Tweak Today: Photograph a nearby abandoned building.

From midnightfett at May 01, 2009 17:39

midnightfett — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:39:40 -0700

I'm stretching the use of the word "nearby" but I really dig this building.
It's in downtown Los Angeles and was used in the movie "Fight Club"
as Marla Singer's "crummy apartment"
Sadly, it seems that it's been left to die.

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From visiophone at May 01, 2009 20:11

visiophone — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:11:09 -0700

Hangar in Pouble Nou_BCN
exact location ::
http://maps.google.es/maps?q=hangar+barcelona&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=es&ll=41.408199,2.199948&spn=0.004997,0.011373&t=h&z=17

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From amazingaaron at May 01, 2009 20:17

amazingaaron — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:17:00 -0700

A very abandoned building. Picture taken with my iPhone. Its not photoshoped it just came out that way.

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From dudeman618 at May 01, 2009 21:54

dudeman618 — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:54:55 -0700

This house has been abandoned for nearly 1 year. Finally through foreclosure, still no one living in it.

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From glitchos at May 02, 2009 01:31

glitchos — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:31:58 -0700

Me in an old abandoned warehouse jsut round the corner from me. Photo was taken by http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastianbober/

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From jenh at May 02, 2009 01:46

jenh — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:46:32 -0700

Two for one an abandoned liquor store and chinese restaurant...

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From mlmassey at May 02, 2009 02:08

mlmassey — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:08:58 -0700

This is part of an abandoned fort out in the Marin Headlands

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From elepe at May 02, 2009 02:15

elepe — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:15:29 -0700

From my window, someone could have a home, but not.

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From fauge at May 02, 2009 02:54

fauge — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:54:21 -0700

Has sat like this for over a year since the fire, I get to look at it every day.

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From noiselesspenguin at May 02, 2009 03:30

noiselesspenguin — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:30:35 -0700

The brambles are at least a foot thick, but the birds and butterflies like the nettles and cover in the garden. And it's definitely abandoned... I live close by.

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From demander at May 02, 2009 04:54

demander — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:54:21 -0700

Abandoned farm building close to where I live.

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From bill at May 02, 2009 04:56

bill — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:56:06 -0700

The Strand building on Market Street in SF. There are some cool paintings on the windows above the marquee.

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From dok at May 02, 2009 05:02

dok — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:02:15 -0700

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From bill at May 02, 2009 05:06

bill — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:06:07 -0700

The Hibernia Bank in the Tenderloin. It's a shame this has been abandoned. Maybe it's just waiting for a renaissance.

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From essexboyracer at May 02, 2009 05:55

essexboyracer — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:55:31 -0700

So elegant and still standing

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From merendis at May 02, 2009 05:56

merendis — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:56:57 -0700

I believe it's been like this since World War II

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From nicolebliss at May 02, 2009 06:16

nicolebliss — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:16:08 -0700

2 vacant buildings around the corner from the new house. The one on the corner had a huge fire a yr or so ago, had to be gutted and is getting all fixed up.

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From sgallese at May 02, 2009 06:36

sgallese — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:36:07 -0700

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From lesamonster at May 02, 2009 06:44

lesamonster — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:44:25 -0700

Washington High School in Portland Oregon is one of several nearby abandoned buildings. Strangely enough, it's not the only abandoned school I've come across in my area.
How sad is that?

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From autoawesomeon at May 02, 2009 06:47

autoawesomeon — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:47:05 -0700

This building was abandoned before it was even finished. It's been at this stage for at least a year.

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From wewillchange at May 02, 2009 07:05

wewillchange — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:05:01 -0700

They'll come back soon. Spring is just kicking into gear. Abandoned for now though.

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From lmnewman at May 02, 2009 07:14

lmnewman — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:14:27 -0700

This place has been in various (often precarious) states of disrepair for years. Weeds used to be half as high as the home. Seen its share of transient occupancy, gang graffiti. Don't recall seeing a "for sale" sign. Not likely it would sell at this point. It's in a "revitalization area." Latest efforts (yard clean up) most likely those of the city to keep crime down. Home sweet home.

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From amytheallen at May 02, 2009 07:31

amytheallen — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:31:04 -0700

This building has been vacant/occupied so many times since I was a kid I can't even count how many businesses have tried to make it there, but failed. I always thought it was cool cause it had a fire escape and there aren't many buildings with fire escapes here. I'm pretty sure it's haunted too. When I went to take a picture of it, I saw the lovely little sign on the right. I love whoever put it there. Oh, Texas.

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From sydtheskeptic at May 02, 2009 07:59

sydtheskeptic — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:59:51 -0700

I always imagine living here...don't know why.

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From thedigitalghost at May 02, 2009 08:00

thedigitalghost — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:00:37 -0700

This is an old rail road calibration station that I have always been in love with. I would love to turn this into my home.

