ba2ff9f.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/after-the-fall-part-2 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GxH-Yga3uIFqWQXau0hgYk05olM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16596947784d732c3ed688e.jpgafter the fall part 2: when the show finally started We were all so addicted to spectacle: the drama of the media and celebrity lives, our huge cineplexes and large-screen tvs, the cacophony of arena concerts and the overblown importance we gave our own silly little struggles. We were like the Romans with their bread and circuses - we were in the coliseum enjoying our pageants and staged conflicts while all the signs around us were pointing one way: to our own ruin. There came a point, however, when we could no longer ignore the fact that we were addicted to poisoning everything that was vital to us. Food stopped growing in the tainted soil, the air itself became toxic, waters rose and cities fell you would have thought with our taste for the electrifying harmony of discord that we would have reveled in it, but it was all so different when the show finally started. There was no audience to witness it for we were all playing a part. We were the ones on the stage, and the epic tragedies being played out were now our own lives. ----------------------------------------------- Auditorium. Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740776.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/al24GAsz-lBGiBCUwGfurczS0MA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2739811935a25a87bdd314.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Shower Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X3ntFW_qksQeSD7xB9KjNjtauEo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11807349604d744524ca96f.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29955802.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KhmJfRtkxLnIQCNweIgH56Oygco=/wbr/1747161032/15678_38870308658683a3d9c6a4.jpgAbandoned poor house. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-dilapidated https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r9ZVDK0O-fJBveYFaw-50XwXM6I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14628729059ef803205cec.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Dilapidated The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200712.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b9DOF5jx4IiNzk795cVZ6wmekj4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8648091844ddab75313443.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33856466.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nCzH81_SlfMa9VBV_FRPOApF0Pc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13831389355a4c5d6be621a.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Prisoner Drawings https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024613.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QpE7wT1Tr78U-j66hNtwRRzl-Es=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17688064745f95b74925d06.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944601.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zNpSyDoCoBzfDQLYvv_wXQ8ud1M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1193639389586438d34d0e2.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Store Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113298.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q5wlpgxSCyElP7QD9WmzHw_cmTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2673123184e1296d0cf030.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Track Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VTkwQICaVDsy2iu5T1Og2Ajj2Ek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3537730455840e240c24e6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27823656.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y57P2XagFRr3yF-YkmuHSG1Vj_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1668198535757393a8147c.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Production Line https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29430576.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F64X6k1mMqxpwR8_B6N0QNg4540=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1268667615804db873993e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113266.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CsdCNV38Q8e59JDB2RMH5kP_kb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9912675124e12966a95ce8.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Tracks Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22281224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cf2yVpMF6xHg5JWc001hCjbQqtc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83906467454049c2b55a2f.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J4anRkP0zIc6EBe8WhQpluLWG9k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18186309194e129154e9553.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37449242.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ogeK4yyL7UPOBt1OZht__mZ1Axo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20679976465c6d9ec3d45cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808094.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_161673799564ef7ada54573.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-andrew https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qpTA07W2vw5cNqg0HZFfxZJI5FI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14583552885e4afafd14376.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Andrew Jackson and George Washington https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-green-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tIQvUJPuQcAtpNtbC0QW2OpU3aA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1118321657576d610044d60.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Green Room Riddle https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-dream-time https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EBkSiNVTrRI3VBfqK4RISmLFjZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19384190535fb2bed018bd8.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Dream Time https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32687197.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bWuc8CtJBMvedH30eJ2Bp7ZiQwU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121229423759aac8411b0600.85655545.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | All the Stars in the Sky https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12599004.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yZtM8GzKGoP4Lv_Sv7ntVS-TVyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11812792274e65a156225c9.jpg'dismantling the dream' OK Harris Gallery New York City, NY January - February 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708736.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t_8CSe-ljngxHmpeBWdRXXyy_xg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12972546045e13a4922370b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-hillside-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hkeuHfBlWTeRZ6TXquLMKCoSum4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12495170425096b2df6cd72.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Hillside View Before the leaves and weeds obscure everything, standing on the hillside gives a better view of the line of cars. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143988.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tCAjCXYQKj_U4z4FpmH1zfGo5l4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10742764454e13daef4c6dc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29583837.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e8j4FIZfLb_6L5y_R1QiXZwRZ3M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_950102233581c06fc8b783.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27998029.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DpC0N-fY1FsvdqPO2B1MycE65xI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3571085245769d01f819ba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27837180.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ajQfdSEtwRq5qFz9nQjULiJq4WY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1032021422575899f7e244b.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Small Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-national-treasure https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bPQTEHPEk2bAmh6rn5cWrihCZQs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11159192464d6c6431793fd.jpgA National Treasure | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) Ship breaking—the process of tearing a vessel apart to reuse the components it is comprised of—is not a new process; for decades, the grandest of passenger liners and the lowliest of tugboats have been scrapped when their usefulness becomes less than the value of the parts they are made of or the cost of repairing them. Even liners like the mighty Leviathan, one of the largest and most opulent ships of its time, became outmoded and was sent to the breakers—in that particular case, the Leviathan was doomed when the nation’s economy slowed by the very scale that initially made it attractive to passengers. It used to be that ship breaking took place on American soil at facilities like Sparrow’s Point in Maryland, but as environmental regulations advanced, the extremely toxic byproducts that were left behind became more and more expensive to responsibly manage. It was not uncommon for large quantities of asbestos, PCB’s, lead, mercury, and other pollutants to be dumped in the water and soil at ship breaking facilities, with predictably catastrophic effects on the surrounding environment. The safety of the workers was always an issue also — safer practices that limited worker exposure to toxins and helped prevent the injuries and deaths that accompanied such large scale operations were time consuming and expensive. Like many industries, the large ship breaking corporations chose not to follow technology and popular sentiment in the direction of safety and good stewardship. Instead, they closed facilities in the United States and Britain and set up shop in impoverished third-world nations, places where environmental laws were lax or nonexistent and worker safety wouldn’t be an issue because the value of the lives of the indigenous populations was already so low. Officials and rulers could be bought for much less than the cost of implementing new procedures, and would happily sell out their land and population for the money and business the companies would bring. Even countries like china have moved away from the ship breaking industry due to the hazards and environmental impact within the last two decades (which says quite a bit about how toxic it is), and nations like great Britain haven’t salvaged ships on their own soil for more than two decades. As such, the largest ship breaking operations now take place in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Destroyers, cargo ships, liners, tankers, and many others are stripped by impoverished workers with little or no protective equipment in temperatures in excess of 100 degrees, with dangers such as radiation exposure, heavy metal poisoning, explosions from compressed gases, inhalation of toxic fumes, accidents including sawing equipment, falling, electrocution, and many others. Rather than working in a shipyard where risks could be managed better, the high tides are used to heave the ships onto the beaches where workers scuttle over them like ants, cutting bits of them away and dropping them to the sand far below where they are removed for scrapping. Given that many ships only have a lifespan of approximately 25 years, the turnover at such sites can be immense. In Alang, India, currently one of the most prominent ship breaking sites in the world, over 300 ships are processed a year— 2,000 since the 1980s– by an estimated 40,000 workers. the once-pristine beaches are now heavily polluted garbage heaps littered with tiny iron splinters that frequently lodge themselves in the bare feet of the untrained workers. Any injuries that impede an individual’s ability to work results in the loss of their job. There is no legislation covering worker’s rights, safety, testing of equipment, or disposal procedures for toxic waste. Medical facilities are hours away, and records are not kept of workers’ identities to notify their families in case of injury or death. While there have been assurances that the SS United States will not be sent to the breakers, as the years pass the likelihood only increases. It costs Norwegian Cruise Lines thousands of dollars a year simply to moor her at the Philadelphia Port authority’s dock, and the possibility that she will be capable of being made seaworthy again is remote. While structurally she is in fine condition, her engines are old and have not been run for so long that it would be nearly impossible to return them to operational status. Even if they were, the amount of fuel they consume is much greater than comparable ships of her own day, let alone ours. As such her engines would probably need to be replaced. There are many people who are passionately devoted to her preservation who would like to see her turned into a floating museum that would display artifacts from the era of the great cruise liners, though, which would not require engine work at all. While this seems to be the most practical plan for saving her, the initial financial investment that would be required is substantial, to say the least. Nevertheless, she is a national treasure. If we are too lazy and indifferent to make the effort required to preserve her and she is torn apart on some foreign beach by exploited and impoverished workers, the statement that makes about us as a nation is profound. In so many ways the SS United States is a metaphor for the country she was named after. I hope we will save her, and that children for decades to come will be able to look on her with the same awe and wonder that I did and take pride in their country and their ancestors. We owe it to our past and future generations, to our country, to ourselves. ---------------------------------------------- The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740809.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5wMgu2fGtHj8RebJhmdUDyGEL60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1584578075a25a8c2ef6c2.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Elevated Walkway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-hope-you-can-forgive https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Zpp-b357m87D8LE97Ku8nin0p8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6268811275ea86372bd030.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | i hope you can forgive me I get so frustrated with my work sometimes. I find myself combating my own limitations, the limitations of my camera, the lighting, my time and finances and thus my ability to travel to photograph these sites, my lack of ability to turn the showings and lectures I've had into something tangible and meaningful. I spend hours on these shots fighting with the imperfections inherent in them - I try to correct the perspectives, the exposure, the contrast, the colors, all to wind up with final products that are not what I want them to be, that don't live up to the potential that I saw in the original frame. I am grateful for the compliments I receive on my photography and my related accomplishments, but all I can see sometimes is the trail of mistakes and missed opportunities, the areas where I should have been able to do better but for some reason or another did not. There are pictures that I've spent hours working on only to ultimately discard, shots that were perfect except that the camera was placed a foot too high or low, ones where the focus was off, or the alignment incorrect, and that was enough to kill them. There is a mass graveyard on my hard drive of stillborn photographs, many of which are from places that are gone now, that I will never be able to redo correctly. I try to add writing to the shots to provide context and meaning, and really I think it just sounds like a one-note piano after a while. It's enough to make me want to quit, to simply delete everything I've done and shut down my website, to give up on this ridiculous quixotic quest to do whatever it is that I think I'm supposed to be accomplishing here. There are location galleries like this one that I know aren't my best, that I should by all rights have managed to turn into a real tribute to a place that was so important and still is amazing. I suppose this is where I'm supposed to have some clever way of turning this whole thing upside-down, of squeezing out some wise message about perseverance, maybe. Or maybe about how none of us are perfect, or that ultimately it's the journey and not the end product. I don't know. It's a lot like my whole existence, really. I just don't have it in me, to be honest. Maybe I never did. maybe I never was very good at making some sort of point, a period at the end of the sentence that is my life. Maybe all it's ever been is just a big empty question mark, a riddle about the meaning of things in a world where nothing really lasts or seems to work out the way it should - a riddle I keep trying to figure out the answer to and just drawing a blank. I'm sorry that these pictures aren't what I had seen or felt or hoped, and I'm sorry that my writing isn't as deep or profound as it pretends to be. I'm sorry that no matter how hard I try, I'm just never going to get anything completely right. I hope you can forgive me for it. I hope someone can. -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14743440.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/P9R_4dGEBR-od5xkcDC8vmD2Eyk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20487456804f9e1152a04a7.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Elevated Bridge Viewed individually, I suppose it's possible to say 'all things must pass', even in response to the largest of abandoned places. Maybe the elements of romanticism and nostalgia inherent in ruins blind people to their actuality. Maybe we look at the history of sites like this to avoid looking at the present, and speak of preservation as though it can somehow restore a semblance of order to all of the losses we are sustaining, like a mortician putting makeup on a corpse during the midst of a terrible plague. Still, I don't see how it is possible not to connect the dots with these places. To me, they are the eye of a hurricane, the effects of a society spinning so quickly that its own mass and weight are pulling it apart. How does one dismiss an examination of that evidence, in this case collected and ordered like exhibits at a trial, and somehow abstract it into idle entertainment? I admit that explorers are as much to blame for this as anyone, in that we are reveling in the spectacle of the maw of oblivion gaping before us. Still, can there be any question that there is a massive and fundamental failing in the very foundations of our entire culture when you take into account the legions of explicit indicators in our midst? This is the Packard Motor Car Company. It's 35 acres, or 3.5 million square feet. One day it will be gone, but for now it sits out in the open like a challenge, a dare to prove that this is not the way things really are. Every year more of Packard burns, or is scrapped, and nothing is done about it, to the point where restoration is no longer an option. The whole thing has to be destroyed to start over. It was more than just a physical space to me, just as this photograph is more than just an image of an event that transpired. When I look at Packard, I see the end - not just of the plant, or of myself. It is the death of our way of life, and rather than a reminder of the past it is an omen of things to come. ------------------------------------------ If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/clear-cut-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZP70IYJpwHXppqQph-PEgToMrUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_188516867656d354c4bec34.jpgClear Cut | Hudson River State Hospital This area had just had all the trees and brush removed; when I visited again nearly a decade later it was a jungle. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708747.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pT02JowmiDuFtbSvYgo89jZeVHM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9635160275e13a5373deb7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808092.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_29574759264ef7ad848bd6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-sunlit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H24542MW4LK2gLGgl-bUiRG_QaY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_446237241598613e67a9585.06464204.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Sunlit Entryway The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888055.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9jVTxX4pHrb3ttQ8Riz7YG4KP3Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_118976163562f57792df14d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944595.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RWmOVLIbnMXne2fWntWk3azDlxQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185263160458642b6b77611.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Macy's Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32217510.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S81IxvXW4gcxMb2gQyOntVw2nQA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_28212588597ba3214fd427.33859996.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Straight Up https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MbRvQIFhksBGTPlL5DzQF4pbzVw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3148851344e9b9ca434c4e.jpgSolitary confinement, written calendar on cell wall. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-long-road-home https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4oZCuq33bMNAgDJW8q3ns8Dzqn4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17495708724d487d939c518.jpgthe long road home Photo taken at Algonquin River State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2008 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/algonquin-river-state-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-curled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iCr0XwPcLcwU8PwS2GTOFCci-5I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9028879785a540a417614e.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Curled https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12599000.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cc3wm9dBMPrBUj0kLK05ygZSAkQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17416212544e659e36a8763.jpgPerry County Council of the Arts, "Beauty in Decay" show, 2011. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11478086.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZiwiU417Kr2jlvY_OQVWv_5B7vM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17142906605ec6d79c3e04b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377937.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g_McqwvKT2mwyJ-N_4TPsHDgsxM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6405013375abbdb5e8aac2.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Machine Shop https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379322.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ribmQ9fP_Jos0Dc99MTeZ-X2EGA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9705729755abbfac3d4d42.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Thresher https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40135954.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TaPa89wdaCyftMX6zvRy6LTuXbE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10078381755da0b87f56204.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-dizzy-lizzy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MHoavzgGVTTCP3TquOTMjG1uIVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7019963035a6f6e5bdffc8.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Dizzy Lizzy Ride The Dizzy Lizzy ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26667560.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ssD2MduWfdHXjz-zlOa9e5B-SHQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60026576856c61395210c3.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135114.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/21qLLbMIf-BraCooXpZJmH28MmY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13379925385547eb343f76d.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Stripped Photograph taken during demolition of the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805223.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ovGfrWXC9tVgmhFCd24GvEzlECw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_133754924464ee3f8b66783.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851108.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ERlT9gA1M9wzH3AECK8KOh_-VWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_663727700517e90e043851.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26491748.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JfIQeix3-QbxLJIwdhYzReKwAL4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_41700205656a1872ccad53.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Main Auditorium Piano Abandoned Masonic Temple, Cleveland Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SImonHQWn4XNT7D7BC63_R85vXs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16649839934f19aebfe102c.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned boarding house, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30138578.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pdg30HItQk-UKRmMkWtbCE2ocSA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_501516454589115fcbe931.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Apex Did you know the tops of roller coasters with thin wooden planks and no guard rails are scary? It's true. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q6M-4q0VDXwl0G6JTPXX2lrXbEE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_331694463b72b797c501.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239243.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iIqJatV0ILVPhhgf8t9GbAsKlY0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20974452635ef3e17368a36.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Before the Fire https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229379.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KwTMis2EoS7KoIknd2dVU7zftjY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2013075752603e983e710d8.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Rusty Legs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373503.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sGypwic-EwU-xU0rBWkuiGGWP_8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1280604928598a5dea8e37f6.81378228.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239236.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-ULHYyRtbYFaxVekQgB3dV0US6A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4175876465ef3e13d5cca8.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Charred Facade https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-toxic-pools https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZjY7f8eBJ61ZeaBJksT8SrOia3o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20528610545092faf3a5206.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Toxic Pools https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598609.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KWGutpmpv1KP7mUAS1eE6WdYorc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6790727595bc0f0969b18c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27555470.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8pdMmxXsBTFcI69ossGquEJTnbA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19660099355741f9fddf6b3.jpgAbandoned psychiatric hospital. Infrared. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-cannon-factory-india-interior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wb1VeIOOz8jIiFiV8qDUlUIOIJk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16495793215d4871c02f988.jpgAbandoned Cannon Factory, India | Interior Room An abandoned cannon factory in India was a hauntingly beautiful place to explore. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-playground-of-fools-george https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RVO1AZFefjEY420l9_b3exWkFms=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117977597062957668dfeca.jpgThe Playground of Fools | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36685195.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h5h9qPX1Ngzz5uKqZWsGzPa0O10=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11127497215bc62df2663cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379326.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JFWnwpKkX2gLwxg8gfWxRlsmVwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6561102855abbfaf93faa4.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Pattern Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-entrance https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q93EQa0TRlIAcVEsrtkyfpZNt9Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_922739805a0a536c46597.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Entrance Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777711.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4Kc5j_HMf-XREq04xcbFv4oCbls=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1555373524559575056df20.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0_8GD5_JkDTIrqm0f65Pg5a0mz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11888884866137dd6d40322.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235369.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VUbtL_hgue-1STxLHwNj07o1XzE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12747019756057ceb31d3d3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wkF9cwjSuVSOdDK8SZQBpY7nIlg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2516425435984c4ca15a08.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33822969.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NJVgFdSQK1dJpOwHTM-k8CJFDnY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15927361365a3d4ca891243.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Front House Ship Mural https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863217.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s9ZI7a9vohtybeJAQ2jym7q1lro=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10403569686137dd4e3e14c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022930.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HPrB3BMJFGo4XX7_AnzJ_EXVkpk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64214220359078ec32e1126.45757738.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-striped https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yWtT9nBdTJy4R3ohSYeMrX7nfyA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84971153159ce6c084245c.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Striped The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo38785829.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DGwFYD26LRebs0-o2ARVfP_BcFU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7377576285d07b790462e9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nondescript-office-union-station-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lyu8lCp4SOGMM-1z371wVClldos=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61999356563350ca499e23.jpgNondescript Office | Union Station, Brownsville, PA Another area of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station that I can't identify. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854637.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_197644221751ff3d46cadd3.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | Dischord https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-guard-haveli-india https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p_k4nMWRMa9npdK5cxA1Jx3nwDo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2694120575d487303016eb.jpgAbandoned Guard Haveli, India A guard haveli in a town outside of Jaipur, India looked inviting but we were unable to get inside that day. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/le4dFFEBJNDWtD4_7wtc7MUZo08=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13835456215840dc6e06bb1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/00CVJkaqAuMeGJZn994A0cgmRts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10437677054d744452a5855.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869798.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bXBuKBknWY5hFpQZqnc-7Ap5AlY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3074156184d73bea808895.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-statuesque https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7FiOYzMOXqfwXqDXjG3pBsxnjyg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14428389835abdb0304486f.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Statuesque https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824241.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qvp_LZT170JQhAu856stnCmjV2g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18129744785df0014005133.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113254.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iH_08bS8PBNgfvhsyxzxxBVpDx8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13400721564e12925e5ef7c.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Laboratory Exterior Art deco laboratory building facade. Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/assumption-bvm-church-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2wX9WSAMltlXUODR-vJrk1yw1b0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_855789427589e24c361bee.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | To the Heavens https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-sundown-blues https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xLXM1a8_6Bs9C6n2M_LfWCrxBR0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5140575905bca917e3968d.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Sundown Blues https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-panorama https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_j4UJoFqaBv4rQag8ueFdhyJVgM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11840765755abdb12810f21.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Panorama Expanse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998092.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LGzDYR-OaqNpuHsJCSjgIMVM1X8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_657064554f19bab540de6.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned Sawyer Street Presbyterian Church*, 2009 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Demolished (?). https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-scattered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vHknc7Y7LBfBTkGMK34z-QNoRUI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1775975739518c713c2f960.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Scattered Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323392.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vlZmth_eZbH_-KpmdGmEKH0PSyI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10440572334d36367d69fe6.jpgIn the Interest of Honesty It always, always comes back to that same old thing, the reason I started all of this in the beginning: the depression. The all encompassing, inescapable blight I've been saddled with as long as I can remember gave me a sort of affinity for places in ruin because I see them as an externalization of something I struggled with internally for all those years. I could empathize with the strain, the horrible weight of gravity and time that had scarred so many beautiful, well-built places. Being alone in them paradoxically made me feel less alone, finding and going to more gave me something to look forward to pushing through another week for, and challenging my fears in them made me realize that I did have courage when I needed it. They never cured me of myself, but they made things tolerable. There are so many things that fascinate me about ruins: their past, their present, their future; what they say about who we were, are, and will be; their historical, social, economic, philosophical, metaphoric, and artistic interpretations. I could go on forever. After nearly ten years of running the website, and having had thousands of interesting discussions with more people than I will ever even recall, having made new lifelong friends, and seen more amazing places than I ever thought possible, I've been sort of pleasantly shocked that people connected with them in the same way I did. Maybe not in the exact same way, as everybody has their own reflection that they see in them, but similar enough that what once seemed very strange to me now seems perhaps more common than at times even I'd like to admit. These places are something we can all share and learn from, and that to me is the most valuable aspect of contemplating them. After all, what good is gazing into the face of your own mortality if it doesn't cause you to examine who you are and how you live so that you might better yourself while there still is time? If you cheapen that by reducing it to nothing more than another form of entertainment to be consumed, haven't you lost the essence of what makes these places so important and special? To paraphrase one of my favorite quotes from "In Ruins" author Christopher Woodward, melancholia isn't a merely destination, but rather a journey towards the divine light of transcendence. The travels, photography, and writing still never fixed things, or made what I've always considered the unfortunately terminal condition of my moods something I didn't constantly have to strategize to stay ahead of. It never made me feel fulfilled or satisfied, it never made me feel less awkward or anxious, it never made me doubt who I am and where I am going any less. It never answered all my questions or made me able to rest not knowing the answers, nor did it give me a sense of some noble purpose in life. I have always worked primarily to survive myself and everything else, because in the end it's always come back to that stifling, unabating hopelessness. Sooner or later, it's got to be addressed directly. The sense of raw honesty in the face of loss and the lack of pretense that I see in these places demand no less. I'm just not sure how. I still don't know where I'm going or how long it will take me to get there. But I am grateful that there are those you of who have chosen to walk along with me this part of the way. ---------------------------------------------- Photograph taken in an abandoned asylum, 2010. Image/text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-defrocked https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xT6y1Pz8bPWTXREKBk98SlMua1g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17912647615a6a19b1275f4.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Defrocked A priest's clothes left behind in a storage area in the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41886484.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wy3LuqKW0bty8UlsT2zTpjTQOmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1741192445f739efe0fedd.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Rectory Chapel Rectory Chapel. Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136464.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3fyNJi5kxikTIJTV1dIUMLtE3Ak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121898015224ac0751976.jpgMain hallway, visiting area entry to left. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708731.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gIu6J_QdF8LpvY0uMIP9UcaUfys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3166313925e13a41def0c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-afternoon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jCLj5wzJ80VNq9X4XMTJgsjGn-w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15477797715a5409d584b43.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Afternoon Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290859.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hiP1F2kfXdY_qExUkSX4KJswSOg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_116422443654060f1a26801.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27641356.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JiQZ9mIOnwFgSdOpGLuzj9CKJZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1624225890574b0ac8a0a19.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Mayflower Hall Porch Detail Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2016. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37449243.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JmVq19GBhLf9qjy9XOsHywCmaP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17982005875c6d9ec85dd0a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30883529.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5wSnynK2Z37fSWFTf4jskAgoAy0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20349929958fb9a6e9b2f19.94557147.jpgAbandoned train, 2010. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740847.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f2KorC7dwadOCOy2pDyZaDitEEM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7992473775a25a93fc3072.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Front House Stairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dScvO2OX5HFZpv6S8jlqZ7m1t4g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1843252935595664879ea6.jpgEntrance to exercise yard in abandoned prison. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30785584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FvM1A5_hS3Rs--fsspGPjpCocY0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_148907676858ee4b219ee478.84352988.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430592.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jk5TwH9bLPRjL8aJKw2IQ-BilT0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_208542944258c32a70e863b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540205.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KClCVYEyRLBOYvpj_8PrYB4FGTQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5123765035a09e2cc0711e.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Projection Room A https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-black https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rq8izgZ3Xe3mYNr4Z9tz1x-ZqQI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60397723753c1c61c846c9.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Black Eyes Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-farm-bellow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TY3KIr6INdy2rEqRZ8sRtboPAgk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44108201752cef906c16c7.jpgAbandoned Farm | Bellow Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iJn9P-1pgPxs9o8U0EIdy1SscP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3103605454dd750dc29461.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Patriotic https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-building-east-st-louis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fg9VN76HLbWqLNHKzF2f5NEUZ1Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94672780855b11c2c62d34.jpgAbandoned building, East St. Louis, IL Abandoned building, East St. Louis, IL. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-laxminarayan-temple-orchha-india https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uNRq33aqHH_Fs9Tca2VtcFnKCFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18257203695d48725fe93ed.jpgAbandoned Laxminarayan Temple, Orchha India | Hallway View The Laxminarayan Temple in Orchha India was abandoned after the statue was taken by the British. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34210791.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ET-upD83XxfYTmYKvBoMnGzmUc0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16838609575a9ac93592122.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754667.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d1PZNQxrYjh3uAZLuYrTfSSnSck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44573880258ebb2addae12.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Ruined Temple of Commerce https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-anyone-can-ask-for https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MgZxHvZfkDIvkmdG2JxT2-lbSek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17785824795292bdb0dcfc1.jpgall anyone can ask for | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher It is at times like these, looking out across the husk of a massive, gutted Kirkbride asylum, that I can't help but think of the men who built it, who carefully placed the floorboards in their joists, who dutifully laid the slate of the roof beneath me. I wonder if they ever thought their masterpiece would come to this. Probably not. Most people shut such things out because the hopelessness such thinking invites in is too deep, too powerful. Besides, it must have seemed inconceivable that such a monumental triumph - of will, of architecture, of faith - could ever be reduced to this sad state. This was likely the largest, most grandiose project any of them had ever worked on, dwarfing the great cathedrals of Europe, making even the other state hospitals look amateurish and crude. I like to think as they laid the roof they stood back for a moment and wiped the sweat of the day's labor from their eyes, surveying the vast expanse of Hudson River State Hospital laying before them, pristine and new in the light of the setting sun. I like to think that beyond the everyday economics of getting paid, there was a certain pride that filled their hearts. Construction workers are not known for their poetic natures, but maybe it occurred to some that they were fighting the good fight, creating a place where the poor and unfortunate, so often exiled to prisons and poorhouses, could finally get treatment and be made whole again. There is an almost palpable idealism to the way Hudson River was built: why go to such trouble and expense if not to create the noble solution to a great problem in society, one that would stand for centuries as a testament to the benevolence and charity of its creators? Such was not the case. Hudson River State Hospital is testament now only to mismanaged hopes, to the wastefulness and neglect of those who inherited her. Still, this would be far from the minds of the workmen. Somewhere far back in time, their vantage point crystallized in the past and nothing that is or will be can ever alter that. Maybe it doesn't matter if you fight the good fight and lose. Maybe you can't even win it. Maybe all dreams end as dust. Maybe the important thing is just that you fight it, regardless of what misfortunes tomorrow may bring, and hope that your actions will matter to someone, somewhere out in the infinite universe of variables and possible outcomes. Maybe that's all anyone can ever ask for. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945457.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PqqLfJHWe3vfsRYtF3EM6kqiIcw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_23575541052950f58cd868.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Contemplative Wheelchair Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983576.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kHw47HTJKq_cAF4r4uaOo6tC61s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11746536775d91048dc3c15.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/walled-off-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TrqtEGxKspSIEeIkbS2XPNX5Nfw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1700891755ea9e6ac74aff.jpgWalled Off | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778114.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GeftfUYDsL2THi_AhSKmGoWxXZc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_154069222161e881fbeb75a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w_Wh3R-xOZQTOBYsSqzEue5FH1E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_177682691752cefefdc307a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185901.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JsxAvRewXQrZuKPSdoo5tmEPNMU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1608302983597663324d70e1.22633327.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-zydeco-screamer https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZAtih2mSXnfjGsTZtpH7O3hmBeQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137387897559db83e30e33d.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Zydeco Screamer Boarding The car entry for the Zydeco Screamer Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19142204.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u-_hDZeWlHbLSPAo2TK7LUogq2U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16452227465224f68c1d2e9.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-shattered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2_kU_IM27cCU0O033a1VKFTSdXQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3623867545e39c6b8d31aa.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Shattered Ark Case I believe this is the ornamented Ark case at the Agudas Achim Synagogue; it was donated to another area synagogue. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34303070.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cwKxGZyBTwvBMLQvoCL7Blsc4uM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_691734275ab3f69e94296.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | The Last Noel A plastic Christmas decoration rests against the wall. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-formula-of-fear https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6_lDzxvDft8MoclzgvFYKBflKc8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1176803924dd74b81aa0db.jpgthe formula of fear There's always that fear, I can see it when people look into these places. Somewhere around the corner there is surely a monster, or perhaps the face of a howling specter reflected in the broken glass of a window. Despite the fact that I am not superstitious, that I have been in more of these sites than I can count, I still sometimes jump at sudden fluttering of a pigeon's wings or a door slammed by an unexpected gust of wind. It's ridiculous, really. We like to categorize things, capturing them within the definitions we create and telling them that those parameters are the ones they must exist in. Since we know there are frightening things, we decide with some limited, instinctive version of logic that they must be in frightening places. We know that places where any human is placed in the care of, and under the authority of, another can quickly spiral out of control and devolve into havens for neglect and abuse. What is there that is more frightening than the loss of autonomy and freedom, the withering of the body, being forgotten or left behind? Is there anything that could possibly be worse than slowly losing command of your body and your mind, with only the impending silence of the grave to release you? So we tell ourselves that these sites must be haunted. There must be remnants of the crimes inevitably committed, the broken hearts that never healed, the hopelessness of being condemned to spend your last days imprisoned in a world that seems indifferent at best to your struggles. The evils must be revealed for what they are, and the wronged and forsaken must linger on, in search of some resolution, until some is offered - this is the line of reasoning we consciously or subconsciously follow. And yet my experience is that the only place these figments exist is in our imagination. There is certainly every possibility that I am wrong, but I have fairly extensively researched the paranormal and find that those who claim to see or communicate with the dead are generally either deluded and naive or the histrionic and the charlatans. Perhaps they are someone who wants to solve some problem with a deceased relative and death offers only the mute immutability of the past, or heard a noise in a place they were afraid of and never investigated far enough to find a rational explanation. Maybe they 'felt' something without recognizing that the feeling was the anxiety of the unknown, the overwhelming sensation of being confronted with so many uncomfortable questions that can never even begin to be answered. Either that, or they sought the attention and awe of others, the mystique of having seen something larger than life - or maybe simply to fleece the unwary. In any case, I do believe in monsters, and the empty and unused buildings I visit are probably the spots where I am least likely to encounter them. One need only to read the paper, to closely observe people around them, to understand that they are among us and often indistinguishable from anyone else. The horrors of an asylum or elderly care facility don't happen when they're closed, they happen when they're open. The most terrifying things we will encounter are often cloaked in banality, sitting right out in the open like an ugly, gaping wound nobody really wants to look at or talk about - less a product of malice than laziness, selfishness, arrogance, or thoughtlessness. Even more frightening is the fact that while we look for villainy in the people around us, it flourishes in our own words and interactions. Our very tendency to mentally relegate monstrosities to scary old buildings allows them to flourish unchecked in our homes, our jobs, our societies. Because we expect them to be dramatic and larger than life, we are oblivious to them when they are ordinary. I am not afraid of what awaits me in an abandoned building. I may be injured, I may even die, but I run that same risk in any place I go to. We may believe the probability of our demise increases in perilous places, but people have heart attacks while going to the bathroom, aneurysms while talking with friends on the phone. The thing that i am most afraid of - human nature itself - is mostly absent when I am alone. Forget ghosts and goblins, spooky old mansions and rotting ruins, the formula of fear is simple - simply open your eyes, clear away the lies and distractions you've hidden your heart away in, and really look at yourself and the world around you. Every day the wicked go unpunished, the good unrewarded, and we get up and brush our teeth every morning and walk out our front door into more of the same. ---------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28881082.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RWpok3tE_q6jzTTYU2mx2NnhrEQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_114491206157cb6ec57cd6b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-decaying https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DvDYmuWniZpYnzjCvnmslAhZeEA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_177471653953c1c63802e7c.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Decaying Attic Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z5Pv0HZ8cErtZcAkn-TkUYL7uPo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18124021065984c241c9027.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X1sW3qims-LwpQo8W9Fx2vk_LzU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13064684954e12909058a26.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748222.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h6lHqhNOVngHhwNl7sD4UouiVfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109951355957530c59a8323.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Sr. Seuss Toy Discarded children's toy on a ward reused as a day care at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598612.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RIDJ_hrC6PUlg9XR9Uxr4Ebh2k8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3167794935bc0f0e16910e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285463.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1GoQnHywazMlBgocEvjUWoOytBU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6615383495f0f45613dff9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13293008.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GqExu8G6J5E0RJrPXE55FS_60ww=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9102774874e9d217bd45f4.jpgWarning on cell block door. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2xC8rmC2TXjRs2OqBxzs_5JmWGc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1456843734e5effdc38a6f.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Greasy Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/silent-witness https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wgaM0mSayngu5WDJjXtF-PK_klk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14541726994ddad4c831184.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | silent witness It all started when wealthy steel magnate Andrew Carnegie decided that the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) had too much control over the Homestead steel mills. While publicly supporting unions, Carnegie appointed his business partner Henry Frick to break the union's hold in 1892. Frick, at one point known as 'America's most hated man', was a ruthless entrepreneur. Only three years earlier a poorly maintained earth dam at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, an exclusive mountain club for the wealthy that Frick founded, gave way and released 20 million tons of water down the Conemaugh Valley onto Johnstown, erasing over 2,200 lives and $17 million in property in a matter of minutes. While Frick donated thousands to relief efforts, his reputation was already blackened, and when he came to Homestead he was prepared for a brutal fight with the union. When the union asked for a wage increase because of the prosperity and productivity of the steel industry, Frick instead offered them a rate cut of nearly a quarter of their wages as well as elimination of positions. He then declared that if the bargaining wasn't resolved in a month - and by bargaining, he meant the union accepting this humiliating deal - Carnegie Steel would no longer recognize them. He proceeded to fortify the plant with sniper towers, high pressure water cannons that could spray boiling water, and barbed wire fences. The union retaliated by throwing up picket lines around the plant, organizing strikes in nearby towns, driving away strikebreakers, and refusing company officials access to the mills. The battle lines had been drawn, and Frick decided to bring in men from the Pinkerton Detective Agency to quell the uprising. The Pinkerton Detective Agency was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton, the man who developed shadowing and undercover work and who purportedly saved Lincoln from an assassination attempt in Baltimore on his way to being sworn in. The Pinkertons grew in number and reputation, hunting outlaws in the west, infiltrating the Molly Maguires, tracking America's first known serial killer, H.H. Holmes, and eventually eclipsing even the U.S. Army's numbers. By the time they were sent to Homestead, their image was much less noble - essentially they were mercenaries hired by company owners to break strikes by force, including coercion and allegedly even murder. Accounts vary, but between 300-400 Pinkertons armed with Winchester rifles were to ride upriver to the plant and retake it in the middle of the night. The union was alerted and what would become one of the bloodiest labor disputes in the United States' history followed. A crowd of men, women, and children followed the barges up the river, throwing stones at them and occasionally firing at them. The crowd overtook the mill's defenses and when the Pinkertons tried to land they were greeted by an angry mob of over 5,000 people with guns, rocks, and clubs. It is unknown who fired the first shots, although it stands to reason that when confronted with such a disparity in numbers the Pinkertons would be unlikely to start shooting unless by accident or provoked. Several on both sides were killed and wounded, and the Pinkertons retreated to their barges. For the next 12 hours a fierce battle ensued. Union members - among their numbers over 300 riflemen, snipers, and a cannon - rained fire down on the barges. The Pinkertons huddled, trapped as their own tug left and efforts to retrieve them by another tug were stymied. Newer recruits were desperate enough to attempt to swim away despite threats from their captain that he would shoot deserters. The strikers made burning rafts they floated downstream at the barges, threw dynamite at them, and dumped oil in the river and attempted to set it on fire. Finally the Pinkertons surrendered. They were marched through town, spat on and beaten mercilessly (one had his eye put out by a woman's umbrella), and thrown into confinement at the town opera house. As negotiations with local and state law enforcement began, the strikers allowed the Pinkertons to be taken from the town on a special train. Their abuse of the Pinkertons had turned the public and the press against them, however, and though they had won it was a shortlived victory. A little less than a week later 4,000 soldiers were dispatched in a surprise attack on the town, surrounded the plant, and in about one hour the company once again had control over the mill. Martial law was declared and strikebreakers quickly restarted production. Less than two weeks later an anarchist attacked Frick in his office, shooting him twice in the neck. Frick tackled him and the man stabbed him four more times before being dragged away to jail. In only a week Frick was back at work and the would-be assassin was jailed. 2,500 men plant workers had lost their jobs and the rest had their wages halved. The AA was defeated in several more strikes in other areas as the years passed and their numbers dwindled. The Pinkertons continued to break strikes and aid law enforcement until police departments modernized and eventually the FBI was formed. Their relevance dwindled and in 2003 they were acquired by Securitas Security Services USA, and in a ironic twist of fate are now unionized themselves. While the Carrie Furnaces themselves were not directly involved in the Homestead strike beyond being silent witnesses, the ground they occupied was, and the nearby Rankin Hot Metal Bridge where the strikers assaulted the Pinkertons still stands. The local historical preservation group Rivers of Steel currently is working to save the furnaces and in the past has conducted guided tours of the grounds given by men who once worked there. If they are unsuccessful, this vital piece of Pittsburgh's industrial past will be lost forever, as will the opportunity to educate future generations about their heritage through the amazing experience that seeing the furnaces firsthand provides. -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33035448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i-oXYwCkaVNFIGywRbSlmA7onKA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_126192054259cd2e8a98193.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285475.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BUCjhn3pCG3zP0Zv3fZi3Q42gKk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19031365945f0f461206f24.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110031.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7Hfi9qDB8acw9j98uD7XmQC943w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1149875259596e489851d65.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/elk-lodge-stage-blue-horizon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ESIkRiGtUTLvk1Ql61WjQuKqI8c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9646284995db75022b1c44.jpgElk Lodge Stage | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-fake-plants https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BBAbZreAAnkmN3XAX-ivPuqPXcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84451101461a54cf46b258.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Fake Flowers Fake plants left behind at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19141657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8cHByv7lluZ-4Z7xo2Q51ylb4as=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19441128175224f0341fcb8.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808067.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_5822444664ef7ac53dc79.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-monster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OcTDU6v8Os0-MLqTa86jJTZBF5A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12454495494fc4f51642093.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Monster Tracks Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131409.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I1GRxUihXa4Z_1t__pgSZu6TKzA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1075590479597253058e395.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Cell Doors https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43920290.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yl_2MFuVSmr78CD2WaZMBhzKfC8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7565066316140e9d2295f8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40864596.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eI1Uiy9RlTNkQ3yXInLwVaV_1f4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16504698085e39c6ad1a2fa.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Sanctuary Rear View A view of the rear of the sanctuary at the Agudas Achim Synagogue from the center of the room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273453.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vos0P_hUnPGTrtKOnJW4wrUEMv8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121477566963e3ffcb9848f.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Unknown Ride I'm honestly not 100% sure what ride this was. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/warner-swasey-observatory-cleveland-stairwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1PrYPv9DMewONRUC8IqTv3Q7y2k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_954171958597bb1b129f5e0.93646410.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland) | Stairwell Outside Auditorium https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113424.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sbUlQUr4W443YBWwKdiakGsFn2M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8592827134e129c5db60b0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777653.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a8qxyknkf0rQBxxqI5uHp7X0fGw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196832292255956e015e2d6.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32137980.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pYSWpWRZ0XCco16CJB4hy-uXZLQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46264175159739d8bf05a0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-oliy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IC8sQgBi646eJUEppDjfx749V1w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14930436004e126c3880278.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Oliy Pools Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PoRE6M8BPqijpkxJ5pPWnbod7EA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93015885ab3e52c8663d.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Imposing Exterior Perhaps more cheerful looking when not abandoned, the large windows on the facade of this building now are opaque and imposing. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26533531.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cs1QqiXJmge1_IQLTl6UT_YrvRI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90955346656aa368076ea6.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-mill-interior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CIcdfA5dPbIYja8x6Zieyt0K5v0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_623421821584ed33ac5de6.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Mill Interior The interior of a mining building in Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791217.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yvZHbwPxtdKXeSVRzKWNgp0BwB0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20786728035840dc3aed6bb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379329.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_KqSEfsClMmseVthjbpIxHJmpsg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14897510185abbfb113184c.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Padded Steel Seat https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-burdened https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VBipKNEaGQ-53dg0r-uc-wphTBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_114599870159ef8015ccff8.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Burdened The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024642.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GMfRIQw9wU19mvBM8kKU6bKDnyY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18694174965f95b779484d5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778108.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_fuWZ5nZlwepPWx-is8cL_rGEms=/wbr/1747161032/15678_166476053061e8816844e87.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30626642.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ofCtJKnI0pPKGIPQIs6rEUEphI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_204205697958dd434ae63a8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-more https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PsBorQ3Id3CNA6ppPtOwiCtevoU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9867974464e126a9fb61e1.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | More Exteriors Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808290.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_42407695264ef7e42c02b1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432522.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KKXXSBV5oLNPuo2q4BkViIed6xY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_205781254354170a7495c8c.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Vertigo Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17330991.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MR1T1KSb-HU6b4wYn826Gu_YkF0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7963143285123a5ff9a2d0.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Hymn of the Unwanted V2 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20000966.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FxhL71bJpcO0ji2dLP-t6t83nXw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1765349658529f91917e9f3.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | Aftermath Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257304.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nwxWFHOMHrlLJekPGnUzMdKjhdc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4723113914d2d5ca99c45c.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Vaults of Heaven Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379328.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S0paphdmpTkWlsIbpRZ-jdTYfKc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10193136885abbfb0de5e74.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Not Ergonomic https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173223.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WZPoaR0jJV_DFqRvdvGmAxwFJpM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18751415785e8b73e054753.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Forgotten Storage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22131305.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dAFMT1RIQcYppYsSd4-n-baIXjw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_199254131853f2de09cf83a.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854633.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_170976594751ff3d3e39c1e.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | Under the Rail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-coaster-swamp https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lCtjgoJZn7memz1Pp3JWScKzVsg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_143539261959189ff2cd1859.43811421.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Swamp The swamp is slowly swallowing the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218554.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1xpCxKjK0dbHa1GuAFbNk0TvjSY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_769830465aa2cb48c1e63.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | D Unit Cell Block https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41578820.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lkaakbScuwum6F2h6LcoJooopGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6297317415f457fb01e14b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ed_ueleJg3X-JQM-MAIFZdu2zUU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7844878525ef3e1058f5b1.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Singed Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229377.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_4LwoO-jV7ugHhWEy57oHRDpX-o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1270747216603e980488989.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Steampunk Spider https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069322.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L0dSgnbcW5bgerMidfnFRBpkkVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6445898704e110611d9433.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Outdoors Indoors Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919194.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7nprvshue_WXX4OneeNlY173bus=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1465693265857cd95858e3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e2Qda-LbTVL5mqS8ut-rR3HLd_8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16015068584f19afcc90483.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned bank, 2009 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/western-state-penitentiary-pittsburgh-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f7hgRmjQahDrCHp6eOQSasCHAFc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4964112085a25a97d0b988.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Front House https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113268.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VJ4H6I2mwpq8gLnvb5UfJjqBohk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20626428084e12966ec22b3.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Wormlike Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-snowdon-building-railway-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8myV-K71FJ_xfR1faIpL-KFNN98=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2034155155633a8a57c7c98.jpgAbandoned Snowdon Building, Railway View | Brownsville, PA Brownsville's abandoned Snowdon Building as seen from the railroad tracks opposite Market Street https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-side-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l1SAveCEAsNcUHDGp1UMwC_jf5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138117454561a54cb3e033c.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Side View Side view of the sanctuary at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-second https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZGesGXgImNnw526ojZ_hoYCcI-w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6803964954204b901e27c.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Second Floor Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-point-at-which-it https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qAJW8vWuhkrjYsRcFvV81-aVjT0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18328264724d744ed16eb26.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit MI) | the point at which it no longer matters Normally I don't give any identifying information on the buildings I photograph, in hopes that I will not be contributing to their destruction by publicizing their locations. The Lee Plaza Hotel is an exception. While still standing, there is so little of it left that to damage it any further would be almost impossible. The plaster has been torn from the walls, doors pried from their hinges, the windows systematically stolen, even the support columns have been stripped to little more than concrete and rebar. Graffiti covers nearly every surface, the roof has caved in, and everything that can be broken is. Like many of the abandoned buildings in Detroit, there is no possibility for rehabilitation. The building is a rotted shell, and despite once being a prime example of Art Deco architecture, and of the magnificence of the city and the nation that gave birth to it, it is now beyond repair. The scrappers and vandals have taken everything. You can still see an echo of what it was if you follow the lines of the arches over the bricked up windows, the molding along the vaulted ceilings of the ballroom. It's faint, but it's there. The Lee Plaza will come down one day, and for the most part the world will be ignorant of its loss. Most of the people who knew it when it was worth saving will be long gone, and it is simply too hard for the rest to mourn one more building in an entire metropolis of crumbling monuments. I didn't know the Lee Plaza. I never will. I don't know what it is, what it was, or what it could have been. I only know what little I could see on the warm September afternoon I visited it: it was once very beautiful, and it has been ruined not so much by time and the elements as by the cruelty and capriciousness of the very creatures that built it. There is a point at which it no longer matters - for people, for cultures, for cities, for buildings - a point when there simply is no hope left for salvation. The damage is too extensive, the cost of repair too great, the sickness too far along its progression. There is nothing left to do but wait, and, if you have the stomach for it, to watch and chart, via words and photographs, the course of the descent. ----------------------------------- The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonbackyard https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Bl3tmTSUlWw6-tVGrLZQu-NSWg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8621931625668a4e418b60.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Backyard Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/crumbling-ward-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UH6OxPIdkovskskz2P63HQC8TyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119418238452a3e1ef5aa5c.jpgCrumbling Ward | Hudson River State Hospital It is quite possible that the ice was all that was holding this section of floor together https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642040.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zq02pBQ0eKwYzAU6dpd0E3TL2I8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14676864225ae120a875d32.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-symphony-of-leaves https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zMU6wNruji_Wc115KQFXuoqOrFM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14238737874e12a39e5b1db.