Buidings you want explore before they knock them down

[Gabba Flamenco Crossover]

I've been dabbling in a little urban exploration of late. Sheffield, my new-ish home, certainly has a lot to offer in terms of knackered industrial buildings, as well as a huge brutalist housing estate that's currently completey empty.

Anyway, here's your starter for ten:

Berlin's Tempelhof airport - huge 30s monument to the glamourous age of air travel, called 'the mother of all airports' by Lord Rogers. And shortly to be knocked down.

Wouldn't mind visiting this either actually. Lord knows the Nazis don't have much in thier credit column, but they did build some impressive buildings.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Ahahahaha...

Dr. Robert Ley envisioned Prora as a parallel to Butlins - British "holiday camps"

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT MACHT FREI

 

[hucks]

Last time I was in Newcastle I went to the car park in Gateshead, as featured in Get Carter, cos it's going to be knocked down some time soon. Or at least I heard it was.

 

[Pestario]

Yeah it's being demolished. Guided tours are running.

 

[petergunn]

this was a fun one for me, back in 1999, 2000... dunno if it is still there... northampton state metal hosptil in northmapton ,MA...


http://www.coin-newbies.com/nsh/photos.html

http://www.opacity.us/site13_northampton_state_hospital.htm

 

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Buidings you want explore before they knock them down

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[IdleRich]

"Berlin's Tempelhof airport - huge 30s monument to the glamourous age of air travel, called 'the mother of all airports' by Lord Rogers."

I wandered around that on a suitably grey day a few years ago - very cool.

 

[heroesandvillains]

this was a fun one for me, back in 1999, 2000... dunno if it is still there... northampton state metal hosptil in northmapton ,MA...

Yea NSMH is now in the process of being turned into a housing complex, most buildings have been demolished...New Englands various mental hospitals are far and away the scariest places I have ever been, especially Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut where it is rumored that insane homeless people still roam the upper halls and its labyrinthine tunnels.

Norwich State Hospital


They're currently trying to turn this into a sparkling new theme park and movie production studio!

That's some bad karma right there.

 

[Grievous Angel]

whereabouts you living gabba?

 

[Gabba Flamenco Crossover]

Buidings you want explore before they knock them down

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stop dssin me dunno wot I dun rong here u wankr

 

[Gabba Flamenco Crossover]

whereabouts you living gabba?

I was living down by West Bar but I moved to Crookesmoor a few months ago. Bare student action.