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From jackcomrie at May 02, 2009 08:21

jackcomrie — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:21:51 -0700

The old cinema, then a bingo hall now empty.

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From atleiser at May 02, 2009 08:45

atleiser — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:45:29 -0700

Located in Benicia State Park. Not sure what it was, but just outside the door is an open hatch and iron ladder heading down into a cement room roughly 8'x10'. It looks like some kind of old communication building.
(4, 8,15,16, 23, 42)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Benicia&ie=UTF8&ll=38.061562,-122.201008&spn=0.001047,0.002309&t=h&z=19

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From dok at May 02, 2009 09:01

dok — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:01:07 -0700

Sorry for the double post.... This one is just more authentic in many ways ... and that's important to me ...

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From adamthehawk at May 02, 2009 09:13

adamthehawk — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:13:35 -0700

this was the same building that i used for the walk 777 paces mission

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From mrwulf at May 02, 2009 09:15

mrwulf — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:15:44 -0700

The ground floor is obviously abandoned. I'm not sure about the rest. Chould find any thing else today.

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From digitalgyrl at May 02, 2009 11:10

digitalgyrl — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:10:36 -0700

i am absolutely in love with this old DresSwell factory.. i don't know why. oddly, it's completely surrounded by residential. i will be very sad when they finally pull it down

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From scalper2 at May 02, 2009 11:19

scalper2 — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:19:01 -0700

Found this while out and about in central Ohio.

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From showmecool at May 02, 2009 12:27

showmecool — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:27:43 -0700

This is in Amboy Washington. Paper pulp mill that has lots of fossilized equipment.

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From mreguy72 at May 02, 2009 14:06

mreguy72 — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:06:55 -0700

Wow. I didn't even know this was today's mission, but I took this while out riding around. Its an abandoned building at the old Mississippi Waterways Experiment Station.

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From leopicado at May 02, 2009 14:33

leopicado — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:33:00 -0700

Well, I could not make it to the area I wanted to photograph for this mission... so, I took pictures of my second and third choices, since both were on my way.
LEFT: This is a building that I saw everyday on my way to college. It is located a block away from Childrens Hospital, the new TEMPLE School of Medicine, etc. It is just amazing that being centrally located on Broad St. has not being enough to save this building.
RIGHT: Right behind my work's MO there are abandoned buildings and houses, like this one, which at some point served as housing, and commercial space (it had a corner store). The good news is that investors have seen potential and are demolishing the old and building affordable housing for the community.

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From realityfree at May 02, 2009 14:56

realityfree — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:56:07 -0700

Building down the street. Guess it wasn't a good location to set up a hair dressing business.

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From icyfrance at May 02, 2009 16:46

icyfrance — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:46:12 -0700

We went to Treasure Island for todays mission. A huge portion of the island is abandoned. It was a tad eerie. Full set is here: http://tinyurl.com/csp56b

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From iandavid at May 03, 2009 01:03

iandavid — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:03:11 -0700

While we were wandering around Philadelphia I found this old warehouse for the Penn-Mar-Va Distributing Company, complete with railroad siding (and even a La-Z-Boy!).

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From marthagrace at May 03, 2009 01:30

marthagrace — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:30:54 -0700

Lawsonia - Furniture of Distinction. On Spring Garden Street in Philly - though it looks like it's been bought and won't be abandoned for long.

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From krylon64 at May 03, 2009 03:16

krylon64 — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:16:07 -0700

By OMSI is a full block of building with zero roof-ness. PDX isn't nearly as great as Pittsburgh was for abandoned buildings. You can see more of this place when @lesamonster and I went there last summer-http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirgabe/2872865151/

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From cupcakeninjacxc at May 03, 2009 11:47

cupcakeninjacxc — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:47:32 -0700

St. Lukes Hospital around the corner from my casa. Such a beautiful building thank goodness it's not run down.

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From capnmarko at May 03, 2009 13:26

capnmarko — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:26:36 -0700

Not best looking but probably closest ...

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From david at May 04, 2009 04:02

david — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:02:08 -0700

On Dolores street. Happened upon this place while going for a walk. I left my phone cable at work, so I couldn't upload until today.

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From hotshoes at May 04, 2009 08:44

hotshoes — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:44:49 -0700

I am always late. Some friends and I snuck into Reunion Arena before they tear it down. I love the mix of remaining seats and construction equipment on the floor.

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From cupcakeqween at May 04, 2009 10:34

cupcakeqween — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:34:30 -0700

Down the street : )

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From dean72 at May 09, 2009 08:57

dean72 — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:57:02 -0700

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From sclark at May 10, 2009 17:35

sclark — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:35:18 -0700

Corner of Bulleen Rd and The Boulevard, Balwyn North.

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From kevin at May 31, 2009 03:50

kevin — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:50:52 -0700

Shewmaker's Photography was finally forced out of business by the online market. Sorry to see the local guys gone!

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