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | A Symphony of Leaves deep in the woods this building lies, its roof and floors collapsed, and yet inside it is a jungle, an amazing botanical wonder. thick roots curl up along twisted pipes and through the sunlight, branches weave intricate patterns that loop to and fro in and out of the crumbling brick facade. here you see a shrine too deadly for man to enter, hidden in an area filled with ticks and copperheads. the site this lies on was not a happy one - a repository for lost children that was closed for abuses and negligence that most could not imagine even if they tried. the Colosseum, where every conceivable class of man and beast tore each other to bloody bits, was left to ruin for hundreds of years after the fall of Rome; literally hundreds of species of plants populated it, many with no no geographical explanation for their existence, save that their seeds rode unseen on the fur of the animals that were slaughtered there. and so, from misery the mystical and incomprehensible arises. man has created wondrous and terrible things, as has nature, but when the two mingle together so freely, it is hard not to feel the breath of the divine, a sudden surge of inexplicable joy that wells up inside and washes away the sorrow to which i am so accustomed with a choir of brambles, a symphony of leaves whose delicate, sensual aria lies unheard by all but those who seek it out as though it was their only salvation. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zr-dJsASkYkJtIN_pr97JU2s6W4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20971479055a25a9cfbf40b.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | The Wall By Night https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41253032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uVLTzFKlyq7I7Oc2D5_ny-Rjlq0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19711532355f03772e4f14f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230579.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v42U2qjB9f25ZxdaRlZVO5j29Co=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53435967604a5515116ad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281430.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a01jYLAryblh0Y8uvuWIP_YiUv0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3364842384e9b9b47a974f.jpgKitchen Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-dance-hall https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v6r_8WHTYtFUkuo01Lb4wjGDoCU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5794565775d360fb853fac.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Dance Hall The ballroom at the top of the Irem Shrine must have been a great place for events in its day. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863247.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5-NqKJlp5Nnh7zaxYgQ7NnUAn-E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20905163686137ebf88eafe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31177313.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lzld5rim3k6fmQw7i04a3EX05MA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19701434285914bca75a6458.09890636.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Auditorium Door Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40864605.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1YKofKUHxBTJVjrPV1NkHx4tff8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1132099185e39c6f30fbb2.jpgDiagonal balcony view of the Agudas Achim Synagogue. The pigeons were not happy to share the space with me. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257306.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nnhxemcxnk72GFx17XuzvRKFX44=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2835348614d2d5cb57a6fa.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Column Detail Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531536.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DBlMKmKoPoNjiKqIQrXFr14wBJo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17340960335422e18360d61.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Lobby https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-woodrow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jzHP0bsYaRpRrs9phACrwwPK1NU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6201507365e4afb3b00e34.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138498.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oHUbmm4MWZQBKhnVLCHc7pPJYho=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12363085454e137459deec5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34947802.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fi9SEThBJmwNQIGjjcEVJdHyCJ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8892242495b06e6761dfd8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24133030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AcYExoQM060VxSDPILSo_YJPJiY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10014610245547c6b1d190f.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Collapsed Shelves Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27641337.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mwYrvoWHGwxqtHvHlQzfPznQXP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_384400138574b0aabb1a76.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Limerick Hall Porch Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2016. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564144.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tVjxMV_dlvTe0PSdkY8hnKYpSTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65250891658d2bfdd6e339.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25422697.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Z1eCk2eFShWhGaRSRRUIh4XxEVo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16931148955e671982f4ee.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986474.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j31sBmsDtetkdudQvc7X-E0ipRc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13915187944d7e813f73e7d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209047.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3z4eHD_IizvZw6ZU6GnJkmCtaEw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2176736225ec6d823c7a34.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-backtag-chart https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TxLvxIJLI56ZQNJZL6qnprCGL18=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1604356667524cca6d3ce62.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Backtag Chart Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/light-of-decay-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/68qeVGN3ktPXLKLJ5uLucIKXKMY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107495182661c3bbf7724fb.jpgLight of Decay | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4KUTol5dY6Z9g5XKDmq2OXD-DvI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4566510995e90f3771a225.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Salon Chair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-empty https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XqZHWzRs7CKy1uPXm_RvXxV0XCo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11975875995e39c6c987583.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Empty Office One of the empty offices in the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206391.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-UvMn8AlscQfJGL2gOgVBiauJa0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18150455535ebedf4623e5d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kKRDXCUthjMIVTL1zT6kTiEXQ6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_30304187454170ab29ef96.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Lost in Shadows Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-we-are https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wb4fqy-c1V9S2fnDPu41ZhW9kJw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8487537324d487abc2d044.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | we are losing everything decay is not sudden. it is a series of tiny, tiny changes over time. a pipe bursts in winter, or there is the slow drip of rain down a wall and it pools over the years, seeping through the pores in concrete and leeching out the lime, forming stalactites and stalagmites in what was once a factory or power plant. you can't look at a wall and see how the rebar breathes inside, slowly pushing apart the concrete encasing it, or the way ice widens cracks in winter and plants force them further in summer. these things happen on a timeline that we can't perceive with the naked eye, but yet their results, though also gradual, do become apparent in time. bits of plaster fall from the ceilings, no more than dust at first, and maybe the caulking in a window gives way and the pane slips out and shatters. the wood in the floor becomes softer, spongy almost, and rust explodes across metal in brilliant orange and red hues in some spots, and muted browns in others. it is hard to reclaim a structure even at this stage, because the rot has taken hold and if you merely put on a fresh coat of paint, the process will continue. eventually the sum of all the small fissures and failures becomes so pronounced that it is unmistakable. large chunks break free from the roof, leaving gaping holes, and floors collapse into jagged chasms, leaving areas inaccessible. at this stage a structure is often deemed irreparable. and so it is perhaps that when one business collapses, one library closes, we can tell ourselves it is progress, or simply a shame. but later, when a school on that street is shuttered too, and the nearby homes enter foreclosure one by one - that too takes time. the minute processes that lead to those events are veiled, and we busy ourselves with other things until one day we notice that the whole block is falling apart, then the borough or parish - and then we notice that the city itself is more dead than alive. then whole pillars of infrastructure give way - museums are shut, fire and police departments merged and the process keeps building on itself, each cataclysm placing the remaining segments under additional strain. and at last we wander outside, our eyes open in horror and disbelief, wringing our hands and wailing, perhaps remembering the burst pipe that was the bankruptcy of the steel mills and auto plants and clothing mills, and wishing we had known how to fix it, or addressed it before it got so bad. but there was nothing we could do, even back then. decisions had been made, things had been left behind, and now all that was left was the ceaseless repetition, the dumbfounding knowledge: we are losing everything. ------------------------------------------------------------- Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32114030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lzFUS8m2Rv_f5TnCk9vzy6t27gc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_629303713596eab26cf10a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775734.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/P9rCWl7pblMTzzinYThcyv_6G08=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11469726494ee63a14bfd0e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399770.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yWoAvQkwJCH5i0hL-xjwqKUCh1Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6650748545565d6f5b8a84.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Lacerated Ceiling https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-x-marks https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tqLMaltVf_fPwVrNIQ7PtH0Asc8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14005155205092b5cfe80c8.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | X Marks the Spot https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-confusion https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rYDhu4CBMtpnjtybU5GgJqSF9XU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11805578505abe8c6961cb3.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Confusion Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15060460.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gU78wxVKT6-0qUqHfDg4UQ386EI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15777044394fc4f66536877.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998232.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qTQJrZdAAMZ9TSAvOhtNNwJhL-E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10957130874f19ce255c150.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned air force base*, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684047.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/86G1LyBoPddwCH2aIjsyyoPMlBY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183942777461c3b73de519b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645666.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nmi6XpQ6DzIvhPgLYLeAyUJyoJs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_123353391955831701bf4bc.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Moat Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185963.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ug-ekTv5CJxtOc6TGUihGXIp4Fw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137994129759766382bc85b6.36281143.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-end-of-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RJMiLDZMP1tM10NDoOgw3r6riwA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17355098504fca989c903d3.jpgTrolley Graveyard | End of the Line Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23657734.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5t_94-a0A30251BuBt7cbneS42U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_158577028854f78e1a99737.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Power Plant at Night Exterior of power plant. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134745.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6kVtCU06Cjv1k9lap8dtcZPQma4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_773788398664e6377dea51.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29972278.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wzilYV-rfUPkTO_2b8EP1p0XOSk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1868640216586fe535bbb75.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Debris https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tb7vlRewWDj92z5BNzkqTAh7B7U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6504516235984c25a96954.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bank-collapsed-stairwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VDVqSJHdBI0Rhmh9dLF7lY1i4bg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19419363655b157fb8371de.jpgAaaand It's Gone | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA The same rotting stairway in Brownsville's abandoned Monongahela National Bank, taken in 2018 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/where-there-is-no-vision https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XviJbKNKRCaT0UPBmlcSLrtUWrM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21269797474fc4f54561c73.jpgwhere there is no vision the people perish Photograph taken at abandoned school, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7RohzLUwRJg2AIY0NnUBgt0OgRk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1267328915a09e2e68eb3d.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Massive https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-roller https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ydAjPt8yrp9R7A_mm8qxORv67Sk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7262588784e126c7a758d2.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Roller Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8269894.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9D4oy0zeTzHVTiuas3x4ntZ0-gs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14891835344d2f9e77b03f2.jpgTrolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-resort-presidential-suite https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AW0rl1Jqa5kEPPm0s148QrFnYPo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2065298815c33d36e34459.jpgAbandoned Resort | Presidential Suite The rotting Presidential Suite at an abandoned resort https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740876.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Py5kmbLlwT-spMSMn41nGgFd1s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10135342935a25a993eafa6.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Rotunda Yard Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25422700.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TGtNiN9vcElgPwPxp5UrDSV3qGQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_82261421255e6765fa9813.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210086.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bNla9vwKCYLz2K01OPWR5oi7qbQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_54635876459192a851d79a6.41548476.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17113916.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2VNNg0pOSVgOxyfCrXqttvdg034=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127517028850f0e57c44db9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41578819.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vAQS1RPMSB5kHxfzkakpA8nTxno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4170448775f457fa8dd4df.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-weigh-station https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L7OO1IhzZd3CLGSA58H8LeKI3fs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_395569475524da6b8624d8.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Weigh Station Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257236.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2e0V50lpYd-dSWHuZVUleic5bDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21277612894d2d4d0fc4ea7.jpgPhotograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-aeriel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YpWm1hOiHPtfWroK_3tXLauXku4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10481708795e4afc0042bc5.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Aeriel View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-mert-mccoys https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QM2Lby8WGZavl7DNQ4ffMyZp56A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1435900447524cca5e71d5b.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Mert McCoy's Office Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41223860.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/01DPqhI4S1cr-2D0HCRTXyCPXug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9072985865ed58ec523189.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352381.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V91W3VSVQuFb7fvbrzc3q68zuE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_187046053656732c6878e1b.jpgAbandoned asylum Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30883526.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KZ_7qrsNaWNuy_vau0rXFrtgfGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53467354758fb9a65a47127.58974984.jpgAbandoned train, 2010. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19485955.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hqdcDOC00WkJ3AiEnELaKGtA08s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4299578524fa338cede6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/horrifying-santas-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DZ1tbT1SCz8r6f1A9OWxeZpCcUw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14774697955a397d45328d0.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Santa, Devourer of Worlds I am Santa, Devourer of Worlds. Found on the balcony of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40460976.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bi9wYu-ehxorPkWA0ehMOaKBtvg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11642837155dd2f7ec33e91.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18964554.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tUKOC9s0dypOLoAnmhCJBtZyWvM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17392088265df0029705889.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377930.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/abk1KPCC6InFQmIHjGovP3-y4mU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20058590325abbdb555b760.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Midpoint in Descent https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869528.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ysj7DBF7ZaEU4URWelumEJwO68=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1129771474d73bd9d18adb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200752.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sEIDE9NYjxMN7wfQCC8rPURA6nE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18190992244ddab778c075c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-spiral-stairs https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YiHEJspyV39QKnlCGry7Iq9DqK4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10321589504d3a57171d52d.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Spiral Stairs Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-jester-loops https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AbEdIm0Zf9kJhjwCKa-yIOodwfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17586872465910ae1ed7808.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jester Ride Loops The loops of the Jester Roller Coaster by twilight at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741456.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K5ygAR2H5GRp8KlcPDqreo_yCa0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119617230543ffd1357e8e.jpgAbandoned prison cell block. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34147977.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E3WNp4zxzEm3Ca37lqNNH40Rszc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2422634045a906f8612700.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Unit End Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23660363.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hZGvB2PbbPYlRAQunZip_jHPDD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_77668219554f8de63b9720.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Administration Stairwell Administrating building, main stairwell. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210069.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R11hpMrDf3UjRMQWEiNAUQFATwo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3768157559192a619a86d8.88934790.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22651493.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6ysFsq4VD2ZgNn1E2wG1q21cl9M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4236145215433270b0f6af.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Sklr-Lqa1yW8Db9EyO83n8ZUBS8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1974210326598a5dc885dd37.07242465.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/thsja--NFholyWsKDqqvn4RobCo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16493836045e8ccd1d05027.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | aRCHES https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024647.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CuXQSv5PyWT2lk6qQC_w1TKcUAY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5987359255f95b78a615d6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25684336.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7zNW3alDFui0ihFUqbAC7ZYZz-w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15610999485602f03823d9c.jpgGary, Indiana | City Methodist Church Arch The abandoned City Methodist Church, Gary, IN. 2014. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-margaret-mary-school-rochester https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YPwUBkpimga4B2ZFXMnnGPwVZok=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20589358354dd751b6e76fa.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Shady Sun https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229394.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gT-tCwVvuhEDCsYrVm1A33c85Z0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_981291409603e991610f2c.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | The Nightmare Ahead https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869816.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f15SY7MEJNVEQwff4ROqRT9f5_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10648217154d73bebac44f5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808066.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_74127763864ef7ac573a48.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22281230.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rqq_fGgN3L8cTLZRuWttrHUmAZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_28176205654049c348b0c9.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34778155.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PdaCfZcb5Y_bgJ_LNFi9mWWJs50=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6256376965af395373d39a.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Hidden in Weeds Finding an unobstructed shot of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home porch was difficult. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25947915.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w9ld5bGUYgfb4V2NH7C3__mRWrI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1849980742562a65973b61d.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Entryway Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413923.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_JOkVW6ziSPNIeTIsyrfT7nMH7k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_108868995254161d449a969.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22675806.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sDyggEjuKTvbBMFX4RMtowgB2WI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_907278313543828cd1169f.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Theater Rear https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-ozarka-splash https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d2z85_Vqx4VTUVx84TgWkb6n9-Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181826638059db844fa2e8f.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Ozarka Splash The Ozarka Splash ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V-1vQKCi0lnWzZQvcuWnT05g0AI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11078541635e90f36fb924b.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Dark Reflections https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7440wARVfpSDWE48JZ0N961dL9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15714343856137dd949831a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-home-nursery https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mwSQUNbRyWgsNLbVm1QaDaOqpGY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_163457108953c1714ee5f80.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania Home | Nursery Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8848540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/njBmOPDIsh3hxm3qMcOPDjFbdo4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3508889444d71ac2ad6645.jpgNew Jersey Zinc (Palmerton, PA) | Bag Room New Jersey Zinc, Palmerton PA Read more about New Jersey Zinc in my book <b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>, - <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <b>Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream</b>, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank">You can find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-beds https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7vv6Rx0Cjz0Ma1JT3IZO1YdfPFM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8615654765a5694ca9ffa7.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Beds Aplenty https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-second-floor-stairwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v7r52EUtKNkGF05FeQYNLNYNcII=/wbr/1747161032/15678_536685765bce505c1632f.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Second Floor Stairwell The second floor stairwells of the Irem Shrine are completely dark now, but on my first visit they still had electricity. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-looming https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3rU7IIHfbIqiAEvgAtDtIMMvbnw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3108139435585ec316539f.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Looming Ruins Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27837184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/klMlOGVWQjFbW_ihTCIySwkHB3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99950554457589a3c742e7.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Forlorn Facade https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-belt https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IHRNDCLNe4vkPvP_EnZq_hZLqAQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9125775115a0a530add2cb.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Belt System Remains Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-martin https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W3U49oGlv6I-KSMR03j3aCEHP8M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4819567255e4afbee1ac0e.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Martin Van Buren at Sunset https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-choir-herald https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9U6YVOt9J_MIpCApNX9Z2bkbvVc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9694754095d43315029375.jpgthe choir herald These issues of the Choir Herald magazine, dated November 1956 and still in excellent condition despite a coating of dust and being over half a century old. They are listed at 25 cents per copy. Musical contents include "The Prince of Peace', "Closing Response for Christmas", "Gentle Jesus", "Be Joyous, O Judea!", "A Savior is Born", "Jesu, Babe of Bethlehem (Response)", and "Take My Hand, Dear Father". https://www.abandonedamerica.us/to-whom-it-may-concern https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rtlZ4ZOEM4cksPMnMdOC_QfnnCM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11375147725ea86fcf894aa.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | to whom it may concern To whom it may concern: I thought by now I'd be doing something more useful with my life. I'm no stranger to hard work, and god knows I want to feel a deserved sense of accomplishment, just like anyone else. I have put in a lot of hours trying to add at least a little to the world around me, and I had hoped that it might make some sort of difference. Maybe I thought I'd be on to something Great and Important by this stage of the game, but I still find myself struggling to get by every day, struggling to pay my bills and even just to drag myself out of bed to face the world sometimes. Isn't it supposed to get easier somewhere along the line? Aren't you supposed to be rewarded for your labor and your diligence, at least not with a medal, maybe with some sort of personal satisfaction? Isn't there some point that you can look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I have a place in this world around me. I belong here'? I just don't get it. I really don't. Every time I think I'm doing ok something comes along that completely turns everything around and makes me think that I don't really know much of anything after all. Every time I think that maybe I am making at least a slight improvement in the lives of others, I get painfully reminded of how foolish and self-centered and ineffectual I ultimately am. I'm really not asking a lot. I gave up a long time ago on being rich and/or famous, and I don't really need accolades. I don't mean to sound demanding or ungrateful I am very happy to have a roof over my head, to not have to fight for food, for heat and electricity and the other things we all take for granted. I just wish that I knew what was going on, or at least where I fit in to things. I wish I felt like I was making some sort of progress, that I was further along then I was ten years ago, or twenty. I wish I felt like... I wish I knew what to wish I feel like. I wish I felt at peace, or even knew what it was like to feel that way. I hope you can look into this, and maybe find some sort of solution to the problem. I think you will see that I can be fairly agreeable when I am allowed a measure of dignity and purpose. It's not that I don't want to put in the effort, I just don't know where to put it any more. It seems like things are going to go the way they're going to go regardless of my existence, and I guess that's the part that bothers me. If you tell me what I am doing wrong, I will happily do my best to fix it. Whoever you are, whoever it is that makes decisions about these sorts of things, please stop ignoring my requests. Please just take a moment of your time to let me know what you want from me. I promise, I will listen. I promise. Sincerely, m -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-womens https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B6YSTKZUQL4EBJlZqR3w4SmhTfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169360217597f38d998a966.25087973.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Women's Bathroom The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22096351.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xs5oVP4J1ZOg57F8sMAmUCOxoKc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182428056353ee3b3091337.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-morgue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2D3pZCy6oawLmsluItMEAmb4fIk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_120752284758fbaed63c9647.06412927.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Morgue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pull-me-back https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q9QHLndEH4vewmGYSzqEnYP2BTc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2334973115fd66f1cebb8a.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | pull me back sometimes i get so worked up i think the only way out is down as the horizon spirals around and i tumble to the crushing embrace of the ground. somehow, some way, you always pull me back, my love. you always pull me back. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/dining-area-collapse-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kJgHSukvNjV-WkdBjg_TOJz2sIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_150615570452a3e1f69dc3a.jpgDining Area Collapse | Hudson River State Hospital I'm assuming from the dishes that this must have been part of Hudson River State Hospital's dining area. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-cook-county-hospital-chicago https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8NV-e3kA-9Rnzh2G0gYcqfYILm4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_689162259570d3ae31faa2.jpgAbandoned Cook County Hospital (Chicago, IL) | Gorgeous Facade The facade of the abandoned Cook County Hospital in Chicago is an absolutely unique example of this sort of ornamental architecture. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-farmstead-stable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jDJYLvJmmC2hTljxUs4aNi84Plo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7062459452cef93d11869.jpgAbandoned Farmstead | Stable Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-black https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wqmyNRIOxWhv0FWUZAnXJwoaPx8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_47077274759861417ab5de9.40350296.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Black Mold The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35385646.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pre_c_2jtaSHq6zsUGecV7U4ULY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12139789485b33c0521844c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33393283.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ffJ5pUZGJedZF90V2IBxCcSz23o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122954197359f764537c1a5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-perched https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jI463KNCyBtiDesjr4sZOcrJZHc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7441486659ce6c04c37bd.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Perched The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902427.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zayojB-C-hU_I4VNP0y3QvlCmhw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18482949465d82887570876.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36836454.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uKH5j_hePHsrp8JjPcNyoSCyChc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6538374095bdb2bba48cdb.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Horrifying Cell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-january https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ijXB7MswwN8pXpOJ24inziLIMRI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_48333610959b98efbd6a8f.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | January Sunlight The afternoon light may be warm, but the day itself was not. Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-orange-and-white https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kX6e7YLS3uu12k3Qw0SJHSHogw8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4880616256899415d667b.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Orange and White St Louis PCC PA Transit Car This orange and white St. Louis PCC Car is quickly swallowed by weeds in the summer. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229177.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7prOABcBD7D3edg1iYuyVcHhyI4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196103217603d708481bfa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-light https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bkSnsCg_IbOCCmhndjbJeyxHwe4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3008252395e39c6b55ffe9.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Light Across the Pews The gorgeous stained glass windows were donated to other synagogues when Agudas Achim was converted to condos. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22282399.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R9H56tzWD0XH20n1ajpcQtW0EfQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4697402095404c4077d1e1.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Saint Katherine Academy (a pseudonym to protect the location) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890512.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ooQ-jU9b1i6cDogkDB63ZgnnVDY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11401508464d747b14bf5ae.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200786.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f1HEIadiWsawTCPIuZWq1-OCeb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8348858864ddab79440b85.jpgthis was one of my favorite rooms; the light and the intricate patterns created on the wall and door were captivating to me. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mural-detail-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/a0HJ8cDPc1eov55Kgddd9SwhItU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8779564155a397d4f297a0.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Mural Detail Detail of the mural on the ceiling of the proscenium arch at the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34378020.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v08EdeuQLYsBht7ObRpaEbG4xC8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_513192005abbdb9be0126.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Worker's Glove https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32217515.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/30Or3Y32oUb76ZcxovPb32SwyFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2015472950597ba3307b15a5.55794078.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Ruined Shoes Part 8,385 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-lounge-area-2 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TADQJItxwIPUZw5ZafZqs1MfqZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2886988455bce506d83954.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Lounge Area 2 One of the seating areas outside the bathrooms in the Irem Shrine; I imagine a bride or groom might prepare for their wedding here. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OURJ_sF51PmLpfv4aiWMTlKDtfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16029463895ae11e5cdf6f1.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Records Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450818.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oRHSjGhnBjX9bEprvQUxPNfZVAo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_172479785366830ed44be50.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bed-frame-the-ladd-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zwHnXx7O3G1ssZAfwuQa9-kjPSc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31692725254ee4115ddfc7.jpgBed Frame | The Ladd School Because of the boarded windows, lighting in the rooms at the Fogarty Hospital was challenging. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489154.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PUp2BIAdzS7hUWAcrYYsGapvCMU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7018002944d487e92e3d4b.jpgraison d'etre Photograph taken at Taunton State Hospital, MA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery available on [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream is available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281871.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bp5nvrWB3lQaH2MSTF_2upOIzfA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5605225154e9bc3caa29e6.jpgKitchen. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-office https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oSaHSl9bJJDzI9AuCjKcIBwg6fs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3240067035e39c6c878e9f.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Office Doorway Outside the office in Agudas Achim Synagogue, a broom and dustpan watch in horror as their work becomes insurmountable. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200770.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6iMeWIeN2zj6-g5-txC0ewkmTBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9072193694ddab7870becd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218558.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4ZBg9Vo4JMqqSutVCnhvKEGpEbY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1526864555aa2cb6b09c80.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Locked Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-mold https://photos.on-this.website/wm/00BDl0rzweuINpGOdZOyMETinuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_909856618678436c274faf.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Mold or Wallpaper Patterns? Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35519932.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/exxGkBJ5-ifJntCL_5ZEcZXabFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10908050525b46970abcb8a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20000964.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7tRu7pvE0IJeO0OC-MiR31r6M3s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_978719558529f91820856b.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | Watch Your Step Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-auditorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SWuy_3-KglyYE_AB4UUpmbUVB6A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2673273535d3f450964ecc.jpgAuditorium | Allentown State Hospital Allentown State Hospital's old auditorium, still in fairly good shape after nearly a decade abandoned https://www.abandonedamerica.us/workshop-infrared-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ykN9hqzr3U6TbL7a2CdG8VgZE0k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87570728552a3d0122d5c2.jpgWorkshop Infrared | Hudson River State Hospital Infrared photograph of shops behind Hudson River State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/on-the-way-out https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m6KsqfoEAeUuxcoJ68qdN2XnzlY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_878619534d747ccbb6df8.jpgon the way out Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in. ~George Bernard Shaw ----------------------------------- Birdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791223.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oYIMPAzzlWMhf2SY4snwQR5LkbM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18776175865840e2249141b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-lost https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xL1fXsJeTmpqUdEweFP58yMuDbs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20598480485f739f0bb28f0.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Lost Sanctuary The sanctuary of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-the-final-curtain-falls https://images.on-this.website/15678_1550500822531f75629215b.jpgHenryton State Hospital | when the final curtain falls deep inside the slipstream of the smiles and the lies is some dark place i'd hoped you'd never see therein lies the sad truth: i'm all things that i despise and yet i'd always hoped you'd all remember me if you have a heart for all the broken things in life for each lost sheep that never finds its way and instead takes great comfort when it sees the butcher's knife please hear these fumbling foolish words i say here i am in the dark and the quiet after the last show finally ends hope you enjoyed it! thank you, come again surely you always knew it'd come to this my friends some wounds are so deep that the flesh just never mends please pause for one small moment as you file towards the door note this moment before it's forever gone i'm stepping out of character, i'm not acting any more and yet the play goes on and on and on i've never been that skillful at hiding my own disease it's easier just to wash the world away and when the curtain falls, you know it's such a sweet release at last we close a final sunless day here i am in the dark and the quiet after the last show finally ends hope you enjoyed it! thank you, come again surely you always knew it'd come to this, my friends some wounds are so deep that the flesh just never mends -------------------------------------------------- Theater, Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889418.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r2eTGCl0U9EcwZuwxJsvkWwi2i8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14629980005ab3e57c5bcee.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Tub With Stickers Flower decals on an old tub don't manage to make the room less depressing. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027206.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C2wNyR4HEY3F9rKTOz58GasArr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_96441247355356aec0390e.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Patina Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921311.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bz6gnC4ozHskMBnZzTlsB9aa0rI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_513961345762e50a9e8ba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-dreamlike https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mnc7lzgAxwCVpLWqGzH5eDMVnXU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12228178174d2f9e88809d0.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Dreamlike Before the windows were smashed by vandals, stilling in a car with frosted windows with the silhouettes of leaves gently shifting outside was a surreal, dreamlike experience. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-menorah https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9l1zkWItTGD8ISyKqaIp4OOsKXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12470441205e39dc74315a9.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Menorah A menorah stands in front of the ark in the secondary chapel on the first floor of the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131410.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g13FkHxNjRG__A8_ddIiTqSoYwk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6753111859725323dbe7e.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Mind the Gap https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540191.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-Fs98GmnRn-VMKK41qm6uAwr0wE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14793436045a09e2a7cc14d.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Balcony Profile https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33938898.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qbS0CIKuEtw-aaVgP69mfmbgPB8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15424835325a5e9ae3d982d.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Line 14 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890524.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SXnTP3-8XlKHAyTiscvIveZjEPU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2697626654d747c8f7363d.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-gets-colder-and-colder https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v9dGTd5AW6zieoAlkm-B18lnK-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9456273124d487ab7ca470.jpgit gets colder and colder every day Photo taken at Undercliff State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/undercliff-sanatorium]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-crosby https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BZo14eUxCNv2lher-PKZ5elmbQ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7309190358fbe2657303b3.73333872.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Crosby Mural Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pilgrim-state-hospital-brentwood-ny https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p0kFgGdanS3esgR4b2F0iSRti-s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_33449481854fb36db738df.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Administration Building Exterior of main entryway to Administration Building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737330.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gyJbRNpdYVoWKLP358NsSHRupa8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2870254395a5e976c42a2c.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Spools Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cool-drawers-abandoned-second-national https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4dmQN0HWvzN3zIX6LK8qLBxlfNo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_154001440663350b2493228.jpgCool Drawers | Abandoned Second National Bank, Brownsville, PA The abandoned Second National Bank building in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44778123.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Ij_LWDvJ99tF5zdT-G8gumWGeA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180356115461e882acae73d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/full-of-nightmares-and-misgivings https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pzAbggyNvyqBsujzMIcnWdHPKXQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3927625715d43b4dca30f8.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration | full of nightmares and misgivings there were too many of us - too many sick and poor and tired and ignorant. it was overwhelming. the cacophony was deafening. we were all talking at once, and nobody was listening - nobody, not to each other, not to the world around us, not to god. at a certain point, maybe some of us noticed He was not with us any longer and in our arrogance we assumed He had left us, forsaken us and not that we had moved so far away from Him. there was too much bustle, too many things competing for our attention: television, music, games, the internet, politics, health problems, kids - the list was endless, and with our focus on their clamor we let them take precedence over His quiet ways. some of us lied and told ourselves we walked with Him, but we wouldn't admit the reality to ourselves - that He bored us, inconvenienced us, that in a world that shoveled instant gratification and indulgence down our throats we found His emphasis on responsibility and sacrifice passe. we wanted to eat as much as we could, see as much as we could, take as much as we could, use as much as we could. there was always something else to work toward, to achieve! - and we were so intent on these things i don't think we noticed they were all in the wrong direction. even now and again some of us awoke briefly from our shared delusion and we saw that it was all wrong, all backward. but it was terrifying and overwhelming. we had lost control, and while we could see the abyss yawning ahead, we had no idea how to turn away from it. and so we distracted ourselves with our dancing images again and we went back to sleep. it was a troubled sleep, full of nightmares and misgivings, but it hurt less than being awake. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134752.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vZFe2WN-5YM415Rcg5g77sy4YEY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_752137735664e653f31f2e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/three-story-collapse-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DihM4bbXCHP4l-Oqasy5_R6M7AA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9849849234d73397f740b9.jpgThree Story Collapse | Hudson River State Hospital The scope of the destruction in some of the vistas in Hudson River State Hospital were just mind-blowing. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22291273.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZJMy1bGskMFAShmJP2Uoel-u0oo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_128261661154061f5e1c8c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/obu5MRzkF9-1w3XmLAHpNL2CGic=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51590664d48890a98950.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned middle school by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/macintyre-middle-schooll]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Dfh7lYt9vJJ8fFYGz5a__8TqtB8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46669448461c3b3046745c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28446759.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gWQFTQT2T0n7yYQCZZzj4y3dHyQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1244176968579bb65688ac6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/suicide-proof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/007ibG16sUOl8MfwLtk-Jl5XDcU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1782283114d363649aa9dd.jpgsuicide proof While the mesh may have been moderately effective in preventing patients from falling down the stairs, they did little to prevent the stairs from falling down themselves. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027208.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-t3KZ_2BEPfIHwdA9hx5aXgiPF0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_208804730555356b2793ec1.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Theater Seats The Curry Building was a reception building opened in 1927. Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22652312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ks_tci1eCHqy9ZkaJuPXKKc5iHc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_470400655543364e6ebe9c.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34147976.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xp56zPOesZUslKL988lYswUjz0k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13152887225a906e741d34f.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Keep the Faith https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40135957.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JfzvWfpPGzSrEJuSYmyaerO10SA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19232762895da0cb505f4aa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323098.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kj1U03GRNFuSmtFOTMs_604B8Eo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18882878674d361d22abbab.jpg'dismantling the dream' OK Harris Gallery New York City, NY January - February 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009685.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/clKrCo4S_35CFM-F_jWZ6nYEtgc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_944989700503818f40d2f0.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/chapel-of-the-trinity]Chapel of the Trinity*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fancy-organ-abandoned-odd-fellows https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QzgukbBlp-fYlLoUMTrfnrqVU1E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107752586633aa1740d50b.jpgFancy Organ | Abandoned Odd Fellows Lodge, Brownsville, PA A beautiful and well-preserved organ in the abandoned Odd Fellows Lodge in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009718.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jFtSNPYX6ADzTfFjcYotQ8hO_lY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14698883650381a0a719c1.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/saint-katherine-academy]St. Katherine Academy*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/somewhere-between-the-lines https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cTozxardW9QoIIjFYUN2ejDUFqI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18527276645d433d751f899.jpgsomewhere between the lines https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-half https://photos.on-this.website/wm/09FXsHoUu-Rk24d2AfZr_94SXlw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6479573935d4872becd315.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Half There Bhangarh Fort, built in 1573, has been abandoned for centuries, but traces of its beauty remain. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-detroit-home-charred https://photos.on-this.website/wm/irb2PEHZasApxA6sCY2hiu_6E2Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12269036656fc08731869a.jpgAbandoned Detroit Home | Charred https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28499770.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YuxP4wodxKAah7mHfxx_oRYAvyI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_467910976579f90fe487d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-institution-gloomy-entrance https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VPTW-n2zgJQGQAW7csyLRlclALE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18607935745b0324da58b66.jpgAbandoned Institution | Gloomy Entrance The entrance to this abandoned institution looks frightening and imposing; perhaps it was less so when the facility was open? https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30813909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0ktAIAbE2pO2cBak6RGK-dCH0b8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_121290633358f233d4777fc7.25976610.jpgAbandoned Empire Hotel (Sharon Springs, NY) | Nightstand Reflections https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-stage-detail https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PCAgTJ5S7f459f62rU8DSaN2aeU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7530013355bce3fbb99a75.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Stage Detail A detail of the Irem Temple stage shows intricate plaster work and painting https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-gorgeous-symmetry https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-NFw1_heSleCYEg039Zai0OvFGE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_971403077572916119006a.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Gorgeous Symmetry https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257302.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wB9NemvzjzEQgRUAENRen0ETSTQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18450939734d2d5c97192e8.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Softly Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/front-lobby-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eRVAg-sezvXMVM3YuHtz7jqNyFk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10168380855ea9e6c194834.jpgFront Lobby | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49234824.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3pvh9243vP6Od9Z-iSMne6ZG0RY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97994215464935a3574700.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33861721.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/helyFblUVRlwRZN0kmRLUgomMBk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17604553015a4ff28c9a5e7.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Window Seat https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919196.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mkSim6n0ZxdyFqLx0AogmQnmkc8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5300377615857cdb2870e7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29690159.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wfPDxDKz-4tIbehnzKD0NvarZZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2096753817582f3d14d95bb.jpgAbandoned feed mill Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-sprout https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TbC4CwSykVJ81qQqM6XllELr-EA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16759461125984b86524f49.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Sprout The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27519158.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eeOshF88C_GG1---NjCah7f18dU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_438526955573b88fa714e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29744133.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cx3CX6Tl3XEiEhR7MTzY9eU6GiY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1007176547583606697667a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889290.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vfZXGQ4mTDxiNzwcRKQ9_kqrIsw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_986548574d744e8f3fbcf.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Signs of Life Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-vertigo https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PU5vBkMKnEo-2IvxXwpuistT6ok=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13395006885689a00fb9047.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Vertigo A car resting on its side gives a sense of vertigo when you peer inside. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235378.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gY815nDtB34RyGf2Y9YweFWVQlY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15069309756057d00ab6eaf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30888002.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CXNf-H4Ria_KSBytW_Y981Tahcw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83552708458fbc13f49aef4.60976500.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Building 93 Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mezzanine-stairway-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AMlLLprmUjlsWS-B4I5Ah-zb58Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13602372455a397d1b35cda.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Mezzanine Stairway The mezzanine stairs provide a view of two levels of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles at once. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29972277.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NU5F5oRR3zh30Oxx-raWCLKrKCg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1838178236586fe51866fcd.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Macy's Penthouse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-bright-ward https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yb5939fBtSXWJO5K32hTOO8rX5U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14426063555d3f47397fc93.jpgBright Ward | Allentown State Hospital This brightly painted ward at Allentown State Hospital still is in nearly perfect condition. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-ticket-booth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/97QJex2PI7Ex4vfNvTdSann5eXc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_410467458589373f336516.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Ticket Booth Ticket Booth detail at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8264426.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_easx-qF36vHHwds5viO3uXxHTY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11109576984d2e257ebb94c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257264.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ITwfAcw_TJvxaSB7fyNwccQS5rE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18783531834d2d51b9d9234.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Chemistry Lab Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285471.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VQcGpn01hRt1VTzYm-VrFITrU_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11614511015f0f45d97b218.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890582.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3tWc7qxiqXywptNkV_hnjCiTbMs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3681902004d74818b5fba8.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Elephantine Duct Near the top of the building, the ducts that carried out exhaust snaked around, odd shapes looming out of the darkness. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642021.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d1IKf8YyIYDXGpza8RUq1ibrjJc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20417074575ae11e191d4e3.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Springs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fisher-body-plant-21-detroit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zjBeEnsaectqHnWOdhc6vyb6iuE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12547915505755c49d0668d.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Street View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36685196.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sck-KZdmVwLWnB-vPRwwWih8WQw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7778471265bc62e230fd19.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-vat-filling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FrG-syWMKO4lcqt86yj-IXfmC6w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11073720444d39d06ace8c1.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Vat Filling Station? Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-invertatron-ride https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mY--Q_0_ML023pToqODwMd8Rcr4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15996170625891150b3b046.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Lex Luthor's Invertatron Ride The view of the Lex Luthor Invertatron ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans, taken from the top of a roller coaster. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-ward-menu https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xt3uxn0sVOlSJDmWicrhe-Umxg8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14484258555d3f469eb2425.jpgWard Menu | Allentown State Hospital A chalkboard in one of Allentown State Hospital's wards says it's a menu at the top, but lists adverse drug reactions underneath. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-moldy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mHp8kjdHTA8PG4snp6aUdzm2l5o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_95314769559861433850242.74119749.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Moldy Steps The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110034.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MB2Rn-L405dK7TwX93nw1FJ-Rrk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1776534728596e49038072d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lengths-i-went-to https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rDoQxiT3KYkr_2vI4dk0bq9Ds3E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2667910545096b2e930bb4.jpgTrolley Graveyard | 1949 St. Louis Streamliner SEPTA Car A St. Louis Streamliner car still bears distinctive SEPTA markings. I've been on cars like this that are still in use in Philadelphia. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard photographed by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33513052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dBbVl2p6ItjlAYK-0Ea-8N23nMQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18904530835a075544d4f69.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540202.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/V9hGg-kJ9E7_ypa84UqE2TcWnRw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18711082565a09e2c48eb8a.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Projection Room B https://www.abandonedamerica.us/curved-hallway-the-ladd-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/658SkXEVbwTcObW_NVB7Ygz0qHM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189240285654ee30a2382fe.jpgCurved Hallway | The Ladd School The John E Fogarty Hospital's curved hallways were meant to make for less time to travel from room to room. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/absolut-devastation https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gTYgMfOwnd5V1pEo4APM7aHjL4g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20584002524d7339e487226.jpgAbsolut Devastation | Hudson River State Hospital An enormous multistory collapse with a brick wall and door frame still clinging tenaciously to the top looks a lot like the shape of a bottle. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-lincoln https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C46SWGAZBUPyEIpo0sGvXNQ9ZeI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13398362765e4afab8b8796.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Lincoln https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40135956.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MteVekHS2JCzuoUo9TPupX-VnkE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6031473985da0b8ced32da.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-window https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mJn0ZRFjhtWRtaCvKrNc4Q0l2m4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6468800534e126c2859654.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Window Detail Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30852085.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jhQdZNpDTYjITsmVmDwku6utTAc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112486942858f6493c54dd64.18058481.jpgAbandoned glass plant. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13293010.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/spcz0LyD_1vW91OBsLqg0xyuCBA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18769933864e9d2401dd8c2.jpgGuard station, basement near cells for prisoners nearing discharge. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113270.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7nb9lfRqus_YF6QIewCF1JunD88=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14746218394e12967410105.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Hanging Pipe Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210068.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sQ8X-btguaCmKToUj7U7SxeG7GY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_75577550959192a52979c84.70669679.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777662.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dcJTRCpiwUuH-K71ss5Bj6g1KCc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_189089875855956efe8e73a.jpgOrnate mirror in dressing room. Photograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132406.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u7pKgGlJ5gB38jfkkHC6tWj0iKc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10269906594dd74b69c50ef.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743943.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zf72F8zJJL3vkGP2nbgXUQtQHN0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_95252232759b20e6c9bf053.54500139.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Fire Station The abandoned fire station for the ghost town of Bodie, California https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808074.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_139860146864ef7acaa4d33.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19137042.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pyPOUJbVaCwlAh-8pvyYXPRsx5A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20411902615224b1ed3c72c.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22676399.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_iEPEfv-8eLXAtg1N5VySxzXr-A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_102798142054383fb495827.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Imposing Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/so-youre-a-baptist https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XkJEiUhU3ibJhOILwVuIx1gUUrw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1305394785d432aec33444.jpgso you're a baptist One of the most recent pieces of literature is this booklet, dated fall of 1986. It is now covered with grime, paint flecks, and possibly mold or pigeon feces. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139375.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zgn17LOPHX32sCNRRsTFR41TTmQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17523901165224cf6a1dce0.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-true-nature-of-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nWG5xPis5MR6I_WyCjaJPb29-dY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2295290424d2e1abb1a968.jpgthe true nature of the infinite https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19138789.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zsz4NZZuUbJuxVvhk0_ILUfvEVY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3629832465224c00fd5d94.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-unkempt https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D62kSblJm68iA__fY-9lm8OsWYs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12185810865a6a199fdc504.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Unkempt Artistry Beautiful details adorned the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/natures-delight https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ybWrOuopbNi6d-1wWRsAv8qLlGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20102456854d73be1198265.jpgnature's delight "Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight." Marcus Aurelius Antoninus https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-stark https://photos.on-this.website/wm/24Hw4VonYEOG6brau9JYzIo7hgo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_629240701598614056f58a8.82629885.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Stark The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-rutherford https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CzzMekohA-Y_wi41BnlLRVbMuH0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6979443055e4afbd250ef1.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Rutherford B. Hayes and James Garfield https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33943977.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PgUGLy3ORrwrY5Dzk2T-UQuzcOo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_562284955a6262e995483.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41197654.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B429Sn9KHG5cAT4S0KfblfAmHtk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_536936895eb3058087d46.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/physical-fitness-records-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4HIPMBKFPleuajG7j7adWsUlLbU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185587497762958896ca787.jpgPhysical Fitness Records | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-nestled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AfBDK3kFeXKhWUqdIRDZJ4eLNjc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17334708505585ec2025fd7.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Nestled Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36020034.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WkkRuU6rCStWuKjtDDznJWmApfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20792685655b7c50602a7d9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ml8YIHbRPL2RTW0IgQvJAacLyns=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20673769865deffff5e70a7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22086396.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gaNKte9f3Obdyr6xSJ2j87PSPZI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203077282253eba71616ed9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ars-moriendi https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tGGZRqEcxRpZJqeWl2db7n4dHUE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11771505554d2d4ced91397.jpgars moriendi Photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8871364.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q9l_fVqQi7IJCdn5BAzcsP5R960=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9401493574d73c52050fd6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-you https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b0QTpOzOTqScAyCvgwuecbAqYI4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13333792635986142ee06623.30073965.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | You Never Know The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060018.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jT7y-ok8V1e_08qNKG47f1Q5UHA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20070400944e83fc49388e6.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Stairway Entrance An entry to the stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889206.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1ZcWiQpTCL_MHpDbj7qbt_NV7oM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4818981544d744472097c6.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-grand https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oR9Z6I1eHM6IXPJzX7iyALedSI0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19135821865d48731a148d0.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Grand Wedge Bundi Palace, built during the early 1600s for Rao Raja Ratan Singh, is almost unfathomably large and majestic. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-facing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n9pSeX_eXu2RL8-pNyJLkANImtQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_33685291256c27e2036e58.