Fear of large abandoned structures

Brian Eno - Fear of Large Abandoned Structures [2011]

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:15 PM, Cryptowen said:

I like going around large abandoned structures

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:59 PM, six said:

I think it's fascinating, I would love to explore abandoned places.

  On 8/5/2011 at 10:02 PM, beerwolf said:

Good topic.

  On 8/5/2011 at 11:07 PM, rumbo said:

I love abandoned structures.

  On 8/5/2011 at 11:51 PM, feltcher said:

i love exploring places like this.

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and the drain hole at the monticello dam. fucking terrifies me.

There are about 70 abandoned structures near where I live. The most famous one is an abandoned mental hospital:

The only reason I know that's Hoover Dam is because I played New Vegas. Who said games aren't educational? (I hope that's Hoover Dam)

That abandoned pyramid like hotel is so creepy. Where is that, the Philippines or some other east asian country? I know it's somewhere like that.

buildings = purpose = life

abandoned buildings = no purpose = death

  On 8/5/2011 at 11:23 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

A+

First thing I thought of when I saw that dam photo was that part in Half-Life 1. Good thing Ichthyosaurs aren't real.

Japanese sewer system

won't let me hotlink, click this:

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2007/07/japanese-sewers-photo-gallery-first.html

  On 8/5/2011 at 8:12 PM, Pennywise said:

These pictures don't bother me but it's the idea of being so close to structures that does bother me.

 

 

 

I would hate standing this close to it and the idea of being underneath the structure is terrifying.

Another one is the sunken Titanic, even swimming over the titanic on the surface of the sea would scare me shitless, just knowing its down there. How about being on the ocean seabed and encountering the front of the titanic, knowing that the rest of it is infront of you, in the darkness.

 

It's basically Megalophopia but more specifically with abandoned/dead structures. Guess it's a death related fear. Any of you the same? I think it's probably quite common.

See, those pictures just seem hauntingly beautiful to me. Abandoned structures fill me with a kind of fascination, a feeling I can only get from something with such a distinct absence of human energy. Of life, of purpose, of happiness. These are all wonderful things, and when they are taken away, it leaves something tragic.

When a building is created, a large gap has to be cut into the natural energy that used to occupy the space. It's like a tradeoff; you loose that natural energy, and in return, you get a useful building that satisfies human energy. But when the building is simply left to rot, it leaves the stark absence of both energies, and the inner walls feel like a deafening silence.

  On 8/6/2011 at 5:02 AM, Rabid said:

 

Spooky. A perfect place to do an oujia board

on topic, i am currently exploring the abandoned part of portland stone quarry in dorset, its awesome! Photos when i get home if your interested. Loads of cool stone arches, crags and nature. Sun is out too!

  On 8/6/2011 at 9:15 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

Instantly recognized those clouds... I have this hanging on my wall:

don't ever go to Detroit.

It's probably not 100% on topic. But i saw some amazing photo's of ghost towns in this thread the other day. Maybe it's a bit related:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1176009

  On 8/6/2011 at 9:59 PM, spike said:

don't ever go to Detroit.

and why not is that?

  On 8/7/2011 at 2:35 AM, elusive4 said:

  On 8/6/2011 at 9:59 PM, spike said:

don't ever go to Detroit.

and why not is that?

Word is there are more abandoned buildings in Detroit then there are worms in that one foot gif.

I went to an abandoned hospital that was condemned because of a fire. It's in Hansen, MA and the inside is straight out of Silent Hill. One look inside and your sphincter could crush a diamond. All of the windows are boarded up and only one of the boards near an easily accessible window has torn down. So once you're inside, you better have a good sense of direction, because there's only one way out, it is very dark and it looks like a place Satan would have a tea party.

Stretchers covered in debris, open cabinets, medical equipment scattered everywhere, and pitch blackness... with small beams of sunlight sometimes coming in through cracks in the boarded up windows revealing the charred interior...

  On 8/7/2011 at 2:44 AM, Cryptowen said:

  On 8/7/2011 at 2:35 AM, elusive4 said:

  On 8/6/2011 at 9:59 PM, spike said:

don't ever go to Detroit.

and why not is that?

Word is there are more abandoned buildings in Detroit then there are worms in that one foot gif.

and that says what?

and that says that the OP would be a little uncomfortable with all the abandoned buildings, homes, neighborhoods. I personally enjoyed the view. example: the old train depot thing.

  On 8/7/2011 at 4:47 AM, elusive4 said:

  On 8/7/2011 at 2:44 AM, Cryptowen said:

  On 8/7/2011 at 2:35 AM, elusive4 said:

  On 8/6/2011 at 9:59 PM, spike said:

don't ever go to Detroit.

and why not is that?

Word is there are more abandoned buildings in Detroit then there are worms in that one foot gif.

 

and that says what?

sphincter.

  On 8/7/2011 at 1:41 AM, Dropp said:

It's probably not 100% on topic. But i saw some amazing photo's of ghost towns in this thread the other day. Maybe it's a bit related:

 

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1176009

Ooo nice!

Some pictures of the abandoned Quarry area in Portland here - just done a bit of searching and it turns out that in the late 80s the quarry area was reopened as a sculpture park, hence all the random carvings and monuments we found littered around the site. You really did have to search hard to find some of them - they were not marked on a map or anything. We seemed to be the only people in the whole area even though it was open to the public - it felt very isolated but almost an adventure (whats around the next corner.... lets go this way...?)

The falling man was apparently an early Gormley carving (Gormley of "angel of the north" fame).

Not exactly an abandoned structure, but a pretty awesome way to spend an afternoon in the sunshine.

I was once snorkelling somewhere in Thailand and about 300m out to sea on my own I suddenly saw a VW Beatle convertible about 10m below me, in the dark with seaweed trailing off it and it frightened the shit out of me, I went to get my friend and tried to show him but I couldn't find it again.

also that sort of pyramid hotel Data posted is in North Korea and has been sort of finished in the last few years, or at least the exterior has