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Facing Back Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/prophylaxis https://photos.on-this.website/wm/os6lgXJ1EPciW42A5l9LMHXGrsk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14377175814e12a3c9702c0.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | prophylaxis Excerpts from a dental report in a case study dated 3-12-90: "Her primary dental problem is advanced periodontal disease resulting from atrocious oral hygiene. She has extremely severe gingivitis. Her last prophylaxis was done on 6-1-89. At present the teeth are covered with a thick layer of plaque, [illegible], food debris. In addition to the periodontal disease this has also produced a revolting odor to her breath. She has a moderate quantity of calcium on the L.A. area only.... Recommendations and or treatment plan: Effective periodontal treatment is impossible unless the teeth are kept clean by proper, timely toothbrushing. She needs a thorough prophylaxis after a toothbrushing program has been established. However, every patient in [client's living quarters] needs a prophylaxis. There is no hygienist taking care of these clients. Without a hygienist this work cannot be done. We can do some but not all of them. We must select the worst cases and do them first. A hygienist should have been hired 4 years ago." It is worth noting that the clients at this facility were mostly profoundly mentally retarded and therefore dependent on staff for care. This report was located in the hospital; name and identifying information withheld. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-client https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TDCa-s5LSmGw0fal8I1NJ_5t0HQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12652551325a0a596f164ac.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Client Logo Stickers Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/fostoria-glass-company-moundsville-wv https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m3qR8Z2PINEiYvOq2skWhUOqTmA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4559389634e12966618aa2.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Kilm Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273451.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2ko3kL8BbuG7uMpBMTCb1KQ5k6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_130486300263e3ff9b55338.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | French Quarter Theater The French Quarter section at the entrance of the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. The sign on the building if for a theater but the text is illegible. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-abraham https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d-ol4mc-z7T65ylfUUuNWdFfNEM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12486904855e4afb807a0bb.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Abraham Lincoln Rear View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-giving https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wEc4qXM7uKMI_Rm2wiqp3wUn6nw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_944237559ce6bec92470.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Giving In The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777268.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NHcfTK-GhosqHYJqwvpcQWnLye8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15302264455595669870a89.jpgGuard station in abandoned prison. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103343.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6uQEIQNXzVTyC5q1yg-lAQD_Zt8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8799095696526ee38c3595.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42012180.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/abrQdYoo43mopO-D79OonmuM7po=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7874893105f90aea158ce9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218561.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k8Minf0MI5eKeJO5PNCChF5ALYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19480988415aa2cb82b9cc7.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Guard Tower https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-lemon-yellow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wTpPQDEF-Af6hlb0YEwWzFdpXpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12002071825abeb87207cb5.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Lemon Yellow Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889414.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oTV8UQ0Xqm_iCrw4IDX7w15MZEQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1145717505ab3e54fe4b6c.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Smashed Organ A battered organ from a day room lies on its back. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185926.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/elp__tv8nn4vPl-TJliIuvqO6mk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180056982759766354b15249.98093154.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530853.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UJoEvZOMi_HtfTLnDGNjh6CCXaI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1803977626610d8ba0d7b70.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | Remgrit Entrance The entrance to the former RemGrit plant. RemGrit manufactures tools. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889406.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B__ZwT3Vx4hP9Txj3j4XY8WQUvs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17759310085ab3e3eceb160.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Ethereal A change in lighting and the construction material of the walls gives the illusion of an ethereal glow coming from beyond. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645661.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v6C7IQeO0847i8kNXES-ehNREI4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_257846973558316cf600e4.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Moldy Tent Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/alBQwjxiCjQHlnAIhuQM_s1RIkI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29090686604a55a78c7f6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33395812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NDZXk_sELuSwrL4kdJ7lxmKrizU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61491983759f76d5ad6f08.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/exit-sign-detail-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gA-NJRcijzpqNqDhGgoGFaCLU7c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73742138454f3b59498394.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Exit Sign Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/red-chair-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q4tmQ8pU8TEo__SJ_O4Jo7xPlDI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107386962054f3d3e93c6fb.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Red Chair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024646.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-_GSJ5OQ0dXwdfhYCn0o2vy5T_0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8556170505f95b7829a69f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/exterior-sign-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SU3ozZNirW1gMxZOvfIq9BN40cU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12870984455a3989a1cdce4.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Exterior Sign View from S. Alvarado Street in Los Angeles of the Westlake Theatre facade and sign. Signs for the swap meet that occupied the building are visible below. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743941.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pKRqUkmUdaST_z9OKAMMzmyPhW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_101531984959b20e62b40450.12988003.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Ominous Glow Interior lighting at night can look pretty sinister when coming from an abandoned home. Bodie State Historic Park, California https://www.abandonedamerica.us/might-as-well-live https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_ajOMsDeJ4jUaAIvZOtVRGniTuQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10383493104e126c6013856.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | might as well live "Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live." "Resume" by Dorothy Parker -------------------------- Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pNXkpDzoO_lwwT_B83IW58I51AM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_130720195353ed0ee45f418.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28418173.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/abooSnAR0DvdZ2YRAR8ArO0vI0I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10216783785796d5363cee6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22140679.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iXzwDRjPUtVwvXM4s8PJt_Po-1g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196450394953f4cb0275f6c.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/imperishable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f9ETd6iCFEtG-kxhIsvbA4uYz6M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1855626854d7423a49780e.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | imperishable Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and consequently imperishable. - Aristotle ----------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-ward-bathroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hupC4DtW_V3-YI2wup8y3WZ_WQk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10596950665d3f46cb42f8d.jpgWard Bathroom | Allentown State Hospital While not tremendously private, this bathroom in Allentown State Hospital's wards was at least bright and cheery. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30628299.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ivEaraAOgKqfyDHSRYN_8YpN4po=/wbr/1747161032/15678_151681156558de72e417b6d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/was-it-a-dream https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zu9VyQFIs3hWSM_z2WF9auxkXeI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11282977474fa3f1fe5d707.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | was it a dream? There are a great many things I do not understand, and that I doubt I ever will. Perpetually living in the shadow of my own ignorance, and knowing that it will likely forever block my view, is difficult to manage. I can't touch things and extract truth; all I can do is dumbly stare at them while their consistency and content, purpose and past are forever invisible. It makes you wonder about the value of any of our endeavors. We live to acquire, but have so little understanding of what we do get that our so-called ownership is negligible. We eat and sleep and love and die before this flickering set of backdrops and cling to things we can't truly own or fathom, convinced of their authenticity and our own purpose because to question it leads to madness and despair. Was I here before? Was it a dream? What did it mean? ----------------------------------- Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26222214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b5x-kSbVi_G1cfAseRHmJnYXyqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1174011934565b48f7ebc4f.jpgAbandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25073779.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IKuFbPJzb4DKIhxyK5MMyqif7dA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_573675755bbbe46b5578.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-great-and-secret-show https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rXWNJcuwljuY-H8UKUBSspPZ3uQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_399366294d4889338f4fb.jpgthe great and secret show Photograph taken at the Hershey Theater, Hershey PA. Not available in another gallery https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946059.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mU0qbcWZuMBBGJIWkducae2I8GY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58785879559c4154586f3b.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Do Not Touch TV Ask Staff https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-park-st-green https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DPSvdEWxSTSLLmmL9awuCh7gGL8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20129558155689a37c0150a.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Park St. Green Line Streetcar Before the heavy vandalism, the cars were in pristine condition, aside from their decayed state. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945458.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9VDLXPch6-GT52keaCWbc71t3bI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67787283152950f5f7c880.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Infrared Audobon Hall Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. Infrared. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737328.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4gviyptV8LXax_BlaCI1Y8XDT1c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9812471615a5e96e0cd69a.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Spindly Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945459.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rXeRdEeMLd4PffD6kGI4UscgQC8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97858571552950f67d1548.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Infrared Audobon Hall II Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. Infrared. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-union-station-meeting-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qHB66IVXCnoBWAyrAG0e1mT_ni8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1807715594633a872ddc301.jpgAbandoned Union Station Meeting Room | Brownsville, PA At the top of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station, this meeting room appears to have been where the plans for a casino were shot down by Pennsylvania State Senators. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33774592.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5F-MIL9bO-YJgh3KntFZj_sRitM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16495636695a2f0809d44d2.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Darkened Housing Unit https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060020.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wT0EcrCrQnCh3YjGKwtkWaI26OA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3928779024e83fc4e3311d.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Lab Refrigerator A refrigerator still filled with biohazards at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-long-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/M0GR7xK15dMcKid2o8u-80ZrlaA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5748359765d3f4797a10d6.jpgLong Hallway | Allentown State Hospital Another long hallway connecting the wards at Allentown State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-ornate-woodwork https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nGHFJdUOD1uyRG0NeghDFODAM0Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6092604725d3f453981693.jpgOrnate Woodwork | Allentown State Hospital The woodwork in Allentown State Hospital is gorgeous. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7WcDuGdGe43dbuXsVtuodwesKjk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16531305675840e233230a3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SeYGJ3FHoOVNVw_rPi5g_fLY-PY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2628988994ee63a0b56f69.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kp663tMg5DOzlCDHuiKYNPA6gsY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2586341085e90f36d6624d.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Wheelchair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-center https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wcS0VdCk_3bi2Iqj5HGg7Ak6mFQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15893131955e39c69f0aa48.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Center Sanctuary View Front of sanctuary view of Agudas Achim Synagogue from the center of the room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708756.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1Eo6ZkVdVAlhlN5f-g-24fgiS4o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7319380475e13a5df3ff1c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photos-with-santa-westlake-theatre https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c8qrG069d9mowc5yGdI1dth3zaQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17987060715a39897cb2859.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Photos With Santa After seeing the terrifying Santa statues at the top of the balcony at the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles, if you still feel like you can be in his presence without PTSD flashbacks these are the times you can get your photo taken with him. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775788.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dCO6tIW8O_W4rp2sZ2iM-qbaLrE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_774739104ee63cb3cadae.jpgPhotograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36191099.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wOzGVj6m109LSHxkuLYLCrdPvlY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5400225045b91641eec3cf.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Rooftop Doorway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195421.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/51yumYDeRjc4T10CXA2xH5HjlCY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_265219035c2d046befee2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33822970.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Li45Tf9ISTguoMLdAHm0nAWr5kc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15927361365a3d4cae32f45.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Front Street https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741447.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/brjiYHR6_mOnvMUmdvg4am22YyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_681681491543ffba3cdf09.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25574092.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sLYLWUJ1HGYoI3piA3ixUQthDl8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138277431055f8bb8d4e70b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15060434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zHu-D3IpQV9TPDZ9kgktQBmVuvo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10135747164fc4f5bc6c3e3.jpgPhotograph taken at abandonedsteel mill by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedsixflagsneworleansflooddamage1 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YT_iPAT8cDKaZBLgkjNoaPrEwaU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20612473475a6fc47adb321.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Safe Room One of the staff areas with a safe at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans shows a clear line where the flood waters rose. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40902861.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/awUhFHQRahRo_hxInJNUPZVsedg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6053442235e485feaa48c8.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Historical Postcard An undated historical postcard shows the Ladies G.A.R. Home in Swissvale, PA in better days https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210081.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RO1v9-oo0oz_fglXhYPQQtm9EpI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_205040749559192a76654f34.80812940.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132460.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2EaEDjT3213UjreeXWji_7KzneA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10814128914dd74d0598e68.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Steel Arches Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28045512.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9hnRRoXB-rdgM9YgsxmNtYvyli4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_667200509577072291be08.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Upper Campus Dayroom https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29611756.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1F9lcvrECD-GGUvr11QBggH1Ht8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_135472184581fb5d681623.jpgAbandoned Hudson Plant (Detroit, MI) | Locker Room Entrance Outside the locker rooms in the abandoned Hudson Plant in Detroit, a neat "A" painting brightens the wall. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615500.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/55-iiHYzijSLQTPmibwCPG3Zpuk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_155291895154306f854b024.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-side-altar https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4-Hd42EktJinIWf-WIAPRl5f4tU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196390710861a54e8e7c662.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Side Altar Recession The location of the side altar at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229380.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v-BzF6RsPehHOT7jIVQDt11SF-o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1802994530603e9852eb756.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Coming Down https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986526.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_rhBKeHz29-3fFHm9tNtEXAauPI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19987616164d7e83132f471.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fz9lNLfbHoVtkwL6pAjU0ICrQek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6056038995857d1007a028.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-emergency-eye https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bD_ps2tbvvU1EfTrenQhcFsfcLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_64095535abe85f50b52c.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Emergency Eye Wash Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/destroyed-door-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PDiKK59D3-sOiAfS2uvYtapm2aE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2963683154f1f1a911a24.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Destroyed Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36020032.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sKT4zvAU8Z8lpXPf5NDbwkU5M34=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16494765545b7c50400af87.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-rani-ki-ji-baori https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8DZKp3iDoWmthf02SylyXL3yxFY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19211603615d48722875cc6.jpgAbandoned Raniji Ki Baori Stepwell, Bundi India | Queen's Stepwell The Raniji Ki Baori Stepwell in Bundi,India is named after the queen who built it in 1699, is well preserved despite being abandoned for years. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-basement https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tCInb8l8k5-yOcwFxzpTgNUfar8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15269272245a555b1289f76.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Basement Stairway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777654.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5w7kXYyo1AsgV0VarJ22OUeejsI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_198152839555956e2a59ae5.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-amusement-park-roller-coaster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eIhOYpXGNQdcRMUuvc8LxDRSV4I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1218610168517e90abee14a.jpgAbandoned Amusement Park | Roller Coaster Descent Looking down one of the rickety wooden slopes of a roller coaster at an abandoned amusement park. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/after-the-fall-part-4 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4maE4rm_NN0RUsKBydGBM3kk42Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14031011994d732c505840c.jpgafter the fall part 4: insulated by facts It was funny, how prepared we thought we were - with all of our charts and dials, our readouts and diagrams, encrusted with statistics and facts like barnacles on the hull of a sinking tanker. We insulated ourselves from the truth with inconsequential data, insubstantial polls, and we numbed ourselves with the drone of a hundred million voices shouting their empty air on our radios, our televisions, our magazines, our books. When the proverbial volcano started rumbling, our best and brightest studied it and wrote in journals, and our pundits spouted their endless theories while the rest of us ran in circles and pulled our hair - but nobody moved from the disaster's path. Nobody moved. After the collapse the most use we could find for the scraps and tatters of all our prized findings was to stuff them into our shoes for insulation, to burn them for a few moments of warmth. It was just too painful to read them, to see naked reality glaring at us with burning red eyes laughing silently through its bloody, toothy grin as if to say, I told you so. You knew all along but you chose to look away. ------------------------------------------ Library. Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 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Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281436.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ruvTziHWaTrUPTG7xneuNNuwcmM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2830740194e9b9caead0ae.jpgSolitary confinement. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18949176.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O7J-NeUAeo9OAAq5-V9_HgMqrNU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7963791175df00225580ca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173191.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QwmTj8pXyC8do7A4M7snKTFJCxY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13162362635e8b732565c58.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/apartment-hallway-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DumGtfKE2hROOdjgQ-mzyuqjdpw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12791873905db74fb6ce17c.jpgApartment Hallway | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-sentinel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NsR9hVd2t0GfwbVaVTNUxWV3ZVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8773782935d487ddfa2cb5.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Sentinel Pupper From one of the windows of a section of Bundi Palace built later by the British, a lone dog keeps watch from an empty window. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13293011.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L_TSSMK_r15RyrsjyODAZlgMlJU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16802185824e9d26605a599.jpgKeys in gaurd station. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-new-orleans-hotel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/560ApTYJNkQv28zpz0tFL7kNFxE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90102765059db85ac9e1a1.jpgAbandoned New Orleans Hotel Though I have no details on the name of this abandoned hotel in New Orleans, it certainly was intimidating. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882676.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_92206365862f41756b0b3a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-texture-extravaganza https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qzjXh4l5_k5H_LofDZ9--rdrBNw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1897480557576d48a68f566.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Texture Extravaganza https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-tag-out https://photos.on-this.website/wm/N354kN-IJRKR1CyQXydNWOWgWmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13000064065abe8c9a770f8.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Tag Out Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-new-administration https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rVxhwOjQFDOn4KqHIFG_oakCvhc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4305471975d3f46d8cf834.jpgNew Administration and Admissions Building | Allentown State Hospital The new Administration/Admissions building at Allentown State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-darkest-passage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R_oNCQYzkCarxGyeHwfSGd6IoHI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3372798685224abf5d2f73.jpgthe darkest passage Entry hallway to prison https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27555448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k_oUXIo0oEApzO_fPIgTFD6cudY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8044924195741f9eea4efd.jpgAbandoned psychiatric hospital. Infrared. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/newburgh-masonic-temple-cleveland-oh https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bOgVUYru7VidhXS2WSFkuztw0hY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_724165210564e371a91063.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Main Auditorium Abandoned Masonic Temple, Cleveland Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-ward https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KgoFzgWyXOFaL1d9N4hukLb5WZw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_80432924958fbaece575b57.28221018.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Ward Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32687249.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3dzOW4qBY7oLuC6etrCHDaflBIs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_141766251159aacf407cf278.65520343.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Methodist Church by Night The Methodist Church in Bodie State Historic Park, California, taken during a night photo shoot https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-alligator-country https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HzRTXxa9RwxdrcO5uDxcPlOJpaY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_835314481589115ca5f6f0.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Alligator Country Trees growing through the support woodwork of the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26409440.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UsP_1zOCJD64UFnsxWu8Q_AkISA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7396888225689656cb3433.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Skylights Pools of water on the floor at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-drop-line https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JLi_yWiTu2AJanezwkzQJL0orvE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109195284d37cd5051304.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Drop Line Selector Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-window https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VK8F93G0gEffW5rBDh-eGaBc9_M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15074915365e39dc471a327.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Window Triptych Light from the stained glass windows in the Agudas Achim Synagogue's sanctuary falls across the pews. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19466946.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mjvYazI1UzXxTyaJ2c9UYgqd394=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109736982524c70a46d082.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23657731.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kzdT6HXgo4HxwtmxKJOmvDOefes=/wbr/1747161032/15678_139502922254f78df73aec6.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Administration Stairwell Administration building, main stairwell. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642018.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lMzBXg7XY9w5sxbh1X1Vh-RXjSI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2805113505ae11e0143329.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Collage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708745.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3BZeNCKn9vawN3K1JvTGZo9OooM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4861407965e13a5192f1c3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40289105.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lc91PbeLu2wW0GTlNM-Yat4GRV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6567163665db61fd82c9bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-loads-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FI1XIZlA7MGMWLdAPaVTbJyk1Wc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_348261985518c720cc1702.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Loads of Shelf Space Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19141659.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yJAV3GZz3Zu57jeGBjHBacyE280=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14530707005224f04083756.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25758135.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-HWDasJsZaccpIceGquP0ktdOTA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1489089753560c472a7ce39.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Gurney https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40460906.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y-h2OeHkITlVAsKNYNoFawtJ6KU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11891451515dd2f77b04186.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25422698.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ycMkiGGrb9kO4r7DfxBZ469vCbg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_50739223655e671acb0716.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-rust https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hZ9uzAoDdmQXkkia7-n2MiL8laU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122955765458efcacadd74d2.21187651.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Rust and Weeds https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-front https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wtW-P8O0jcKZRhz3dLIMop1C_tw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17472332485e39c75ebcf93.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Front Facade The front facade of the Agudas Achim Synagogue. The exterior was mostly left intact during its rehabilitation into condos. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rockland-state-hospital-orangeburg-ny https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RBtRlyTDQGOJabHod4Sz_lUXRZw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15241952675897628005626.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Barber's Chair A barber's chair sits in the middle of a ward hallway at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27551757.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8HEs5g_MhVp9iAjMN5t32dvOtJ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4424262105741cc5f456cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642024.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hGlUYrd9iKEJQkGohLSKSM-l3P0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4317465395ae11e372a977.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Freight Elevator https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890522.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eJ-AQuTBheKP4VVOSHn_SCvy7Tc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20274792294d747c87d3f75.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/first-floor-hallway-ruins-hudson https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ux5q7rc-StMKq7srtECxTN_OYsU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1363452205292bdc544bc5.jpgFirst Floor Hallway Ruins | Hudson River State Hospital A punji pit of broken boards jutting out of the basement https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dx8V2EQDeHIHseTn81aKMcRn68E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3509986805526f3ed30ffd.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Curry Building Entrance The Curry Building was a reception building opened in 1927. Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-kiln https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nJOnICCYiGPWhJxBGZtmKdMP9s8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_290655224e126c715e0a0.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Kiln Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/complete-and-everlasting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pUkiS6C9BELYhnQW6x1IndkioWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_924529274e13e4eb76542.jpgNorth American Refractories (Womelsdorf, PA) |complete and everlasting the ceaseless deafening clatter, the grindings of the cogs, the gutteral, growling thunder of the pistons, the hiss of combined compounds, the molten alchemy of making glass and bricks and steel for the world, the chortle of the fan belts, the crunching of the die press, the whirring of conveyors ferrying boxes too and fro via sputtering trucks to destinations unknown, the holler of the foreman, the bitterness of the backache, the chemical burns and mangled bones, the joking lifelong friends and the bitching about the boss: in the wake of these things there is a silence, complete and everlasting. all the lost battles, all the unopened bills, the eyes of all the satellites whirling overhead, the sanctimonious sermons, the fatcat's bottom line, the hieroglyphs of wall street, the meager unemployment checks, the cigarettes, the beer, the numbing static hiss of better lives stretched on a canvas made of empty light, the fury and the sorrow, the futility of expectations unmet, the gutteral growling thunder of the shotgun, the whirring of the zippered bag being drawn closed: in the wake of these things there is a silence, complete and everlasting. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/an-untrustworthy-flight-of-stairs https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D1iA3T4cQF1ncMNHoFc7N20iY4U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18508120184d2e2540348f2.jpgan untrustworthy flight of stairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-a-maze https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lPOaNOneCe3-tGzpnAvCj_kc1lw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_280080001524cca83dffa6.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | A Maze of Weeds Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138512.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FTpBlhh6KWfFzDU36SpCyeofPC8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203626953353f3e87dbe35a.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708729.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oVtbcR09dr4Kmn4f7UL1X3hYY2c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20631545475e13a41489341.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708755.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C4-WfYeDXiQa2eCnKMgp2OJYIks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1474899345e13a5d5a1890.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998035.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6q1wgVKbsBiYczXVfiOEVybUQLk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11663057454f19ae89dff4d.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned small aircraft graveyard, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14200965.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_8805114524f444941a589f.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Got Me Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187006.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3vFosioyu5X7Mb24YGT5qXDbu4c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84455744152cef868e2146.jpgAbandoned asylum, NJ. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-entrance-sign https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xClaCgNBUYnn7jYczY36rAv6fHM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2386737915891155851a22.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Entrance Sign The faded sign at the entrance of the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-cruelest-joke https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LAaGcfpk3jv8N8403xCE9s9e-CU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19511919654dd74cf81f901.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | the cruelest joke Apothecary, Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26220251.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xGbkjfgBdqFmKkKmiNknK8oU4nY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_409830525565b26f26c80e.jpgAbandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15260368.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JqVk-3ojTOYIVqKIp1gOU0KtQno=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13543650934fde12f62fac1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15453530.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IPwjaaq5ICozCxjoS8dUo-LMRaA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11973472345a5e968010ded.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Mind Altering Patterns Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-wounded https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H6lJNCPHZqCNqgwbykCLAsUfw8Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19630313975a2b0ea697369.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Wounded Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934368.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eHUnZvfihSSwTWl2qCqEsGY1otI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84281822755271ba86d0f0.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Repetition Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531566.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c25ZIWFQlY2QUFTsBmb2MYjsx0A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19936033705422e1ebf029b.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Lobby Ceiling https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230582.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5FN5kE1-W7bsUyOVG-vW2e7aEmI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_478093946604a556de1844.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/one-can-always-hope https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RQucBBe8rlG2N07Fb04qZ2LpLYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1393593566538e59d6c899b.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | one can always hope According to the law encyclopedia, the idea of incarcerating criminals as punishment for their crimes is an American one. Jails existed long before our country was found, but were used primarily to house prisoners until their sentence, be it corporal punishment, public humiliation, or execution, was carried out. There also were debtor's prisons, where people were held until they paid off all or a portion of what they owed, but this had nothing to do with committing crimes. This changed with the introduction of the penitentiary. Proposed by the Quakers, penitentiaries were supposed to be more humane response to crime than corporal punishment or execution. The prisoners were kept in absolute silence and seclusion for extended periods of time so they could reflect on their crimes and thereby learn the error of their ways. The penitentiary system became a model upon which many other countries based their penal systems - it was viewed as more enlightened to isolate criminals from everyone and everything, even if it did have the disturbing side effect of frequently driving them mad. Eventually penitentiaries relaxed their standards, allowing prisoners to speak with guards or each other on a limited basis. As crime in cities dramatically increased during the industrial age, prisons became an increasingly popular solution to nearly every social ill. Prison populations soared and crimes punishable by imprisonment multiplied. As the initial ideal - that of bludgeoning prisoners into remorse with vast, empty stretches of time - faded away, there was little that replaced it. Various improvements on the methodology of incarceration were proposed, such as Jeremy Bentham's fascinating and imposing Panopticon prison layout, but the theory behind its use as a form of punishment were (arguably) never successfully updated. While hotly debated among some circles, the prevailing belief was that those who commit crimes require punitive intervention in the form of removing them from surrounding society and placing them in harsh and brutal environments. Critics viewed prisons as little more than crime universities, where the amateur crook networks with and learns from those who are more hardened and feckless, and likely graduates with a greater knowledge of their trade and a deep and abiding hatred of the society that would condemn them to such treatment. While the penal system briefly flirted with the idea of using prisons to rehabilitate criminals to become productive members of society, this idea was abandoned fairly quickly. As it stands, recidivism rates for those imprisoned are high and the United States leads the world in the number and percentage of its population behind bars. In light of this, it would appear that the prison system itself is a failure. It is extraordinarily expensive, and in many ways actively encourages criminals to commit more crimes. The horrors of the prison system can be grossly disproportionate to the offenses committed, and statistics prove again and again that prison sentences are sharply biased by a criminal's racial and economic standing. nevertheless, the problem remains: what does one do to deter crimes? How does society as a whole discourage theft, extortion, and the myriad of other offenses men and women are imprisoned for if not by incarceration? Is there ever a sympathetic or humane way to punish someone? Is it even possible to mitigate the damage done by such barbaric crimes as rape and murder, and if so, how? When the very concept of justice is so subjective, is it possible to attain it with the impartiality that its implementation as a form of a social institution demands? There are no simple answers to these problems. Opinions seem to be sharply divided as to whether prisons are too harsh or too lenient, yet the existence of the prison system itself - and the dilemma of how to respond to crimes if not with incarceration - is rarely challenged. I see places like the Essex County Jail Annex as masses of unanswered questions, not as the solutions that our comfortable belief in our social superiority supposes. Perhaps one day someone with wisdom far greater than my own will concoct an entirely new and more effective response to the darkness in the human heart and the wretched acts that mankind commits, and all prisons will stand as empty as this one. One can always hope. ----------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27823028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kqx-_-jH84uusM6HlgqjUj4h2KE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_102370651157572db9917d8.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Insulation Squares https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777854.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t3EhYfnN7mBsOyMBJZ7Gxz0M4Vc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7047662905af34e7eddd94.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Attic Stairway The stairway leading to the third floor of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-void-within https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R0aGKqPRC4CqGtT3FrAMLrjdovk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13852107344fca5cc3a8959.jpgthe void within Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5UVpUIe97bqvpIIvSCyIWCB1zf4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2492347585ae120a5a195b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-land-of-lost-content https://photos.on-this.website/wm/krWMqVDNy-5y5SAWvUi1j95GTmc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14512252224d2e25c5ed42c.jpgthe land of lost content 'Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.' by A.E. Housman https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bt2ID2Y7TU-398_jQwzleT16tz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17829725714f19cda4db0a1.jpgAbandoned GAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore, AL. Photograph taken 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Demolished 2011. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200710.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kSGcDuZpw2F05dAbSctXuvudEfA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20894554014ddab7508e5de.jpgward attic. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33523803.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hflfnV0Ry9zOfszuGh5f9-Bzu_w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10749849425a08878c05974.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42101936.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ad_ybvOWtxc-x44Kx0KcjrbNebM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13083891195fbd96577328d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23744220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_HZPg21SE9afJad_Ps3irfzzTlw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107237202755099a4e36015.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808072.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_116468700864ef7aca6e455.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21099410.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qoYalfuHqvA0tJhqBi_5XNtA4zQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_76781484553711f48269e2.jpgPhotograph of the New Castle Elk Lodge taken about a month before demolition <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#E8E8E8">This location is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences[/b]. [url=https://amzn.to/2Of32mk t=_blank]Buy it on Amazon[/url] or [url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]get signed copies here[/url] and read more about it!</p></center> <center>[b]To view more of this site click on an image in the gallery below; use arrow keys to navigate.[/b]</center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-bumper-cars https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SAqysGHx3vrRTmyNVssNXHKQrqo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180432938359189feb23c043.03379177.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Beach Bang-Up Bumper Cars Decaying bumper cars at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934313.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cu059KCHpRu_DPddVxfuT0MDhL4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_789862796552706d6b8fba.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Opulent Decay Decayed chair. Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-backlot-bus https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0M37U5Xst2zbwbw8tS18PE--yfY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14278664475911f31d2bf406.19872072.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Backlot Tour Bus Ride The Backlot Tour Bus Ride line and entrance at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41228934.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-KPzCMvbxQsBYWdciuDSVhlPSK4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_236476045ede8459d7edd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34303075.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jyP64ZcrcsMRQSMKmkyOhdofe6A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20893623035ab3f6a9c4741.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills) | Probably Unsafe To Crawl Through Sometimes you have to crawl things you shouldn't to keep going. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134740.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Npf9rsgYFCDL7xHUbOjQvnt7l58=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2113983940664e61fed1c83.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134746.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2AzYyIshLMy3F9Vyet_T9z4A848=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1578688969664e63df4a66e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/elevated-doorway-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UbuKG-zZodSEG68WZa_kij_x1ug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5428300744d6c619d04b7e.jpgElevated Doorway | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135858.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Dfuz-S6JxpNXY0UqMfpuN83UZ1A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119445622554825b5775e3.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Infinity Point Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22096347.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VEvFNC0v8KeNseSzeAeRRBlve3Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_204769211853ee3b07aa96f.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonfloorless https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PFrAWn9tMNUz-ZFlTR0DylEzl3c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5123279685508b5626ddc3.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Floorless Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257300.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1Vn_6QXKBJIth0TVk5WNlFom434=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1673876194d2d5c884b449.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Ceiling Detail Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16773480.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z6z_emVeT02eGzCOHtIJSvxQz80=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185695528650a863b71ce29.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13071216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2LWF37RQZb9FzjsYZZ-af8jTrfI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18416286374e853cd59177d.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | ER Bed An ER bed in the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450823.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r-wt9gmv4SamC0HyPTqrU3Qv2XE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_168405825266830f68ea6a5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708738.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vErbhctU1WkHaRFKhlZ_AkB4WpM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5970691205e13a4b45ff7f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27766420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nb2Fg6F-gN0xrSx-RzzAODXDNIE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1754192505754683cd5c94.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Bowling Alley A relatively well-preserved bowling alley at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31177310.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z0ORnQ-yyBKsQNeOPEoVqYh41is=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6251379635914bc8e0b3e14.54866363.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Interior Curtains https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110036.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VeFEA3dQq71DFls8efbDnQsrLZ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1911542184596e494577ba1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/POh5haVycczltFNfKdeeoBWYlfA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5878731435abbdb494c02f.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Labyrinthine https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890532.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ThJ05pcLwFtSUCv2NFib7NjDLv0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1779361124d747cacd2549.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-desolate-magic https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wx_3vW35HTwUA-kY9gdK0fzaunE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9617124725096c394bbd26.jpga desolate magic "A photo records for [Barthes] not space or bodily reality or a strong resemblance to what it captures, but the irrefutable fact of time itself: ‘reality in a past state: at once the past and the real’. Photography, he says, doesn’t have to show us what no longer exists, it must ‘only and for certain’ trace what has been. It is explicitly a form of magic for him, not an art. A trivial magic when the photos don’t matter to us (or are offered to us as art), and a desolate magic when we finally see, in a photo, the undeniably real absence of the person we felt was so close to us." Michael Wood --------------------------- 'a desolate magic', Harmony House Resort (a pseudonym). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191423.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GVkFkEYM9PdwXD1ZN_4wsAnk-ng=/wbr/1747161032/15678_959037850589cf8d3667dc.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Funeral Parlor One of Bodie State Historic Park's abandoned buildings is the funeral parlor; of note are the child-sized caskets. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290856.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZI641Q05NiMhv2h2_Kwk-0Tyb20=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15261264954060efdf3e8c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11515940.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wg_9C8Fy4Lu-XFphh4j5QNcSEBE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11825026095df004facccfc.jpgclassroom, rear of building. note the vegetation taking root in the wood floor and on the window sill. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-kiddie-rides https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j-fH6XdM_ImbXeO00FVLCUB8cSw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8711290085b468c3221361.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Kiddie Rides The rotting Loony Tunes kiddie rides section at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50464814.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2tbUetlkGMjlWzUmceihKKMy-G8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_95634840865a5b944b4f55.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200730.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ldoR9btW23SGxO-OBaHZvBZ17Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14534552764ddab7630aae9.jpgfor some reason, several of the stairways between floors were covered with droppings. it was likely a raccoon (or several) had been using them for a toilet for some time. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598611.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gsb-2X6FPLDFhXl047dpK3ZgXTI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10420733815bc0f0dcc27e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonplayroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YBzFHooo_tjoYfWXPiJbTEPYg6Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18213879025509120a715f7.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Playroom Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37195262.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xsvBD18jn0ifNFAED17adxkQ6qk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1836262965c2cfae53f37d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450824.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AFXse9i0YfT2kOlphQeepU5bgWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109587230366830fa680c50.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HkfeKpPOYrLuNl4S6knJ39_n1xo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9016471544e129c516ecb5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461017.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LKU4BEbwzatYRY4if-43LmKUkzo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8634846765dd2f827441db.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-city https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tWu-juteekHufzrVO90g6fxXg3Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11164963015d487ddde8f43.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | City Ruins The town at the foot of Bhangarh Fort lies in ruins as well. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-always-wins-in-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tZEtYdO6us6wV08v0EfcBsJm7Uk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14140365094d73be97c209f.jpgit always wins in the end Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It’s the thing that lets us say goodbye. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j2e2KezbX2gNjWOobYg16FBcy3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144210283853cbe3d02c622.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28463962.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4ssJTnyK5b3myiePGcqoIu9ABJY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5504159579e1dfb06d8e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103351.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xaVGQ0FEL3ROxPObbFj-duMoL2A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7442100096526eec79305b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-art-of-stretching-yourself https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iEAql6boZdaU10OgSMv0a4dH_kI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19049181664fde12f3795b0.jpgthe art of stretching yourself too thin https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209049.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5zhg08YY-_tMZpIyrMW6Bzu-qsY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6971290885ec6ec378554b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sealed-off-apartment-blue-horizon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jJvBTWALz3VF3ChOTkUwB9lIwNk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18660115225db7501912579.jpgSealed Off Apartment | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-aftermath https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JKh13RG_B5fyxRTCAuIusX_juIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8228848758cad1f9a9c47.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Aftermath of a Fire https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28425157.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/padWSR0uGxgBCza-pb5gsAjvHSs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1806400375797aad618300.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26222206.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rb3uieAwRZ7pOa7-iSHwwCcNeIc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1966397195565b48e427fdd.jpgOffices in an abandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009696.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TYs3w_m2p5ZoVkWG433kZ-Ka8eg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_986009450503819cbe5528.jpgPhotograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/daugherty-textile-mills]Daugherty Textile Mills*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33818645.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fJpUa9dqDDYx8Hlu-3qmRjbpBQo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7425958985a3ababae27b1.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Mangled Cell Door https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35385575.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kd64bidkBVqLRy5m6cMDrkONDz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14141497995b33b5e075f4a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33566777.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PoUVpcMXt__iyY1cbO5iwKuMhfM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3300430925a0f39ce4270b.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Book of Puzzles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-lost https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RQuHO-8dEsCRPnWDGDs7-7LOFvA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2353852095a555b6b211f0.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Lost in Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mavb6SD68l9nlwgc-LTgIsksL0A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6741743515ec6d82119bc2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-shroud https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FQPsTCRexclXRReIPrgQdDbBAGU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_507653565518c719d87f39.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Shroud Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35884610.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OZbz_OjOkK_zccusD0pmRBXy7UY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7410571075b6b1bf08cc88.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43530857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r12BqLRBAPyAjMkGvlKkKzCE1YU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1007908188610d8c2467701.jpgRemington Arms Factory (Bridgeport, CT) | Balconies A narrow stairwell addition on one of the remaining buildings at the Remington Arms Factory in Bridgeport, CT. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777851.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5FUPODn2GPPjbzDsUQ2EhKJLzjk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10609819765af34e5629293.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Fire Escape The fire escape on the rear of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-youserp https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X8bpIuMmAeUklS9kfj0krkkHVq8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1550573219597f38f91024e0.68800709.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Youserp The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934232.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T-nnDIT5l9o2SwhKK2444HlyGsQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10842776855526fbe21ed52.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Distant Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27019620.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cjbrO3Ty5dvR261sCFdk2kCebxY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97168772556fc07c37829b.jpgAbandoned hospital, operating room. 2016. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-sketchy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UhIQ_a7i_3sE3_MXtLs19Vwy8V8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4273721385a6a19bb16b54.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Sketchy Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26352375.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WKbbPsFvA6S9AEqe4zwAfyXLIF4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_178137942556732c4cd15b5.jpgAdministration building in an abandoned asylum Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-stockpiled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pheOTzjty3hDvrw4oh-xl2kIJwg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_80216709258fbcd0189a506.58619348.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Stockpiled Beds https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gary-indiana-post-office-exterior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wDGtPGJfjHeg7EuKcUksg8O4MRY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_95994442456fc5d9857b27.jpgGary, Indiana | Abandoned Post Office Exterior This abandoned post office building in Gary, Indiana opened in 1963 and abandoned in the 1970s. It is now a haven for urbex photographers. Gary, Indiana is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36380476.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DgpkG2JKNRmjdF91qcyxNUt7QMI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16410183045ba26e7083b0a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51314201.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j_PePbpQKG6z0UJsc89GcrZdYts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_757909555667321a4076f3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vwCb6pqmZ7S0CkIEKJWNHfcM1hs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14977864715eb5838742572.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902431.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nHwwYbKEW86xeCLHeTIQm80vISU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12997820565d8288ec36fbd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-resort-mossy-carpet https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ookBT4LjOR64YDbd4thWZwvlF-M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8449637715c339f2149f70.jpgAbandoned Resort | Mossy Carpet Because of the dampness inside this abandoned resort, a patch of moss has started to grow by the door. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30694898.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b79Fz9WYYCgOBUQyo3jOnjdpVGs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_166273906658e3a9fbde545.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26409488.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DxKmbF9C10L02kH1X-Yl6X_fJkc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144780772056896ab04f94b.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Cluttered Desk Toys on a desk at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-presidential https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ku8DIURwCEeFAn_nBGyQDEcs-EM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17342434995e4afbf5a7d59.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Presidential Easter Island https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485436.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1f1NGYoWz8Pd4mqZL-9YImSZFg0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8384179325a5e9720baa21.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Work Bench Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42012179.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3FFc615UWko9J4iYo0R04R_hCl8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_342950815f90ae9ed0b20.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060008.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OIwKhSGj0e5jOfXjSyU86kPgGpk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7343402614e83fc2f58b09.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | CPR Dummy Remains Only the jaw and neck remain of this CPR dummy https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-boston-green-line https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OTeHh1pMmyhRw3-TpY_2AQzlgsU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7535008405096b2d9b96bb.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Boston Green Line Trolleys The entry ramp into a Boston Green Line T car. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191424.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q_W1_380gSjf3-M2E1LqsSJrX7Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_290319525589cf8e821888.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Head Shaft II https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-store-front-union-station https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cm2H6wnUSwR9XmcW6FOXodY8PN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98787170463350c9379088.jpgAbandoned Store Front | Union Station, Brownsville, PA Another ground-floor space in the abandoned Union Station in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743969.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0oxB6fDeFaOnrlXELNY3qrD2iGI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_181765088959b21da1123fa4.71743834.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Losing Light It's hard to identify exactly which houses are which at Bodie State Historic Park now that I'm home; I'm hoping on a return trip to be able to name each structure https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540188.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KTN101e-TGUKKjgzfv_oLYepkH8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7183605085a09e2a1e6677.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Painted Projection Booth https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-mesmerizing-floor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w0G77mRF6ajdbIJ3YF4NHP7guvw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_507771636572915ffe4fae.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Mesmerizing Floor https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22131308.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FX2encAKkdgxRC3cdeZKcpoPX-A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_110486407853f2de2964f57.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230656.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KxKoPrt5T8julT-pZzvVo8jqy74=/wbr/1747161032/15678_105057225604a830e65d33.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28881097.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/u2IY2dggJadNrKViSIMRqb86sSM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67105271757cb6edeb43e2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-jesters-hot https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lFJULkgEyqAlv0PmKiNBbYfURmk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_981713066594d5f044285d.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jester's Hot Wings A Jester's Hot Wings booth at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-second-floor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9YYUxpkBr-Hce2Kizeyn9XOlU7A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_174914131161a54d109ab3b.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Tower 2nd Floor The stairway entrance on the second floor of the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-stockyard-sunrise https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wwyVoMW9UxFxlGmT9I5QCVDEdoc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_699794098524cdacfa1fde.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Stockyard Sunrise Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869790.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jLjYdP9eqV-paJNvePA3N0C-NJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9666610744d73bea165c4f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945453.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eMgERgRty47wCajEYbdsGVFU8Zg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_135745903552950f3e12b96.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Standard Hallway Shot Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986464.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/48b24hOu82o3673HA7q_LyKauTA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10952086004d7e809943143.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31998807.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gjBQj0wqfjz1RJGLuHK-UJnK2vQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_143477123359679b37d13c47.67919289.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Limerick Hall by Night https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281431.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZxoYrvGybjH5tGY246kVybRKKOk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17554029934e9b9c9406de2.jpgMain entrance for guards and visitors. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26148226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w9EQVBBFuLbEhLJuEpH1nG5zFWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_262669833564d59f681de4.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Frigid Ballroom Abandoned Masonic Temple, Cleveland Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37396371.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wubY65m5vIwD4XSap56g4OIXH94=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17331438545c6325008ced8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27019667.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6TSX5T1Aqt7hI7j0MaLuSB1IFiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_180062066956fc094cb1b12.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830511.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-CtVOLFuYvg9dDTY609789P3lbw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_129804141553cbe411c426e.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869522.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZOGjWIOzpOXf4NT4gMaIZdHi0BI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1391075354d73bd95587f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-communication https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0JTpeDM6wir3nXYDWex6XAtKgPA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18053106675a0a533e75191.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Communication Board Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998077.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XQddSwoTNQ5hrC4g57Ku5d1qGP0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14346904694f19b76a31d87.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned school, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755907.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8cq3FkFPZkcZfAGRq1O3cUXUZro=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12697262815e20a7d15f4e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-10-warthog-davis-monthan https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MO9iCzUJfVjq6Bbqda6R8rqeJ-M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17944811835e7a56b99223e.jpgA-10 Warthog | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base An A-10 Warthog. Gus Meyers writes in comments below, "Ground attack aircraft, a very effective tank killer. Missing is the 20mm gatling gun in the nose. THis aircraft was built around the main gun. Pilot sits in a titanium 'tub'. Designed with conflict with the Soviets in mind, the aircraft is able to withstan fire from a 40mm quad antiaircraft gun. Been in service since the 80's." Julian Hayashi-Marsano adds, "The gun (missing from this airframe) is a GE GAU-8, and it's 30mm. The 20mm refers to a cannon used (chiefly) for air-to-air engagements, the GE M-61 series. An excellent tank-killer, at least when operating in permissive air environments. Those Depleted Uranium (DU) rounds cut armor open quickly. The recoil is so intense that a 1/1.5 sec burst can bleed (perhaps I should say 'knock'?) 100 kts of airspeed, so pilots are trained for top-down attack at a shallow dive. I've always loved the Warthog and its simple-is-best design philosophy. Its tortured in-service history is a testament to the benighted leadership of the Pentagon at the time, especially in the AF. Unless I'm mistaken, there are no Active squadrons flying Warthogs currently, only Guard units--so this is an aircraft that benefits from being flown and maintained by seasoned pros who love their work!" Sandy Duffy added that the port engine is missing and the starboard side is visible, and Rexamillion Aquino points out that the NF on the tail is for "Niagara Falls". Finally, Kris Johnson added a link so you can listed to what the guns sound like in action, [url=http://youtu.be/sALiuWg_I1k t=_blank]link here[/url]. Thanks for the info, folks! I know nothing about aircraft so the community contributions are appreciated! Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288180.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_GwZFdqcbCbOZoY4WzWJjdpMFaE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6650731035984ba735be72.jpgAbandoned Hudson Plant (Detroit, MI) | Plethora of Rectangles In the abandoned Hudson Plant in Detroit, rectangles abound. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869650.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dObKu4pxQ3XwEjYn3ipzdI4-678=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11863900114d73be0927900.jpgAGORAL PHENOLPHTHALEIN AND MINERAL OIL IN AN EMULSION CONTAINING AGAR-GEL, TRAGACANTH, EGG ALBUMEN, ACACIA, AND WATER. For Relief of Temporary or Occasional Constipation SHAKE WELL DOSAGE-ADULTS: 1/2 to 1 tablespoon at bedtime only, unless other time is advised by physician. CHILDREN: 3 to 6 years, 1/2 to 1 teaspoonful; over 6 years, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls at bedtime only, unless other time is advised by physician. EXPECTANT OR NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS: Use only on advice of physician. Agoral may be mixed with water, milk, or fruit juice. WARNING: In case of nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain, which may be a symptom of appendicitis, do not take laxatives. To avoid dependence on laxatives, do not use continuously. IMPORTANT: If skin rash appears, discontinue use. WARNER CHILCOTT Laboratories DIV., NEW YORK https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13290880.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9a40QyHzAOFB6CXvmq5u84I90jg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5236036554e9ca34a416d6.jpgSolitary confinement, writing on cell wall. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191427.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ozPv-MUL4rO-cWyRR1IjNWMJMsc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_625511471589cf91ba1998.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Decaying Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450816.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jrVPY9vu2QNFLI-OWkKizYlxkS0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_139915291766830eb064e51.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-blackened https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hWZYbU7cW6goctZa8o3NNSOzH20=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11315643514d742ab74b458.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Blackened Windows Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024622.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SE7kJGlrLeE-ayqeHBW9l2Chv3s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6732968505f95b758b9365.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6d3hxU5g5aXaG0dF1AXkHJUe8hM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9998123454dd74b9fe450c.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ornamental-ironwork-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9XhQNrHSy4h0d91PAvCHzrmsedg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3923223514d7339c020a15.jpgOrnamental Ironwork | Hudson River State Hospital Though it's somewhat lost in the details of the collapse around it, the ornamental ironwork framing the hallway is stunning. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-standing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bn4NzHKLwNBwLx5rk1TbIODwq88=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9598564085a0a5354c43cb.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Standing Water Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-into https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JN5MOKBmwSlKeqoFfPvpVELaIrA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94700368758fbc147abfeb1.54028979.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Into the Tunnels https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-furnaces https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eSsF2behX-d76QXnPRDPGJGMhAo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122304390556c9f4f56a168.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Furnaces Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nurses-library https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2YWrz6DhKxWDp4TwLpCPKajrde4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8257675704dd74cfe9b2da.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Nurse's Library These are the remains of the nurses' library. The shelves are no longer lined by hundreds of books, the chairs and tables are long gone, and the flocks of nurses talking and studying are now elsewhere. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-andred https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pBWs-h8itHUK8M4nxM3TEWDEhHc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12462729855e4afbbb41385.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Andred Jackson and Abraham Lincoln https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-face-shield https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Va-SiryPEANXHQlLOFbqiQA6gZc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15482443365abe8c8441136.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Face Shield Area Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890530.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AqFbRdaO-KmS0LvUSUDIcO_nWfE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19838879384d747ca5609ec.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285469.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fZOhzse4Xi-wFnQX8nD4a-AgJtk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13685706425f0f45bdbb390.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854488.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9bYKMQjeBeI1sJVlngCvekdKSGw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39197737351ff33bad55f8.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Copyright Infringement Peeling Disney paintings at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511321.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Taz7y1gc8sJyCKHV_8dGERDL22I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14034133674dee1f5aca1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874480.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l16TRWn0R9yyrl6Ot33_LgoE8Ts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9260045814d73d9042c42d.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Rubble Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060014.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z1lgr-rY9m4YQ3Ey98f-WaNJmIc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2455346894e83fc3e70f61.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Classroom Desk Fire damage in a classroom at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center; patterns in the soot on the walls were made by water trickling down them https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23660310.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iitxA723rc7H_yF3XCYuV7mTLU8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_55062382854f8d57186496.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Holiday Spirit Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-haunted-house https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xvuacE_4ikDx25Su-T7bTB6FbM4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_132280735a6f5970b130f.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness The entrance to Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29944600.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SZDr8cAhe0YvmOGwJBhAxJ4xXUo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_488687193586438b87acae.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Cleared Out https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26216584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_74ZCBnSO6Mmq7qD0pmfch-H4o0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97718795659fcda302f5.jpgAbandoned children's developmental center. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-hanging https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rbrl2K2PwCxmvzAuKtz_srhck5Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1057755156518c70c648262.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Hanging On Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-light-panel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_sqpTjr4pw7vi9ayf0R2yj7vigE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_657720915abec369a6e95.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Light Panel Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137842.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A8gpTn7DUhn8MJ0WyUckaEZsHqQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10048271294e136dbb721fa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-almost-seemed-it-could https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O7E3XWLeb8uXIOrYmkXRGKjgGm0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10084243564d2e1add1cdae.jpgit almost seemed it could last forever https://www.abandonedamerica.us/and-the-silences-were-holy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Sw4LuHSDfcNk_rLsODfuDSp1baQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4505587715d43361b4267b.jpgand the silences were holy https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26138483.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jfertqgVdFWgBRtNcfrGL-p9DoI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1356544258564a337f1372c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tqeQAZALvQoHTUGUbelsX9uetvI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_573690772550c792449d0b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-across https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s4ouHvKQ4ElZ8hT1w3q6OaGiaLY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_23855156559d4071861ed.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Across the Pews Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239235.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FYJvSGhDzX5Fs9FOSCTHylU0a0Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16095547015ef3e13729d70.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Back Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986350.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XJdPC2s7toB4OS1HCKwxTjXhOks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19058691744d7e7c9529361.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239230.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ae-hHwcjpPdtrCCQF9OclZ5SXc4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3385315005ef3e114881ca.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Charred Remains https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/psGtzmVnc0iVfLHRB5qZkrHAmBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17144168604d7e82be94b96.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239242.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/P4W3Llwj7BiH33HivG-s-sQHhEk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4453663055ef3e16d1c89b.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Basement Stairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986446.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X-28Wps7inLNBgeC83evSl1dqZE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10267815744d7e7f6455b7d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28446236.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tpjZ5u7ZNlWC9nOOlrwqY_UMTFU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_973731532579b8902ccc76.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EZywrkKlyK98ibTmanFrP4Eelow=/wbr/1747161032/15678_766944417559d40fdd99b3.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743935.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dko9wl5SZfi69TmYupCQpvDEQD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_41457434659b20de2d300a7.15230469.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Wheaton and Hollis Hotel Perch A raven perched atop the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel in Bodie State Historic Park, California https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19154679.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kLZXoDyaqftF9KQBBnMTDr14uws=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15668112495226c3e15a75f.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708740.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y3i2HLK2vYR_gVsHcu8AaKfliOE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3128649335e13a4d7c3e2a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pkoOFrw-wffSHT4OSqqkxPPFoqQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6550089405ef3e0fe61ffc.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Just A Shell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sagging-floors-and-ceilings-hudson https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lSbuHQLRSsFj7d3KCRDcW1igWPc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18692254734d733991a1d11.jpgSagging Floors and Ceilings | Hudson River State Hospital Areas like this are a pretty clear sign that nobody should be in Hudson River State Hospital now, perhaps even anywhere near it. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132408.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TtXbJb6kFLhLIeivBlQVgrgtjPE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9713282014dd74b6e364f6.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vMAL6xD_lyDyAziNTauNT43ra4w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11414745495df6a95753cb4.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Close Only In Emergency An emergency box dangles from a broken wall in the ER of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19945456.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sZGOrKb5ioaUaf9phyfLi-2TKDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_204783048252950f5170621.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Patient Clothes Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/even-if-its-just-for https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x6H7t8rsWyd7TG8f0CVBFX5VIfQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20555012404d487a9ac8440.jpgeven if it's just for the day Photograph taken at undisclosed theater by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-last-blackout-an-end]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741449.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0ranboDxPvU3JP36LYbW-qkQOuQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1574051531543ffbc660d83.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22291272.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9IpOZu2qWGiirOFtSaaqgEHmaeE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46323459254061f533f85f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30489645.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZLc6aYl-frtm15w4jgsdvnK28iE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36615680558caa98d8f8e5.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | Lecture Hall Abandoned observatory. 2015. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281435.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nrGL3UsI67BZdylejxYo78b-ySQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13046643604e9b9ca97a224.jpgSolitary confinement, writing on cell wall. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25016205.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PA1cLBjDF0Ar08xUvv3Y-bsD5ek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_165690167955b2afde6bc58.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998088.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Il1LldOUldBjJvBUcU-7L5vd-FY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12601553194f19b8afe2c49.jpgPhotograph taken at Turbine Aerofoil Design, 2009 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The day this photograph was taken was the day they were gutting the factory; as I was taking these pictures all of the machinery was being packed to be shipped to other countries. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-dropped-ceiling https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0gUBCsMBfe6ijoZggz3NCxg-dZY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3141722045092b5c6caf00.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Dropped Ceiling https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998120.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RIVQ0XwVbKfVg-nCOs_ov2Zww2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18890378954f19bd2b4411d.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned church, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309489.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B4LYcZnL71TM53Rm9OpKhaoODpc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_71635748054a6fdf0dd937.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Techno Master A vandalized jewelry kiosk at a dead mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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The trees and weeds outside have become ice sculptures in the freezing weather. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FMGoAnT_Cw-Dbo0mFX6eLEpUrPQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2487910554a313f74259f.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Still Number One One Hour Photo storefront at the abandoned Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281873.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3zGxItqwJttnYPZCdAMCYsCqEZM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7458026624e9bcad7e2d6a.jpgCell block. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531540.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/klpAcEUeG5GFiBe7r6wtPjcrcMc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15175530975422e18d640ba.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Theater Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g-G4-Q4ZXcEdKQy45h8WoY7L47g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7693072765df6a82e77ba4.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Lecture Area The lecture area of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-neatest-line-you-can https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VlReGfOuE0r-cq3zlDiBhouya6Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_364007405224abd178a8c.jpgthe neatest line you can draw The concept of incarceration is fascinating to me. I have no illusions that there are evil people out there and that they need to be removed to protect society from them. Beyond that, the purpose becomes increasingly murky. Are we simply getting revenge on people who have wronged us? Is that a worthwhile aim? The idea that a 'correctional facility' can rehabilitate people through force, especially after essentially destroying their chances for a true reintegration with the community after their sentence, seems ludicrous to me. While I applaud the goal of keeping prisoners busy and making them contribute to society, at what point does this become slave labor that drives unfairly competes with other nearby businesses? Furthermore, what yardstick measures when a jail is imprisoning people for the good of society, versus for the good of the ruling class? Should jails be used to enforce morality? Who determines the morality that dominates to the degree that people who offend it are deprived of their lives for years and incarcerated with the dregs of society? What constitutes reasonable treatment for a prisoner, and is offering incentives for good behavior like televisions in cells justifiable because it keeps violence against other prisoners and prison guards down? So many questions that can be debated endlessly. We like to draw neat lines around issues that are messy and frightening and pretend that they have been resolved, but in reality the questions surrounding prisons should always be re-examined and re-evaluated. There is never a point where taking away the liberty of another should be a comfortable thing, particularly in cases where it is not directly for the protection of others. This is especially true in a nation that incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, yet calls itself free. After all, these questions are all rhetorical for you and I right now, something that we can perhaps discuss over a glass of wine after dinner and then move on from when it becomes tedious. Upon entering a prison like this, the reality of confinement and loss of control becomes entirely different. Guard towers, megaphones, sally ports: all serve as reminders that our comfort and conveniences can be stripped from us if a court deems it fit, whether it truly is or not. The neatest line one can draw around an issue is an electrified fence topped with barbed wire, but the only way it is reassuring is if you are on the outside looking in. 'the neatest line you can draw' taken at Blackgate Prison. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17624812.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w2-aHMexq-RsJpiEfWXprb8eygA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1340107680515aee678571a.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2012. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23657732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BtGagXb4adn5R8g-aoLZTdxx1Nw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_107975648454f78dff98dec.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Power Plant Power plant. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OszOM4BOA5ys21823cZslaxkyx0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9206999035e39c6c641b73.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Hallway to Lobby A view looking toward the lobby of the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598614.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GCpe0uNMftDYztlCycwLxNacQLE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8911967295bc0f12e8558d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonsagging https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5QoXyL5b9TYuFZhh_FAH6ZEliVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_133495627558cad1d83ea9b.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Sagging Second Floor https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26290852.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oRq5XRFTLpzl6sdj9Ii97klwOrI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1664451266566702e86ad29.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Overgrown Gate Abandoned prison Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069320.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IHM_0K_Fz_-NGSx2Cxtx1OZYrMk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19802186374e11060a24a83.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Rusty Remnants Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777833.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iwQcntInb3hZgpjxiUUpiKVz444=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1014444825af34dd365295.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Lobby Stairway The main staircase in the lobby of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-rectory https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p2svU5tZ-se-juHGHP5fBL7EK8Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1213786285f739ef289c8b.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Rectory Entrance The main entrance and stairwell of the rectory of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shut-down https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v_LvDBIA-dFzVvDa6YaUvCIoFNA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12755771904d2d4d13b2fc8.jpgshut down To me, often the most sad and haunting things are those that are the most trivial and ordinary and yet bear the unmistakable stamp of the finality of loss. ------------------------------------ Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777857.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TRcEXpbo60Ke3wP8_SO4kCOn_mk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20346193765af34ea4b727d.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Crumbling Hallway The second floor hallway at the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home was in poor shape https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185888.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UwlyZwoy9e6T3p0CxzINUcVn-qM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1201403331597663187e8430.93024170.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-arches https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8qXFu11kpXAJs_fCAonzVOQShI4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_748040225559d40b677a5d.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Arches Arches in the curved wall behind the altar at the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-new-york-house-sunset https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2_3zicxYVMSH_cc-rPxJj9iJMac=/wbr/1747161032/15678_96033440563500e290cd3.jpgAbandoned New York House | Sunset Over the Ruins Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15431950.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wjUibRm1CQkPCND7-IRrqLYwBGE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_113120245fb2ef294a7fb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206266.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/62qFqQWq4gnb3D2xHhDysRYBJMQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15809892235ebdb4fa2a8e2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206267.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CXRwg0zWQihlO18G1I4broJPuIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7709333305ebdb50191f15.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986356.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9GsmafGcWrLqET-MUuP8tfNLL14=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10146438114d7e7ca232a5b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-california-house-bleached https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t7ZhWI-45MmJD70ncSeTMGZ5exE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12085957785818a3f2851a5.jpgAbandoned California House | Bleached https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8uncZrEzp_vIbfZ7vVgfWMNVtrw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_214392657353cbe3a3bec5b.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-reading https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IhwjN0DUu_4YAaND8nTZST86qk0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10409842965f73abfe6cd42.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Reading Chair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869550.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n-rybUwX9DPQIptqvugOnuxn5ps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2504095804d73bdb51fdda.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonicy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z2j_6eLQBD3ikdU_ptvuRXa-xhI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_206564843055860263bfe96.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Icy Yards Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ceiling-tile-detail-westlake-theatre https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ToC77dgfufHZLKkzihpLWwjEZEM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2542632295a399d90bb229.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Ceiling Tile Detail A detail of the ornate ceiling tiles at the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281427.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nu0oQl1W9_dqOUZ9dy6iXyppJWA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14004014944e9b9ab8e8af0.jpgBasement, room purpose unknown. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31824137.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ovJJhcw-UwUsnbquM84O5a68uAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10578828785952cf19c70a5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30037770.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/abIYMx_IRnp8tD21eegzeNq1wvM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2092131686587c26cd3e8f8.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198051.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Jy9yiL0vaxm4UiHX24B2rQd5u4E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9851772305eb583818606b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wish-you-were-here https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0VB-GfDsAigKyQa-T9SfE2s1MyQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21274095294d73d8a2493a3.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | wish you were here <meta name="twitter:title" content="Wish You Were Here | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="If you were able to look across it all, you'd feel it in your very bones and blood. Maybe if you could see it, you'd understand." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>Taunton State Hospital was built in the early 1850's, based on Thomas Kirkbride's popular new plan for institutions. The architecture was rare and in many ways wondrous - with its cupolas, the cast-iron capitals, and most of all the enclosed elevated walkways that connected the central building with the infirmaries built in the 1890's... It was something awe-inspiring to behold. The site was picked from several competing locations because of the beauty of the surroundings; it is hard now to imagine Taunton State Hospital as what it once was. A self-contained city for the mentally ill, over time Taunton's population of patients soared, as did the following inevitable neglect and abuse. Eventually the tide turned and institutionalization fell out of fashion the population dwindled and many of the buildings fell into such a state of disrepair that they were closed in the 1970's. The grounds are still active and some buildings remain open, including forensic psychiatric units for the criminally insane and violent youth offenders - the latter of which started a riot in 2007 that required police intervention, which, as you will know if you have worked in such a setting, means that the situation had progressed to a point where it was far, far beyond anyone's control. Other than those few buildings, Taunton is an unmarked grave in which lies buried the evidence of crimes committed by medicine and science, by our government, by our society, by our families and communities. In many ways, it is damning evidence incriminating human nature itself. Perching high up on the old infirmary's roofs at sunrise and trying to balance myself on the steep, crumbling slate, it is amazing to witness that something once so ornate, so filled with hope disintegrated into the mess of rubble and debris behind me - where once there was a great ornamental dome, a magnificent auditorium, an administrative hub that was this mighty beast's nerve center now there is only the whisper of what once was, what could have been. It is a beautiful morning to be at such a vantage point, even if it is atop the decaying remains of a dream gone horribly wrong. If you were able to look across it all, you'd feel it in your very bones and blood - the weight of its history, the many things it represented to so many people. Maybe if you could just see it, you'd understand. Wish you were here. -------------------------------- Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2009 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedchurches]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-mega-zeph https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4jnqH0Y_oeuySoKvEbnZe-TkZFo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14804414685a6fc46b840b1.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Boarding The boarding pavilion of the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WmurM3GJqj0dwWGbBUXpvNhoMSE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14619810004e9b9abbe43bd.jpgCell block. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-third https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tp68KwaHvGaa4btCF6yli4KL_B0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2883995335e39c72298613.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Third Floor Storage A room on the third floor of the Agudas Achim Synagogue was used for storage of pews and other items. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998093.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZbSkXvf0FCZ0Pe5zKh-FQ_JlNbA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9124331234f19bac4da91b.jpgeven if it's just for the day Photograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eeHP27QHJ8uUkFT2M64BIGAlCgk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8195138995a6a19de97ab2.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | School Library The library of the Ascension of Our Lord School In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-pullman-standard-pcc https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1f13IIeqc1uXhUF7Ynbk3jurb8A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1612581175669bacc1cbd3.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Pullman Standard PCC North Station Car Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11515954.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vxW4BE7NaQqx-uvsyWjnyJZc37w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10790725474e28ae79cd24f.jpglower level of the gym <iframe frameborder="0" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=d36df5f4-badf-408f-8938-a5f4eac1f808&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500" height="300"></iframe> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-main-street https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yFfTOuMOZ06PXIgwFgQflXuPRGk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19930742605911d102c3a5d.jpgAbandoned Six Flags | Main Street Metropolitan Building The heavily vandalized Main Street at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-vandalized https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6astyudm1Ij4cW3-ib0n85q8fnw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13840864905e39dc5761c72.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Vandalized Sanctuary Entrance Graffiti over the entrance to the second floor of the sanctuary in the Agudas Achim Synagogue. I have difficulty understanding how someone could do this to such a beautiful building. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-things-far-away https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v1nKApp-ziGsOUl2SgHOv9b2-WE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9842805374d73bde8e753c.jpgall things far away 'Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay.' Plato https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024628.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wpn6ES7hiamF4W5oGjEHI7Pvl4w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8768247915f95b762617d4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-pools https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bZf4hbnMCz4r15wO4O2QtSllM2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_206927165b92c65f957a3.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Pools of Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/municipal-electric-hagerstown-md-dials https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2y0ycYgg0xHHUDkukgvPuMu2YLs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18406572694e12a8195c6e2.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | Dials https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-power https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_YQpcwqC_CM2rdoynTa4eggSagQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7091116304e12924e8ac4b.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Power House Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740768.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sCarZ5XCugcHQd0rwS8a9KXhfGs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1174596125a25a8432e1d3.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Right Angles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30065433.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WwIklRozYEkyd-Rq7RUIUJElJcs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19333576955882d172cfc86.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983100.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hoNCMREOk5aF7wFOF3CIUqO0jfY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9217632945d9100b886f09.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229391.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AVhkiQKB-CP8yMKrdTiTSNZzuw8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1692643005603e98f25ae18.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | The Unintended Result https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedsixflagsneworleansmain-street-window https://photos.on-this.website/wm/66xZHIOTVGT_VebuBRR4rBKe2e8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8800816085910ade02e788.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Main Street Window View Looking out a window at Main Street at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nobody-home https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Gdf6Ne6PF2icrT008hJWRHNUc_U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13006255714e126c23cc646.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | nobody home Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31022928.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zxyk5s5Ygfjjar7TaAwTTWFw92E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62825907559078eaf8a8616.19839061.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173225.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wyTEiBIxrZn-XLJXF5LYZw3ygTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9143861085e8b7414a2bb4.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Ceiling Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-autopsy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2guI-YmR2lFgfycoCOI0YahW710=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1908060857561ed44948664.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Autopsy Theater Autopsy theater. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986346.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rtLg1SnZVC34SeQhzLzomIU_ucw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6665924934d7e7c8cd8190.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sNOA8XXykfw9H4-Q3-8I7eHsM-s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11925638195840dbeb699d1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379327.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7fZRSY8LIz2zY-97W2wyl7pTjwY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14296735735abbfafcc6114.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Obsolete Patterns https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-broken https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KD8CsnoOwhF0kjd7AN-O0SlLu0w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6958708025a2b0e95b20b4.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Broken Blinds Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921316.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pr3ICq7wZjN8-b53gFwMbJ7DV6g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16578480255762e5ad7fbba.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-detroit-houme-salvageable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kjc3MDVXxNl38hMj_bnmT5f6EFk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_103435472359c6a9c58dc73.jpgAbandoned Detroit Houme | Salvageable https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813970.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iu70v8-RhtA4tCySXMhN8JE0UbI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16367707894d6c4fbb614ae.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | No Exit Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26290854.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/n0_z5zn_4cl5TziAG7qY8JfaEuM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1178201050566702ef6d217.jpgYork County Prison (York, PA) | Stairwell Profile Abandoned prison Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-cherry-red https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pgDBqFOe8IGxIqiFCkJUo4LxSnU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4238020255abe8c340ed49.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Cherry Red Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/in-sickness-and-in-health https://photos.on-this.website/wm/P_FnaUJmkVxCa8SP-yaCxO0IL04=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12462860254ddaae5ca152c.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | in sickness and in health Main entryway to Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33861719.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XxlgaPwg3jtja5Q-dFdUHozdmdM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11586365545a4fe9891eca2.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Water Damage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0mInipATmDITac_8oECkwxduL9A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1806850184f19b41384a9e.jpgPhotograph taken at the abandoned Mr. Red Meat Packing Plant, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-z0yXPHes5WnOHq5i-pDTdYAwXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3476370365ef3e0e606095.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Vestibule Husk https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-guest-relations https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G3MiUi9K6J_WLblWwQBBQqnGedA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11819175485a6fc457b8a17.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Guest Relations Building The guest relations building at the entrance of the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239511.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pP4v8ZUnG5l_rWrq-eXJueIMWpg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20055655565ef50dc66ba64.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889410.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gWoJuk3NSklXKoW_qaLsRUnSWO4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10735406395ab3f5d57bdfa.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Long Drop A seemingly misplaced doorway opens to a steep drop off the side of this building. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-ramshackle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G3fmf_Ij5yVZ3CJwpklg7buh5B8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_46242750524cca4d87cd8.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Ramshackle Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/we-were-all-part-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JA73lpPa-evWw2WqKK7ZHwoJtBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3209889964d2e1ac68a2fc.jpgwe were all part of it once https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-near https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GVNEr9pizdcRASmUnkk1YA8Vdtc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3649406025585ec0c5f5c8.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Near Me Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/apartment-stairwell-blue-horizon-boxing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S_V3506Len21udVK5JkOHzHvlTo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19918511145ea9e6b1348bf.jpgApartment Stairwell | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/karts-fashion-center-brownsville-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RQbrrd7xDciQtmtSyCcLXrZdW4Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_805932580583c96f5acb5d.jpgKart's Fashion Center | Brownsville, PA The facade of the abandoned Kart's Fashion Center in Brownsville, PA. This building is one of the ones that was demolished for Hope Park. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777848.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aFqrCbaPH8ktgIVNsfBtIcxQsKM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18919980235af34e37e7dcc.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Gathering Room This gathering room at the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home must have been used for events https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16782550.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sHDN7q73o9dUnQGZ9X8b2s25PNo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8163427350a939662b739.jpgPrisoner intake. This is the first thing new inmates would see entering the prison. Holding cell on left. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-st-paul https://photos.on-this.website/wm/98ltOJ4aaChLtHockdurVgyOuoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_85890318561a54e212b84e.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | St. Pail Painting A painting of St. Paul at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/grumman-e-2c-hawkeye https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pHS1CuwpBVNzDe-w5iYRPgprdzA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3669119734ddd50152e1aa.jpgGrumman E-2C Hawkeye | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Grumman E-2C Hawkeye Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41886494.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GTsk2fgqpjqbnLgIwdTbeWvcXYQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10831577235f73ac044027a.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | The Definitive Shot A view from the choir loft of the The auditorium of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-st-matthew https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4rPNZTEgY_gO9DEJNu6KFjeOzyY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_205912237261a54e44918e0.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | St. Matthew A painting of St. Matthew at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112489.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iCJ5d46XYzTAlT-NxxrKl88_04U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106001577563b72b21de15f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-laurel-md-no https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yiBrX4Pl8OYut0Rl3ErnkD_aWbU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_128639899955dcf0a5dd2b3.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | No Hope for a Cure There is something to me that is infinitely sad about children's toys in abandoned locations. Part of it, perhaps, it that they represent things we want a child's world to be filled with: happiness, optimism, unconditional love. To see them left in the dirt, covered with mold and spider webs, yet still resolutely smiling and offering a hug to a world that will never again give them one, seems like a terrible failure - one that maybe symbolically stretches out even further than just the one object and its inferred rejection by the child who is no longer there to play with it... Sometimes to me it seems discarded toys are representative of that bottomless well of madness you stare down when you contemplate how awful and unforgiving the world can be to children overall. Certainly Forest Haven, where I found this, is the epitome of the complete inability to shield children from the terrible realities of our very existence. It was closed amidst unforgivable allegations of abuse and neglect, and even had it not been mismanaged - due in part to the perpetual bureaucratic decisions to poorly fund these types of facilities to the point where proper care is impossible - there is the simple fact that the disabilities and illnesses that the children and sometimes adults there suffered from had no remedy. One chart I read spoke of a girl who was tiny for her age and confined to her crib because her osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone syndrome) and hydrocephalus made letting her play outside like other children a potentially life threatening mistake. Yet she was a child nonetheless, and I speculate that the youthful potential for innocence, joy, and love was there inside her too. Her sickness made her life more difficult than I could ever imagine with no hope of a cure, and because of it she was banished, taken from her family to a place where she was forgotten, where proper care wasn't even possible because of the crushing need and inadequate resources and management. She lived her life in a crib there. It can eat away at your sanity if you think about it too much. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-peters-episcopal-church-germantown https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xTA364vhum30lwBdpctDLRaaCtY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1165468175a4fe95ddab5e.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Overview https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206263.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hnf4IHLijfLq1sSipU8yvfpjr-Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_117300235ebdb4e3663b4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-minimal https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g-M7Dtquv0s-qNGAB1EP5JQtoJY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19630313975a2b0ea98f293.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Minimal Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/an-end-to-the-era https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gQ4YuXThqvk7SoXf9WEsDJz2Vb0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7765257925446e5d0935e1.jpgan end to the era of lies In all truthfulness, our little speck of history should have been known as The Era of Lies. They were what we bought, sold, and traded - our very currency! - and what we told ourselves to get to sleep at night. The biggest lie was that if we did what we were told: watched the right television shows, subscribed to the right ideologies, consumed things just for the sake of consuming them, it would all work out for the best in the end. We'd find our way to ever-distant riches and manage to zero in on an ever-shrinking sense of peace and fulfillment. Our peers would greet us and innovators and saviors, the cops wouldn't beat us to death for no reason, and we'd get to sleep with whoever we felt like. The endless, churning cycle of garbage was the end in and of itself. We all strove for the slim chance that we'd get the spotlight just for one moment and everyone would recognize our true genius and worth, that we had been better than everyone else all along. Our entertainers danced and sang so we could distract ourselves as our cities flooded and we toiled away in hopes that we, too, would make it to higher ground. The problem was, as it turned out, that there wasn't any. The religious would say we turned away from God, the atheists said we relied on Him too much. The right said the left ran us into the ground and the left blamed the right. The poor blamed the rich and the rich blamed the poor. Each individual thought that they were the ones who knew better, that if people just let them have their way that it would all work out, but they were being held back by the other: the other races, the other religions, the other whatever, it didn't matter. We could point the finger at someone else and sit there in smug satisfaction saying "I told you so," as we lost our homes and our water was poisoned and the mountains of trash we made engulfed us. In truth I don't think that it was that we turned away from a specific God, per se, so much as it was that we turned away from the very concept of a greater good. We all wanted our spot on the lifeboat even if it meant kicking everyone else off, even if it meant capsizing the very thing that would have saved us all. We took one of mankind's greatest inventions - the ability to instantly share thoughts and art beyond the walls of censorship - and made it about trying to peddle our flimsy, hollow legends we told everyone about ourselves, about venting our hatred against everyone else who dared to disagree with us. It was all about commerce and marketing. We wanted to package our lives in a way that everyone else would buy into our own bullshit mythology that we had created for ourselves. The problem was, as it turned out, that the person selling it was also the only one buying it. That loop went on and it seemed like it would never end, but when it did it hurt more than any of us could ever have imagined. --------------------------------------------------------- 'an end to the era of lies' taken at an undisclosed church. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24844620.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GNWRts4pVwE2zV-XI679tzcEkDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1943060792559f3acf088f0.jpgPackard in abandoned laboratory building complex. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132438.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rYlZnrVMSdwu3QG5SpxLSFHLmZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10491917404dd74cdeb8ea1.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Medical Surgical Hallway Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791209.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DC7VUq5NoK6jGtSJtUUPGrheFFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9870439455840dbb494484.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo38785815.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CREm57ymhKVGTmC667d9wcqqfMk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12008142305d07b743f2f3c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49805066.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lv-PF-TlD3GKET829SdyP9FxEzs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94250402664ee384709bd3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-zeph-curves https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IBAL3k0yfswy_LcfuFHKzZjXpuY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7200692515918d8eb0e1d90.90789481.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Curves The abandoned Mega Zeph Roller Coaster off in the distance at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-askew https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pj_3qHnFTCmwyA8bcgQwsgJxdDU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1666895284524d9693d2959.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Askew Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143978.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/16m1pCgS4q6IyMoQjZ9IVNUY3ug=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11220002194e13dab82540f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/unique-and-unremarkable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nJxdoGestEpnzngzCB8T4kebTYA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4584492924dd74b5c34106.jpgunique and unremarkable 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' by Lara Hazelton, MD It is a long drive to this small town, so we wait until there are enough new referrals to our geriatric psychiatry service to make the trip worthwhile. It has been six weeks since we were last here at the nursing home, and we have four new patients to see. Mary, the outreach nurse I work with, places her black briefcase on the desk at the nursing station before going down the hallway to find someone who can take the time to speak with us. I settle into the creaking chair behind the desk and consider whether to open the bag to look again at the charts we have brought with us. I reviewed them in the car as Mary drove us out here, but the view of the open water running endlessly beside the road distracted me, and all I can remember are fragments of the questions we are being asked. Someone cannot sleep. Someone else wants to go home. Thank you for seeing. Mary comes back with Sandra, the nurse who works on the unit. We make small talk, taking our time before getting down to the list of patients. This man, poor old soul, fell out of bed and broke his hip. He was transferred to Halifax and won't be back for a while. This other man keeps hitting out at staff, they've tried everything, do we have any suggestions? I like coming up here. At these rural nursing homes the staff know all the residents. They've known them their whole lives, in fact, and can tell you what they were like twenty years ago. This is why families want their loved ones admitted near home; not just so they are closer and easier to visit, but because the community stretches right into the nursing home and doesn't end at the door as it often seems to in the city. The residents are real people, not characters half-constructed from a history in a chart, or from stories told about them by others. There is no urban multitude of elderly demented patients in their wheelchairs and geri-chairs surrounding the nursing station like older-model vehicles in an enormous parking lot. There is no television endlessly looping the news of the day. In fact, the hallway is deserted except for one older gentleman leaning on the handrail attached to the wall, slowly wandering with the purposelessness of senility. After we have finished going through the new referrals, I remember a question I had wanted to ask. "How is Mr. Zwicker doing? Did that new medication make any difference?" I am curious but not hopeful. We had sent some samples up a few weeks earlier in an off-label attempt to manage his intractable screaming. I hadn't really thought it would work, but you never know. "He never got the medication," Sandra replies. "He died before it could be started." "Really?" The medication we sent is expensive, difficult to get covered by the provincial drug plan. And I don't have any more samples left. "He never got it at all? Was the box even opened?" "I doubt it." Mary and I look at each other. "Is it still around here somewhere?" Sandra goes to see if she can find the sample. I am a little bit sorry that we didn't get to see if the medication worked. But, I think to myself, we can give that sample to someone else. I can think of two or three people right off who might benefit from it. I try to remember what Mr. Zwicker looked like. A thin old man, childlike in the final stages of dementia, tilted backward in his geri-chair, eyes closed. It would be difficult to say whether he retained any volition or self-knowledge that day in the sunlit room. He was not screaming when we saw him, but silently opening his mouth and allowing a spoonful of institutional mush to be placed on his tongue, as if he were receiving Communion. There was a solitary calm around him, and not even a gentle shake of his shoulder and the sound of his name could reach the place beyond dignity or indignity where he was adrift. Sandra arrives with the anonymous brown envelope of interdepartmental mail and hands it to Mary, who pries open the staple to peek inside. "It's still there," she says. What good luck, for us. But even as I am thinking this I am aware there is something odd, and perhaps improper, about my attitude. Surely it is not right to feel, having just heard of Mr. Zwicker's death, only this cheerful gratitude? Am I supposed to feel sorry? I check my emotions the way you might check a pulse, monitoring for irregularities. I tell myself, This was a person's life, trying to kick a bit of sympathy out of my soul, but all I manage is a bit of self-indulgent guilt. I can't feel badly about someone I've never met, is the argument I put up. I seem to remember some quote about no man being an island and how we are diminished by every person's death. But what does this mean for a doctor, especially one who works with elderly patients? Am I to shrink a little every time a patient dies? It seems unreasonable to expect me to give up a bit of myself because Mr. Zwicker, who could open his mouth only to swallow or scream, died while I was hours away. It is only natural that I am more attached to my pills than I was to a shadow of an old man in a small rural nursing home. We spend the next few hours seeing patients and writing notes. As we are getting ready to go, I look into one of the rooms. It is empty, without the little bits of personal detritus that indicate an inhabited room whose occupant is only temporarily absent. I think perhaps this was Mr. Zwicker's room, although it is hard to remember. These rooms are so much alike. Outside the window, clouds move slowly through the blue air, breaking apart, reforming, changing shape before my eyes, each one passing by unique and unremarkable. --------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-screamer-coaster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9mQ3iMNtHFWbDKYBng6VgF6oJeU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21082586525911f311943a20.96816763.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Zydeco Screamer Platform A high platform on the Zydeco Scream Roller Coaster that overlooks the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25981353.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dm2WZa-lbJCfky5-GhJzMzGW9Ss=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1151761547562e639c0f469.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377885.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oBkm2xGE2j28raxRElXMQz72LXw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3923744315abbdb37a7d8d.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Abstract Geometry https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33445251.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p55zZpfcSAgjLGceSevLYCDrDW8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_90494642859fe059fd4aff.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450814.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hiqcJFQ4UmCM1XYrw2876twwYUI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_71404433766830e74b0054.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-golden https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wjWgCGC0JsuUNZX4T7y1zlb6VV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1364436919559d40c86ae08.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Golden Glow https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986444.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Zr9xii_q5g8qIbikNIWe-7zqv8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7509781974d7e7e9e65585.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S6mLFH1-QVysjb9YM6vVWqp5hCA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9906952355840dc5b04577.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/blessed-are-the-dead-who https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fIcXgPoFjPAP3I8RJeTr_C0Bj_c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1471401095531f6cade3623.jpgTransfiguration | blessed are the dead who die in the Lord There is no way around it: what happened to the Church of the Transfiguration was wrong. Maybe not in the cost/benefit obsessed world we live in, but in the larger sense, this place was much more than bricks and mortar. It was the culmination of people's dreams, their tribute to God Himself. Their love and worship were etched in the stones, and we could not even find the time to properly salvage their craftsmanship. We threw it in a landfill. I loved this place. I loved it in the way that aches, the love where you see something and know it was always a part of you, waiting for you to find it. I wish I had sooner. The idea of its demolition is hateful and unjust to me. To tear apart such a place, to shatter the windows and carvings and paintings and mosaics is an atrocity. This wasn't just a building, it was a legacy. If you look, you'll see the marriages and masses, the funerals, the confessions and redemption, the parishioners raising their families for generations here - going to camp, joining choirs, and the two priests who cared so much for it that they were buried in front of it. It's gone now. According to the catechism of the Catholic Church, the transfiguration of Christ occurred when He revealed to His followers that He was the Son of God, and that He would not be confined by the grave, but would rise from the dead and in doing so pave the way for our own resurrection. His body became radiant and filled with the holy light, and He told His apostles He would go 'the way of the cross' and in doing so show that 'it is only through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.' We are all mortal. Like the Church of the Transfiguration, all our most cherished memories, our greatest victories and defeats will amount to nothing in the end - they will fade in time and our achievements will be bulldozed for the parking lots of the future. When I saw this church, it was radiant. I can't really explain it, but it touched me. Only a month later the demolition process would be started, but on that afternoon it was serene. The church held its memories and secrets with pride. I am grateful that I had the chance to see it, and I hope to see it again one day, when we are both free of this world and its wrecking balls. I want to look at its delicate statues and decorations in the glow of the setting sun, to run my hands along the railing of its choir loft and gaze in awe and humility at the arches soaring above me. I want to feel its majesty again, as I truly believe when I was there, the Lord was too, and shall be again one day. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-frigid https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yPviJxtzSOgRcA3JJ53Wg9CWCts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1914592042559d4082934b7.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Frigid Sanctuary View across the sanctuary at the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869570.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UTAe4D82zE3JCcVGUwWpzdgXc2w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18353279154d73bdc609705.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29753224.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iVSZFPY0x9FMYu5NwZcTowrWCZ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_210495252858386ca84fd28.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Lofty Atrium https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33432940.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PCVlMwX0MKjkackWaixV6_FwqM8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65035819359fb865f670cd.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Restaurant Porch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200748.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mTwU474RU4oGeALtQNtBaPh_bW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20118982764ddab774a7afd.jpgday room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934321.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tKwBMdcF8sr-SCOoNPCeNsi_7Kc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_200447936655270c5cb155e.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Feeding Slots Solitary cells; note the slit for food trays on the bottom of the doors. Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30067658.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U95NcUWXZ70W3HOVw6MoTv_Gc80=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2699702625883af934c529.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo9430210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T52YbmIwe9RUmcB8dHyC4zeieTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2463123494da525abea2a7.jpgSt. Margaret Mary School (Rochester, NY) | Height Chart https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-rage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BkLlnv2Y86e2t8DM5x9d7cj7yck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70211005656b6345d19d62.jpgLong Beach, CT | Rage Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Solidarity Forever, by Ralph Chaplin https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27921313.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GMltkdRDRxwVNAu1Q-94c5ei3QM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10421856775762e554b5748.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/auditorium-george-pepper-middle-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pQwJajPHGMTpZpUWvo25AWxQyXY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_124249894862957689b2269.jpgAuditorium | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23309492.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zSu-di6BU0lO7e_GPfwpAZn0CUQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_71979407454a6fe0cb5dbc.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | I.J. Fox Entrance I.J. Fox store entrance at Randall Park Mall. According to a quick Google search, I.J. Fox sells fur coats, leather outerwear, and other luxury clothing items. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-altar https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wyARhQXrRvBd6jyPQkozeQZ3KPg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_176589580661a54cbf696a6.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Missing Altar View of the altar location at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598610.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oXiHPby5RixDG4ER1d06eGRZC8k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5804823245bc0f0a05750f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-cool-zone https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UxUXDX2O0n9oEFUq7ksdZ1GvmCQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1815254574594d472048f16.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Cool Zone The Cool Zone, fading into the treeline https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-balcont https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JvOKamSmTHMWE1FxytTC6CNNBc4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14485685675e39e51c83ed8.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Balcont Sanctuary View A view of the sanctuary of Agudas Achim Synagogue from the balcony https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36048983.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wZJKqhuejrwhsLoI-BSs6u_y7js=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9800924485b8047ea05dfc.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Pulpit Bookshelves https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29740463.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CvtODn9G_TB5-DJOupxamJVAY_8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15074942115834f1b3c23ed.jpgWaiting room for visitors. 2014 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27439707.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pppkuAyHD7RNRT6uNjKeRd4RbJs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_78182052157334bca6a678.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-steampunk https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WQZYgGDt6U40GjZ-r8bkOkAKrOU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94942087158efcacdd0a056.52155259.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Steampunk Cylinder https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-unfolding https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pvn6jcaUmbDpQv3msrKET-arwJA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20729721265586028649b2e.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Unfolding Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173189.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wLC2JVbQpCwyQTB-plLlGJC4IA0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8458752775e8b72e1cb98e.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | A Clean Heart The text reads: CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART O GOD RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN ME https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonfrontsteps https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cCgUncPKLuszSeVobfI0bdPG7dM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7832493185668a4d3bddad.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Front Steps Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30853753.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RoRFBh0v7-qzq2Snf0Uqgs9MMbQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_149918684558f66250190577.91820032.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Overgrown Cottage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-Y5wHAyHBh0zxnvyFODB-MxczhI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18379186504f19b76707261.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned school, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854499.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/COH4OyKEK562lMe7QDOF1QRG6b4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203565885351ff350b9af9a.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Framed https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30564137.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FeDkoHkIoiyI4QRVs9zqb5w5BvU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_132718314058d2bd8a7f988.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737346.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vUh49OgKGvfsVMRu15w3KQ2xM3U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15257001724d655dca4e390.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Spool Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531562.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Pof5jhdVHhNGuXqxu25MmkwUFLg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17532532335422e1dcd4cf4.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Uneasy Green https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-antique-television https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VcFBh-Fe_XiN9Tpr_-0VloS4QrI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1174132428576d611fcde17.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Antique Television https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143998.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nljlPVAlxgq-H_jLLf3qfSz9F8w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9237228444e13dcdd27887.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15133725.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WkhMnns5gOUm9Oi9-pTu4-ZAF6M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5111025504fce274e7838e.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Administration Laboratories In essence photographs serves a similar function to an abandoned space - they are a sort of dead moment, frozen in time. The conditions that created them no longer exist, but we can glimpse another moment in time through them. Nonetheless, that reality that they represent is lost forever. You can't flip a photograph over and see another perspective of the image, and soon the detail is lost to grain. Likewise, you can sift through and examine an abandoned site until the end of time and you will never be able to find your way to the point when it was alive. The are both proof that something existed, but exists no longer. In this sense they are both the purest embodiment of loss; the tragedy they represent is unchangeable and eternal. It is not just our own mortality we see in them, or the mortality of a place or way of life. In them we see the mortality of the moment itself, and the fact that the process of being is like standing on the edge of a cliff, where the potential of the future meets the actuality of the present, and streams endlessly into the oblivion of an unknowable past. They are incontrovertible evidence that nothing ever lasts. ------------------------------------ Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-controls https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jAv-MCg-SoCotrv88a2hIqPKgZ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7144753985abec3b1b3506.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Controls Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273445.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wnpfzU4_gFo8nnVBfB7BUnsLN4g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196593117463e3ff10e2d72.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jokers Jukebox Pano A panorama of the Joker's Jukebox ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/molding-detail-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4jVqYswOQMjyImAYfMN4yXuNBoE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10583445995a397d206de3f.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Molding Detail Cherubs, birds, and garlands adorn the molding on the walls. ----------------- Photograph of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139260.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JeJSO6bO7veN_BcprXp0ZPB5YRI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10913245655224cb4d3b04d.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/that-is-eternity https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C-hnYBytJipLTp4wpXWNMU2vy-M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3951001684d747c96d72b3.jpgthat is eternity From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. ~Edvard Munch ---------------------- Birdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dwV7iwz9zaeBAlcjnC4H_6yZLK4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_132959474158efe512e2baa0.08442855.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | The Way It Used to Be https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-dimly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DawYQDj7GGfqiaMOpKHrTG73KyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7366898359b98effb86c8.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Dimly Lit Lower Church Light fades fast in the lower level of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30192141.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f07sYh1PC1_LVLkCPCKwMPMxW8A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_300546500589e24b4d9400.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Vestibule https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14217681.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_8030321554f493f22d61fa.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Office Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35529514.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IcyI5EaXGa3691RGaQkdq04mSoY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13636065515b47cdc64ce8b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934314.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DJCZ1uXv7td4WJASw241nId9XI8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1897023044552706df9c889.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Once, We Talked Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-sun-dappled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H5WPKeFWRd951lgac-gjECY6vao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16592846445689aaf5358c3.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Sun-Dappled Patterns of leaves sway across the cars on a sunny afternoon. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-dissected https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lc0oD_Vk7idU-Y5huTrXkeBW-dc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_365646447597f38e41e2ea8.57398815.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Dissected Sectional The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740766.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BNoA7I8DGn0DORjTxb2hx6fMUu0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19214083395a25a7facf889.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Exterior Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/courier https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F8POFk8aOlJQYQcNyfHUM5oTI5o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10882224015a5694e238d60.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | courier there must have been a point when you realized - maybe not at first. you probably thought it was just a bad cough, but you'd had them before. soon enough, like all colds, it went away, and you thought nothing more of it until people around you started to die. maybe it was only people you had casual contact with in the beginning: the mailman, the clerk at the convenience store, the ticket taker at the movie theater but soon enough a pattern emerged, and when your coworkers and friends started to call off sick, and when they didn't return in a week, a month, ever - surely it must have struck you as odd. maybe you lied to yourself to avoid the guilt you told yourself the illness was becoming an epidemic that it must be happening everywhere, that surely you weren't to blame. the wheels of bureaucracy began to turn as the list of the dead grew and grew, and one day when you were relaxing at home, the men in hazmat suits arrived and asked you to join them - but it wasn't a request. you protested, you said surely there was a mistake. you believed it was a conspiracy, that they needed a scapegoat but you had no choice, and you were taken to a small cell where you had no phone, no computer, no contact with anyone aside from the staff in protective gear who gave you your medication. your every breath was filtered and filtered and filtered again. you could not even shower for fear of contaminating the water with your tainted cells and now, you are a secret, a number, forgotten because all those who could remember you no longer exist. even your house was destroyed. welcome to the rest of your life. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13281432.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SLgwKK2uSu_s40fowadSvU2txns=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4592527394e9b9c99dcb55.jpgGuard station. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/view-of-two-levels-westlake https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Oye0QHiRSAFgHfmyOISZ0baiGWY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12160863965a398985c43d3.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | View of Two Levels An opening in the ceiling of the first floor of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles allows one to see the shabby swap meet and the opulence of the theater above. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-distant-zydeco https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rVQfjqcMjSipaIn8ynyK9gFaZtQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1967353905a6fc439b4de7.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Distant Zydeco Scream The looming loop of the distant Zydeco Scream Roller Coaster https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138695.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rLZ5f-N4LGmBLl4eB1dz_yfnn8c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67576815153f3f08d4c153.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132398.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vzRIxfTKr7PbzF29pm7QaK4pPO4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8206621364dd74b5836be4.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136473.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C12SWXE_DyCb6WsdtWP-IC1Qf0Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7102047185224ac1b5729a.jpgClothing room sign in prison laundry, covered in black mold https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136479.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EzieeYi-L5DvMsuDaJW5gme-fUU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11097301495224ac2d2301b.jpgPrison corridor. Note that the segments of paint that have peeled off and are laying on the floor are mostly relatively large, a good indicator that nobody has walked through this area for quite some time. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-playground https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D1W38DBMhhQ5sltXfN_vJGC33U8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53198119459db8439efea9.jpgAbandoSix Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Looney Tunes Adventures Playground The Looney Tunes Adventures Playground, looking much more sinister than it must have when the Six Flags was open. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30854883.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cS8Xk4qV6zBSxSchm2St_8SA_xY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58528824658f66ecfe025c9.28407384.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Memorial Hall Stairwell https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777248.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L0va6Kio2urnFft66CbyP9WdgN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_85527421755956675365fb.jpgBelltower in a chapel in an abandoned prison. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22140682.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kQNomZvR43pq2SKwyUHaeA4_SJM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_49230058453f4cb531abc9.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonreclining https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fuh2VvNNLNeQazkk8fPD_bLVVn0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11425981375631447db088e.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Reclining Chair Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8714028.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KhYEj-amS5q_CwLkyTV8BVJILKg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15699725285d433c3d8cb74.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998074.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C-vjBjlYzBa1lxK9G287aBYwGbY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11504441804f19b6cc11b1d.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned chapel by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777660.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ClF9M1J-5n6aQze7zUpQJHs_qgY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_145948947755956ed2565c1.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-old-ward https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1DaPr1NCJ_ew_vUECYn7nsB09X8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16662673305d3f483a01f03.jpgOld Ward Bathtubs | Allentown State Hospital The bathrooms in one of Allentown State Hospital's wards show how little privacy residents had while bathing https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-up-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v0EKE1dE6VYyqgs5H84l3uMPAjk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1702370304594d47d292da2.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Hike Up the Mega Zeph Looking back at the entry pavilion on the Mega Zeph ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/doctors-office-union-station-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s4O44MFDtWcYqoNgHjCOEBxClSQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73233394463350a0e03640.jpgDoctor's Office | Union Station, Brownsville, PA A doctor's office waiting room in the abandoned Union Station in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27620219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fy9fT-ga4L6ZhJyoBmeEiKSE4QA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18924371225749ea05381b2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777853.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kU70QNjoL3WizqmC-2e3bxvnbPc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3845129885af34e7887ccd.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Fallen Lights Light fixtures like these can be pretty dangerous for explorers, as they are quite heavy and inevitably fall from the ceiling at some point. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8737338.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FMsjwXkajYH2Jp7nFsZyBFB9Nrk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_858498684d655d328c638.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Fading Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/things-lost-in-the-fire https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Iqpx2zlEpQdpWFEi7qb1-y9Ab14=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14176720074ff220a13633f.jpgthings lost in the fire Photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27544764.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D0uR4NyUVG2-7hqducB5AIKnOC0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_192601900757407c705bd66.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35519923.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/scATUF9QG4tdiIEWGVc_8_P7hyA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13814032195b468c13aa632.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Ticket Booth The ticket boot at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-rooftop https://photos.on-this.website/wm/m-dRi3urfGcbNSQ9cCe2UD12hE8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21295942885d4872b434992.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Rooftop View A view out over the top of the abandoned Bhangarh Fort shows how large it was, and how much damage it has sustained. It is said to be one of India's most haunted locations. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323170.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/msYOxI1LmAd6hmkmxmoOPbrXnYo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_983054504d362b3e5bb6f.jpg'the things we left behind' Frick Fine Arts Building Pittsburgh, PA September 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285464.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mCBdAku6RUvHKBlCBvKr5a8Jcn0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10010105535f0f456494f76.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24441008.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/prt41Y-9pTljA9TazvDk5c7JGZk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1167184334556c879c18648.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Entrance Sign Entrance to the Catskill Game Farm; note the shadows of the wooden giraffes that used to flank the entrance. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32947710.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K2QpyQKd3skP2dN36JDcu3nzOS0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_165947769559c4322868ec3.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Workshop Area https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273449.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tQLkJPSMRX3LsT_XF-waTWV-cvg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_113894857363e3ff70e7f3a.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Spongebob Ride Interior The interior seating area of the Spongebob Squarepants ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23310753.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gl4dFv2wxLAmGwETEghXXZ_n5sg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8857342054a754e3b5426.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Aloft Randall Park Mall's hallways were designed to highlight the open spaces and give a sense of grand scale; as a dead mall, the effect is more eerie than reassuring. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-art-of-god https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-hghjFHIn6IbazCS_GNiBxJiNhk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21058750954d2d4d20cf97c.jpgthe art of God "Nature is the art of God." - Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, 1635 Photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/owings-mills-mall-owings-mills https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZTrCWJ4GJ9Ni7nHbODW0CQM-_qo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_123965781659fb869231da7.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Last Vestiges of Civility https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26409487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PD2NV4vcY6PgCZqB9AHW4e2uojA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_144344781756896a9e5ad25.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | The Road to Growing Up Play room for children at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-sickly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qZcixIrx8s3bOGyFSsx6ahX1YTQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169500712597f39189f3cc9.51461969.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Sickly The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-clean https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OrAhbGMP7eNvW3NhUdmK1evewhs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4604090695a6a19cd52e5e.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Clean-ish Classroom A classroom in the school of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-boarded https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VgASgdsGhiKBhcsUbHPfnvQYsN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_774773691678435a5ddb21.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Boarded Entrance Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonrictus https://photos.on-this.website/wm/se1j3CWyvaVO-Sd1fE41kU7uMbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20205537265585ebf7a1c6e.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Rictus Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FKYQKaCgzNhFnjHofggfqceQqYg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6574023885840e8c00c910.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-stockyard-sign https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TdrBInFhyYK8XwcsPMoaQqIdMLQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9684006644e13d26006f1b.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Stockyard Sign Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-stage-profile https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HEJ0oxJdAyxF0iv-nZDOnk6H584=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19048435765123e6e1264e0.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Stage Profile The balcony seats in the Irem Temple really offered an impressive view to patrons https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8547172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jp3_MrXgl8g1QxEkztzU6TgdSDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10032076375d432b6f711ff.jpgAny one of these chairs could be refinished and reused, but the sheer amount of abandoned businesses and houses in this area make it unlikely anyone will find use for them. The thick spider webs covering them give an indication of how long they have remained stationary. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iiH_Gueoj3PmjS1H-FLY7t985xU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_230601345559d40a40393c.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | The Descent of Ascension View looking from altar towards rear of church at the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24784591.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VD_Tjh-vcCUFkpQ_vJ81Ea7N_Ik=/wbr/1747161032/15678_105550536555975f67a4f95.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo43863234.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c0Rsp3LJNdb_7a3k9nq07KRp3BM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4060307326137dfd657963.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-administration-lobby https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ot68Q4BGGRWSc6qJ8F9_hOOyrIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3924857015d3f457fadb6e.jpgAdministration Lobby | Allentown State Hospital The lighting in Allentown State Hospital's Main building, formerly the administrative section, was amazing, as were the architectural details. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-stacked https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YkaTWN4j1bRRJKc-ffnMeAn5Ag4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1763547229597f3903ae4788.62786354.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Stacked Chairs The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-love https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vPNRltVxu80bTOBQVR9W6JbMXz0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10293768264e126c902e53e.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Love Thy Job Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775720.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A9l9nB-viOVBQVjtntW23S8eyKg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3148424334ee639dc08a31.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bank-crumbling-lobby https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y0rEYKLBt_OoLGSfa0pTlYKkMAY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14542087785b157faf9aeb1.jpgTrees Use Rear Entrance | Abandoned Second National Bank, Brownsville The abandoned Second National Bank building in Brownsville, PA. The rear wall is collapsing. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998227.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DBSt2zpGAN0CKHVD1vi3D2LdUqw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19509892674f19cda005224.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned elementary school, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33757186.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zLotzI72WQTC5MLYSBZ2e17pWvI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13415462815a2add027056e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28425168.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vGzFb9JuzzrPvllXKaKWKeCPMAg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1379951195797aafbc405b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103333.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/58aaaQ5tvWanXtpggrdy9M5VgeA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_296643616526edbcd3347.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-geography-of-nowhere https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Uv43T_A__Su9b9v-GHwvb57wJkQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2982576065224ab4e9db14.jpgthe geography of nowhere Based on the painted map of the United States, I am guessing this was a classroom. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40790503.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ADgn4RByshPAKygdhzKkzetNZxs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18426112325e2b57c480d31.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/c5-galaxy-midsection-davis-monthan https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TieMrzhZtP40nC6eGbB90fn8x-o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9591478155a515b33c8671.jpgC5A Galaxy Midsection | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113314.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W0Q1v4Se8UqDle6CiMrCOpX3VQ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13740398564e1297c79ec9f.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Wooden Chair Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-good-advice https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-M6dq1KfARPK4EZsNsACxWbIXLc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16303537568999ca74024.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Good Advice Many of the steps into the cars are badly rotted and if you step on them, the sharp, rusty metal could easily give you a serious laceration. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46882678.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_79486575262f41770f097c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-fading https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lY7IXHVT6twUXGpM115xhR_ehhY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1311086063559d40d98ab40.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Fading Light Lower church Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22138732.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_oZ52XXAtF6MRXdQG0dPtbRD6Zs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_156328945253f40ff50e7cf.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/of-forms-assembled-in-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fiJX3FsT5k6VUz2bESw3Bz0UVT0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15715646784d7445190f9e8.jpgof forms assembled in the light "Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light." ~Le Corbusier -------------------------- Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25943293.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QU0OYQuZhYOXsg5Db_adKmeV4CM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1187277751562951e824ecb.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Red Stripe https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-big-easy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GA0FdnbZX0Dj2Kb4ZD_bwJGBuvk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13866052755891154635100.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | The Big Easy Ferris Wheel The Big Easy Ferris Wheel at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835551.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eFYc-yhv2NvewsxVKLVLdvoeESE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1230185252559d40094646f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-tool https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gLWORXVrJ0kxxbkbWdtCNx-eqHA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14124977755a0a531acff23.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Tool Silhouettes Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092660.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1qXJH1B-76gjt9iTumFbI5igPpQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_103493150653ed1ccb39bcc.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-spare https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QtaqXR9ybvH6WtPP0MmR5QpKhsQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_629544437598613e0225a10.11367249.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Spare Tires The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47900977.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Tz1Nausfz5N7DYP_GACK7KfHzl0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_139307193637403ca60b86.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28187062.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WYdFu35plTAry6Gzwa0yx0uPhiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_201807445577e87222f827.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22131309.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7boJLivdyHBfvafvCsFQWcUf21c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_54792431953f2de366110f.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777657.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/al87DxkJ4HWymLoqk98lEfIKwGc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_210240371055956e7b0f253.jpgRotting film containers. Photograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22292579.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JR_3IXCabscbG9cy24QzCwCeSSo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_140062568854063bd13dd20.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29594023.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B5kDaqRmd15kK7UyreNkj2sV7pg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_765763506581e3102c8059.jpgAbandoned Hudson Plant (Detroit, MI) | Long Bay View In the abandoned Hudson Plant in Detroit, a long view down an enormous empty bay leaves one wondering what it was like when open. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/no-matter-what-i-tried https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Nk7ZRFuCm-c2Me6kiGsDs1MH4P4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11346212215fb2f09b3c12f.jpgno matter what i tried photograph taken at chapel of the trinity*, 2011. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-lower https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i8LbJqJnXzPK959uC6O-oeXaPgk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14432556245a6a19c2ed17f.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Lower Sanctuary A view of the altar in the lower church of the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-slumber https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BNulcTm6vg_vsXaMF690l_4_y-4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12690635145fb2bef1223cb.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Slumber https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26672245.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7tcvs93oOdShVktqkQm_NRoMukg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209702419556c73a2b01639.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p1cIRABBPywLHjU6j_at7zYoY20=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89678194558c306bb05b3c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-dreamlike https://photos.on-this.website/wm/icwIJKJX7vLmpSee4SMnum4c9Ro=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10166379455abdafcbe3d31.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Dreamlike https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113372.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5qap984q_OzkWZHHiWfRPUGFhb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7453600684e129b2b7f916.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-mold https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mlg-vtChpZeY3flkPal5w6p6SeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21401561294e126ed8cfbdb.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Mold Detail Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200774.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/07_Wvwruz1Wp0gmoST6nwpYXKqs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14835360024ddab78ba07d8.jpgthis ward hallway, which was far away from the administration section and on the top floor, would have been one of the 'snake pit' wards where the most violent/ill were kept. i thought it had much more of a presence than some of the other areas. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645664.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MLg6rzcokGWFLNmQjKEDXVMazb0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1014211845558316ecd1cc6.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Concession Stand Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24399766.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YDxZBeLpNyjhkXivF48fl2UhLDU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19964087275565d6d5c5b74.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Test Stations https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-retro-future-george-pepper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5wzyw7NTEsA3eNz5NkccIjR59bs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_27736768161c3bbd025e69.jpgThe Retro Future | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27922619.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hXlH7VqBaDQpgDcdgvP8xKZbaIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7661456775763198450a38.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/reclining-recliner-the-ladd-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d8FG6h-nuYqWXLxBPndj-99mlYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_150220716854ee23d29390d.jpgReclining Recliner | The Ladd School A patient recliner is itself oddly reclining in the hallway at the Ladd School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22923719.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IDThOPonb1i2iq97dXWxICbXa0M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_459010965545a50387befe.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41239229.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KT44QryuBWW18SCJ5L3jSWzFU_o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11978068015ef3e10c7626a.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Across the Remains https://www.abandonedamerica.us/northern-central-grain-elevator-baltimore https://photos.on-this.website/wm/g1u8HR6Ymo1HwPHtdRq4akyh8cs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_128792390061f8465851ac2.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | The Ominous Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29780563.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5LqQ7pNrJ9xYQRQ_5aiH1V_qvbo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1158608129583ccad1737ae.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-recovery https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8nVz3QeAfs6G3rxH9zw8C8FeQj0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6501672694d742aa52049c.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Recovery Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889180.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mNE-Abr4aYAwyHFW2Iw2xjHcQ4A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3460054104d7443ce73ecf.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175441.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NbekdhVVczPE1fqr3RndvvcDzow=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1968878695e90c57e64502.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Decrepit Archway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113306.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NR1paCtFcLsfCT7fOQGbuKYNeH4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14384152454e1296e49f6c6.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Fostoria No Moria Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26894062.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xjvIm3Uo8jbt4iq-JaNpxT3UBb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_211406792956e87b3d34ab4.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Obsolete Computer An old PC covered in pigeon feces in the second floor on the Lindeman's home and offices. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-skeletal https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mARsoiEqXsuDojMhsyFqEiyh-fY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89233507359ce6c1accd07.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Skeletal The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-birds https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L0WHJu8xBNdHmsXgVHk-Y8M2qyI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13517713514d7423ed38eb4.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Bird's Eye View Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-chapel-2019 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zY0cVoUd6hKKjj_N-2U98Q9fPjI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10792075695d3f47cb46c89.jpgDecayed Chapel | Allentown State Hospital Allentown State Hospital's chapel as it appeared in 2019. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9tjR2axLxNPcaLxaHkFewxkP8H4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17622122165526f41b90e49.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Let A Little Light In Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32947709.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Hx7uyJqwPefAtC1hkdeoRocA9ds=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119297055159c432240c184.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Like They Just Left https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874578.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iZCX3_EDnQtK3q5zhARR4LEXP2E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2499337894d73d9e2a7909.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Lonely Bed Frame Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33566776.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LYJKqprPKtcNTuJMUQRFvO8mJTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12281309745a0f39c451d12.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Riot at the Greenhouse https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-rotting-rubber-window https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B8goWrMofQBAI04HBZvnWAVbLGA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7001926975097f23eac319.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Rotting Rubber Window Seals Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-camden-free-public-library https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nLChOYMu8xxFqMpDAGi4OQC7Iz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9526644956b0cd67d4a44.jpgAbandoned Camden Free Public Library Camden's abandoned Free Public Library, built by Carnegie, has been in ruins so long the interior is nearly gone. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32946050.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SROhNQTuTkoViATW2iFAhtUlkXo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_203672967959c4152b1c5d9.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Autumn Wall Print https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-imposing-exterior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iXFcxcY9IvSkTu419HIm8N1DBmE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3195493005bce508c76443.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Imposing Exterior The Irem Shrine has an imposing facade, even in daylight. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-ghostly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9R5iEph0_TaNkUD0MdbVRicBHL8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16234668224d2f9eff7a4de.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Ghostly Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-walkways https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2xbsrH9xeKAwzH5bLCeW3kUrt84=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2863729325abec42ea4175.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Walkways Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-map-of-scars-george https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2MhI66mzcka2kKtssu413lzmVJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_593591885629588c2d9ea0.jpgA Map of Scars | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-old https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QjClJFqJDXjGovYIpMC-b1uYo7w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11298422165e39c6c50e1ea.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Old Photos Old photos of the congregation of the Agudas Achim Synagogue. I hope they were saved. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/in-my-absence https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j-An4SqIJgRRatoZuEg3GIPzw9E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20589844104d6c3b1f7df87.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration (Philadelphia, PA) | in my absence The further I go with this, the clearer it becomes - there is an inherent paradox to my work, something that will seem delusional now perhaps but I am confident it will prove itself in time: while I am required to be now, to create this body of whatever it is that I am putting together, this collection - it can never be truly completed until I am gone. It is the final piece of the puzzle I am putting together, the moment when my art and writing will not be shackled to the pettiness of my existence, the limits of my form, my needs. You'll see. Maybe you'll step back and finally be able to view the whole, something I will never have the luxury of. It is impossible for me to do so because I see only mistakes, improvements, projects that need completed and what they require - and so I can never truly see my projects for what they are. I am just too rooted in the here and now... but once that element - the breathing, speaking shadow that I am, with all its momentary needs and desires, fallacies and foolishness - once that is removed from the equation I think precisely because of my physical absence and the hole it leaves behind each place, and the place I have built for them, will come alive again because at last I will truly inhabit them and live on through them. I don't see it as a sad thing, I see it as salvation - the transcendence I have tried so hard to achieve. While I am here I imagine this will sound like lunacy, but after I have passed on, these fragments of the life I have lived will bear witness to my greatest joys and sorrows. When my lips and teeth have turned to dust, my work will speak for me, and if you miss me, if you mourn me, and you really look, not just with your eyes, but with your sadness and longings and loneliness, you'll see even in my absence I am still here. Everything I did, everything I wrote is a testament to that, a testament to the fact that through the worst of my suffering, I will find redemption. --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. 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Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-side https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bgdfts1rZ1YjLaH3Ol3Zbfw76Ps=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21413516115e39c71a01499.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Side Sanctuary View View across the sanctuary of the Agudas Achim Synagogue from the balcony https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11539642.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Doh9ooJm7g6D1AvLBCbYvTyf5s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9901423905df00390234f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23651226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mWBxoouju4ueNxaexHpLMWVcxks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51715462154f5062352d92.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Romantic Ruins Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-thomas https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5lB9QhjHwNzQ0qrHGdNeo0c9CzA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_406461665e4afbd9d519c.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Thomas Jefferson Bust https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-contemplative-bird https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Dlaf2RBeE13FRoB_pfyHqZCiMj8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18367676585689942526795.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Contemplative Bird A bird sits on a window frame quietly looking out into the tangle of weeds. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-veiled https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PBbAis7wvd9aBs1Y7x7VUcQ4QXg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16713305265947e9c0db7e7.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Veiled https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132442.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lFrPAsn_d0x2rztxZPFrmk18NPY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13855297424dd74ce61bc29.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Operating Room Photograph taken in the operating room at Pilgrim State Hospital, Medical/Surgical building. Little of its original character still remains - the walls have been torn apart, either for asbestos abatement or so that scrappers could get at the pipes inside them, and all the equipment is gone. It is recognizable by its distinctive doors and window frames only. Well over a thousand lobotomies were performed in this room until psychopharmacology offered alternate solutions to coping with agitated or violent patients. The damage had been done, however, and many patients who were not a threat to those around them were lobotomized and never fully recovered their functionality from prior to the operation. When John F. Kennedy's sister Rose Kennedy was lobotomized (not at this site), the prevailing winds began to shift away from the procedure. While the degree of her illness prior to the operation is debated, my feeling is that she most likely was more rebellious than mentally ill and not as bright as her precocious siblings, although she was able to do more complicated multiplication problems and keep a journal. During the macabre operation (with none other than the infamous Dr. Walter Freeman observing), Rose was asked to sing songs and recite prayers while her brain was scrambled, and the end result was a woman whose most basic faculties were entirely lost. Rose was no longer able to even do even simple tasks like bathing herself or using the bathroom. As president, John F. Kennedy started the movement for community care and deinstitutionalization that would shut down many state hospitals for good over the years to follow. Sadly, the phrase "losing your mind", used to refer to going insane, was more aptly suited for the so-called cure. This building was torn down in 2012, but you can watch a documentary on lobotomies that briefly shows this room when it was still in use here: <center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gucei5PU_NY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-rosewood-center-owings-mills https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_zOZXIeIR-8spbUA2HHmPNbSh04=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20539664465ab3e709ceea2.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Campus Vista A view of the Rosewood Center's campus shows how beautiful the stone buildings are. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51450815.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/I0BDA7fYeKYRbZI4P0mRookOdwM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182825176066830e85b11c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854632.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_72280796151ff3d3aabf8d.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | A Piano Disease https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14220377.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_20227150444f497e215d641.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Pocket of Sunlight Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-rusty-star https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qguvd9HYpLxFnr9XbtP6zUd5XZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8412597065689a24e9acf0.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Rusty Star A beautiful star on a bicentennial car fades into the rust. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-arcade https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fk51-Aw39mPvJzghJkyxn1ca_-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_593555849594d475bb5f4f.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Ponchartrain Beach Arcade The games building at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696937.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WqW4Qw5-nmZLM07TRc67LLRd_wY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5421856045aea4cc48b0b8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zCXeXAHyS3PXgPWci-vNj_pZNgQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_57983184654170a8b19f46.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Keep Going Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32255745.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J4L8g7HLbjnBktkoeO-l0rrGPWU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1947239939597f390f526386.99172718.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Moldy Bookcase The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890528.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DEY2_dn2t9OJ4aA0UhtE14qAlFc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9263331904d747c9f1dba2.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-paper-mill-dingy-corridor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MVWg1g0mbXYM4x_hbHhmBLOdVqA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19649723735b7c69d1ca1df.jpgAbandoned Paper Mill | Dingy Corridor A dimly lit, grimy room in an abandoned paper mill https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33870141.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/He8Lv6kgUfe3ZFvYmNhEewGAIbw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11532657115a515b4469aac.jpgOne of the AMARG personnel weatherproofs an aircraft Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-sunrise-pano https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bdrq6CkKsfENYV4in-pz9LgZGMs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_263530540589374116315b.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Sunrise Panorama Looking over the lake at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans at dawn https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-worst-thing-on-earth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7UANkBp_rqubPmrgJ2iNhtIdE4Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21258502985a68dd50c27aa.jpgthe worst thing on earth marked by affliction and blighted since birth i fear i'm the worst, the worst thing on the earth. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-guest-booth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o-XFfLNYWD0htGOsnWez_x7dqdE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10322190565a6fc4325b507.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Guest Relations The guest booth at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777647.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OVtq5Mf_RBhBKLWwInwVIBOkU9o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_156883346955956a47446fb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-lost https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MiWb4elYos2juz9tkow8rh13A_M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_123695941558cad1f2500ae.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Lost the Battle https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27801508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jHkFD-32Yi8dWxjYV-YE3RC8a9w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1713033595755c4a7af145.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Graffiti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-farm-stinging-nettles https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t34OMK--Xh3ZtadxJSDwwnfz_9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_186335152952cef8e44f925.jpgAbandoned Farm | Stinging Nettles Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25943295.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qpVQpVDmXtLgRxrEDP8cMKzPSnU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1665924905562951f72585a.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Lampshade Pyramid https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-downstairs https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZHfZsTw2AMwxUCX--dw4-T8n4ww=/wbr/1747161032/15678_197544932253c20ba0476ad.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Downstairs Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23301491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sq1dOULmbuz7LmA93w_FHEivvfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_165666408854a45d311f778.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Magic Johnson Theatres The Magic Johnson Theaters were built for an enormous cost shortly before the closure of the Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. 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Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865322.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/89Vtgl4Q-IMmy0EOnoRzhOiQPiQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5491024964d7330eb17711.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-philadelphia-inquirer-tower-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pzvBSqwJoiWVhBLwPmavGwv37Go=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14014095295dd05c1bd9568.jpgAbandoned Philadelphia Inquirer | Tower View A rooftop view of the looming tower atop the abandoned Philadelphia Inquirer building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51134753.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oA90sJhu7oTd8-5QJerGkIY7ROk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1596916754664e6560d903a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-resort-ice-skate-rental https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZZNsXljJG3loHV8c-0FSNXUt2zg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8871174185c33d34ca7973.jpgAbandoned Resort | Ice Skate Rental An ice skate rental booth inside an abandoned resort. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-wasteland-within https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ceBJKtyMuV6BsYgmbY7d2zxXYqY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21301908914d6c4ffc7d615.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | the wasteland within the world is bleak and black as sin but the most desolate wasteland lies within ----------------------------- 'the wasteland within' taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-main-building https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DzUVwkvmCthO7dtPfLZZRlkvDiA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20005415305d3f44add29b4.jpgMain Building Exterior | Allentown State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060042.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ulWVt1olEM3tqFFXFF5E14S5b04=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3431708904e83fc8f121d9.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Burned Room One of the many fire-damaged rooms at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/was-blind-but-now-i https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2nD3uBr3sfkOvn6MNH3j7wNGViQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17820480014f19ae9dbebd7.jpgwas blind but now i see Self-portrait. Eastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198055.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RfeDzYg-rzGtVjwqijUIT1m59gs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6592664855eb5839d83782.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-wood https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q03gOnQWWsI0IIO7ZqrKWueOcac=/wbr/1747161032/15678_44509881254204b649bada.jpgVictory Theatre, (Holyoke MA) | Wood Paneled Stairway Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-tangled-jester https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v_FKeh62dnMHgPQ18R3dEtO7Iag=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4702639158911636e310e.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Tangled Jester The wildly overgrown ascent slope of the Jester Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41175493.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fFryhxqsCQ4C5fWNZ9zBMe8gFn8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1832184205e90f374d4821.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Shadowy Geometry https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-treacherous-path-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2z3VJYsASM5vIY1HvD9k6hL46Do=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51253665152a3ea18d340c.jpgA Treacherous Path | Hudson River State Hospital If you look carefully at the floor and ceiling, some very bad things are going on here. The fact that the floor is covered with so much debris partially masks what bad condition it is in. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-weirton-steel-weirton-wv https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YFBS3zKX_29xdVUbNEo1xNksS-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2048693381596e40a1af98a.jpgAbandoned Weirton Steel (Weirton, WV) | Blast Furnace Inside one of the blast furnaces at the abandoned Weirton Steel Mill in Weirton, WV https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-storage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5nlxu-cdG0lvZMkjd3tIQ60u6C4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7884261385a6f5948191d9.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Storage Building A damaged storage building at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708752.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qifn7-yw5jVeACa7MUCZOn3wlUo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4377406695e13a58b0ea33.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27590847.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sSf1xgY_GUAhQK2ELo47vaJBuIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106972585957447b098fdae.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-morgue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KnfhpLTuMtYbF5hXAr1s0CniZkM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16489545555d3f48ddf120c.jpgMorgue | Allentown State Hospital The morgue in Allentown State Hospital's medical services building with storage for only two bodies, less than usual for such facilities. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-historical-photograph https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3_mKWMFL_5NPwkuRFsJOowiYX24=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2164636115d3f9a58e66a6.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Historical Photograph An historical photo of the Irem Shrine in 1909 shows what it looked like prior to the 1930s renovations https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890534.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S0Fi6ahvRQBFeN2ARcxLhH3dhAs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11354176624d747cb3699c1.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37190506.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Jv1EsXcYLaiusgYEx-7Ighs7nTc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20655775255c2a512c46d4f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-rotting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b20gPH4CmSwxXO3UeclGwbE4IC8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9289507295f739efb1fbfc.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Rotting Floor Hallway beside the sanctuary. Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-confessional https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B-_i93HZFkQtVKLGY0qgpkJLWKE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4626004105a6a1990422c6.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Confessional The confessional booths in the Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After it became a haven for heroin users, these confessionals were filled with condoms and feces. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28446760.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jpYDRrdFgGQ4h6n92AqNr6THGQs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1974236514579bb66632e0d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113286.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8suEJBTEeBjAo7rWWG31nOdtaC4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15915010014e1296923b7a5.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Mid Demo Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30065435.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8Gkx9urq3E_nE1c9MPQMMiaotog=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20567847375882d1ae9576c.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754670.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/alaZ3Uv_rvRkMiSf3z1BoHwDXDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94908526958ebb2e7d0098.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Macy's Rachael Ray Collection https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22531544.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jh5KwYD2SIEky3ta5O5BkR14SBg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14571870265422e198d39f2.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Auditorium Profile https://www.abandonedamerica.us/billmeyer-limestone-quarry-bainbridge-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ndUYosbECAAyWgtyutae8AvrUcg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14860165584e1106264c806.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Like a Ghost Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137826.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zMaqGYu7m-R5J3Q69IAzHYoFpYw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21164436664e136d8704213.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/snowy-auditorium-chair-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LgK5U-lwPmDNFDgJLSVEWJ5YQJA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213559719754f1f1bc83577.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Snowy Auditorium Chair https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34380765.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JtsiZKZk_IC_Jfv8OaVBlO7N7Rw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18495024715abdb5c10a9a9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645663.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IpXa6APK1NTNFMuOyi3HNEcb19k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1712614045558316e2bdfa1.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Turnstile An old turnstile still stands before the lake. Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28359584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DUtbGziecvVAHi4jfpp3Jgfe8Pc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_327037296579106483c521.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6URVHbo7j4UTdMxXHZJzytK0jNU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19558962745acd4f79ae3db.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33774595.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J2ivFwvyixUtfovrkVKA8MH3z9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1040993025a2f0abbe51e0.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Basement Tunnels https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-different https://photos.on-this.website/wm/12Jbt65SdracSYTbTa9IKz3qIUg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20743609105f73ac0128272.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Different Guy Different Matthew Christopher. Ascension of Our Lord School, Philadelphia, PA. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/only-then https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qD-FNTf8Q8wDdgILpzCSYDFeB2I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6959678914d2d4d030801d.jpgonly then when these old walls come tumbling in, only then will my new life begin. ----------------------------- Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/into-the-light https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7hQbA5_6fl2AILh4y4ttTqHq0dY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11875652884d74342d3d7e9.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | into the light Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/smaller-and-smaller-every-day https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NmUpqU_1CxJzRQ05eJxbmQwOxlg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2010377273538e59c34fcb0.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | smaller and smaller every day This is where they took it all from you. It wasn't when you were arrested, or in the courts, or even in the mazes of bars and locked doors - it was here that you got to watch everything you had slip between your fingers into the void of the past. Under the ever-watchful eyes of the guards (who hated you) and surrounded by your fellow inmates (who hated you) you had your own little show: witnessing the few people left who loved you drift away. Your friends came less and less often until they vanished. Your family stayed longer, but every time they visited you you saw the bottomless sorrow, anger, guilt, condemnation in their eyes. Here you saw reflected through the thick plexiglass their reaction to the animal you had become, herded to and from your cell with batons and rifles, the omnipresent threat of solitary, of other things too horrible for them to contemplate. And yet every time they looked at you, this was what they saw. Then there was your wife, each time a little more distant, a little colder until the day she came with the divorce papers and you could see in her features that her love for you was beyond pleas or threats or excuses. It was gone. Your children grew by leaps and bounds, each time bigger, less comprehending, more alien to you - their lives comprised of things you would never know or see and your life one you could only hope they'd never know firsthand. These were the things you thought about. Maybe it felt unjust, but your opinions no longer mattered. You had been ejected, banished into some small forgotten corner where all that was left that made you human faded away through this window right in front of you and your opportunities and hopes shrank until they were such that nobody, not even you, could see them any more. This was the nature of your dwindling world. It got smaller and smaller every day. ------------------------------------ [b]Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America.[/b] Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-balcony https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BSn7oPR0tmGgyvpqpONPwkhrjqU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2533508695d48711a82bf1.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Balcony View Looking out over the town from one of Bundi Palace's balconies is pretty breathtaking. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257286.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t6sZzP3xK6JTz9n2EXWn5tACC1Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11051883074d2d59b6ceac3.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Street View Exterior Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/seared-window-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3L2yLev6n_ppT4A1_4dXIoGX4vY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2093115840577448d27c4bd.jpgSeared Window | Hudson River State Hospital The textures in the charred, peeling paint were incredible. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TmCtQkh7f8Xse5q6AIAdnhDsZoo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11150872375224ac3ddbc2a.jpgAbandoned prison dental office, equipment still intact. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273448.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G_adviUsQ9OmlCVZUVHVDnkUqek=/wbr/1747161032/15678_152554855963e3ff62c1984.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Spongebob Squarepants Ride The graffiti-covered entrance to Spongebob Squarepants: The Ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489420.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7NY-HHbsfqeiSy5Wrbukxoo-TZ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13503399214d488899cf0aa.jpgthat which is real within Photo taken at Crawford Power Station, Middletown, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2008 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/crawford-power-station]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890518.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C-IuorPjshBFw6uTtQLBbwJHvo8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14999399804d747b2d0271a.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229392.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7WdtaIx-HE7_nIi1d6iZMlSUXp8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_277511925603e9902afbf6.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Spider Drone https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46888046.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2JGHRz4ykrS-Zt__2rkjATIMuCE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179027450862f56205ee49a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/where-hope-has-failed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G1rYOvWT3jqQFP3cvBJlK585Vas=/wbr/1747161032/15678_66791215367843d12c2974.jpgwhere hope has failed One of the defining myths of our culture revolves around success and how it is attained. The exact definition of success is nebulous (one's actions achieving desired results), but it typically involves money, position, success, power, acclaim. Even though there are those who seem born into it, we like to believe that if we work hard enough we will find our way there. Without this incentive, what reason is there to suffer through the indignities and problems life throws at us? Our entire social system is built around this carrot/stick relationship, and in its absence the reason to work, to persevere, to simply be, collapses on itself. If you can struggle against the current and still get washed out to sea, why not resign yourself to the inevitability of it? Fatalism (the acceptance of fate) is often accompanied by defeatism (pessimistic resignation), but unlike defeatism it doesn't rule out the beneficial effects of action. It does, however, acknowledge unanticipated reactions and an overall lack of control that destabilizes the action/success/reward model. The concept of failure not through lack of effort but rather from forces beyond one's power or from one's own ill-informed actions is in my opinion one of the most terrifying facets of life. One can follow all the steps laid out by society as the framework for success - hard work, education, adhering to a code of ethics (or conversely acting in ruthless self interest) - and still wind up destitute and miserable. While following these prescribed paths may improve one's chances of desired results, they guarantee nothing. Worse, the greatest failure of all, death and dissolution, is inevitable. Seeing a triumph of architecture that was once a part of a thriving and prosperous community left to rot is indicative of something much worse than failure on an individual level. It speaks about the failure of a community, and when you broaden the view to encompass the thousands of communities struggling with blight, abandonment, and poverty, in my opinion it is clear evidence of failure as a society. Since a society is defined by both its actions and the ethos that drives them, this deficiency lies in both what we are doing and the very belief system that informs our actions. When you view a church or factory or school that I have photographed, you must remind yourself that what you see is not an anomaly. It is a pattern repeated again and again, ad infinitum, across the American countryside. There are thousands of sites like this one, millions if you include individual residences, and I believe what we are looking at is a new baseline rather than an exception to the rule. Simply put, failure is an indicator that change is needed. As Einstein famously said, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It is easy to look at ruins and shrug your shoulders and say, "There but for the grace of God, go I," or to simply view them as a picturesque representation of mortality and the days gone by. I see them as an epidemic, a symptom of social disease that is ravaging our countryside. Our joy in pointing fingers and blaming others is one of the causes of this illness, I believe, and exacerbates the problem. Defeatism and helplessness also fall into this category. What we need to understand when we look at a beautiful building that has fallen into disrepair is that we are collectively responsible by virtue of perpetuating a lifestyle that creates these phenomena. The failures are not contained, and they are spreading rapidly. I'd like to think, because I try to be realistic in my assessment rather than pessimistic, that we still have the opportunity to correct our course before it is too late. However, one of the lessons that the places I visit teach is that being well intentioned means little, and that repercussions are swift and severe. There was a point where the workers at an abandoned factory or school thought if they just tried hard enough it could be saved. They were wrong, and the collateral damage to their community is frequently catastrophic. Nobody should view abandoned sites with idle detachment. Now, more than ever, we need to examine these locations under a microscope and ask hard questions about why they failed and what changes are required of our own actions and beliefs to avoid repeating them. This work, my website, my very reason for being is not to present you with pretty pictures so you can tell me I do great work, or to make you feel sad and hopeless. It's to tell you to wake up and change, to analyze the things you do out of habit and make tough decisions about what you might need to do differently. It's to tell you that as a society we need to make radical changes, and soon - and that even then, we are still going to have to deal with the damage our actions have caused. Someone else isn't going to fix this place or the town it resides in. Someone else isn't going to come up with the answers for you. Lamenting these losses changes nothing and accusing the Powers That Be of negligence is little more than a convenient way of sidestepping your own individual responsibility. If you don't start looking outside the dwindling comfort of your own home, critically evaluating the problems around you, and actually take action to do something about them, then my work and the disaster sites I photograph are of no consequence. The only thing that can possibly turn such a tragic occurrence as this into something approaching success is if it spurs change. If you care about my work, don't let it be reduced to empty words and images. Don't let this place fall apart for nothing. Soon it will be your church, your school, your workplace, your home, and when it is all the pleas and prayers in the world won't fix what your efforts now perhaps could have. Even though the road to failure is the easiest one to find yourself on, there is always the fleeting, uncertain possibility that through hard work, unselfish motivations, and critical self examination we can find success. Maybe it's our only chance: our only hope is by analyzing where hope has failed. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/elkins-estate-philadelphia-elegant-staircase https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3ryQ_yC0-awPbkQy5ZoBxp5NsD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5687311605bd1cd12cf813.jpgElkins Estate, Philadelphia | Elegant Staircase The beautiful central staircase at the abandoned Elkins Estate in Philadelphia. The property is out of use but still maintained. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9yJK55xZKBqYWLbm43d7JFA7nNs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18108183764d7444fcd6b4d.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24683327.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LfsJEWfv7ulbHOkkPHWUSTtp3gc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11774773835588ab74af95c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/when-sorrows-come https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vSxC7LIuBqu-0lNgxBnaHXDfnIg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19870222544d3636bb0e7e0.jpgwhen sorrows come "When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions." - Shakespeare https://www.abandonedamerica.us/too-much-weight-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KFMAM64aBAZ07bHBceh1uAdnDoY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14654004814d733a22d72e1.jpgToo Much Weight | Hudson River State Hospital It's hard to even make sense of jumbles of debris like this, but it looks like there was just too much stored on the portion of the floor that wasn't supported by the columns in the basement. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-woodworkers-home-interiorexterior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KzpbZqdPHARH4fSCCsllaN02Z-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19072058355b2143f62b754.jpgAbandoned Woodworker's Home | Interior/Exterior In an abandoned woodworker's home, the unique architecture and time left vacant have blurred the lines between what is inside and what is outside. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983014.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/r9BbljLm8gNRkomEqleuHMOIFeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17590208915d910052c09b5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/sydenhammontebello-hospital-baltimore-md-morgue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qT2Hn2Y7MtG7wXxDWhBd8KxnJBM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1036040445a5409c164966.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Morgue Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748215.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xoVD1zGcHLwc6ae6MZRQk1D7f78=/wbr/1747161032/15678_147063531357530c3a19a30.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Day Care Cubby Shelves at the former Kid's Corner Day Care that operated briefly at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323172.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oi2RmTy-K5-xJblAw0swYUqEJKE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18854951964d362b463d5c6.jpg'the things we left behind' Frick Fine Arts Building Pittsburgh, PA September 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13071184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mem4s4VsolEaJUcTTL8MGMWr074=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11485007974e8530dc77f20.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Fire Damage The patterns in soot at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center never ceased to fascinate me https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48112484.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pW0pCOCj4GYIENLLOGywLXlANtQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_108645662963b72aa02f80e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/remnants-blue-horizon-boxing-arena https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZJDKIvQCSB8zeUdVWohWLhQfhaY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16990347965ea9e6bcaf4b9.jpgRemnants | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtondecayed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/49QN-acQ0MKCsMGs4jxO41TW5nE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1501080167576d489855fd7.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Decayed Living Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-keyboard-detail https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TNqgEhyIrcd_d2ym3jxdh7zMMr8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94734817261a54d424297a.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Keyboard Detail T detail of the organ keyboard at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-franklin https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FR5zARccqZTG_7MCLOnf1Tlt45A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6827828985e4afbb64f093.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Franklin Pierce https://www.abandonedamerica.us/municipal-electric-hagerstown-md-boiler https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iQyBS_ee_lmI3dg_5cOPvYOvuJU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3915135114e12a88433b86.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | Boiler https://www.abandonedamerica.us/autopsy-theater https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xCXMiTEsY_Kd3pTHWrsjJHgZhTA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6873035364d7423cb87131.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Autopsy Theater Sink The remains of the autopsy theater where visiting physicians and students could study the pathology of exotic diseases. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-agape https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cOLRnmwyBycZpdCfnccgOtt8FnQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_167618595096b2ecedcbb.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Agape Flaps on the end of one of the cars hang open, and when coupled with the windows give the impression of a robotic face with its mouth agape. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/undisclosed-psychiatric-hospital https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K55-zxDmRPRXVww14t44ZcNb3XE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_384967340559ae17764f16.jpgUndisclosed psychiatric hospital Undisclosed psychiatric hospital. No full gallery yet. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-paper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6rNDa_64EY5bmY2N6zGU-O1uiYg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10396476765a0a533b9ceab.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Paper Recycling Only Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24778557.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0rfqHYhhTIZLJyXATElTmcRzVoQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6221066415595afdc9b36d.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raison-detre https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wvMjI0_SSXZ0DTe8w3v7Snyq6EI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1361668454d73d89393390.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | raison d'etre <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="Raison D'etre | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="Our paths crossed at intersecting hallways, and before long they, too, vanished into the void of all thing that have passed." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>The kids from Long Island had got in touch with Ryan, my tour guide, and were desperate to see Taunton, so he invited them along. When they arrived I was concerned. Since I barely knew Ryan, I wasn't really in any position to dictate who would come or not, but they were loud, which might be a problem... And they were young, mostly in their mid- to late teens. Because we had to arrive before dawn, they drove all night to arrive at about 3 am. I had met with Ryan at about one, and hadn't slept either. We were all excited to 'meet' Taunton, and probably a little bit scared. So many things could go wrong. When we got there the kids were better than I thought they'd be at handling themselves. They all had expensive cameras and treated the place with respect, while still flitting around taking pictures and joking. It was an odd experience for me. I'm used to going to these places alone. I don't have to worry about any noise but my own, keeping up with a group, or people wandering into my shots - but I enjoyed seeing how in awe they were, and they were a likable group. As we stood up on the roof taking pictures at dawn, one of their members stayed at the ladder we climbed up, looking queasy. He was terribly afraid of heights, he said. I told him I am too, but at the end of the day i'd rather have the shots i wanted, i'd rather know that I didn't want to let my own fears keep me from doing what I felt I needed. I looked over at his friends, all sitting by a peeling cupola, and I wandered, why it was so important to them to come? Why go to the effort, the expense, when most people would never take Taunton so seriously, let alone people that age? Was it the thrill of overcoming their fears that drove them? I had no idea. for me the reason has been because these places resonate within me. I feel as though they've always been a part of me, and I understand them. I understand what it's like to be left to your own ruin, to not be valued by anyone, to feel as though you have outlived whatever function you might have had. Paradoxically enough I feel least alone when in places people have abandoned, and when I am taking pictures that ever-encroaching sense of self-hatred is nowhere to be found. There is only the science of the shot, the planning of the next subject. Editing pictures holds my own sense of worthlessness at bay. When I 'publish' them I feel as though I have accomplished something, however small, however insignificant in the overall scheme of things. Without that validation, I would quickly sink into oblivion. We all need a reason to be. I search out destruction to postpone my own. I don't know why the Long Island kids came. While I wondered about it all day, I never really thought to ask. Maybe I liked not knowing. They all seemed so alive, so contented, that perhaps examining the reason for their rapture would have spoiled it. Who knows. Our paths crossed at intersecting hallways, and before long they, too, vanished into the void of all thing that have passed - another unsolved mystery in a decaying vault full of them. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T6-4_OvzezevcI0Y2T0l4t5ujfA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93611870554306f96dd031.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-darkened-auditorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_R_oQyCcchar9b_GWItx_aZ3w5c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10586471125bce439f7f023.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Darkened Auditorium The darkened auditorium of the Irem Shrine, also known as the Irem Mosque, in Wilkes- Barre, PA. Since the stained glass on the ceiling is the most prominent light source, it can get quite dark inside. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-trashed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wTebBvjRJ3YTRDE5AWZM3Okju2Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8862819765f739ef874ab0.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Trashed Lower Church https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173219.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KMaVy4GZwoEpCym5RFFJdnV4LIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3812785815e8b738a87dc7.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Balcony Seating https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24166584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iV0wdpMS6bnOMOTz1LZwpe1heXw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_775506499554ba9cd0f547.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/crawford-power-station-middletown-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qa2-5dna68iz_Qtb0s2Qs44K2aM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8551676455453ba2845d9a.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Pipes and Funnels https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432971.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KDTapq06KiQZo0EFIxOgY4PC-cI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109858489554170e39111eb.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Closing Out Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060052.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/p7EL1fuxM-IsOXdqhvxee8zVqrs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8704265624e83fca81d7d7.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Sunny Room I'm not sure what this room at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center was used for but it must have been one of the more pleasant rooms to work in. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/infrared-exterior-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pc-dFJBap7U_NRXlBkWZ64rNO6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_68069468352a3cff38aa6b.jpgInfrared Exterior | Hudson River State Hospital Infrared photograph of right side of administration section of Hudson River State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonhollow https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CRwl-u7srkMNpmECsi0cr2hB-uE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9031853735d4a0f3a1c03a.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton PA) | Hollow Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/eulogy-for-a-nameless-kitten https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q7NAfO0zvbs0-MiYHb2R3PolGfw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_803707491502fce0387c6f.jpgeulogy for a nameless kitten One of the realities of what I do is that I come across a fair amount of dead animals in the places I photograph. Most of the time they're birds, mainly pigeons - often little more than skeletons littered among piles of their own feces on attic floors. Sometimes they're bigger: squirrels, raccoons, sometimes things I can't even identify. Their teeth are bared by their decomposing skin in snarls, screams, smiles. I don't know. I'm not particularly afraid of them although they startle me, since I often don't notice them until I'm right next to them. There are exceptions: the wounded owl I tried unsuccessfully to save, the poor miserable mouse glued to the pool of ancient motor oil that I wound up killing because it was in such agony - but for the most part their struggles are done. I may take a picture but I rarely edit and post them, as often as not because I just don't feel like looking at them again. In this photograph you'll notice at the right side of the concrete base there is a dead kitten. It must not have been dead long because it wasn't decayed. I didn't get any closer to it than this shot because I didn't really want to see the gory details of what had happened to it. I don't know if it was a boy or a girl. I don't know how it died, whether it was killed by the dog or the raccoon that live in this china plant or whether it died of starvation. Maybe it was poisoned by the toxic water pools when it tried to take a drink. All I really know of it is what you see here, that it was lying stretched on the floor like a kitten does when they are sleeping, but it was definitely not alive or intact. I have had pets all my life, and there is a sort of awful sorrow to something like this, a bottomless well. It was a beautiful little stripy gray and white cat with white paws. It could have had a good home, played with catnip toys and slept on a sunny windowsill. Maybe someone could have given it the sort of silly name you give a little stripy kitten with white paws: Socks, or Mittens, or Tiger. Who knows. It has no name at this point. It died of whatever it died of, presumably alone in the rotting husk of a china plant, and then just lay there exposed for the insects and rodents and birds to eat. There is something so horribly awful and unfair about death at times that it defies words or explanation. You can look at a dead animal in a dead factory in a photograph, which is itself a dead moment, from the safety of a computer or a gallery and shake your head and say, "How tragic," or whatever it is we console ourselves with when we look at things that are hopelessly, irretrievably lost. There is a weird sort of buzz to it, a thrill of emotion and a connection with reality, and we feed on that like vampires. Maybe we feel smarter for having outlived the factory, the era, the creatures we behold. Maybe it's just that we're numb from having so much artificial crap shoved into our minds every waking minute that the simple actuality of death is somewhat of a relief. Maybe we tell ourselves there's a lesson to be learned, a moral to the story so we can go back to our business, eat our lunches and go on with our day. I don't know that there is. I never got to know this little cat but I doubt there was anything that it did that justified this sort of ignominious end. I don't think there is a lesson to be learned or a moral to its story. I just think it's awful and sad, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it because at this point the kitten is gone. I wish things could have worked out better for it, because I sincerely doubt this was what it deserved. Wherever it is now, if it even continues to be on any level of existence, I hope it's better than this world. I hope it's a place where things like this don't happen and where kittens can run and play and grow in happiness and peace, free from the shadow of an impending disaster, the same impending disaster that awaits us all. ---------------------- Text and photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-flying https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vZEphFRqIT59rsbXzeaT0fIgv3w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14607708235b6b61a726565.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Flying Chairs II https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-slightly https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GHS3gNXpLxwYTLINPFs-jW0IN0o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1190760915986143d0bb023.49975211.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Slightly Humid The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33432939.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BKBJ-JE4f9Rf-hzTN8Q3s8z_egw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_57104675959fb8643d0563.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Smoky Food Court https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-congrats https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hPPqz-i6d0wUUX41wKUqI7Xe0mw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1676001775986141d08d213.61473438.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Congrats Grads The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777859.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EpFZq7WsTFLZAjoRJjeJQIf5Oz4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20584763065af34eb26aa73.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Third Floor The third floor of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home was fairly deteriorated; the floors were pretty unsafe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30852906.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S16Zc5Src85lx3vdcuwBentNoF8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_131255361458f654e9df59b0.94281201.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Fresh Coat of Paint https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40708765.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uKrlj2T7ga-UVfxwrgD0dUddaMU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8402471605e13a649dd380.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865324.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PXq8h5180BihLYOuhRFj1mLNgBY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_27015284d7330f13cb6e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo46872714.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jiBrIlTItDCxlFLsN37et33iC0k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_106052631762f16ea75f611.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-chas-b https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uOx0Qh4w3OQmMhxVot95A-Sup_I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_714768118524cdac7c600a.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Chas B. Diller's Pens Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NqxAvJnm3AIcY4bdmzslVYbMSxk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73670470454a313e8248c0.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Hidden Restaurant This restaurant was hidden behind drywall for decades after it closed, as evidenced by the advanced deterioration and mold damage. It was reopened during the demolition of Randall Park Mall. Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedsixflagsneworleansmega-zeph-coaster-zenith1 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SN1jb6ENxvj-rVHcOJ6rNjwdF60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11478783055891161586989.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Zenith Looking down the first crest of the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster. Photo taken at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-games-we-play https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_2FjsTG6_jRAKeheEweXzxpkJSY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6617209414d2d51c5cff89.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | the games we play it's funny, almost, the way we spin about our little circles ever confident in what we know and perceive. in order to justify our toils and pains we create systems: do this because it is right, don't do this because it isn't. the older we get, the more elaborate the systems become, and the more trapped within them we are. by defining what a victory or a loss is, we shackle ourselves to the routines we believe will produce these outcomes we have taught ourselves to desire. take the arbitrary collection of rules within a sport: you may stand here, but not there. shoot the ball from this line towards this objective, not that one. this person is your teammate, that one your enemy - and this is how you must play to succeed. once the game is no longer being played, when the players, whom have all agreed to the same set notions, no longer unify the place and the objects within it by their mutual agreement on said arbitrary values - the entire illusion falls apart... but this applies to everything. your home is only your home because you live there, and all the things around you only hold the value you believe they have as long as you continue to give them that value. when you read about dream interpretation, you will find that the advice most often given is to examine what things within the vision symbolize, what they represent, and that in the end they are all a part of you. every character, every item within the dream is a reflection of you in some way. everything is defined by its relationship to you, and by studying what those relationship are, you will find out who you are as well. there is no reason this can't be applied to the waking world, and when it is, all the veils begin to drop away. it can be terrifying, but also liberating. in the end we must all transcend the games we play. whether we like it or not, we have no choice. ------------------------------------ Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34377934.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0Z0iiwHB58WloYgkMbYQ5tcBkqU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10853694265abbdb5900d3f.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Funnel https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30430433.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cZ0BwxtryNKNYOT-3rW7NDEMN3g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97717346958c307ab06365.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/klotz-throwing-company-lonaconing-md https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Te82H6WHOMqvECefAQPTFjNUtf8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6703317495a5e9752a70ec.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Fearful Symmetry Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851158.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/59MjrwVEDZVBwou3Zp4sOW-yC2M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1722296371517e92c6a2614.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27036576.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Re9kq7etLWhV_2zkQEXCe2AzGQU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_51433467356fecad140e5e.jpgAbandoned resort. 2015. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XD66cLlr2RB1P479sMsva5SQyfU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3804521724d7445063e390.jpgOne of the eternal mysteries of power plants is that the catwalks are always missing grating. I have been through dozens by now, some very large, and some very small, but it seems if there are walkways like this, there are also gaping holes where grating used to be. Was it taken by scrappers? If so, why, when it seems there are many easier things to salvage? Do the power companies remove it for some reason before they leave? I may never know. ------------------------------------------ Portside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376536.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wpKR6HzmLgR5v2jRzA1UcY1sN7A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4813375358bb053740f76.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489502.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3kSOefquAHe8zFNHZ9mu0SLZw-w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13606179884d4889ed5d01a.jpgso cheap Photo taken at Kiddie Kloes Clothing Factory by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2007 Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/hollely-bros-clothing-factoryl]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22093894.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/F8FYGy4xnNPtYTAENmyC1wkqg7w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_171961714553ed818cbb646.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15453528.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UAL0D68fV0sHbEGvSUvBpI9g4qg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15366364725a5e287890c12.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Bobbin Crates Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777861.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/o7W9Mp_WtBjr90Ac1ekBjZgDaAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11839549895af34ec38186e.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Porch View The porches of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home were falling apart. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135118.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CZiuJkaEl_NXSILpOVXd7qW3c4s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21194359485547eb494d4ac.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Arches Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40909989.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U6DOtZiNzeFM6muK340g_8cwxBQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20042041305e4afb5b872dd.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | Ulysses Grant https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824229.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xzH05sM_cPDhB7hVc6ZK4LaI64A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11926849335df00028407cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14214285.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_17818308114f4866f020fd2.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Dye Packing Thinger? Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11530610.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YLDJSXOH5VSY4H33y7JTEhBudYc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3023380684e29bb03663e8.jpgPhotograph taken 7 days before the fire that would destroy the Conquistadore China Plant. Thousands upon thousands of pieces of high end china still littered every area of the plant - plates, saucers, teapots, cups, platters. etc. Now all destroyed. Photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-nicholas-coal-breaker-mahanoy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CnsU5kw3pCV0g9IJSwj_D27uA6Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7617000635abbdb16eb1c6.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Broken Breaker https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo51012602.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wUD-6B1tgbyr4FCyPzZAXVmxnJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1024085052663a5a0c45a49.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34642023.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7tabnakxEoj5w2OOMBU6_Ksdxvs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17915376435ae11e2f18a3a.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Collapsed Wall https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30280209.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8ZKd0Fy3Se4mrlczFO3q4rp9sAM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196757004858ab101d8207a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200408.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/71V3TWL8SXqnKiHt1Zxyta6m-bU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16430637464ddab42850caf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19141526.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/z_OCpt26xDtJkoquDKDXLAg9Egg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19933111775224edf78b733.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23653557.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dRIy9e809bYwTSIl1DkJ2bEtPHs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_192575204454f608d73d410.jpgAmmendale Normal Institute (Ammendale, MD) | Seared Ammendale Normal Institute, Ammendale MD. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775783.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mvk1eL0QDAQ83CiFTtSdjzpvXTw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2891436155a626380afca0.jpgPhotograph taken at the G.B. Piranesi Prison* by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-skylight https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5lR9NpQKS86CAX3uqM_A_gUhkII=/wbr/1747161032/15678_539357477561ed48374303.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Skylight Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YBVGa5E7ex_-1qEEKsV1T2gqfyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182269434557530c6ebe5b7.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Veins A hauntingly beautiful entrance to one of the wards at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-cord https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jqEmO8zW1zK6AKdjZ92_FKKce3A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4011535325abdb12086df5.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Cord Shelves https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191428.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3drFt3bDm2mTb9jlHyZeDntedSw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_646982563589cf936c9178.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Kitchen https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33203833.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1fPsx9PyRQGhbcy_aAuswUsIAOA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183144717459dfc62ee05eb.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Boone Store by Night The Boone General Store and Warehouse, let for an evening photo shoot at Bodie State Historic Park, California https://www.abandonedamerica.us/it-was-good-that-they https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GEVhYrh-Y_SomdTI_RnQJPycuOk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20767367045318c99b3d365.jpgChurch of the Transfiguration | it was good that they were here "The church of the Transfiguration stands as a monument to those parishioners who worshipped in it when it was a wooden frame chapel, when it was a small chapel on the first floor of the parish school and when it became the magnificent edifice we have today. It stands as a monument to all of the priests who have labored to serve the needs of the people. It stands as a monument to the pastor who laid the foundation for it but never saw it -- Father MacAran. It stands as a monument to the pastor who built it -- Father McGettigan. And it stands as a monument to the pastor who maintained it so well -- Father Kavanagh. It stands as a monument to them not so much because of what it is but who it represents -- Jesus Christ whom all of them have labored to love and serve in it and through it. This brief history does not do justice to the greatness of the parish nevertheless I dedicate it to all of its people especially its three pastors. Yes Lord it is truly fitting and just that we give them praise because throughout their lives they praised you so well in all they did. Lord it was good that they were here.*" from "A History of The Church of the Transfiguration 1905 to 1972" by Daniel J. O'Neill * - I believe Mr. O'Neill is referencing the quote above the entry way, "Lord it is good that we are here." --------------------- Church of the Transfiguration, Philadelphia PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-campus https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3iyCVPXaCyJemNICNDPwxGmhlpI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1681650844e126aa38e5d5.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Campus Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890584.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BRyslw0KTs9s-qybdOnljSzjI-k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20414584895fd54fa4525c9.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Catwalks One of the fun things about the catwalk areas was that sections of the grating had been removed, necessitating scuttling along the edges over substantial drops onto more metal and catwalks below. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889298.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Thg5MECMAQnNsIet6mf_Zkg74B0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9465089394d744ea903353.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Leaning Shelves Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-nurses https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tW5xmtNJ-8IlO4jbbDfW4Blgbrw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16618296525a555ad305990.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Nurse's Station https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-barnstormers-ride https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IGG20maOzoFEOZct-T3H-OG3iuQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213732964559db841b60419.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Bugs Bunny Barnstormers Ride The Bugs Bunny Barnstormers Ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889210.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cfEbHCWkpXMfPqMqNOgYoNVJcmQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17262276434d7444e6a89d0.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-stairway-landing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jnsNsKlT5imESDw_wh0Zr90Hyp8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17770376675bce5090b5e71.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Stairway Landing On the first floor landing of the Irem Temple, you can better appreciate how ornate the handrails are. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851120.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZrhGpWzMX4Pl2hqUJ5DZy44JiW8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5725230517e914c9c5fa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21275786.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MxqM3uaI_zj5UXY4Ls3SvSQUATY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14830390565384e2ece706f.jpgBaltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33865297.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c5dAVY7xLap_ZHkHbEk5ffHya9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20643762335a51130d12e1d.jpgSt. Peter's Episcopal Church (Germantown, PA) | Deteriorating Ceiling https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235376.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qo3KFfB96OwP3gTh6yNmBAv-6lE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10863496286057cfd6be7ab.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/union-station-lobby-brownsville-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kvfepkFa6T9u1Gfd45XR5u6LJSA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_100900394663350adc76838.jpgUnion Station Lobby | Brownsville, PA The lobby of the abandoned Union Station in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-morgue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ab-yVZU5I3fQfZdQrSRsUhWuKfA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11357191335a577d52b9c32.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Morgue Drawers https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42101933.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gqBsRGs-ifPDuGhHnp9hKXKjSM0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8921232785fbd963167991.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/market-street-view-abandoned-monongahela https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3_eRc40e8PwvccKlA3a1oxfToOA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_985397535633a8a4bcc796.jpgMarket Street View | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA The facade of Brownsville's abandoned Monongahela National Bank https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-curved https://photos.on-this.website/wm/06eYddjFxhVjVnB-trQPQTe3jl4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21022628875e39dc623a539.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Curved Staircase A curved stairway between the second and third floor of the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34379320.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hVh-imR7KBYfoCgGOQcfiZjh1gE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18402696845abbfab25824b.jpgSt. Nicholas Coal Breaker (Mahanoy City, PA) | Messy Office https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-cleared-out https://photos.on-this.website/wm/exhVPOv6PT9z_Wf7W1lSm-f6UV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_226086090576d6110cd1d6.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Cleared Out https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14218787.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_20714807574f495d51121ea.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Respirator Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-tormented https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zCHU6DDEhZVCN6cQINIY0WfpBDw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94399374959ef89b6ca970.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Tormented Car The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27766415.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QZ5g0ldg42mO-w9arXKYunhR9IE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16964268375754682999535.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Bowling Shoes Bowling shoes and trophies on a shelf at the bowling alley in Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-saucerful-of-secrets https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xO7_o-kPnk9ouYUxPtiehIbodFo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1307342340502fdf6fd771c.jpga saucerful of secrets Photograph by Matthew Christopher, taken at Conquistador China. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-secret https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BzfTHACIKTAkUTiWGHpCggpJ5Hs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1974677592598613fccb5064.28392194.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Secret Garden The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752546.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7rWp5KskIiKA900C2vsKrCEqhTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_915907293550c7b4b49d79.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-first https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gLBUtB-EKL4axB6qOv6DQG1JCPg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2118644435e39dc6e80c60.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | First Floor Meeting Room A first floor meeting room in the rear of the Agudas Achim Synagogue; note the beautiful chandelier. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-exterior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kaM29yBT8W76NZikK7mR6vODNjo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11911882714e126aa9b72c6.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Exterior Door Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonduplex https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Yzot9qls4UyjwTqHUkRC7uw8csE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4831757395585ecb56f97a.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Decaying Duplex Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonpeelingkitchen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ur8k_r4FIz4KDnqOpVSj2-ALE5M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_39240792576d48b66a02e.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Peeling Kitchen https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323176.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LNdsPD5lkiQy2UsrkoEM2hbnpvQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19379471624d362ba65162d.jpg'the things we left behind' Frick Fine Arts Building Pittsburgh, PA September 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kaufmans-department-store-baltimore-md https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mvq0I8E67pEdZgrS3931Hg-hkYM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5549592925417296876077.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Paying Customers Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060016.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eTZBBXu9MYt9BVISE9xPQ7v0Wao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19003189534e83fc43989bf.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Sooty Elevators A sooty elevator in the tower of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743938.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OUay9NfDEkwmhnH4spwMiUD4Cic=/wbr/1747161032/15678_76045378259b20e07c3bf84.18354154.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Sawmill https://www.abandonedamerica.us/third-presbyterian-church-chester-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SgiHtale0zWK7OYjbIuVmikbdig=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8297736605ef50d6f0fd63.jpgThird Presbyterian Church, Chester PA | Majestic Exterior https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-vanishing-logo https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AAYP4ry_N8m7wFNBiMXwj5Xmo5w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19527919705689a3852ce21.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Vanishing Logo One of the Philadelphia bicentennial car's logos flaking away in the sun. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-overgrown https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vbexDTtJT79r9LqZItdW_19yS1o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16817521355955f2f257f3.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | No Matter How Far No matter how many places I've photographed, I've never really been happy with anything I've produced. Every time I work on a set from a location I find myself wishing I had visited the location more often, tried different angles, or that I had known more about what I was doing at the time I took the pictures. For every shot that I post on my website there are ten that I managed to butcher somehow (particularly 5+ years ago) - the focus wasn't just right, I made some other stupid mistake in the settings, the angle could have been better. I should have tried more, and worked harder. I see shots other people took at the same locations and frequently think, "How could I have missed that? It's such a logical shot to take!" There are photographers out there so in love with themselves they believe whenever they take a picture they have produced the definitive statement on a subject, who are so enamored with their own reflection that they think the only relevant story about a given location is their own. Sometimes I wish I were that way. Maybe it would spare me from the nagging dissatisfaction that makes it hard to accept compliments and constantly leaves me feeling guilty because I have failed to measure up to whatever impossible goal it is that my heart has set for me in terms of what this effort is meant to accomplish. On the other hand, I also believe improvement is born of need and need is by definition not being satisfied with how things are. If you aren't constantly looking critically at what you're doing and testing for weaknesses and ways to improve, you won't improve. Arrogance learns nothing because it feels it already knows all there is. I have progressed to a point where I make far fewer technical mistakes now and know how to counteract most errors, but it doesn't rescue old sets or bring back locations from the landfill. The vision of what I want to accomplish with what I do is always off in the distance and I'm always running to try to catch it, but it's still so far away no matter how far I get. Maybe part of it is that you hope to capture the soul of a place in an image, a part of what makes it so special and magical at the time you're there, and an image only goes so far with that. When a place is destroyed no amount of images can replace it. The frozen, two dimensional facsimile can't allow for the same interaction, the same discovery, the variance in lighting in mood throughout even a single day let alone multiple seasons and years. It's like a picture of a loved one you've lost; there is no more opportunity for you to know them as a person, and when you look to the scraps you have left they always leave so much to be desired. --------------------------------------- Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-exit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Br-zW6pMYfmHo6NypuTc0q7wFg4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9618907124d7423b4a00f1.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Exit Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-second https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HhM2a80yByBpPD7De7nAWcxnmZM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10502082344e126c409a9fb.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Second Floor Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lobby-lighting-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nZqRF7d-pvVHR2P-shfiIyVwDDg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16892987605a397d5dd3c5a.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Lobby Lighting Grimy and piled with junk, the lobby still affords a glimpse of the starburst lighting. ----------------- Photograph of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864739.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A18TDK9-Xm4E9nQnOgMmq2MW8FI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9218362645d7feab5c66cd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22651491.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GntFaBvDyIsgj7qFy0QIKgz8-OM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_372809881543326eedd2db.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835565.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mxd2P7kC7gFjUdADIKVGNpYoDVQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2110530882559d4245cb4b0.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060054.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eBCFLbj9myqQj9E0mQDOaq3gcho=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2723353004e83fcadee707.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Patient Room One of the patient rooms at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center; a curtain and smashed television still remain in the room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24313847.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xux1YSdIhvaKL4YMleGhG4oNE1Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213444626555bfcc3609d6.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Philadelphia Hall Facade Photograph taken at Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 2014. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-paradise-hotdogs https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1lMXVkNOcpmpCLRcX_C0HA2uwzc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_113523574659db8435107b9.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Paradise Hotdogs A Paradise Hot Dogs booth at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23752541.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wi3F_T7qXMW_Q-StZTWvQgHn1yE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_390167445550c7934448f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-gloomy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y3Xb1OSPJ1zDuDLOn34qlvVYFaA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19877617894d742acf64ce5.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Gloomy Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-main https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OWIVrNnYPVAqLVpkwdK9IXH0BeE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8670173785d487ddf639e0.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Elephant Gate Bundi Palace's Elephant Gate, or Hathi Pol. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-lobby https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S34uR8nlVw3BbZ8vENOXfw3bsd0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5375758915e39c6bc4271a.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Lobby Staircase The main staircase in the lobby of the Agudas Achim Synagogue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/davVvpuz56U8ZzuljwEyngyJJRA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2715724065224abbc8438e.jpgPrison exercise yard https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49808098.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_165597010864ef7ade07b12.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-resort-orange-stairway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ccxm7YPzfqgfiTcxRNb74e77AYk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21122207355c33d32289453.jpgAbandoned Resort | Orange Stairway An eerily lit orange stairway leads to the second floor of an abandoned resort. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30364039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QQZZdGG0znn6LE80obtHys8l17Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_108403226958b6f099c5b6a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851114.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cigMoHDtzXhNFGkjkpmwF4PvFss=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1508348335517e912d7295b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17587452.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6JRVUzaq6ekhUdWaTe88Lh-gOiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_130271115362ec2a7188395.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777655.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gJnVme3tlz5bmNX2O-gkhg5Csfg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73886732255956e45d2c20.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113182.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bYK618FaR2wYvCsvt51Ha3V13lw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12086580894e12908875bb4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069338.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8RkTYuDGm4V_LsvgEu5rTRY4OWY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14491785714e1106eeccc01.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Circuit Breaker Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998044.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IFKX5XgPSpLT2ekXuUAnAE1bmao=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14829351714f19af2e51b68.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned Clearwater State Hospital (pseudonym), 2009. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229168.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LI5AxmFm0uLqUAKCeEdrGC28Yso=/wbr/1747161032/15678_337837917603d66003a1bb.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14220573.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_9781032454f498c8a4ddad.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Filtrate Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983789.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/h1_f8w_Nf_fHmw1s5lsr4pDMz7E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9972245245d910531566f3.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29977566.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1vbM9T7a0QrYY5Xx1LP6ua_34oU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_113995137758716c17a8db6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/agudas-achim-synagogue-chicagoil-sanctuary https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w9dODDKXXVIcmtXgb8SdLhk4OlU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15477366525e39c6fb6428e.jpgAgudas Achim Synagogue (Chicago,IL) | Sanctuary Balcony Rear View The rear of the sanctuary balcony at Agudas Achim Synagogue was defaced with graffiti https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206268.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y55Gz8w6xfyLt4VflT1Ia7bv4kc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18677648925ebdb506dad4f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18949179.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ETTd0XJNoGn7PmZx45xlGk-0QVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5525139545df0025be020d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-philadelphia-bicentennial-cars https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S29BmMMjEVqUWyFWDhw4qHJGXg8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3064203814fca989a75eba.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Philadelphia Bicentennial Cars Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8WtGVfPk1Biy_z-1BIUWS3DRwAQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19302431085b468c6eb5753.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Big Easy Looking up the front of the Big Easy Ferris Wheel at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132462.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LXsYqTDPMwfVXp6zTrqvb47U06k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2974289564dd74d09c81d1.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Ward Nexus Ward nexus, Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889310.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lgSOoCJ9DjB1pZXwi5XhrT5g5f8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6715990764d744ee9ada83.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | Motor City Monument Lee Plaza Hotel, Detroit MI. 2009 The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/some-slight-hope-for-redemption https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nZORZk_f7a6_U6obt8O8b4avzsA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12157050604e13e222309fe.jpgAbandoned Farm | some slight hope for redemption sometimes you wake up in the morning to some throbbing internal ache and everything just seems destined to go wrong. the storm clouds hang menacingly overhead, and you know that when the lightning starts crashing down, all the dried wood in your life will ignite into a perfect firestorm obliterating every hope and dream you ever had. at such times you wonder why you bother, why not just stay in bed why even attempt anything when the world continually pulls everything you accomplish apart? and sometimes the lightning you expect, it doesn't come. the clouds part just enough for the sunshine to break through, and you stand there, bewildered by the fact that you've been spared somehow from what you saw as the inevitable. your back didn't break under the pressure, your spirit didn't collapse under the strain. the gods have been merciful this day, and though you are not sure why, or whether you even deserve it any more, for a few moments you see something like the green radiance of ivy climbing up through the mangled shell of an old mausoleum, like a white dove in the sky after a flood that blots out the earth, like faith you forgot you even knew how to have. these are the moments we live for, more rare and precious than any tangible thing in the world, because for those few fleeting seconds you see that somehow, some way, there is some slight hope for redemption. Photograph taken at Charming Forge farmhouse, 2006 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-bathroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EYMFM0rJEPL8E6BEDNuTxPCPcIo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9091398094d742abe5a553.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Bathroom Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-distribution-facilities https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jLWoViqVhOSJaIHJzYZlrqB3KDk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18440156485092b5c91b3d1.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Distribution Facilities Specialist https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060022.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tAkX-hRiNTyWtpbVL-ZXNzCZf6E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20679918374e83fc5554285.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Medication Room A storage room at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center is still full of medications that have been strewn across the floor https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-moonlit-main https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5W8huiP__adHeflNI3JN8LjH7AY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_955874867589114db052a1.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Main Street by Moonlight Moonlight on Main Street at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/old-hospital-building-the-ladd https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DeiciBRWXoQfGWPFRvCsTT76k-Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13762585954ee2385cd6dd.jpgOld Hospital Building | The Ladd School Unfortunately we were unable to get into the old hospital building on the Ladd School's campus. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018473.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IGQ7AdxkF8MNgxNMn7SSUCNLyw0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60413560358757e8a3a7f2.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Long Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511337.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0vvCsn5cBQwSEi__2bfDxIKT9lI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1833387470674dee4985ca5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-burst-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fJsDZM1wCCRO3eOnHbsyY3fU3Wk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1017848082524d969bb9f60.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Burst of Red Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bank-before-collapse https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QI4lY6qcTcjs7ePKQxTMgF3HKSk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9117469735b55066e4bc39.jpgBefore Collapse | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA One of the back rooms in an abandoned bank, appx. 2011. [url=https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35665247.html]View the same room years later, after the ceiling caved in.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14219981.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_11336767964f49748a343f9.jpgCrompton & Knowles Colors (Gibraltar PA) | Lab Crompton and Knowles Colors Inc., Gibraltar PA. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo47732509.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KuX5KhAxVrb7oDa3nJUr83yQHzs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16133355656356ec63b802f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50345404.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/smZaN3osFMgRHuXxKS95mCpyDr0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9816951946564f5ceb7e89.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-rta-line-trolley https://photos.on-this.website/wm/d5-futfmSMcA796cqyrnndFnGbk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_52922126656899cc53deb1.jpgTrolley Graveyard | RTA Line Trolley A line of streetcars rests out on the front of the property, awaiting salvage. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard photographed by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229381.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZE1foLwz3BkqVcKjFCh7ekfG0aE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19389363603e985df0c91.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Strider https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49287915.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fxoOF_PxjT9KzCHnJ7OKZgJsRxU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1488025553649dfa4b670d0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29815645.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3SzP5rwUEytYIEYgjConNc0hWsE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19456878275844abce95d66.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865326.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kuZ_kHGAJfaBxuUjo3uTS3Ccj8k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13967425614d7330f86ab8b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41253033.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/57yt8r7tHKQAH7X_R_0BlREpBNM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11350718265f03773fdad5c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/lock-boxes-abandoned-monongahela-national https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4wlvB8R3J_AxrDid1vitxu-mKzk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18938331325eb586d64f19c.jpgLock Boxes | Abandoned Monongahela National Bank, Brownsville, PA Lockboxes in the safe at the abandoned Monongahela National Bank in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-something-very https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U58tF-h31iQvVFC--PrQxvfxWKc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5069715285abe8c1a4593b.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Something Very Bad Is Afoot Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-resting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dCWoaUgQd6myvsWS4GaL6p1fyaM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2151516155aab026c294d8.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Resting Scale Car This is one of three surviving "scale cars." They were built by Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company in Cleveland, Ohio and are electrically powered by an overhead third rail. These glorified hopper cars received iron ore, limestone, and coke from overhead bins. Using scales built into the cars, the material was weighed and loaded only to predetermined amounts. Once properly loaded, the scale cars moved down the track the skip pits (one per furnace), where the load was dropped into cars that traveled up an incline railway to the top of the blast furnace, where the material, called a charge, was dropped into the furnace. The structure around and in front of the car is the framework of the Hoover-Mason Trestle. Contrary to popular believe, the name has nothing to do with US President Herbert Hoover. Instead, the name comes from the Chicago engineering firm that designed the ore handling system for the plant in the first decade of the twentieth century. The trestle supported a broad (7'10.5") gauge railroad track and a standard gauge railroad track which brought raw materials to the blast furnaces. The broad gauge track ran to the ore yard while the standard gauge track connected to the coke works and outside rail network. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] -------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26220252.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qFO2cillh98heQO7jZsIgfgz75o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_595887529565b27029333c.jpgAbandoned rayon plant Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/this-perished-heart https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yNMGTp6LyndqFtFULfpgoZkukiM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16884705844d742a9b480fb.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | this perished heart Cold in the dust this perished heart may lie, but that which warmed it once shall never die. - Thomas Campbell ---------------------- Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890568.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DETLb55_O7hbbzJATjWWqvcujvI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20419188905fd5461ac82b5.jpgCrawford Power Station (Middletown, PA) | Purgatory The cavernous space below the main floor of the turbine hall has much more interest and character to me than the somewhat underwhelming floor of the stripped turbine hall itself. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/not-a-monster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LHRsFUQLKQ7jl0MUZ3X5SCu4lhM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14510146674d6c502a381f7.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | not a monster [b]not a monster[/b] By Matthew Christopher You don't understand what it's like working here. You can't. Not unless you see it with your own eyes. There are just so many of them. You literally trip over them walking through the day room. There's no way of keeping track of everything like you should. I've asked over an over for more help, more resources, but the administrators just shake their heads sadly. Where's the money? The things you see on a day-in, day-out basis are more than anyone should ever see; how do you keep everyone clean when they drool and dribble their food on their clothes? How do you keep the ones who need diapers fresh all the time? And what of the ones who just soil them right after you change them? Do they know any better, or did they do it to be spiteful? These are the things you ask yourself every shift, over and over. How do you keep track of the ones with pica, who will eat a roach or a cigarette butt or a quarter whenever they can, and the ones who bang their head against the wall until they bleed? That`s not even to mention when you find them having sex in the bathroom, sometimes consentually, sometimes not. It's so easy to get overwhelmed, to lose your temper. That's how it happened. I didn't mean it. They only have so many toys, maybe one toy for four or five people. Jimmy walks around with that stupid stuffed dog all day like it's his and his alone, and he never shares. Andy wanted to have it, he even asked nicely, and it`s only fair that he should have a chance to play, too. Jimmy started yelling at him incoherently, and then he smacked Andy, and I lost my temper. I went over and I grabbed the dog and I tried to yank it out of his hands but he wouldn't let it go. I was so mad. Andy was curled up in the corner sucking his thumb and Fred started howling and Kevin started jarring his chair against the floor and making that godawful noise he makes, and it was all getting out of control, like it was right before that time when Mark got hurt really badly. So I pulled the dog with all my strength and the head ripped right off and its stuffing floated down lazily through the air like nothing was the matter at all. Jimmy looked at me like it was a real human head i was holding, and then he started bawling with such passion and grief that I was actually afraid of it. I never saw such a look on any human`s face, let alone a 33 year old man's. It was just a stuffed dog, but he acted like I'd just killed his very last friend in the world, and that's when I realized I probably did. I swear, I came here because I wanted to help these people. You have to believe me. I'm not a monster, I'm a good person at heart. I try to do the right thing. Just like you. ------------------------ Please note that this is a fictional narrative, not an actual event, based on staff conditions in institutions like Pennhurst. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748229.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fCBKFw8pRUvzYhz3FmEEYNiWpe4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_142128837357530c81b7769.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Hidden by Trees The overgrown entrance to one of the buildings at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998226.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pAXfF_zBqLjdJfWugtvip9VZb3Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5109572144f19cd9c704dc.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned elementary school, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-sad https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x1QwpyJ6Lo9u4nYfndf5HBoSKlU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_939680245abdb00379d3f.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Sad Switch https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35684457.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bmt4LHMctQXW4CWqBkPGpv5YY5g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1161017295b57c441c406f.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | Lost In Shadows https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pryamid-of-arches-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/y8JxoytYMMWlrN5ODzxzrjg7rMw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7159834252a3d00a60673.jpgPryamid of Arches | Hudson River State Hospital This series of arched walkways must have been beautiful during the time when Hudson River State Hospital was open. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16686468.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2zF8RCWDEDen9wpkIKz5dLar_3I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8154960775098bd9b4c80a.jpgTrolley Graveyard | 1947 Yellow St Louis PCC PA Transit Car Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/losing-the-light https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wsP2iHUciC9BXyfdtDUI_SjNpJg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8345378695d43296b44f94.jpglosing the light The light was quickly fading as I tried to make the best of my time in Advent Hill; while it was not a particularly large building nor an architecturally extraordinary one, there were many interesting details I wish I would have had more time to take stock of. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/victory-theatre-holyoke-ma-lower https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IxM52zJsWxBOsc-JSXv8yC-Wzpo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193479180054204b4050f4a.jpgVictory Theatre (Holyoke MA) | Lower Level Collapse Victory Theatre, Holyoke MA The Victory Theatre is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-bullet https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bOnRKbLoMmqlXzbiGtKWt8XOxPw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112353920559cd2fb37c767.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Bullet Riddled Shed The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34303071.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3mv_02zIIYHVgz_yTGARrYO1MDs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5243275695ab3f6a058335.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Midday Gloom Even midday, the overgrown building exteriors manage to look intimidating. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-long-rugged-path-towards https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dA1iJQEK-ioaQbI5m1qAoIZ2RBs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4433808294d6c62d73b626.jpgthe long path towards prosperity | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jXLV5AZ9d54ee_Tt2j3_5n27no8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_179156939053ed1047439ba.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-temple https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WoMJk-HcofHAXf5_0meU1EdRHiw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3075913255d488b4145426.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Temple Detail Detailed carvings in an abandoned temple at the base of Bhangarh Fort https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285466.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3qsXl1vFubStidHYyrUl7A2X71E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13622421315f0f457c0ce6b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23299207.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lDcgWX76QxUicBTbQeh9zDZUjWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_112882817654a3130e3ce05.jpgRandall Park Mall (North Randall, OH) | Jewelry Kiosk Jewelry kiosk at an abandoned mall Randall Park Mall is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or order it from your favorite bookseller! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-philadelphia-inquirer-clock-interior https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YId6lrc8Dups3K4SrHRdh-ICNXk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16477338095dd05c5c842d9.jpgAbandoned Philadelphia Inquirer | Clock Interior Inside the abandoned Philadelphia Inquirer building's clock tower, the small bulbs that light the face at night are visible. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-smiley https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Wkup5oEYDFaHjYEuAjdrXDRT62E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14849720954e126c6423186.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Smiley Tank Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24645662.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Oh8t2JA_QGmHlTEUD5Lq9g-7S_g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1844608414558316d84d850.jpgEnchaned Forest (Ellicott City, MD) | Gingerbread House The Gingerbread House was one of the structures that was too badly deteriorated to move, and it was torn down in 2015. Photograph taken at the abandoned Enchanted Forest in Ellicott MD by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-glass-filming https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8R3U0fiSWwrcmEAX6nbmLuJ0-w0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9304692865d3f482891134.jpgGlass Filming Ward | Allentown State Hospital This ward in Allentown State Hospital was where the movie Glass was filmed. The color, dubbed "Pepto Bismol Pink" by a staff member, was not the original hue, it was the color of the ward above it. Director M. Night Shymalan felt that ward was too decayed but loved the color so had this one repainted. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/very-odd-indeed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T22MGHaYlVrZm_tY9RVojVPs_Ks=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9840403194d733988b5f02.jpgvery odd indeed | Hudson River State Hospital [b]Updated 2010[/b] | By Matthew Christopher Easily one of the grandest and most ornate asylums ever built, Hudson River State Hospital was a cause of great local controversy during construction due to running far over budget. The extravagance is evident in the beautiful stonework, the ornamental woodwork, the stained glass windows with their decorative yet functional iron grating. Frederick Law Olmsted, the man who designed Central Park, laid out the grounds and the span of the wings is half a mile, if you walked end to end. To do so now is impossible. In an ironic twist, the much-contested (and extremely expensive) yellow pine floors fared far less impressively over time than those made of other materials. The epic scale of the structural collapse, combined with a devastating fire, make Hudson River quite possibly the most deadly building in existence. Floors like the one shown here give way into gaping abysses, punji pits full of sharp, splintered boards fanning out from the basement like jagged teeth in the ever-hungry mouth of death itself. To take this photo I had to make it from the crumbling doorway on the left onto the sagging mess in the extreme foreground. The floor shifted beneath my feet and with my added weight dust and debris slid ominously into oblivion below. It was quite possibly the most frightening moment of my life, second only to the one where I had to get back into the doorway with no real solid ground to support me as I inched closer. I may not be terribly afraid of death. I may even wish for it at times. I am, however, afraid of being paralyzed, of falling onto a rotted shard of floorboard and laying impaled and broken for hours, with no real help available. I am not too proud to admit that I wanted nothing more than to stay in the relative safety of the door frame, or that I am glad that I may never again have to make the nerve-wracking leap of faith back to this hall's only point of entry. That being said, I would do it again if I had to. There is no better example than Hudson that all things fall apart, and I feel a certain kinship with it. We are both collapsing inside, and it is an odd thing to see before your very eyes what you imagine your own heart looks like. Very odd indeed. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/waterfront-view-ss-united-states https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fhR11AVQcFTYiM72DiL5YXZpnCw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9479095165aa810c9267ef.jpgWaterfront View | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235371.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yZBjQFI0KNp7EAn-tRSXSyxWAZs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3508423886057cefc7448b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-old-kitchen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3wpjok6uUt-SphCFZ-r39sbATcI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17007073505d3f45ee9ccad.jpgOld Kitchen Section | Allentown State Hospital The old kitchen section of Allentown State Hospital was slightly more deteriorated, but still not unrecoverable. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-buffalo-grain-silos-funnel https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KLymSbQaEU7AlInKTjvDWGCtLsc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6780525955abdb11aac9ed.jpgThe Buffalo Grain Silos | Funnel and Conveyor https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26160960.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jXdarSUOXxD7zDSFmmZSuVJdTW4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12565396275650f4e17c2a8.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Anatomy Models https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22131307.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T5b07FwVIckxGQuW1A0DFeG-7-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_169399317553f2de19a4255.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8489012.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0nnUjGQQPZXWl8H0dUbDocHuzwc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15154111494d487acd76a37.jpgautopsy theater Photograph taken at Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital. Full gallery online at [url=http://abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-communicable-disease-hospital]abandonedamerica.us[/url]. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/c5-galaxies-davis-monthan-air https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aHe7clRuhdOw855LmS4qsM_eKPg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_229426847574c644dea364.jpgC5 Galaxies | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-architects-office-rotting-desks https://photos.on-this.website/wm/O9dm88sKLSeLs4Wx8rZJDRYJrxE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12772038165b54f0b54634e.jpgAbandoned Union Station Architect's Office 2018 | Brownsville, PA These offices at the top of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station are where the blueprints and plans for Ernest Liggett's redevelopment efforts were kept. Photo taken in 2018. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/an-act-of-survival https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i6kTflcgkNtx4hRJ7Eq7nWvTJp8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17396122074d6d5fbc21725.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | an act of survival It was a crime, no doubt, but certainly not the worst of them. He had been caught stealing groceries. Maybe he was a rotten person otherwise, maybe not - but there was a clear need. His was not a sin of greed, but rather an act of survival. He was told he would be taken to prison to await trial, but the prison he was being taken to was filled with members of the Bloods gang. Knowing that gangs were segregated to decrease violence, he told his captors he was a members of the Crips, though he was not. I think it is reasonable to infer from the facts that he was very afraid of the Bloods. The most probable explanation is that at some point he had run afoul of one or more of their members and knew he wouldn't last very long is he was placed with them. So, as he had hoped, he was taken to the Essex County Jail Annex instead - a prison where the Crips gang was prevalent - but something went awry. Within minutes of his arrival word spread among the inmates that he had lied, that he was not a member of the Crips at all. At least ten men surrounded him in the shower area. They would later say they were initiating him into the gang by 'beating him in', a welcome mat made of punches and kicks rained down on the helpless applicant by a crowd of gang members. It is just as likely that they were simply beating him for having the audacity to claim that he was one of them. Whatever the case may be, the beating was so brutal that he died in a pool of his own blood from multiple blunt force trauma injuries. It must have been an awful way to go - drowning in a sea of blows, hearing his ribs breaking as he lay on the cold, filthy floor. He probably never had a chance to consider how his actions had backfired, that his theft and his lie, both born only of his will to live, would lead to such horrific consequences - or that to call the punishment disproportionate to the crime would be an almost comical understatement. His last moments were more likely spent in the fetal position, vainly trying to cover his head and body and hoping that the guards would intervene and save him. He only survived approximately 45 minutes at the Essex County Jail Annex. He was 19 years old. ----------------------------------------------------- Photo taken in the prison shower area, image and text by Matthew Christopher. [url=http://www.corrections.com/articles/505-ten-inmates-charged-in-fatal-beating]The event above occurred as described at this facility.[/url] If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136422.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RuNk9YbTE8W0TZrtDVM7oD-Hua8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1276657775224ab947a9d3.jpgAbandoned prison cafeteria https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31744263.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/spiFVrYfGj11_8NjkdguyZgB8U4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_559437260594d4119a6dc9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-home-pastoral https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WfLgYBKWFZvdcVha8qNvS6MRf7w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_34559747653c17158abf1e.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania Home | Pastoral Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29099603.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TlpYTPnPpk6NOEbh_-WoUa_cK_4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_73304827957e061efe970c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27801775.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ESg0nUJKNQ549BP3XmVpSiCYlDY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2153738805755ce10a62d6.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Hole in the Wall https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137836.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4-K08Kc1DfVQEf7Qc0prXuKVJpY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19110763584e136da822dab.jpgwhile fresh air was thought to be good treatment for tuberculosis, the bars on the porches are a somewhat stark reminder that the stay at the hospital was not optional. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998091.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ouKmD26DD5Htr0ipFL8ISYEX8uA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10277431704f19ba45593c7.jpgPhotograph taken at Watts Campbell Steam Engine Company, 2011 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Currently active thought mostly out of use. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32373502.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QNH6zwR4wtzf55AKauO4bxnhtQk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1694890304598a5de4cbe7e3.25537857.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8547218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X_NsWnCDKxY_lK9T1AERWKIc0yA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11412524175d432bb1e051e.jpgThe back of the church shows much clearer evidence of vandalism and decay. On the left, the sign lists 'Number on the Roll', 'Offering To-day', and 'Attendance a Year Ago To-day'. although the numbers have slipped from the board, like many of the items in the church it still is in relatively good condition despite the overall appearance of clutter and disarray. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bundi-palace-india-rajas https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bhm4dFWNbH0exgTCIX98rHmo1AQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4342900745d487ddf1b065.jpgAbandoned Bundi Palace, India | Raja's Throne This seat in Bundi Palace is where Rao Raja Ratan Singh would consult those fortunate enough to gain his audience. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28881110.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AQpsqmacf553DaTc6Iv7iLN9oUc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_149535278657cb6ef5a2a26.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-another https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ACXJf61tAGY6kSEjjYAh5oziRYc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14616739885a53f85ca2c55.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Another Hallway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-tumbler https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cTo1gT1rAqfX0RrTvLIUJuNHHB0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4999058104e126c49340ed.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Tumbler Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15259934.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/85RZt1cJR-DDU-ua4_Wvl-eNNQ4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_752552684fde0c0b77ad7.jpgLackawanna Steel (Lackawanna, NY) | Administration Main Stairwell Just keep telling yourself, it'll get better. It'll all work out. They'll figure out a cure. You'll see. It won't just keep getting worse and worse until it ends! It can't. The misfortunes have to run out, right? The sun will come out tomorrow and all that. There will be someone who will come along and fix this, who will make things right and put it all back in place. It's not just an uncontrolled plunge into a bottomless pit. You have to hit something sooner or later, And when you do you can start rebuilding. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Swallow the anxiety. Don't let the panic win. Repeat, "This is not just a gigantic hopeless clusterf***." Over and over. Over and over and over. It'll come true. It has to. ------------------------ Administration building. Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel), Lackawanna NY. 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Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/pennsylvania-state-homeopathic-asylum-for https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PPCbvXWhXkTJ-ihiLVHhEHX_1Co=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2400223185d3f82d98d528.jpgPennsylvania State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane Postcard An undated postcard shows the Pennsylvania State Homeopathic Asylum for the Insane, which would later be renamed Allentown State Hospital. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998108.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t8N62rfkM-nFFSmPFNlkh9kSMEg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14381901404f19bb9b7dd1a.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned parish hall, 2011 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33856467.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JHOdOfJUXeH0vyLSaq4iUN5oay4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15430894435a4c5d7090b74.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Sick Call https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-operating-room https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mJYNdAUy6got-I8mVTdADcfqvIk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15117417265d3f492c7dd5b.jpgOperating Room | Allentown State Hospital In Allentown State Hospital's Medical Services building would be unidentifiable were it not for the lights on the ceiling. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889164.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lOjeSGNQzNKPvLOGsFwLruPBBZQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16239430544d744368c8008.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31054076.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yOASu9SkpIM4im68FqTwSIKoyiE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97281613590b6d16efe530.73406218.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/packard-motor-car-company-detroit https://photos.on-this.website/wm/993T1vNDyxHYSs1_Dc2TIQ2j0WI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1958517594fa35bbed2c4a.jpgPackard Motor Car Company (Detroit, MI) | Falling From Favor When we enjoy a piece of art, there is a perceived sense of ownership that the viewer has over it. While you may not own the actual object or the rights to it, you are forming a relationship with it on your own terms. If a work of art appeals to you, often you attribute it to an expression of your own thoughts, experiences, and emotions. This is what is liberating about art: there is no method to control how it is internalized or interpreted. This is also why it can be dangerous to established order. This peculiar notion of ownership is particularly prevalent with images. While one may not actually possess distribution or reproduction rights to an image, the entire purpose of a photograph is to be viewed and analyzed. In the act of viewing a photograph, one gets the sense of experiencing all that it has to offer. By judging its merits in terms of aesthetics and meaning, we are allowed the feeling of having taken what the medium has to give us, and as well as the freedom to do with it what we wish. In this sense a photograph is a gift of sorts, a donation of the photographer's own experience to the viewer. The conflict that often arises is when what the viewer wishes to take from the artist's work is different than what the artist wishes them to. At this point we often dismiss the artist; if their work is in some way a fragment of a greater truth that we witnessed in it, who are they to reframe that truth? Does a carpenter have any right to tell us how to live in a house they built? How dare this person take something we appreciate on a surface level and make it needlessly complex, or state that something we inferred to have a profound meaning was actually quite simple? We magnanimously granted them our audience, and they repaid our grace by telling us things we didn't want to hear. Yet in many cases I believe art is there to tell us things we don't always want to hear and to reframe the way we think about things. This is the great and terrible freedom that it has, and the reason we love it is also the reason we despise it. It is offered as a gift, and yet when we try to take possession of it, it reminds us that we do not own it after all. We try to cram it into the envelope of our preconceived beliefs, yet reject it as fraud if it cannot fit. We want the dancer to dance, the singer to sing, and the photographer to present us with striking imagery. It is the moment that they start expressing any views that fall outside the realm of what entertains us that they fall from our favor. ----------------------------------- Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit MI. 2009 Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you're interested in more Abandoned America blogs, [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/blog]follow this link[/url]. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22092672.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/E1Y5xGHps484w6_tSW63T2Rfg90=/wbr/1747161032/15678_75252776353ed1d58463fd.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069334.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QGN3qKS1KLwbnt0BUFpm6wBe5d0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_263452994e11067c09117.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | The Glory of Industry Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-deathtrap-waiting-to-happen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6Q06jRi9IR7sH4-8DVxrXe2ssVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_109441597850f0e3c233862.jpga deathtrap waiting to happen https://www.abandonedamerica.us/slice-of-light-ss-united https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s5A3aAY6JCKyOZVz5PPNHelF0is=/wbr/1747161032/15678_45146787655ae56a5b943b.jpgSlice of Light | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) SS United States The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087704.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bfvFRU-__9j-Ht_2JMuUomC-8W0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_177537727053ebcdf8b4661.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25943291.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J-QmalpkwgSu6bcBaxjbfhnu3gY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2134440940562951d866e3c.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Auditorium Rear https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-am-not-resigned https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6TTPyGzA0vDcGnOfQlM7ag3D6nE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19817152884d7339b0db5fb.jpgI Am Not Resigned | Hudson River State Hospital Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. - Edna St. Vincent Millay https://www.abandonedamerica.us/street-view-abandoned-second-national https://photos.on-this.website/wm/e2w6siqXNihqVd90ascEsJtUhDI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_918122381633aa166a713c.jpgStreet View | Abandoned Second National Bank, Brownsville, PA A view from the street of the abandoned Second National Bank in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/until-nothing-remains https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nZ9SZ0EISjXD4fJ9DpaA3w85Yng=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13692403174dd74b7d44eca.jpguntil nothing remains Flesh by Lara Hazelton, MD These charts are the biographies of the patients in the dark rooms. They tell part of the story — that which can be compared against normal values. Yet they have been abridged, just as the subjects themselves have been sorted into systems, prodded and scanned, disembowelled, their internal organs pulled out. The person has been condensed into a problem list, lines on a graph, lab values, brief words on a nursing flow sheet. The dimensions of life have been filed into a binder with a wheel that flags orders as routine or urgent. In this way we dismantle the living person with surgical precision. Dr. K, the palliative care specialist, wants to include patients' photographs in the charts in the hope that this will stop the process of disintegration. To illustrate this, he produces a medical photograph of the usual sort: a subject posed like a mannequin, eyes cut off at the edge of the frame to preserve confidentiality. The mouth is pulled into a grimace by fibrosing tissues, and the overexposed skin of the man's chest shows the cutaneous manifestation of the cancer moving through his veins. Then, in contrast, he shows me a moody, contemplative black-and-white image of the same man lying in bed, looking away. See the textured sag of the skin on the bone, the way the soul binds the tissues together into a face? I watch Dr. K as he considers the photograph, taking in the shadows around the man's eyes. He knows the ending to the story, whether the man has lived or not, yet he looks at the picture as if waiting for an answer. The artist's gaze, the physician's gaze. The subject: the living and the dead. One night as we watch television, my husband tells me about a Web site his students have shown him. Posted on it are photographs of dead bodies: autopsies, suicides, murder victims. During the commercial, we argue idly about whether or not that sort of thing should be on the Internet. I'm not entirely opposed. Maybe people would be less prone to romantic fantasies about shooting themselves in the head, et cetera, if they had a visual to go with it. My husband disagrees. He doesn't think those images should be there to be stumbled upon by the unwary. "They were terrible pictures," he says. "I just keep seeing them in my mind." I tell him I'm surprised at his reaction. He was there those nights in my first years of medical school when I came home with bits of brain and flesh clinging to my clothes. He knew what I was doing up there on the thirteenth floor of the medical school building, slowly taking people apart week by week, creating pictures like the ones he finds so shocking. Yet I always knew that he wouldn't want to see what I saw. I wouldn't have felt right about showing him. That year in the dissecting lab, surrounded by bodies like investigators of a mass murder, there was a line being drawn, a border between those of us who had seen and those we had to protect. The secret we kept — what others would never really understand — was how little it bothered us. For us medical students, it was just part of our training to take people apart like that. It doesn't hurt them, we would think to ourselves as we made tentative cuts with the scalpel. This isn't alarming: look, no one else is alarmed. These pictures can fade from your mind. These people can disappear bit by bit until nothing remains. There are already some charts in the hospital that have photographs in them. In the dementia units, where there is the risk that a patient will elope, escape, some representation is needed to identify the missing. What gets caught by the Polaroid is the face of a convict, a criminal mug shot taken against the unit door. Some of the elderly models manage a smile: those who can still be coaxed into it, or who perhaps remember what to do when a camera flashes. Others have no recollection; their faces are flat, washed out beneath red and glowing eyes. Such photographs record the last stage of a journey begun a lifetime ago with baby pictures on a studio photographer's couch. They are sufficient for identification purposes. If it were not for the fact that so many of the subjects are already half-departed, who knows whether or not it might make them more human? There are maybe a thousand charts or more that have my writing in them, buried away in cabinets in warehouses, shrunken into tiny blocks of microfilm. They contain my impressions of patients, descriptions of what went on while they were in hospital. My own form of immortality as well as theirs. I think about what could be read between these lines, how the negative contours of myself have been left behind like fingerprints on the record. Each one is a story of me, a picture of me. But my shape was lost, too. With every word I wrote, I dissolved — into the assessor, the helper, the one too afraid of making a mistake. Once or twice, while flipping through a patient's old records, I have encountered my own handwriting or dictation from years before, with my signature on it. It is an odd sensation, as if I were encountering my own ghost in the chart. I read these notes, staring into my eyes, trying to recognize myself. Notice how distant I sound, how detached. How did I feel when I wrote that: pleased, angry, discouraged, or anxious just to get it down and go home? What if there were a photograph included in the chart, one that had caught my expression at the moment before I made up my mind about the case? That caught the uncertainty before it was forbidden, recorded the emotion I tried to exclude from what I wrote? I can almost imagine how seeing this could form flesh again around my bones, and how I might be pulled back, struggling, into my own skin. ---------------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33203830.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CUMQY74Wpm9z04D_NmgsRojUvF0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_86462579959dfc6078c30d.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | James Stuart Cain House https://www.abandonedamerica.us/hallway-of-fallen-tiles-undercliff https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NGN9UoI40yR54JcAj8x2_-0BEwk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_202173276654f3b5a081f2d.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Hallway of Fallen Tiles https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-jester-coaster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W7bGPUg4iI2Dmhao4SA7PmH6nPs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16099492865918a018385bd6.44149751.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Jester Roller Coaster Cars The cars of the Jester Roller Coaster at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-statue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eDACzWV65CcU9xPwgLkXkakN6lc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1526818559561ed4424d45d.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Statue of Liberty View Room with view of Statue of Liberty. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24683329.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iGDLs_Qc_-Bd0eOtudWCWIrEPV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6315018935588b009364c2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-more https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jUGNMDvtAa_Nv-0tb58G-GztHhc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20490789705b6b64cd587d4.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | More Flying Chairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32110035.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bXpdWt7_EsZyamdXfdvTD-k0Tqc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2001610290596e4929114aa.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44714213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2psXKSJSG_uyZNr5zErmXJcc35I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_53123095761d71de18274e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103353.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LxIvvAwwNCwahXzTwytGmsFmbPI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20951508516526eee41613e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206270.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nKed_Q9NRHCVRnWRktrVFdz-6lw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_716902235ebdb5180775a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22676180.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7zmBfSVBu2BjDx8wgzaTDgIikrk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_487284558543838ab84e7a.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Rainbow Room https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696942.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HHyGhaBAEN2dPnXAnxtSz-rep4w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14768726755aea4d04ec894.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511349.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wQ5uKS9KQzMvWJN0rG6xEYnM_GY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_927297011674dee7dd0fe7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/delaware-station-philadelphia-pa-basement https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BhI4osJf-DeD9OFGDKufXI8AyO4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_69943203560c28427be362.jpgDelaware Station (Philadelphia, PA) | Basement Support https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30852904.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cNetq8tcgFUQ2vcdHMibRMAacTs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_185213240958f654e77d1ab0.08854954.jpgTome School (Port Deposit, MD) | Unplanned Skylight https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113308.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NE7zNrb8bQuWsZJl_CNpP6Fr3ko=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8831663614e1296e9752c5.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Missing F Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonoblivion https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Lu0alhL9zUND-gmlhHHzHTRMS-g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31645722658cad1e14f057.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | The Anonymity of Oblivion https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143990.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zqqwuqAl1A1EBRL8JjPV0_DSPoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_869434724e13dccfcaa94.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-despite https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XzxB4zwnPEEgNIbZoLdCi7PHzgQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11629180374e126ed34cb6c.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Despite the Pollution Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27823027.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5E2MiCFofunbQUp-UpPdowxm26s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_94773217857572db032b5f.jpgFisher Body Plant 21 (Detroit, MI) | Pools of Light https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28580231.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DKo4cARuBFeT4oWpgS_d-5D5MHM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_78686336857a8daaf17cda.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Waiting Area A waiting area in the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/even-the-most-brilliant-metals https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tpr72WVRbYQdY6T6XgNsZ9qShyM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17938848374d747b1e03419.jpgeven the most brilliant metals rust Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. ~Voltaire --------------------- Birdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206274.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/RMrqdFjLnjBnEMjgr4wn9vq4sVM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10851196825ebdb53c888b1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/administration-infrared-hudson-river-state https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8325axMV4qzwWVyalDRu2IxGT3Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_195620698952a3cffa38958.jpgAdministration Infrared | Hudson River State Hospital The administration section of Hudson River State Hospital, viewed in infrared https://www.abandonedamerica.us/proof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wZnEgrGM6RFXxtmvghuBC51VU-Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6880861904d733a09b3388.jpgproof of the supernatural | Hudson River State Hospital And now, at last, I present you incontrovertible proof that spirits do in fact roam the darkened halls of the buildings I photograph. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33944592.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lqm-5c_xg-wZa-1INUBcYo6d6kw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3336568865a6262a5566fd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132454.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OtoKEQasrmWxj8ZdUYCSNTeBrV4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17438393134dd74cfb6bcfc.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Reflection of a Ruin Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/basketball-net-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uavVwbetRDPh6KddKa4_l16LzrA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1542331598629576d7be016.jpgBasketball Net | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-improper https://photos.on-this.website/wm/THZtLTy0U_C4IOmlyRQZ0aFeCqQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2103372968518c71b761317.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Improper Couch Placement Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/henryton-state-hospital-roofless https://images.on-this.website/15678_383847617531f7707c321f.jpgHenryton State Hospital | Roofless Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2010 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6WTIXt0gVgYMzCY-PsyIyfl_oeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5011121524f19aec65e911.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned boarding house, 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-town https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yFM4TlAjXSu5rchnUT81xYUQ_wU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7947520805d487dde3f0ef.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Town Ruins Ruins of the abandoned town at the foot of Bhangarh Fort in India. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748201.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Itj6NdByHWDiPa4kVXAx-SnAwPw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_174778715057530b2347fa1.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Vandalized Theater A heavily vandalized small theater at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-reflux https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dguTMMez8DEp1Q05iN6WmOjbwdE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17098637455abe8c4beeeeb.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Reflux Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135116.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NJBAdWIi3DAUuFPBVEB8RLS7CYI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4512462175547eb3d8d46f.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Last Visit Photograph taken during demolition of the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-beautiful-railing https://photos.on-this.website/wm/j-6xQN1MLdsjECD4EjHKi0ZWnIM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7749306365984d5c1cd3193.08815876.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Beautiful Railing https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23657730.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_3mifWnUSRkgoOutxJYFPhl_oGs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_74935654f78dedcc68e.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Ward 5 Entrance Entrance to Ward 5, Medical/Surgical building, Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26533539.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0qLyhH6-VAQu-TGb1Xyji3Ijz9Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_92069452056aa369fe6fc9.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/mezzanine-decoration-westlake-theatre-los https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xBaZuRqpedELTYr2-wVvr1mSAzg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2162171415a3990dbf3cc7.jpgWestlake Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | Second Floor Decoration The decoration on the second floor of the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles was probably my favorite spot in the whole building https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtoncollapsed https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MmforXVLEoPo61Y9hCp4AwaF3wI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3153625455631447152402.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Collapsed Living Room Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-mossy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q3m1lf6tHzmlloLlzQ-ng_JKP1I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12980355625984b85aeea44.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Mossy Carpet The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-plastic https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3ap1S7yLopudlAJEXTkiA4YjelM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2131822581597f38ef7ed0a3.31427041.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Plastic Flowers The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41209045.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bImnvWCRvVMg1SsRHBDVX7X5nWo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8969771635ec6d81d129ad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wordless https://photos.on-this.website/wm/73nXlYFKl_LgQV_0lW6JDwtxrUc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13584149555acd4fb7c413b.jpgwordless Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-locker https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l8MghKCzQ_rcgi2soWXOBf3F92U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10759916495a0a530e38c74.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Locker Room Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/salvation-lies-within https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qWEJq3kF96iTpTNwILXUx6oxsOI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17386949004d6d5fea2ab58.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | salvation lies within The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners. - Isaiah There is something very striking about this religious card left in one of the prison's day rooms. The ghostly figure of Christ bears up the body of the murderer (carrying a hammer in his right hand and standing with a stream a blood at his feet) in the moment where his grief and remorse are too much for him to bear alone. regardless of one's religious beliefs, it is a beautiful and poetic image and no doubt a deeply meaningful one for many of the men and women who turned to Christianity for solace while they were incarcerated at the Essex County Jail. ---------------------------------------- Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42235370.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-4AVhUEQRmcqHwFE2JPSPef4-Xk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9621894586057cef585517.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32743940.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mal6kRFh4rLEG09sgOb9rRpzWpw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_138964019959b20e32bf1c69.24135654.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Wheaton & Hollis Hotel by Night The Wheaton and Hollis Hotel in Bodie State Historic Park, California, formerly the United States Land Office. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/liggetts-steamboat-model-brownsville-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c0N6VFPnuOAUFkP2GAaUIhNdap4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_45344777463350a5dd2176.jpgLiggett's Steamboat Model | Brownsville, PA Steamboat model in Ernest Liggett's office in the abandoned Union Station building in Brownsville, PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821770.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Kc4fDLREKCENbIADT0hiQNfHLHo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_193768940559ae1694a1e9.jpgUndisclosed prison Undisclosed prison. No full gallery yet. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-vandalized-bicentennial-car https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eSZvGAzWyg0Z385zEz_HtPH9XQw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_652946885788feab8807f.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Vandalized Bicentennial Car Vandalism has taken a heavy toll, thanks in large part to websites featuring abandoned places heavily publicizing the location against the owner's wishes. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-union-station-architects-office https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pBHd7KU9B5Plb5mxUGxbVw6IJiY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_157297212463350cc3a6ba0.jpgAbandoned Union Station Architect's Office 2011 | Brownsville, PA These offices at the top of Brownsville's abandoned Union Station are where the blueprints and plans for Ernest Liggett's redevelopment efforts were kept. Photo taken in 2011. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31210083.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xjdlcxVDEn30voCPCbkvHWLX1VY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_183885154259192a79881e31.10614491.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009686.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nZosrncRrNw63GPAHXsu-fuOmus=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1454352024503819040db9f.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/chapel-of-the-trinity]Chapel of the Trinity*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8815458.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FvqXFXq2c7bapVcyMesK3WhKzUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17921377984d6c5ff4693fa.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Memorial Plaque Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-tower-demolition https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K-TL9pTRSVY08Mt8plEoambVGvQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_170535849461a54eb1777e3.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | All That's Left The demolition of the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA. Only the tower is left. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32288181.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oxp2MbB97kN-yReZQqEsQofxpCE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12318851575984ba8d501f6.jpgAbandoned Hudson Plant (Detroit, MI) | More Reflections Odd shapes, shadows, and reflections abound in this abandoned Hudson Factory in Detroit. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854495.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bqlww2TdJf2ZGQCbuUvcc44JEog=/wbr/1747161032/15678_97468412451ff34f925ec6.jpgAbandoned pumping station, NJ. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30018471.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ucLGZA1USlOwLN4lvCBu2kb-RMI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2917145258757e4a33581.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Methodist Church The Methodist Church in Bodie State Historic Park https://www.abandonedamerica.us/eastern-state-penitentiary-philadelphia-pa https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_6r258rr0eNWI-u0o2RDS4bcrYQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1080952755596e40957f83e.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Infinite Arches Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. 2016. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-atlas https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7PugkA1AACWLG9tclQUgXM9cut4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5754479414ddbe734f2c77.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Atlas Deisel Electric Locomotive Pictured here is a 55 ton, 42 inch guage (narrow gauge) diesel-electric locomotive. It was built in 1951 by Atlas Car & Manufacturing Company for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which used it at Pier 122 in Philadelphia, PA. The then new pier was built to unload imported iron ore and put it onto trains bound for Bethlehem and other steel mills. This unique locomotive, and three sister engines, were referred to as "shunt engines." Unlike other locomotives which couple to a train of cars and pull them down the track, this engine has arms that pneumatically lower so standard gauge cars on parallel tracks can be pushed by the locomotive. In practice, the locomotive ran on a horseshoe curve that connected the incoming and outgoing rail yards with the pier, where overhead bins dropped the iron ore (later taconite pellets) into rail cars. Although the pier has been demolished, aerial images from bing.com still show the site intact. It can easily be spotted along the Delaware River in Philadelphia between the Walt Whitman Bridge and the Navy Yard. The locomotive was moved to NMIH in 2005 and was donated by Conrail Shared Assets Railroad. - information provided by the National Museum of Industrial History --------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33031504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2jiIy740WI54RGGxn2cT50BZluM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_84772502059cc0fac94480.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22615517.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6PoegfR6NS05j519CQZpKwxJ4NQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_25834052854306fdc5af11.jpgGAMXX Oil Refinery, Theodore AL Infrared photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36598608.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3uAU_MTjqlKixKH4bz_wydxcMn0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19408163215bc0f05d60629.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13775730.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ya56jDLlQv5OM0YNi2e533dYohs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3433535584ee63a06795d8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-guard https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lXBrK4y9HLZNnGeWZ19sysm8m8I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3666890254e126a9ab53ed.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Guard Shack Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206271.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y1P0u5TAJEX8TUvD78yoNCAPqFU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13126729295ebdb521d86c4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26672247.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ERrTcTp6RNHPFWSeasku172bs1c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_96990469656c73a4ea1e15.jpgAbandoned rubber factory Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32185910.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BisdfAaHSbSfmWVoO2RiKHl5nw4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8221126955976633d34dfb5.80719815.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323100.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BF0theCN-rErL-vNYyQ_rDgf_6g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12146970784d361d3400062.jpg'dismantling the dream' OK Harris Gallery New York City, NY January - February 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813990.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hi5aWQbnH4WWYaTdRyc4_1LNnUk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13196448714d6c50d2ef972.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Pennhurst Squared Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8813988.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yTmq2MnObGCx8sQZ0NzbU00KPVE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3029077374d6c50a0c3de1.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Attic Rooms Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America, taken at Pennhurst State School and Institution. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonendangered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SojiuKQ7A4BQCWufKZOnrM-mUwQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1494267864550911ed3e41a.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Endangered Mattress Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684058.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/eOr8eaKyDRK1zd5qPvvHbuh0bmY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99046500361c3ba297af99.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33822972.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Mmhz-O2d9X81KEkLsQDgrGIYiV8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1629569145a3d4cd272a34.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | D Unit Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-sandwiched https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f7RU3PaN5w2GcViiJTszW8Ae2fE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11388730853c20bb184fde.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Sandwiched Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30472806.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/alqEHErE1RK80QE4CnKLHhTOZPI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_143866934458c6ec6971117.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41285462.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GMbnwuTDiTSsW76c3ELVR3iD9Pg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5884137535f0f45580da86.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-nesting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X9bKmVOFSDmfSMF0yuS8-3xlD_Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1437762858561ed45863792.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Nesting Doorways Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11517142.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WLBP4TgiU7OCQIk8dTNqblpyGsE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3610039045df003b6d722a.jpgtop floow view of door leading into the auditorium's balcony. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17851127.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/heXX55KF4I2Tzcqemupn9Kf959U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_987292401517e916cdcd3a.jpgAbandoned church, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5J5K3H7eqMkTGVcOXcClcrF7AEk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_91035713551ff33b671cb3.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Kids Corner Kid's Corner handprints; Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18824250.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TteBjp-lfROtSiSZ1wpbTKhtvOc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10305956115df001f8a4e0b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-freight-elevator https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CdtCn5fUK3N8u1Dm5USfGFTGrnQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16064676715092b5cca04d5.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Freight Elevator https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835548.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XAYcD9l1yDBm_qswDc4ok9BxHco=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1327861962559d3fd62a2c5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34303077.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/35X6s8lV4L3Fql-9dK0_qQXAzig=/wbr/1747161032/15678_954394045ab3f6ac9c40f.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Auditorium Stairwell Beautiful wooden railings on the stairs leading up to the auditorium show signs of vandalism. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-have https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7EaL9vpqgN8Wk8VQEUntBdydYkY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_980995559598613d0659273.77052782.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Have a Seat The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22432514.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/U8zXgbGGzw05eq8HiVGp7iua_MQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_154505202354170a62bfbe8.jpgKaufmans Department Store (Baltimore, MD) | Stairwell Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29919216.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wtf2YqW53kRWVDHgpGGfYEBnWVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6982138005857d110379cf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39902273.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rjdWObSIIpIZCTW4D_kq2Wy298E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9802902955d8286f86d3c0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-wooden https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ill2kjBRvB9qSWeLy-d5S3jDtyA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_65054319259ef89f37386d.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | Wooden Steps The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo37396364.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gMQcYMaRCSu7fGQxvwCTuETXAuI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20209930725c6321b323f76.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30020187.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vOttFd5Y3gspaaDLWK_2d4GBHnY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10577719285876b7adf28d9.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Stepped Rooftop https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-rows-of https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Dbtpjb0e7pPkN8yczvsSrk8Tz8Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6484491165d3f493156aa8.jpgRows of Sinks | Allentown State Hospital Rows of patient sinks in one of the older wards at Allentown State Hospital show one of the sections of the hospital that was never modernized. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12485528.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SQb3Zxoj4tophZXMLXIlLbhaHzg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8786422464e5effd75eedf.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | Fire Suppression System Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33844264.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8U8fo7CvtafXMPDLL5EHNIy3pKA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11979393425a494be28ba98.jpgSimon Silk Mill (Easton, PA) | Stairwell Stalls https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060034.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6j-Fo300tnnL3h-N47o2mOr26DI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7548263005df6a87c6e3e0.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Adolescent Unit The presence of the basketball net leads me to believe this would have been an adolescent unit at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30754671.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qc6WCCucA_S_Sler-BmHDs5fcNE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_194847816958ebb3033ec01.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Scarred Macy's Entrance https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonfaceless https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pLwXBA3TqGoBDORnlgGSwvNsVB0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_197166707855860253939b0.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Faceless Rabbit Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36559746.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Bnb1NCKupg0sq_042ch4coFjpkQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11231940545bbb9e8262b67.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41226152.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C9R3XXYYgysJc7wO_fOe2TqjBe4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20455890785eda8f59b1147.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26676968.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fti40e521FoSt4TIy75tTxfUKN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_191685523856c8922d1ba22.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42229389.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Iho1IFXaUqx0GzjytH53L4m--AE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1697678980603e98e0350ea.jpgNorthern Central Grain Elevator, Baltimore | Rancid Beer https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44814451.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZPaJcoidoMVH-PTpTwO6zPOnFfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9121471461f082aa24a6d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-administration-staircase https://photos.on-this.website/wm/04gBxXqNaOZjXgxt7aytjQIiPG4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70798185758350322014b2.jpgAdministration Staircase | Allentown State Hospital Another view of the staircase in the former admin building at Allentown State Hospital https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8263686.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3PGPO4SB0Iew3hwZcuUq6JDiXRM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4183292764d2e1c365977e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-womens-restroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NQxOKGW7b7xA7Lc5NodMNLJATfs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_209778271758cfe628da72b.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Women's Restroom https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32947713.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9H1iZGEOtnRK9ZpXPhETLrelREQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_93042585059c4323352a31.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Hair Salon https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo15453529.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/J8xud_0G9gKMk3MOOkzaCkZxyMg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20170955545a5e2845654e4.jpgKlotz Throwing Company (Lonaconing MD) | A Museum of Sorts Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing MD. 2011 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-multilayered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5mguBmY3X2QwbV0L7O9KhiW_gaw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_406858875561b10bc853ad.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Multilayered The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-unanswered https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QmoFZLT2OyDZB55F8ivE-Q0yW60=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20449541335a6a19a710ce3.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Unanswered Prayers Detail of a praying angel statue. Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28554039.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MYK0J4TstlyP2_AuQruS2BhcC-I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_182953433457a781c4396f7.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-bhangarh-fort-india-monkey https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZeQwONvcq0fJFOjfRVGKiudf7ts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20344657575d487ddda64ed.jpgAbandoned Bhangarh Fort, India | Monkey Tree Monkeys congregate in a tree in the ruins of the town at the base of Bhangarh Fort. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41173220.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KlzCTU5OJ45ABMASaxEBDOPV9us=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16563928205e8b738fb9397.jpgB'Nai Jeshurun Synagogue/Hopewell Baptist Church | Entryway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-tower-door https://photos.on-this.website/wm/i-0_ujXk9ThX5woCCMAtFpDS0L8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6540120861a54d1411f21.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Tower Doorway Tower entry doors at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-rear-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Is4X2MDGObefbOpuKONfEkuUIsA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67801906161a54da6383cf.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Rear View View of the rear of the sanctuary at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33540218.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/K3_KIzX_ogx5aY5uRjhLzt7i0-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9166331545a09e2ee26975.jpgAbandoned Roxie Theatre (Los Angeles) | Art Deco Grates https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-rust https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CXiozbLbOrz9_IEKdbv4mHkTjrA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10872558294e126ca473fbf.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Rust Detail Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-do https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LX7JHHgZVdulb7ZUkBcf38HeSMM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19485762024d742ad8624fd.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Do Not Enter Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/its-what-you-learn-george https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MdipIFTiyEyIpCaSIJu1M201A2Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2081790703629576f2aa5b3.jpgIt's What You Learn | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10200400.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KVw7XqEyafyz0-O2qwWyeqO9jN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8659949835acd4fe363f2a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835552.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s69XJrQD8PwAMphuGG2XJyAHxGA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1733366738559d4017ead4c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-ghost-town-of-bodie https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OUN3q6mTXXEN11H8pB3zd1ihuUg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_75900725159aac846f05fa8.03971393.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Swasey Hotel By Night The Swasey Hotel in Bodie State Historic Park, California during a night photo shoot https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791230.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fkenVLkwS0ScEAvlHL-nWL3WKdE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17985509625840e8f0068a6.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/towne-house-hotel-street-view https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UJuzX2rxPumTXL_0ojjXiZyiQ7o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_791962305633a8a7b09a2c.jpgTowne House Hotel Street View | Brownsville, PA A view of the facade of the abandoned Towne House Hotel on Market Street in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32113598.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ds7zlFPdUocmLymELDFm159AD9c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_596789615596e974ad8765.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/grand-ballroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q-3KkjxC4vpkNTEKTDKDRBUym-s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14004853084d6c61c1496fb.jpgTourist Class Theater | SS United States (Philadelphia, PA) There is little left of the tourist class theater that indicates the once stylish decor. Because stone or metal would add to her weight, all adornments had to be light. William Francis Gibbs, the SS United States' architect and engineer, was terrified of the prospect of a devastating fire at sea, and so very little wood was used in her construction - in fact, it was popular among her designers to say that the only wood on the ship was the butcher's block. So great was the usage of aluminum that at the time the 2,000 tons used was the largest order ever placed for the material. Asbestos, a fire retardant, was also used in copious amounts. Sadly, this last fact led to the gutting of the Big U in 1992, when she was towed to Ukraine and her interiors were entirely stripped of the toxic material and nearly everything else. The substructure is in excellent condition, and the time- and cost-intensive prospect of abatement is already out of the way, so recreating the interior would be relatively simple compared to many of the abandonments I've encountered. EDIT: Richard Billig wrote to me, "One comment - I believe that the photo labelled "First Class Ballroom" is almost certainly misidentified - it would appear to be a photo of the Tourist Class Theatre, looking aft. The openings just left and right of the stage would be into the First Class Observation Lounge. Those openings would not have been visible when the original interior walls of the theater were in place - those walls followed the dark lines on the floor in the photo, ending at the edge of the steps to the stage. Were this a photo of the Ballroom, and the small stage in the forward part therein, one would see a rather different ceiling arrangement, due to the circular "skylight" that popped up one deck in that room." While it was identified to me as the ballroom by the Port Authority Worker who led me through, Mr. Billig certainly presents a good case for it being the theater and the description has been amended. The SS United States is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/morituri-salutamus https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IdaSXWhBGzGVRYBwgOFH4LK60BQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4863350244dd74b8633175.jpgmorituri salutamus What shall I say to you? What can I say Better than silence is? When I survey This throng of faces turned to meet my own, Friendly and fair, and yet to me unknown, Transformed the very landscape seems to be; It is the same, yet not the same to me. So many memories crowd upon my brain, So many ghosts are in the wooded plain, I fain would steal away, with noiseless tread, As from a house where some one lieth dead. I cannot go;--I pause;--I hesitate; My feet reluctant linger at the gate; As one who struggles in a troubled dream To speak and cannot, to myself I seem. Vanish the dream! Vanish the idle fears! Vanish the rolling mists of fifty years! Whatever time or space may intervene, I will not be a stranger in this scene. Here every doubt, all indecision, ends; Hail, my companions, comrades, classmates, friends! Ah me! the fifty years since last we met Seem to me fifty folios bound and set By Time, the great transcriber, on his shelves, Wherein are written the histories of ourselves. What tragedies, what comedies, are there; What joy and grief, what rapture and despair! What chronicles of triumph and defeat, Of struggle, and temptation, and retreat! What records of regrets, and doubts, and fears What pages blotted, blistered by our tears! What lovely landscapes on the margin shine, What sweet, angelic faces, what divine And holy images of love and trust, Undimmed by age, unsoiled by damp or dust! from "Morituri Salutamus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -------------------------------- Photograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-through https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VjcjCPjzh5_bOC7x04eB8UpT2Xc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18695701465a555ae3dd8ef.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Through Grimy Glass https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-shameful-little-place-in https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aZ9nwIvoXAgYacDpA7AZqfqjh8g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17568297694d744eb28e83a.jpgLee Plaza Hotel (Detroit, MI) | a shameful little place in your heart there is a time when you just can't fix things any more. you said too much, did too much, and while you may have been too wrapped up in the moment to notice, there is no longer any going back. you can shake your fist at the sky if you like, you can expound on how unfair and unjust it all is, but you know deep, deep in your heart you're getting exactly what you deserve. you did all this. you made it this way. the signs were all there. it wasn't like there wasn't warning, you just thought since you'd gotten away with it so long you always would. it got to the point where you felt it should be that way, that somehow life owed you more than anyone else, that you were above the same laws of cause and effect that govern all other things. but you weren't, and you aren't. you can examine it endlessly, turn it end over end, and even if you find some belated form of wisdom avoiding the pitfalls of blaming others, of self-pity there is still no way to change it. even though you may be sorry, even though you might have learned a lesson, it still is what it is. and so this room will forever be with you, a shameful little place in your heart where all that is left is to sit with all the broken pieces and moldy remnants and look out at those distant blue skies, so impassive and unreachable and wonder, what if? what if i had been kinder, smarter, less arrogant, less greedy? it makes no difference. you dug this grave. now lie in it. --------------------------------- The Lee Plaza Hotel is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32282317.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cRMcFCSVQS7LPlzKsMGJW8_LS3s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_62990505859834518e7185.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32284001.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/G-t0uG-83hrQXjq-af3Rczcw_5s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1903645961598397e37ea0c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257284.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9shDz-H2SH8giOFXvrVO1n9USdo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12135549164d2d59a4d0584.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Columns Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11143976.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Xb9Mo0FTCCiCI5zd5nQFLcW8Was=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15077545574e13dab5b92e0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30376487.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QM9Er1S-U8KEoH5f5kAMa_lnv1Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_99822217258bb046cda410.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21185901.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-HfNHNnoW9kb2UzzHCPkQCoIHzE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1637702168537aca3a317f0.jpgKohl's Cycle Sales (AKA the Motorcycle Graveyard), Lockport, NY. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream" target="_blank")You can also find signed copies here.</a> Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-vertigo https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9Bj--YWUHK6ic6kkjqi4gAyCy6M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1055065758fbe26772e751.06621130.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Vertigo https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-crooked-world https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qBcMfzt4MMxSJExUOfSR-Ru7MVg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_77874428524cca5641650.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Crooked World Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-lobby-stairwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Re0Ct3cmPuD5y0f51cbSDQKoTl4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14888198685d360efc97330.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Lobby Stairwell With light only coming in from the windows atop the front door, the Irem Shrine lobby hides in shadows. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24135156.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Ym1VnXCAYLFojOt2QyH0bnfeUHM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7775965915547ed838fc76.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Above It All Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-floating https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bdUPpgNxSCZlQ340WAmQquIAjwI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3631898605b6b6199f35d0.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | Floating Chairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29815643.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_4njKZeNaO4LtS-_1Ws_SFtDonY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19614967315844abc03db55.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865328.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ZSkdMEI14vPaZ-ZeNf469eFOy14=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18889483254d73310adb992.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/kings-park-psychiatric-center-its https://photos.on-this.website/wm/MrYItxjR2SbVMgLAFEtGZ_cx5lU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_40087466058fbc13c59b184.69574004.jpgKings Park Psychiatric Center | It's Coldest Inside https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-home-dump https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TC42JsKkWwyOGD1ldoXDP07xpBY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1865380605518c71d577f59.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania Home | Dump Site Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35439116.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VQxlcnePznuamzD0TZgYYI-6fts=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1219049575b3a613041fe8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32217507.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-MU17b9ww6mpcmIuBQKzfH4-oic=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1492353615597ba31abe3359.29025736.jpgWarner Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, OH) | View of the Heavens https://www.abandonedamerica.us/municipal-electric-hagerstown-md-verticals https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LIUsM0LJZW2FqTFBkC5Qjcr4AV0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12476296734e12a88b73685.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | Verticals https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29972305.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xM-5ctxDlTy4E_wKuWU2sBXcJSo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_127039295258701a231a2fd.jpgOwings Mills Mall (Owings Mills, MD) | Sunlight Through the Smoke https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24835545.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/w49NIl2lZ86dV3Ky92UwR2Nq8DQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1961532413559d3fa041835.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29791221.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/aUBWb_4xvblwZ5YQf6ISTNcIeak=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16782571425840dc7f4c19f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27550090.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/qMFrk4TT34tKast2g_Q3e6To-Ys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61852153574105993b727.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323154.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/SuSpSWBBPTLzaUX9T4Zlly8I0lg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16905287374d36258ea9787.jpg"Abandoned America" Edward Hopper House Nyack, NY March - May, 2009. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11138446.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/cuaqa5So_EztvhVBLNLLOFR0UYU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17222710654e137437704b0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22290858.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/pxbLu9HbZw03Y30Tw_EMyljMRck=/wbr/1747161032/15678_80670245354060f12bb3b0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22125508.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nExjEf68GL0JwiXCPk7gM6obYGg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_176073485553f2169e88bbb.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-facade https://photos.on-this.website/wm/s6gVpKTHp0nqT4wR3B72s33J-io=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16634138595a555eab5c849.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Facade https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-western-pennsylvania-house-ivy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Qa4rTLQCq60PeQ2jRZAtcbZp_dI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1802675089588b90ab6a740.jpgAbandoned Western Pennsylvania House | Ivy Scars https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17113909.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3adEYx0rZPn7c7ckyvP6WP_g7Z0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11859413875a494c1944a97.jpgSimon Silk Mill (Easton, PA) | Green Staircase Simon Silk Mill, Easton PA. This site has been rehabbed into residential space. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26533601.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/PnR_sl9BLGLDlUoXpawmGoPQI6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_37709366556aa3802a634d.jpgPhotograph taken at Setting Sun Retirement Home (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40755904.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H6Qur2IQe9R93zmI0iPaM3nIbaQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11377103215e20a6f479686.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QyJ5Ssk3wWr_ct1Sv03ZkrJHZeM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6258310335aab034255014.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Blast Furnace Row You are looking at blast furnace row. The furnaces are identified from left to right, being lettered A,B,C,D,and E. The oldest furnace is blast furnace A, which was built in 1914. It was rebuilt in 1950 and last ran in 1960. Because of its location directly beside another blast furnace (B, which ran into the 1980s), active mill buildings, and a busy mainline railroad, it was never demolished. A furnace is notable because it is the only surviving blast furnace in the United States that still has triple pass stoves (the vertical tank like structures with smokestacks on top of them). The rest of the blast furnaces have been upgraded to two pass stoves. Each furnace typically had three to five stoves associated with it. The stoves were used to heat the blast of air that was blown into the furnaces. You can see them, labeled as "air heating plant" in the diagram here. The scene pictured here is very different from when the plant was in operation. The paved road in front would have been filled with railroad tracks that once served the plant, and before that, the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which was relocated north of the plant, where it still hosts Norfolk Southern trains. Directly in front of the furnaces would have stood a powerhouse with seven giant gas engines which produced 25 cycle AC power. This type of electrical power was noticeable by the visible flicker in light bulbs powered by it. Because this form of power was obsolete by the 1970s, the engines were scrapped. The only surviving element is the flywheel and generator from #7 engine. Between the flywheel and the building to the right would have stood another powerhouse with a trio of steam powered turbo blowers, which augmented the gas powered blowing engines, which still stand inside the building in the right of the image. The turbo blowers have been dismantled, with only the rotating elements being preserved. Those components are in storage in the gas blowing engine house. The buildings housing the AC engines, turbo blowers, and gas blowing engines were all once connected. However, the former two buildings were demolished by Bethlehem Steel in the late 1990s, leaving the gas blowing engine house standing alone. - information provided by the [url=http://nmih.org]National Museum of Industrial History[/url] -------------------------------- Photograph taken in 2009 at the abandoned Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The Bethlehem Steel site has since been incorporated into the Steel Stacks and Sands Casino. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ow2XuCrQfHs30PEh6cpHy2uQV9U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9352573824e83fc67b7233.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Pediatric Unit A pediatric unit in the tower of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/we-all-fall-down https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vz5iEtVvLUENMRWLh0FS3hkH6hQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15240131064d487e9b055c8.jpgwe all fall down Photo taken at an abandoned state hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Not currently in another gallery. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-auditoriumdoor https://photos.on-this.website/wm/nXsBwB6gumWcnY7fGsdopxsHLbQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16659921304f6f727f6ce40.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Auditorium Door Detail view of the theater exit at Norwich State Hospital. The theater is one of the buildings they are currently demolishing. State hospitals, much like prisons, are one of the few types of sites people will sometimes say that in their eradication show social progress. Having worked in the mental health field for a decade, I would argue that it is true that the care they offered needed a radical adjustment to allow for more community involvement and integration to reduce institutionalization and stigma (among many other things), and that overcrowding/underfunding were a large part of what led to the problems they were known for. Still, the idea of having large mental health hubs with centralized resources and trained staff is not a bad one. The asylums/institutions were created to address a need for care for the ill. Their closure represents more of a triumph over mental health care funding and resources, which have been steadily eroded in the years following the mass exodus from the asylum system. Do I believe that the ill should be locked away for years in the overcrowded, abusive, and restrictive environments that asylums became? Absolutely not. Do I think that the closure of the state hospitals represents progress when the lack of resources, funding, and adequate care that led to them being viewed as problematic is just as bad if not worse? Not a bit. All we accomplished was allowing beautiful buildings that were created at enormous taxpayer expense to rot away. Then, we pat ourselves on the back when we tear them down as though it's some sort of victory, like we are more enlightened and wise than the people that built such places to begin with. Tearing down Norwich doesn't represent progress at all. It represents shortsightedness, waste, and an overall foolishness that I find difficult to even articulate the rage and disappointment to express. We have let these places fall to ruins, cheer as they erase them, then wonder that we have nothing left. ------------------------------------------ Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191421.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2I7sfotiZX-My1hVNCRJF_Yxy_M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_979871699589cf89cb140b.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Swasey Hotel Off all the off-kilter buildings at Bodie State Historic Park, the Swasey Hotel probably has the most pronounced lean. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19139301.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3Zgw6kQOs1uqBi_IM8UkKc1_ARo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17523462585224ce21561e8.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-suicide-proof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TeL5FOB5_M2-EfDkfNMNwLecamI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18556980435d3f48d44ddb9.jpgSuicide Proof Stairwell | Allentown State Hospital A stairwell in the old Main building has a center grate to prevent suicides by jumping down the center. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/let-there-be-lights https://photos.on-this.website/wm/WsnhIlKnZopzalMzdNUri_02LDc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16120170914ddaae44bcd42.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | let there be light(s) Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889408.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HyxNRIjVlZQYXdO9IMsbua2KGco=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7224866065ab3f58cbf94f.jpgThe Rosewood Center (Owings Mills, MD) | Interior Window A frosted interior window seems somewhat out of place in this ward. Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-door https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2RepxvI3hOcmMmti6ra1szqVb00=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3822070984e126abde2c89.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Door Detail Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29583836.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sCi2scHMUn-CQmOfDp7f_8sW6bw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1684877213581c06f6901de.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/overbrook-asylum-cedar-grove-nj https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dSwgtMsf3jyHa882kqXRzTEUziE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_198166374859c45c98364e3.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Recliner https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8888780.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S03lth1FOT1Nerf7Nd5FNE_-q-Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3940397445c74157839932.jpgThis autoclave was large enough to sterilize several mattresses. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32923200.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/De-3IKXlat8FfzdKf-jcp6UkmU0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_98709177059c164f1a047b.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Long Alley by Clothing Boutique https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34777840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0OvPAYAGhx6AOuhzu6N4grkC8dA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17417337155af34dff19dba.jpgLadies G.A.R. Home (Swissvale, PA) | Paint Layers At least three separate colors of paint coating are visible in this room of the abandoned Ladies G.A.R. Home https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32923207.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Oq03PYybTeybO_NwZuDIO5nKhjA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63047829859c164fe73357.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Morgue https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo31177895.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Iq_UqS_v6oX1OMRYLyAhnqlWNyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7561359005914d82e943bd7.17561373.jpgCentral Junior High School (Chambersburg, PA) | Small Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26409490.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_q7_7vQqdT7qNB1_BRvGHU66T0w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_122724181456896ad6d90e4.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | Trashed Playroom Playroom at Kid's Corner Day Care Center which operated in a formerly abandoned building at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, NY. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28012481.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X4KdA-VToQW_WGf8h0XXKknJvb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1597970238576d482d4b3ba.jpgPennhurst State School (Spring City, PA) | Ruins by Night https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-old-roller https://photos.on-this.website/wm/uHnPr3t_z1nTbxOBb2-oGA_M1dA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1919115630589115e65155e.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Old Roller Coaster Cars Spare coaster cars for the Jester on an unused section of track at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-administration-stairwell https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wte-Enw2p-A5uVbA1tNP_WO42j0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1448053535d3f45564ea90.jpgAdministration Stairwell | Allentown State Hospital The staircase in the old Main building is one of Allentown State Hospital's best features https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20485211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kp_LU5PTnulTiTteggtKOVx3ea8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7158710745313e74361feb.jpgThe one remaining Nottingham Loom at the Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2013 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24032860.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/agoI25f57HaPzzjWOWC1Itxtwiw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1345137185536c91f9fd60.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Foggy Hallways Steam from the tunnels fogs shots in this hallway. Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8874536.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FP1UZ2WOfLEcBTlc2i4-zhoVGGk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13022757704d73d961589fb.jpgTaunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | Emerson Resuscitator Photograph of Taunton State Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33740820.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/fzdtqAqCnC44Xvo1vbnfJo1NroI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_666594965a25a8db57661.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Modernist Nightmare https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-farm-garage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/syikYNOJlTx5kl_i6MdMbjGlN-E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_36051027552cef94c64267.jpgAbandoned Farm | Garage Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo50103335.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FMHlBpGOmGBx2leTxL02jkhL9jA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1593828076526edd9ee8e9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-mary-painting https://photos.on-this.website/wm/B13t6AF1XVovosi4MZ6gwyfZ8Yw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_29521588861a54eb8b4341.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Our Lady Painting A painting of Mary at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo36441197.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BKktq_u27fpU_8lDYUMTlvjUwu8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15150683945babb54239233.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777656.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L-XBYwNbJXJaW-i0HmxozJBs_bs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5424466455956e5fbb778.jpgPhotograph taken at an abandoned theater (location withheld) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28183134.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xmJfRn82BZA9ToXE9RvsduIYdbo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1569246552577d2cc4c1c4c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29955799.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/-hQZuuJQvEhuXC10nc0l5ojlFDM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14600881995868297be8518.jpgAbandoned poor house. 2011. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22087030.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/T8GTbFcOgaWbV4w80V9HCuhv_l8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_157310512653ebb0ea2483d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30191429.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7ceE_gBKNv5qiy-LjGFc94zT5YI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_263163649589cf955d350e.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Head Shaft https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11137840.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/81JYEus_enOsN-hnD3g5xEkDU-s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20819230464e136db5169f5.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8264440.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gwqn4MRL9jtXNG1vS7Ed9QKIAJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13871833844d2e25af5d2ca.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024618.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ABtpuxOJ87IzziADqh7As4S-z7w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19125576455f95b750b9a54.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024616.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/14yDW_oh48cH79RMon0HRJ9dxDU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13422162195f95b74e1f4dc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/rockwell-b-1-lancer https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3xKwO0It-NCbevQvj6bOYMrTIlo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4530877625e7a57c25d99b.jpgRockwell B-1 Lancer | Davis-Monthan Air Force Base According to Wikipedia, "The Rockwell (now part of Boeing) B-1 Lancer is a four-engine, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force (USAF). First envisioned in the 1960s as a supersonic bomber with sufficient range and payload to replace the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, it developed primarily into a low-level penetrator with long range and supersonic speed capability. Designed by Rockwell International, the bomber's development was delayed multiple times over its history, as the theory of strategic balance changed from flexible response to mutually assured destruction and back again. The initial B-1A version was developed in the early 1970s, but its production was canceled and only four prototypes were built. In 1980, the B-1 resurfaced as the B-1B version with the focus on low-level penetration bombing. The B-1B entered service with the USAF in 1986. It began service with the USAF Strategic Air Command as a nuclear bomber. In the 1990s, the B-1B was converted to conventional bombing use. It was first used in combat during Operation Desert Fox in 1998 and during the NATO action in Kosovo the following year. The B-1B continues to support U.S. and NATO military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Lancer is the supersonic component of the USAF's long-range bomber force, along with the subsonic B-52 and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. The bomber is commonly called the "Bone" (originally from "B-One"). With the retirement of the General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven in 1998 and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in 2006, the B-1B is the U.S. military's only active variable-sweep wing aircraft. The B-1B is expected to continue to serve into the 2020s, when it is to supplemented by the Next Generation Bomber." Photograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26674006.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zwU4Cd9nh7Sqk-qn33mciJ79FqU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_202256734556c7a7a3b5e3f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lancaster-stockyards-endless https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5Q1vPY9ORs6LQebOiHqXkxYIVME=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1953157921524cca7b63a39.jpgThe Lancaster Stockyards | Endless Lancaster Stockyard, Lancaster PA. Photograph taken during the beginning of the end, where the concrete path into the stockyard was being torn up. Demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113312.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oJSf7qAFwt7Cjs0sBHcexUrSBH4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18400145724e1297739df50.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Exterior Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33822973.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4BRvOm8QZ3RGO6K6J94gJqHDcfU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12772777225a3d4cded84f0.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Worse By Night https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17330993.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/skvj1ZYZV_ntsNQH0Tb9c_ghiyE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2527950985123a637c1159.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Crumbling Balcony Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo48273447.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Nu7SVG5sxL_JC-XigTLBgJHj53g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196687802763e3ff46a851c.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Joker Logo Detail of the Joker logo on the Joker's Jukebox ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42230580.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Z46lbDM0Zb4shVNfa92UztNW-5o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_49374073604a55164c8dd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-about-to-pounce https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mrHt7-FZ80Do8G04cxDBTVRxxyU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_63908570578817bf6003c.jpgTrolley Graveyard | About to Pounce Like a cat crouching in the weeds, this trolley appears ready to pounce. Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/this-mortal-coil https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GNrWm2ea_HovPoyfdILbN1tfdM8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18701431994e12a8c4e7ae5.jpgMunicipal Electric (Hagerstown, MD) | this mortal coil To sleep, perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil... Hamlet, III, i, 65, by William Shakespeare https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024634.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/W1PIeRMHOphHpD7S-2O_R5EPiHk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5864749695f95b76d17c61.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/our-lady-rosary-carved-capital https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7TznTyoQJEkxGHWspX_VIDg7uA8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_61848779461a54dfa2e26b.jpgOur Lady of the Rosary Church (Philadelphia) | Carved Capital Elaborately carved capitals at the abandoned Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26247822.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XVAKAiGB5RLxNuUkSWvmCiKC83Q=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6966614565faf2b144e9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/separation-anxiety https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5TTSUo5rYMvsbWHuevLjPbsNX1s=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17351299275029148f0ddb8.jpgseparation anxiety One of the minor mysteries about Ocean Vista Hospital was the fact that the corridors along the sides of the day rooms were clearly modified at some point. While the exterior walls of the rest of the building were made of stone and concrete, the outer walls here were made of wood. Another giveaway is that these wooden walls cut off the mosaics along the side in the middle of ornamental figures, which (if it were part of the original plans) would be sloppier architecture than you would expect from a place built with this amount of care. In this pavilion, however, the walls are collapsing and pulling away, revealing the original roof line prior to the addition. I am still not entirely certain what measure they took to ensure people could not fall (perhaps the additions were built because the original measures were inadequate?) but it is interesting to see a case where structural failure actually reveals the original state of a building. ----------------------- Photograph of the Ocean Vista Tuberculosis Hospital (a pseudonym) by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-connecting-hallway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LYrzDiLcsZKPGY5aXliFwDBEO-c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6315416755d3f488bdc4aa.jpgConnecting Hallway | Allentown State Hospital Long, beautiful hallways connect Allentown State Hospital's wards https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830510.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CmP8itssEJUjuKPXg_HWrczU1Ho=/wbr/1747161032/15678_55056801853cbe3ef96b2c.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory (Hershey, PA) | Chocolate Alley Hershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo25758132.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/506wVAmtfLtx4QZBlslfZF8BLeg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1481745428560c470bdc594.jpgBok Technical School (Philadelphia, PA) | Auditorium Stage https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41198059.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7_sKEk97bS_ivTqrIhqiKCa0rpk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3179943675eb5863224d15.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/hallway-to-balcony-blue-horizon https://photos.on-this.website/wm/NnKhIRMN5JXOd-UDX_ZgB8uysm0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16262583445db74f031a5c0.jpgHallway to Balcony | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27837182.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/atj-5rtKaS9BHo1ASBPrvQvl96I=/wbr/1747161032/15678_83007249257589a1b95bfe.jpgNewburgh Masonic Temple (Cleveland, OH) | Dresser https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-e https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q6UU2TsQHkZlPq_zkKI0N1T98A4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_21077530285a555b3e2bd2b.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | E-Wing Doorway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/charred-window-panes-hudson-river https://photos.on-this.website/wm/S_tUb-NX1LozbxqMslDfO4y4dE8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19666418854d73396f0328e.jpgCharred Window Panes | Hudson River State Hospital In the attic of the Hudson River State Hospital's administration building, charred remains of a window frame remain. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-tub https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CmOVPd-Djnhmt-DJq3Xzye4uw98=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12785325484d742ae0b3ef3.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Tub Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-keep-phone-calls https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XuD3Y5nxM2gmSSkf1c3_hSrEqpg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11856994974d4235a9e4027.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Keep Phone Calls Brief In the days before cell phones when people had to share, keeping phone calls brief would have been important. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/elevated-carpeted-displays https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zj4d7tMc5Abxk8gDj5XvORaNZLU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1761522915541709f6d5899.jpgElevated Carpeted Displays Kaufmans Department Store in the Old Town Mall, Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009666.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VwjyeYyRsjej1p7Fe65OIxDdw9A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_900091670503817ee5f73a.jpgPhotograph taken at [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/ocean-vista-hospital]Ocean Vista Hospital*[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2011 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934214.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EqAfXRn6ERosCgSeu7hPqevxYyw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20463510665526f40700bee.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Clothing Storage Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/philadelphia-naval-shipyard-storage-board https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Vojh9tWFljJoFm13rjN2mQA3sGk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_58186710250a8798e759f3.jpgPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard | Storage Board https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10132458.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1ys8_BuvpTfLl7T26We2jU0xqTk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13869943704dd74d0224177.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Ward Hallway Ward hallway, Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32114026.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/blr06hwB2F1piriseR-SDqBugmw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1199949456596eaae958e10.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo35695632.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6JmycAhm754qfa6wuu8cuYQrclM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20457060475b5a24ec81082.jpgPenwood Power Station (Sparrows Point, MD) | The Final Countdown https://www.abandonedamerica.us/suspicious-entryway-odd-fellows-lodge https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FwRh7JHnlpqhFEPv4flhonteL0A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_43122375663350c7d023ec.jpgSuspicious Entryway | Odd Fellows Lodge, Brownsville, PA Entry into the abandoned Odd Fellows Lodge in Brownsville, PA. The floor was very spongy and did not inspire confidence. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/once-proud https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tuKWlD7EHJMqVarUj-lbTyTSb-A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2050675114e110b5c704d9.jpgonce proud In the shadowy depths of baltimore gas and electric, the industrial dream has become a nightmare, a decomposing body of a once-proud giant who supplied this major metropolis with all its energy, and now lies forgotten and abused. See these loops and whorls of wires swirling about the floor? They are its fingerprints, and the mighty turbines that would have made tesla himself proud, now bitterly rust - though the heart no longer beats, nothing is forgotten. If you think for a moment of the backbreaking toil that created this miraculous mirage, all the complexity in its architecture and engineering and the lifetimes of labor that came and went within these withered walls - you would realize this juggernaut is, even in death, more than any man can even begin comprehend. This place once made lightning! - that galvanizing current that enables our ambitions and leaps between our synapses to create thought - literally the stuff that dreams are made of. And somewhere in the innermost parts of its body I am lost, perhaps beside the silent furnaces now dappled with ferns, or up in the veiny network of railroad tracks and coal cars just beneath the roof it is hard to say, for I am just a speck and yet now I am part of this place too. ------------------------------------- Baltimore Gas & Electric's Westport Generating Station, Baltimore MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, you can visit the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/baltimore-gas-and-electric]full gallery page here[/url], and it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV" target="_blank">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41206273.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_Kng8vA-fszOeGwHCbcpe1uT_s8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7629769195ebdb5351787c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo16009655.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BHSIg1loASZ5VOP2eZX6m1U_FP8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6269340235038178bdfd4d.jpgPhotograph taken at the [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/angeronia-medical-center]Monsour Medical Center in Jeanette, PA[/url] by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2012 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998175.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L_zd4-TmXGrzqrxqVGqxs6By4Yc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17641613684f19c631c649b.jpgPhotograph taken at Kemp's Ice Cream Plant (Lancaster, PA) in 2008 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. The plant was demolished in 2008. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XHlYW34Q_vY8BNMttYyJ305YlvQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10158004405526f3fe25174.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Slash Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257276.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bA5qBDm8UIfF7ax52AhsRsfK74U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16453079914d2d5791aa52c.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Apse Stained Glass Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024648.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/BwRcpksbxAJrSeJ0o0KNNM2dFXc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_566264275f95b78f266bf.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/until-the-day-i-die https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iKZDVUIjA-DMAiPaKkpFlnnAaH0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16762182205165af5875c23.jpgCarrie Furnaces (Rankin, PA) | until the day I die My love and I traveled to the city the night before, to attend the wedding of one of her friends that I had never met. It was an extravagant affair, full of music and delicious food bought by some kind benefactor who I did not know. As the evening wore on I found myself wandering through a crowd of strangers, surrounded by people who spoke the same language but whom I barely comprehended. I blended into the crowd, but I was not one of them. They spoke of events I had not witnessed, told jokes I didn't get, had bonds that I had no part in forging. I doubted they would have understood me either. I doubt they would understand why such joyous, fleeting events fill me with such sorrow sometimes, something I don't fully understand myself. Even in the few occasions I had to explain who I was to another guest, my words sounded hollow, as though I was making excuses for some transgression I wasn't aware I committed. I drank in hopes that it would loosen me up, but instead I only became more and more lost in my own thoughts. I wanted my girlfriend to be happy at the wedding, to have fun. I wanted her to be able to enjoy seeing someone with whom she was so close and who she had not seen for so long. There was no way that I knew of to explain what was wrong with me anyway. I smiled and made small talk, but inside I was somewhere else. When we returned to the hotel we both passed out and that was the end of it. The next morning she was ill, and though the plan was that she was going to accompany me on the photo shoot she decided to stay in bed instead. I couldn't blame her; she felt awful and I could understand her need to stay inside with the lights off and the shades drawn, sleeping as much as possible until the pain went away. I knew she probably wouldn't have enjoyed the trek anyway. The trip ahead was arduous - it required plowing down a steep, overgrown hillside that used to be the employee parking lot, then down another steep grade, climbing between parked railway cars, hiking alongside another active and raised railway, climbing onto it and hiking back, then down another steep embankment and across a field to the site. By the time I reached the fence I was already tired, but nonetheless it was exciting. The furnaces towered above me, blocking out the afternoon sun like catwalk-encrusted turrets on an industrial castle. Surrounded by an overgrown but otherwise empty field where the rest of the facility used to be before it was torn down, the remains of Carrie Furnaces number six and seven were still more than enough to keep me occupied. Two long mill buildings, several other smaller auxiliary structures, and a marooned segment of elevated railway that no longer connected to anything were just the beginning. Hundreds of stairs that twisted up and around every conceivable surface all seemed to hold the promise of that perfect shot, and a massive crane stretched what seemed to easily be a hundred feet in the air, daring me to walk across it. Most importantly, I was the only one there, perhaps the only person anywhere within a mile of it. There was no need to try to explain who I was or what I was doing. I set up my camera, and soon enough I was in that peaceful state of oblivion where I am only concerned with framing my shots and chasing down whatever it is I look for in these places. Years ago these furnaces would have been swarming with people doing all sorts of tasks that were completely unfathomable to me now. They would have perhaps been loading the coal chutes, checking the various gauges, yelling and sweating and making their paychecks. When I arrived, I passed through the empty alleys between buildings and there was nothing but wildflowers swaying gently in the wind and the continuous whirring of my camera's shutter. I walked up and down more steps than I can even recall that day, and despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that I have a fear of heights I made myself walk across the gantry of the crane and looked down on the autumn reds and yellows in the trees I could see far off on the horizon. Aside from the flora the only life I saw was a buck who bounded through the brush below me, then was gone. He probably didn't even know I was there - and within a minute he was off again on his own path, to events and conclusions I will never see or know any more than he will know my own. As the sun went down I grew weary and knew I needed to head back. It would be a long walk, back up steep embankments and across the railroad tracks to a place where there was running water, air conditioning, and food. As appealing as the pleasures of modern life can be, sometimes it can be very difficult to leave sites like the Carrie Furnaces. That day it was. I think a part of me stayed there, and may never return. I suppose it is only fair, in that I have taken fragments of the Carrie Furnaces with me that will remain in my dreams and memories until the day I die. -------------------------------- Carrie Furnaces, Rankin PA. 2009 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. I also teach photography workshops here periodically; [url=http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/carrie-furnaces-photo-workshop]to check availability follow this link[/url]. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10199828.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rYIlQ2hqnD9cfd89cEYyuswJI6k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17881140664ddaae4b80fc8.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | X Ray Room Exam room, Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413928.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/LevxsDWZTIBxDwvGz7kUXDKLJZg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_213571171254161d7701112.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shawnee-resort-lancaster-pa-roof https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VHR7TOU7H73KYqKCKXHWDs3s5os=/wbr/1747161032/15678_111021105167843594eb94c.jpgShawnee Resort (Lancaster, PA) | Roof Collapse Shawnee Lancaster Resort, Lancaster PA. 2007 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonovergrown https://photos.on-this.website/wm/thA3ngeqPyNljD8kkfSFLpOHBXE=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14181720155d4a100f8d2f8.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Overgrown Home Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-cavernous https://photos.on-this.website/wm/7mUO08uw6rUegAUVUoOhKz7XjMI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2096977575a2b0e8c3537d.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Cavernous Workspace Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33870140.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/R4ngi9eXmjh1QhOjA7uFvUrOO-U=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8384149275a515b3e0f009.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30099677.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rIxWEz29XrLUnyhLWPGqmVMADc8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18679834805888ef08334c7.jpgPhotograph taken at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-zeph-coaster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YPbWcRtjcUlf6xendiSoLXryf08=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1590610251590e34ae75bbe.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Mega Zeph Ride Line The line for the Mega Zeph Roller Coaster, one of the more eerie spots in the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-hair-salon-union-station https://photos.on-this.website/wm/4WnYV55DGlgijps6EAMmA-Np4fU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_115722459863350cc995001.jpgAbandoned Hair Salon | Union Station, Brownsville, PA An abandoned hair salon in the Union Station building in Brownsville, PA. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-should-have https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5xmgzhYnG0ltDFB6iBK_IlBAtN4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17561028775abec2f6c1457.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Should Have Worn a Respirator Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo49282524.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/zRipRndLxgmKgM4LkhuN2WU9EXo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_932470630649b52485db96.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40460845.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0hhOgH_IrUKIVo6iBQTkJPm5Nuk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8594896825dd2f720626fc.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777256.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/v4v8g-Tuj2q_dY6EqOYpmRn4IQg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_60822532655956684892b5.jpgAbandoned prison cell block. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/we-are-all-numbers-here https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6CW46khpSQzeiSbxrUh3Nd8XncA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2763610244d6d5fe075b90.jpgEssex County Jail Annex (Caldwell, NJ) | we are all numbers here I do not mourn that prisons exist, I mourn that there is a need for them to. I mourn that humanity is frail and weak, that we are so prone to hurting ourselves and those around us that there is a need to create tombs for the living so that those who rape and steal and maim and kill can do so only to each other. In here, that is the only part of who you are that you have left. Everything else is of another world - one you have been exiled from. You are reduced to a case file, a series of letters and numbers cataloging the worst you've been caught doing, categorizing your threat level to those around you. The very nature of prisons is binary: locked/unlocked, open/shut, barred/unbarred, free/confined. When you strip away all that is good in a person's soul, math is all that is left. We are all numbers here, and somehow no matter what you add, everything equals zero. --------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Essex County Jail Annex, Caldwell NJ. 2008. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14047313.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_15180121634f244f950e925.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Darkened Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-uprooted https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yStP5zr0WnCdDHy-v7Vh4U9dBds=/wbr/1747161032/15678_7630860545a2b0eb10e331.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Uprooted Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060036.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Fx8khWBvgrWyBv2Wrl-_JXyouFA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6434039854e83fc7a0f9a8.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Blackened Bedroom One of the patient rooms at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center; mesmerizing patterns in the soot cover every surface https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-gator-bait https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C-dwLyWoqUgiFGCa7d2pdkJHdns=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1006086066589115ac98381.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Gator Bait The Gator Bait ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-disarray https://photos.on-this.website/wm/UE1oJacq4FXvDA1V8mn-qXv0RQY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17073905065f739f085f7d2.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Disarray Pews in the front of the sanctuary of the Ascension of Our Lord Church had been removed https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29678211.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Nd59vHF1sGUQI1LShxwvbxk7R6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1168240009582bcb534112a.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Bodie Bank Little remains of the former Bodie Bank https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-muskrat-scrambler https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x2PzKfLpNOOQ3W1GUq5WC6Oypxk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1399895380594d46b4270c4.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Muskrat Scrambler Ride A lone car left on the Muskrat Scrambler ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8986476.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/euCQk4BKI9B_BzynAfBAO0lQNS0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_584095604d7e820f70a6f.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027350.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/L1S5omJMuOfCGDmLXMmQjfCxLPo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_973254923553570a71d110.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Profile Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/almost-there https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Aed3UNpNhvvS0w81NWEynTuuh-4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10190579855096c17f2f877.jpgalmost there You want to think that the things you do have value. You want to believe that if you really try hard and put your heart into something, it will all work out. After all, the fact that you made an effort to be someone who contributed to the greater good instead of coasting on other people's labors - shouldn't that count for something? Industriousness is a virtue, and virtues are rewarded, by the consumers who care about things that are made with pride and dignity. What would it mean - what would it say about the very nature of the world itself - if the cheaters were the ones who got the reward? If the buyers bought the cheap, substandard knockoffs and the people who stole your ideas were the ones who prospered? If the very thing that you put your heart and soul into - your dream - bankrupted you, and everything you did wound up forgotten in some old crumbling factory, smashed by vandals and burned by arsonists? Wouldn't that colossal failure indicate that hope itself is a sham? Wouldn't it justify turning away from the very notion of ambition and hiding your fleeting desires down deep where they can never be crushed? Wouldn't it prove once and for all that the world is an unjust place and that there is no room for idealism, that the path of the cynic and doubter is the true way? But it's not like that. Work hard, get rewarded. Close your eyes, keep the focus. You're almost there. "almost there" taken at Conquistador China*. Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo17942366.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oMlB8i3q3QRg85yUkFdZdcfE2DY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1405233683518c70ac1eae1.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26300250.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AZg5EMIw8ahUzBP93qgQ9hepKNs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13250849815669b3ce552d1.jpgCatskill Game Farm (Catskill, NY) | Employee Uniforms A room full of old employee uniforms. The Catskill Game Farm is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/wfbr-radio-baltimore-md-vintage https://photos.on-this.website/wm/H1dTPpdgKbcNTTFlTJFtewSopPc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_290819140597f38d019eb94.06561179.jpgWFBR Radio (Baltimore, MD) | Vintage RCA Custom Console The abandoned WFBR Radio Station in Baltimore, MD. Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29500820.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/wqHD3jg82bdbNYrH6aL4AfdNqIk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_499862170581213ca54b2c.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo44684056.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1Kxf0DGsGYEewklgxvTchIN89t0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_27978698261c3ba1fbba79.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo30280182.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3a3bG8o4VdMLuLrps8NIa5xrLH4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14167060458ab0fa03f68b.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39983174.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/l1tn-EXL2arQHAZ51acUNJAkePo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8149753345d910112ee30e.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8865300.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/jIu-LWNJiTLk7H0xXfJrMT1ipWs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15452033434d732bd1afe36.jpgThomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-cannon-factory-india-elephant https://photos.on-this.website/wm/k1TkRG29gL7CQJcuvaR-zp_aOtc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2758457905d48718bd1cee.jpgAbandoned Cannon Factory, India | Elephant Columns This abandoned cannon factory in India was very ornate for a factory; note the elephants carved atop the pillars. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo42024637.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bSJyANKPgCh51-vkc7S3JwVG_mI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6779253715f95b771421f9.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/montebello-hospital-baltimore-md-entrance https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JcCETbzAZihFvY0ZK6e0nd8XqLg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8533323655a5409f74d4a1.jpgSydenham/Montebello Hospital (Baltimore, MD) | Entrance Walkway https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-the-lengths-i https://photos.on-this.website/wm/5BssPTv9jP-ACdpHAnVOUTqc0a4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11032811484d2f9e98507e2.jpgTrolley Graveyard | the lengths i went to reach you Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889204.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tm2ENYvqLApyTz5J3FLAlMAakoo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16537960684d74446911ebd.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889228.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/heWqhgKaSc8cl2MrlOB2qrupboc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17378017474d744542c0e2b.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine-masonic-ca-all https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FIanlyoUaGpdAUXppnm1jOb2iUU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137988369359ce6be7a67bc.jpgChemung Mine (Masonic, CA) | All Askew The Chemung Mine, Masonic CA. Potographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/buffalo-color-corporation-mazelike https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EJP3bcOuLuhF3-TX6y7Ljqj4NbM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8304536165abec3db06994.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | Mazelike Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bad-structural-news-abandoned-second https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t7Ow7aCcZsmlKXi5DYxvn6o90lM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_92661390463350cb2a05b0.jpgBad Structural News | Abandoned Second National Bank, Brownsville, PA Another view of the collapsed wall in the abandoned Second National Bank building in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-lansdowne-theatre-projection-booth https://photos.on-this.website/wm/XsSKq3xfoRRTqIcY8wQr9aX45lQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_119470274265a5b783d622a.jpgThe Lansdowne Theatre | Projection Booth Lansdowne Theatre, Lansdowne PA. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29581602.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/gUmiSCVexTaVVk_82jMNvLFP6Hc=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1813125821581b63d8da7d6.jpgMedical research facility. Note the dead birds littering the ground outside. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13998078.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oWjAV4z9OUTzsxVRRS6DAgQglJ8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13241353554f19b7800fd85.jpgPhotograph taken at abandoned slate quarry, 2010 by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-immigrant-hospital-curved https://photos.on-this.website/wm/DGho7Bfxqm3ZKLGvuazgaPEaX6o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_457195514d7423d5eed4a.jpgEllis Island Immigrant Hospital | Curved Hallway Curved hallway. Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/step-into-the-ring-blue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Rx1W4yuj8uycOZ2g2mI0_PRXkJg=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6518256215db74e7cecdae.jpgStep Into the Ring | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24027207.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ypCPzVut07Cg65VK3EuMgxkNGKA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_85329766555356b200189b.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Basement Storage Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28580302.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/bYlIwYVhWr51lRDToQmrzMSNZH0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_87745812057a8dbdc3b413.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | First Floor Hallway The first floor hallway of the abandoned Monsour Medical Center was very dark (external lighting was used), and more than a little creepy. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23657733.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9cgHd_EEQpi-c60zSjhADO_hbBs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_163768199054f78e0e1ad8d.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Barren Greenhouses Greenhouse. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21830505.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xVAmWH0tHI_JgtKS5dFAo12XZBM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_67637530553cbe37548af8.jpgHershey Chocolate Factory, Hershey PA. [b]Photographs and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher. For more images click the thumbnails below.[/b] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/i-am-part-ii https://photos.on-this.website/wm/2M9cUWWAAstmj7ak5iugHduX1s0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18611107034e12a3c2ac92e.jpgForest Haven (Laurel, MD) | i am (part ii) i am everything that you hate i am your bitterness and your despair i'm the ghosts that you create, all the things you wish weren't there. i am the condemnation in sleep's stormy release i am each collapsing star in the sky i'm the limitless reaches of spiritual disease i am proof everything always dies. i am every day you've tried to cry and i am every tear that won't fall i am the darkness, the eternal lie i am the secret that's kept from us all. you may see false hope that brightens your day but i'm inevitable failure's distinction: the ache that i am never fades away long past this crumbling shadow's extinction. you can tear down the bricks that once made my walls, you can bulldoze every last remnant inside you can blot out every trace that i existed at all, but the truth i am won't be denied. so shutter your windows, and bolt up your doors one day the waters will burst from their dam you can ignore me, it doesn't matter any more nothing changes the fact that i am. ------------------------- The abandoned Forest Haven Developmental Center in Laurel, MD. Image and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. Forest Haven is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27923434.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GWiAN7ZewWpNsigAO1M_s24RtWk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_103128360257633b4ce8b1a.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-temple-powered-auditorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/hHWkt0-dC-sQQ7wUyclXzuzbUFw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1920706975bce3fc54369f.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | Powered Auditorium In my first visits to the Irem Temple in 2008, the power was still working and the brass railings hadn't yet been scrapped. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33844263.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EPnr9q45IOGTTm3DfHQeX9Ou0xI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2676674745a494bde12de1.jpgSimon Silk Mill (Easton, PA) | Courtyard View https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864744.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y_1jk1_puU7YgDHzdfyK5tTsKv4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1227368875d7feb685baad.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo27748212.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/OnAOjVdEWA9ukdOjzsJSkBbVS_Y=/wbr/1747161032/15678_89162073757530c04bb5f9.jpgRockland State Hospital (Orangeburg, NY) | New York Murals Murals of the Statue of Liberty and the Clermont on a ward wall at Rockland State Hospital in Orangeburg, NY. The Clermont was the first commercially successful steam-propelled boat and made its maiden voyage up the Hudson River. Photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/long-beach-ct-bedroom https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yaCP9uwV7nAIa5kdBbiPvLwZlJQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_196352261855382981c3c9c.jpgLong Beach, CT | Bedroom Long Beach, CT, 2009. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America Long Beach and Pleasure Beach are a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069336.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/b9uteivIrldfQuKYf_Oe3ORu4ys=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19338619784e1106836452f.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Rusting Shelves Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vulture-city-arizona-abandoned-rocking https://photos.on-this.website/wm/f8qfV2qgbNQtkTeW55rrVhy1sWQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_963410905584ed3a97f7bf.jpgVulture City, Arizona | Abandoned Rocking Chair An abandoned rocking chair rests near a window in one of the homes in Vulture City, AZ Vulture City, Arizona is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33817961.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/96v3yy_j-SIG1DHUl3Ig-41Xo3k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5083678135a3a8f4d7309b.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Incongruous https://www.abandonedamerica.us/asbestos-tiles-detail-undercliff-sanatorium https://photos.on-this.website/wm/iBhhos2q0Z0PH-Dp22qvEIJtV_k=/wbr/1747161032/15678_76168201754f3d3e631541.jpgUndercliff Sanatorium (Meriden, CT) | Asbestos Tiles Detail https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo18854635.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_28191444651ff3d417caf8.jpgBureau Bros. Bronze Foundry (Philadelphia, PA) | Piano Ghost https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41205512.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/rPf6u7uQofMFmNapF4psWH4vkHk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4074136385eb9d8c4a389d.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29690158.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ecjKEJ2SlL4cnZ6f0pvfBWjiMZU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16723095582f3d059e63a.jpgAbandoned feed mill Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo39864834.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QPFByUNpYmOD3WoJF_XZBju3jIw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11341270415d7ff03229324.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33761184.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/70UxMEyiNNOkL0hchT3POhBZ_S4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12729776165a2c3c97479d2.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-jokers-jukebox https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dlemXM-gdR3D_E_Q6PAIFUMWN3E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_17872838825891157164173.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Joker's Jukebox Car Grill Car detail of the Jester's Jukebox ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo28463949.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/YC-4SAj9eecqtQfTt1HWeHwdzpk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_226086004579e1dde21ce0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20000965.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/vbqSmVGOIoqvnITtP1IyvgxVges=/wbr/1747161032/15678_390236163529f91871e385.jpgKleen Brite Laboratories (Brockport, NY) | Got Paper Kleen Brite Laboratories, Brockport NY. 2013. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo10199826.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/q_MHf0Vg5XPL-WB-zQn8VYqtUE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12684433524ddaae480fea1.jpgPilgrim State Hospital (Brentwood, NY) | Scrapping Scars Medical/Surgical building. Pilgrim State Hospital, Long Island NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19154678.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/yGpvqO5wnk9aFciEd20fddHDOg4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18804505065226c3d82ca63.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24032881.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/C7k71vfFyf-qdBCRotdMwrZNkzY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4370849075536cef48819e.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | The Infamous Arches Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8889192.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/lKiopYXcwHN2zijZRD1yhdob3Qw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_12527510774d74442f3ce72.jpgPortside Power Plant (a pseudonym), 2006. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113292.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/FPFd9EAZt1iQn6ImbILMYXjK8Ig=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19855427874e12969ad8546.jpgFostoria Glass Company (Moundsville, WV) | Controls Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville WV. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24821433.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/QjTGBS9xry6_QSezrzEbApJ5vQs=/wbr/1747161032/15678_720655439559adc4a83571.jpgTome School, Port Deposit MD Tome School, Port Deposit MD. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. 2014 [url=http://www.abandonedamerica.us/tome-school]Check out the full Abandoned America gallery here.[/url] https://www.abandonedamerica.us/president-heads-croaker-va-george https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Zl0EauN9m1MnAds3lE-w38ZmH-c=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15997405935edaad3ac6ee8.jpgPresident Heads (Croaker, VA) | George Washington https://www.abandonedamerica.us/patient-tub-the-ladd-school https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ySow4Vwa_nMsIrlpJNEUL1l7vsM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_45879937254ee36d852baf.jpgPatient Tub | The Ladd School This patient tub in the Ladd School is shaped so someone can be bathed while sitting up https://www.abandonedamerica.us/syracuse-china-syracuse-ny-life https://photos.on-this.website/wm/kOzzx4TgNv756xe8Yc0HFvpaHCI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_9066314555a0a53461b055.jpgSyracuse China (Syracuse, NY) | Life Support Abandoned Syracuse China plant, Syracuse NY. Photographs/unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gymnasium-wide-george-pepper-middle https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CSWfvKgTnF1vDAvSPzD-BoZ8W8A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_704844009629576c47d699.jpgGymnasium Wide | George Pepper Middle School https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8869560.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_WrxMsdemcwpyoFY1hYaHhHePaY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13851811974d73bdbe8f019.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11516612.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/9ibV0EK3e5_BFepGariYPk0u4k0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13743528495df003d14eba6.jpgsecond floor hallway <iframe frameborder="0" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=2c9d54dc-5704-4128-96ed-b80424eb472a&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500" height="300"></iframe> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8890538.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EnpsPsiZVTKZcyOZcM27vwLSJW0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19469286924d747cc45fef1.jpgBirdsboro Steel, Birdsboro PA. 2008 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ascension-church-philadelphia-pa-stairway https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8gv_fArclyJXjrpkAFksrzBlmQ0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2008924639559d410e194a3.jpgAscension Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Stairway Arch The side stairwell in the lower church of the Ascension of Our Lord Church had an odd arch and storage area in between; I don't recall seeing this in many other churches. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandonedlincolnwayclairtonunidentifiable https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ojsNPAryVzIucJLFDhrQwlxIOn8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_31955302558cad1ea28de1.jpgAbandoned Lincoln Way (Clairton, PA) | Unidentifiable https://www.abandonedamerica.us/raymark-industries-manheim-pa-not https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oY77qGcOfivAvnF_CcsrBsCS3fY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16421593444e126c6c248ec.jpgRaymark Industries (Manheim, PA) | Not an Exit Raymark Industries Inc., Manheim PA. 2006 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/to-be-a-stone https://images.on-this.website/15678_16669641114ddac05626048.jpgHenryton State Hospital | to be a stone Sweet is't to sleep, sweeter to be a stone. In this dread age of terror and of shame, Thrice blest is he who neither sees nor feels. Leave me then here, and trouble not my rest. - Michelangelo -------------------- Henryton State Hospital, Henryton MD. 2006. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph and unattributed text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-scranton-lace-company-all https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JmMQlWEczT_dDpUhlJBxCgFW7ZA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1199037492531414cc16713.jpgThe Scranton Lace Company | All By Design Lace patterns. Scranton Lace Company, Scranton PA. 2008 If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book "<b>Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences</b>," which you can <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-the-age-of-consequences">order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo21061394.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/A_fByaJzLdGcYWdA-4jCVUNonfU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_579656777536db8709c260.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Belltower Base St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo13060038.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/sCWqOZpHolz_w8nmAaiHL59KiA8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_10175733885df6a7fbc972e.jpgMonsour Medical Center (Jeanette, PA) | Blackened Hallway A blackened hallway at the abandoned Monsour Medical Center https://www.abandonedamerica.us/norwich-state-hospital-orange-chair https://photos.on-this.website/wm/tz107Tlf-LQhIZJNMGxtIZ1e89E=/wbr/1747161032/15678_452685258533c45236c677.jpgNorwich State Hospital (Preston, CT) | Orange Chair Norwich State Hospital, Preston CT Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22413919.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/8GpehCLVnwoU0b93e8khrdkTI2g=/wbr/1747161032/15678_101419304654161d1cd4890.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741450.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/6xDGM0YAQfB-OOibn7AVRig4iqo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_222421294543ffbd631e91.jpgHomer Research Laboratories, Bethlehem PA. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo14070397.html https://images.on-this.website/15678_20826671344f274b69e7d33.jpgFrank R. Phillips Power Station (South Heights, PA) | Ancient Phone Frank R. Phillips Power Station, South Heights, PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bethlehem-steel-bethlehem-pa-hoover https://photos.on-this.website/wm/CLcl9RZ8ytx39NHRoVPtpD2Q90w=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5401589158efcac7e9afa5.19699102.jpgBethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA) | Hoover-Mason Trestle https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19137504.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t6Rlv1W99zyIqRBMqbCJdNOk9gQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6369432575224b6530ace6.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo33203831.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/mFuxrRKHDocbIMqbbFDnXyiWUOw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_55348387559dfc60f97373.jpgThe Ghost Town of Bodie, California | Standard Mill Interior The interior of the Standard Mill in Bodie State Historic Park, California is fascinating and well-preserved. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/vault-abandoned-monongahela-bank-brownsville https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Cf2G6jIG3jD8rOk1ZuqhV0pq3Sk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14047481295eb586dfc5d38.jpgVault | Abandoned Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, PA The vault of the abandoned Monongahela National Bank in Brownsville, PA https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo22741454.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1KvJq-XfYIXql7X66yR8gd3e9lA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1445518047543ffce7b4713.jpgRJ Loock & Co. (Baltimore, MD) | Fram Filter Service Thermometer Sign Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo52511327.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IsDsODOw-yA9_ya5D9lRPolZILM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1789296476674dee324cb85.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/trolley-graveyard-overgrown https://photos.on-this.website/wm/KmTMl7cKmaiHfANbw2QcXAoADoM=/wbr/1747161032/15678_318972075097f23aaf002.jpgTrolley Graveyard | Overgrown Vintage electric streetcars at the trolley graveyard; photograph/text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-zydeco-coaster https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c-rFGm1l2CrdiaJJG36_ryZQ5CI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_137387897559db83ece149d.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Zydeco Screamer Ascent An overgrown roller coaster track, resembling a dinosaur's spine. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo41223861.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/oudrZ2Xmv6XpBhz_zvm-yjnR5zk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_11681545675ed5a5eb7eab8.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136403.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/GEMAIrZSOwvUTtAmlwwLZleulQk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14571653045224ab5fdada3.jpgAbandoned prison cafeteria https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo23934369.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/IlfTpIKxs0XDLSma7J6jhMnYMBI=/wbr/1747161032/15678_168476116455271bb0880b4.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | The Color of Violence Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-way-of-the-future https://photos.on-this.website/wm/VYKCw8cYsAw5kWivxzeMwDhqrm8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8720662954d73d806b6bd4.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | the way of the future <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="The Way of the Future | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="The way of the future is at hand, and it looks a lot like the places we have already been." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>There were a wide variety of treatments just in the span of Taunton State Hospital's existance - means by which it was hoped that the mentally ill would be miraculously cured and able to rejoin society. It's a pity that so few of them worked. There was hydrotherapy, where one was restrained in a bathtub so only one's head was sticking out, after which the tub would be filled with intensely hot or cold water, as it was felt that psychosis was the result of the brain being too hot or too cold. One might be left in such a state for days if staff felt it fitting, with no break to leave for the bathroom, no time to stretch about, no time to sleep. There was insulin shock treatment, wherein an epileptic fit and following coma were induced through administering massive doses of insulin. The ever-present risk was that the patient might go into shock, be paralyzed, or never return to consciousness. There was the lobotomy, wherein a rod was inserted through the top of the eye socket, severing the nerve pathways in the prefrontal cortex, or simply scrambling the front of the brain. The infamous Dr. Walter Freeman would travel around the country in an RV (dubbed The Lobotomobile) performing hundreds of these procedures a year using an ice pick and no anesthetic. From the 1960s on, Thorazine and its daughter drug Haldol came into vogue. These drugs caused confusion and a painful restlessness that led patients to shuffle around like zombies, too numb to think or speak in any manner that resembled the way a human would function. One of the most horrifying of their myriad of permanent side effects is Tardive Dyskinesia, which is a series of grotesque involuntary muscle spasms and tics that render one incapable of ever passing for "normal". There are many, many others - from Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy to dozens of different restraints to the informal 'shoe leather treatment' which involved being kicked by attendants. There was the 'therapeautic milieu', which was nothing more than being contained for your whole life in a small ward overflowing with people growing crazier each day as the weight of confinement eroded the sanity of those who had it to begin with. Fear not, we have made such progress since then! Today we allow a few to wither in underfunded, barely supervised programs, while the greater majority are left to their own - to homelessness, to poor or nonexistent medical care, to the callousness of bureaucracy, to prisons, to the hundreds of drugs thrown at them that are hardly tested and cause a plethora of side effects from mild (weight gain, sexual dysfunction) to severe (permanent liver/brain damage). It's time to wake up and smell the past, my friends. It's time to look at our present with open eyes and to realize that the way of the future is at hand, and it looks a lot like very many of the places we have already been. Pray that you and your loved ones stay well. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo29583838.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0ZoXaNPYCUN-GXkt03KSSzXjNb8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1022475266581c070094781.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo19136893.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AX3icIMPTGq56Ei-jTrPYV6Jdzo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20956299665224b090d9132.jpgEastalco Alcoa Works, Frederick MD Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8323168.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_cVF9s-3D3dtEZ0rMSA07P6kyWw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_18377061524d362b3778951.jpg'the things we left behind' Frick Fine Arts Building Pittsburgh, PA September 2010 https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34696938.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/c7IGGhFl-SoYn4NobYRQmhwv9x8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8932166335aea4cd61c6dd.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257260.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/3f_lb0mu5XSUuIU8zNkVrkncOUY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_6681667995f8a094a77620.jpgSchenley High School (Pittsburgh, PA) | Stacked Desks Schenley High School, Pittsburgh PA. 2010 Schenley High School is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo20187014.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/0p1W_C6L23r6mkW-r10R-JSrqgY=/wbr/1747161032/15678_15895054152cef8d585077.jpgAbandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center | Curry Doorway Curry building at Greystone Park Psychiatric Center in Morris Plains, NJ (originally the New Jersey State State Lunatic Asylum). Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo8257280.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TbEoM2UaGpUv_vgu-j_JLenI2FA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_2789796304d2d57ae51fd5.jpgAssumption BVM Church (Philadelphia, PA) | the hymn of the unwanted Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-freedom-fighter https://photos.on-this.website/wm/x5AyrHceZ97tySF7IjrIiJG2os8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_16622072794d732c6d01544.jpgthe freedom fighter Thomas Edison High School, also known as the Julia de Burgos Magnet Middle School and Northeast Manual Training School. 2007. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/allentown-state-hospital-flooding-kitchen https://photos.on-this.website/wm/t8L0hfQJEktWD9reAjvLaH90r2o=/wbr/1747161032/15678_19467244795d3f460b1cea8.jpgFlooding Kitchen | Allentown State Hospital In the cafeteria section of Allentown State Hospital, water has finally got through the roof and pools on the floor. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/cell-865 https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ADBk41wpWUejnN1fhGkEbZ_r8SU=/wbr/1747161032/15678_20795435364fc4f5d90a471.jpgHolmesburg Prison (Philadelphia, PA) | Cell 865 Photograph taken at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book [b]Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences.[/b] <a href="http://www.dismantlingthedream.com/">Signed copies are available through my website</a>, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2361950944/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=2361950944&linkCode=as2&tag=abandameri-20&linkId=5E3GACFWHUTYKAVV">Amazon, </a> <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941">Barnes & Noble,</a> and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo12433992.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/X-gPKHaG0T_OHBc2ZqrHPi0hSWo=/wbr/1747161032/15678_4885049204e5bfa83490ca.jpgSt. Boniface Church (Philadelphia, PA) | Organ Console St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/why-we-fight https://photos.on-this.website/wm/D_hWe9uTgl4NB0dC68GDqzRkfko=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13442681234d73d81118706.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | why we fight <meta name="twitter:title" content="Why We Fight | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="In our hearts we have made a shelter for Taunton and we will keep it there in our photographs and memories long after it has been erased by your bulldozers." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>You'll find us in the shadows, for these are the places we call home. In our hearts we have made a shelter for Taunton and we will keep it there in our photographs and memories long after it has been erased by your merciless bulldozers for your redundant condos and unnecessary stores. We have touched the face of history, at great expense and personal risk, so maybe at last you can see what you are throwing away before it is too late to save the few fragments that are left. Listen to me, those who would try keep us out: We unearth the ruins that your archaeologists will not. We find and cherish the stories that your historians cannot. We love what with all our souls what you, the public, do not. We are the explorers, the preservationists of our age, and you will never stop us because the truth... the truth will never be destroyed. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo40461185.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/ou8eSD1zBqw6myM5coHS1-hQCqk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1567315985dd2f93eedfe4.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nothingeverdies https://photos.on-this.website/wm/269YZ1Qr_sARgarLigPMtl8wkG0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5995923194d73db2c0321b.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | nothing ever dies <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="Nothing Ever Dies | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="It's easy to only focus on the sadness in an abandoned building like Taunton - but you'd be missing so much of its story." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>It's easy to only focus on the sadness inherent in an old derelict building like Taunton. When you know the misery in the history of a asylum, and you see only the ruins of what it once was, you sometimes become blinded by the macabre and morose, by thwarted hopes and unchecked corruption. If this is all you see - in an abandoned building, in your own life, in the world around you it's easy to feel that perhaps it would be best to erase it all, to hide everything away so deep that it can't encroach upon your fleeting comforts and contentment. But, in this place where such terrible, tragic things occurred there is something else that resides there - sometimes in the brilliant green ivy that works its way into cracks and crevasses the way lovers' fingers entwine, sometimes in the softness of the wind, or the stillness of untouched afternoon sunlight - or the way gravity welcomes the falling rafters back to the earth and time absolves its past in the oblivion of unmolested sleep. Taunton had such beauty - in the sincerely charitable ambitions that built it, in the graceful forms of its architect's true design, in the naive hope of the many who genuinely believed it could bring a cure for the ill, and in those confined who stole friendships and dignity from the greedy hands of disgrace and neglect. If you can't see these things, you'll never understand why I do what I do. Photographs capture slivers of time. They preserve a point of view, a moment that would otherwise be forever lost. If you seek truth through them, maybe you can illuminate the soul of a thing, and maybe show someone else the proud glory and splendor of the forgotten and forsaken. The triumphs and frailties of human endeavor may now be heard only in echoes, but I guarantee you if you are quiet and you listen you will hear not screams of agony and anguish, but the sweet serenity of final release. If you approach the past with humility and reverence in your heart you'll realize that immortality is not something anyone can ever capture - but if you are very lucky, through a photograph perhaps you may capture a glimpse, a fleeting moment of something that, in its own abstract and inexplicable way, proves beyond a doubt that nothing ever dies. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo26544841.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/AlmBTkg3SXEt3RGvapvQcr7F_Iw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_56935379556ad5fae67673.jpgFort Pitt Casting Co. (McKeesport, PA) | Infirmary The leaf-strewn infirmary at the abandoned Fort Pitt Casting Company in McKeesport <center><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#000000; padding: 1em;background:#f7f7f7">Fort Pitt Casting is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to read more! 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Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book <a href="http://www.abandonedamerica.us/otheritems.html">"Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences," which you can order signed copies of here.</a> It's also available (unsigned) through <a href="http://amzn.to/1ul3Y8K" target="_blank">Amazon</a>/<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-matthew-christopher/1120340759?ean=9782361950941" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>/<a href="http://www.powells.com/book/abandoned-america-9782361950941/62-0" target="_blank">Powells</a>/<a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9782361950941" target="_blank">Indiebound</a>/<a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Abandoned-America/Matthew-Christopher/9782361950941" target="_blank">Booksamillion.</a> You may also be interested in my new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1ojsGF2" target="_blank">Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream, available on Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream-matthew-christopher/1123289724?ean=9781908211422&quickview=true" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>, and many other online booksellers across the globe. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11113192.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Q0VXlbs1Fw3xPH_nSuqyLIBrFAk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_700506214e12913d506c0.jpg https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo34218557.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/udOe9yJlfBB_07farih9ElBz_JQ=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13066078385aa2cb62b7730.jpgWestern State Penitentiary (Pittsburgh, PA) | Rooftop Exercide Yard https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo11069324.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/xSxK-dbfmG9J7AErptgbhBZiOuA=/wbr/1747161032/15678_14923989104e11061a2f8df.jpgBillmeyer Limestone Quarry (Bainbridge, PA) | Through Time Photograph taken at the abandoned Billmeyer Limestone Quarry in Bainbridge, PA by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. This location was demolished several months after the photographs were taken. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/all-the-stars-in-the https://photos.on-this.website/wm/TVea85BKUm19IeP6XPjIq45QuRk=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8473066134d42363ebb930.jpgIrem Shrine (Wilkes-Barre, PA) | all the stars in the sky Above the stained glass window at the Irem Temple there is a fairly treacherous attic https://www.abandonedamerica.us/death-is-still-death https://photos.on-this.website/wm/HscOAa8pzVD6nvCe42PqxrPhPUw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5278725685abe86b9514eb.jpgBuffalo Color Corporation | death is still death "No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet." Derrick Jensen ---------------------- Buffalo Color Corporation, Buffalo NY. 2009 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo24777213.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/JTMfJPSsGOdubYBCWaucPzGnLhw=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1122949445595663226499.jpgDifferent things are disturbing about different abandoned places (structural instability ranks high on my overall list, for example), but prisons tend to be the most consistently unsettling. It's in the details even in otherwise clean, well lit rooms like this one: the food aperture on the door, for example, is essentially a box that food can be placed in and the cover closed before it is opened into the cell, and exists so blood, feces, or other unpleasant bodily fluids can't be flung through it onto correctional officers. Another easy to miss one is the concrete slab in the room behind it that serves as a bed, with iron loops protruding so the inmate can be strapped to it. If memory serves me correctly, this area housed Level V prisoners (could be Level IVs, but the cells/area seems more restrictive) - in essence, the most violent offenders in the prison system, and certainly the worst in this prison. In a way it doesn't seem like much. The colors and lines are almost banal, yet the layers of terrible things required for a place like this to need to exist, and for one to be incarcerated in it, are so numerous and horrible that I sincerely wonder if they might not drive you mad if you were presented with them all at once. --------------------------------------------- Photograph and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/a-little-bit-crazy https://photos.on-this.website/wm/EMLDHtimdnC4MoTyufF1UTJqLD8=/wbr/1747161032/15678_5679885614d73de89c0c1c.jpgAbandoned Taunton State Hospital (Taunton, MA) | a little bit crazy <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /><meta name="twitter:site" content="@abandonedameric" /><meta name="twitter:title" content="A Little Bit Crazy | Abandoned America" /><meta name="twitter:description" content="You'd have to be a little crazy to go into a place like this. In theory, at least, just like back in the days when it was open." /><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="article:author" content="https://www.facebook.com/abandonedamerica.us"/>Entry to Taunton State Hospital is a nearly impossible feat. it used to be extremely easy - you could just walk right in! - but then there was the fire that reduced the administrative section, the cafeteria, and the auditorium to a charred heap of rubble. The state spent over a million dollars to enclose the remains in a thirteen foot high, climb-proof fence. They installed motion-sensor cameras in hidden locations all along the grounds that will alert them to an intruder's presence - all to keep you out of buildings that they are allowing to fall apart. Even if you somehow manage to make it past that, finding an entry point isn't simple and you have very little time to do so as the grounds are regularly patrolled at all hours by DMH (Department of Mental Health) police, who are stationed on campus and can arrest you on the spot. Once inside, if you make it that far, you'll find the old wooden floors are extremely unstable and rotted through; any step could potentially be fatal. Several large sections of floor have already given way, and when you look in the patients' rooms you'll frequently find you are staring three floors down into a mess of jagged boards and reminded, there but for the grace of God go I. As it is still an active campus (several buildings are still in use) in several of the wards you can hear people talking outside almost as though they are on the other side of the wall, because essentially they are - but more importantly they can hear you. They can hear you and alert the police, who have no problem surrounding the buildings and spending hours waiting until eventually you have to come out. You'd have to be a little crazy to go into a place like this. In theory, at least, just like back in the days when it was open. ------------------------------ Image of Taunton State Hospital and text by Matthew Christopher Taunton State Hospital is a chapter in my book, [b]Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream[/b]. [u][url=https://www.dismantlingthedream.com/product-page/signed-copy-of-abandoned-america-dismantling-the-dream t=_blank]Buy a signed copy via this link[/url][/u] or get it on Amazon using the link below to learn more! https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32923202.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/dPFZcpfY6IKbPU8I0T6Ow6lYK7M=/wbr/1747161032/15678_70566046959c164f42c2a7.jpgOverbrook Asylum (Cedar Grove, NJ) | Tunnels https://www.abandonedamerica.us/photo32131408.html https://photos.on-this.website/wm/_p3A6--UiqCQPQcxsSCrth2SoE4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_1262497555597252e1768ce.jpgEastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA) | Cell Block Stairs https://www.abandonedamerica.us/balcony-view-of-ring-blue https://photos.on-this.website/wm/1L7dRLK1XtWsxxQMd4hC4BisrA4=/wbr/1747161032/15678_8574429955db74f4b97f20.jpgBalcony View of Ring | Blue Horizon Boxing Arena (Philadelphia, PA) https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-six-flags-spillway-splashout https://photos.on-this.website/wm/raIp_EpCuGHNEVL5xXtolpK3k7A=/wbr/1747161032/15678_3766831875a6f5967d6845.jpgAbandoned Six Flags (New Orleans, LA) | Spillway Splashout Ride An overgrown wooden track on the Spillway Splashout Ride at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pennsylvania-house-sunday-dress https://photos.on-this.website/wm/Y1Ul2-vop4BC76MCZ0MHonmZ0f0=/wbr/1747161032/15678_13169248953c1714671ec4.jpgAbandoned Pennsylvania House | Sunday Dress Abandoned home. Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America