OT: Urban decay...

[Methem]

Originally Posted by roger

some great stuff here:

http://www.hebig.org/photos/

Thanks for the link. Will take a detailed look at it.

There seem to be quite a lot photos related to steel industry on those pages. I spent three summers working at a large cold-rolling mill. I never visited the melting shop or the hot-rolling mill in that particular factory though, which I've since regretted. But of course the cold-rolling mill alone was very interesting. Both impressive and somewhat scary, considering all the big machinery and automation there.

Here's a rather poor photo from the same mill:
http://network.ilehti.com/midcom-ser...02tornio_2.jpg

showing some coils (usually around 18000-20000kg), automatic guided vehicles and a crane.


-Methem

[Methem]

Speaking of classic buildings, this one in Belgium has obviously fascinated many:

http://users.pandora.be/a-p/binche.htm
http://www.canet.be/galerie8-8.htm
http://www.studio51.be/Pictures/Aban...nes/index.html
http://www.sammo.be/pix/peronnes/index.html

An impressive "skeleton" really. Interesting architecture for an industrial facility. "It looks like the architect dropped some heavy LSD before he started to work on it." comments the last web site.


-Methem

[roger]

wow. that place is massive. and wild.

[Methem]

Thought I could post this as well:

http://www.bobhenneman.info/Breakers1.htm

Photos of old battleships and other such vessels being scrapped... The first ship seen is HMS Warspite, "The Old Lady", the battleship that saw action in the both world wars.

http://www.bobhenneman.info/Breakers4.htm
"Run up on the beaches of India at high tide, old vessels are cut up in horrific working conditions." Handy and cheap for the western world to ship the shit to the "third world".

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An interesting historical photo showing Gangut, a Russian/Soviet battleship, in an urban/harbour environment, somewhere:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmor...2/gangut2.html

like at least 80 years ago, I guess.

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Will try to post something softer next time, whenever that is... Perhaps a link to some resource about old wooden buildings. And they don't even need to be abandoned or massive in size.


-Methem, who's been listening to some cold and industrial electro lately - not for sophisticated prog. ears:
http://people.cc.jyu.fi/~jatka/mp3/d...ons_of_war.mp3

[Methem]

Some new photos:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...s.html#tre2007

What, by the way, is the American car, from the late 1950s or so, in
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...houses2007.jpg ?
Probably an easy one, and I too might have recognised it some 12-15 years ago, when as a teenager, I was somewhat into that sort of stuff.


-Methem

[roger]

Originally Posted by Methem

Some new photos:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...s.html#tre2007

What, by the way, is the American car, from the late 1950s or so, in
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...houses2007.jpg ?
Probably an easy one, and I too might have recognised it some 12-15 years ago, when as a teenager, I was somewhat into that sort of stuff.


-Methem

looks like a 1959 Chevy Impala.

holy shit, check out this page: takes awhile to load...

[Methem]

Originally Posted by roger

looks like a 1959 Chevy Impala.

You're right. I didn't pay too much attention to this particular car but figured it had similar back lights: http://www.plan59.com/images/JPGs/ch...9_green_00.jpg

I actually had Impala in my mind, but that was mostly just because I can't remember too many model names from that era.

holy shit, check out this page: takes awhile to load...

Thanks. Some great car-casses on that page.

Speaking of wrecks, the photo of the 1895 train accident in Gare Montparnasse, Paris is pretty dramatic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Montparnasse


-Methem

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Methem

Some new photos:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...s.html#tre2007

Other new photos from the city of Tampere:

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...008/index.html

The artistic and technical quality of some of the photos still leaves a lot to be desired, but a part of the shoots, on the other hand, look pretty nice.


-Methem

[Michael]

If you love old buildings you will love this..
http://www.mrps.org/

Its the old Mansfield Reformatory..

[Methem]

Originally Posted by Michael

If you love old buildings you will love this..
http://www.mrps.org/

Its the old Mansfield Reformatory..

Thanks for the link. I'll take a good look at it.


-Methem

[Michael]

My buddy at work and i May go down there in November for there ghost hunts.

[roger]

came upon this site today:
Web Urbanist

lots to explore!

[Methem]

Originally Posted by roger

came upon this site today:
Web Urbanist

lots to explore!

Thanks. Just started checking some of the stuff on the site.

http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/10/3d...s-and-mosaics/ , for example...

Not bad works.


-Methem

[Methem]

Some photos from an old sawmill / ship building area here in Oulu:

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...skila2007.html

Not very exciting or unique, but some of the photos perhaps somehow reflect your "modern historical dinosaurs" concept, Roger.

Bones left:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...ea2007_008.jpg


-Methem

[roger]

Originally Posted by Methem

Some photos from an old sawmill / ship building area here in Oulu:

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...skila2007.html

Not very exciting or unique, but some of the photos perhaps somehow reflect your "modern historical dinosaurs" concept, Roger.

Bones left:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...ea2007_008.jpg


-Methem

indeed. thanks.

[jrstudioboss]

those first 17 pics of the Detroit Central - what an absolute crime to let a gorgeous place like that go fallow, let alone allow the animals to alow the two legged animals piss all over it!

[roger]

more Detroit

crazy.

[Methem]

Originally Posted by roger

more Detroit

crazy.

Agreed. That's an interesting set of photos.

[Methem]

Speaking of Detroit... Yesterday I read a 2007 interview with "Mad" Mike Banks (about 45 today, I think), the frontman of UR, the influential Detroit-based techno collective and music label that I've briefly mentioned in one of my earlier posts in this thread. Some might find the following snippet interesting:

"With artwork, Abdul Haqq really added a great strength to what we were trying to do, a great spirit, and I always wish Abdul the best with his adventures.

With art, our early influences from Marvel comics, old progressive rock albums too, Rush, Yes, they always went on an adventure musically. Lenny White and the Astro Pirates, many people aren't hip to them, but if I could recommend some music for people to listen to. Jean-Luc Ponty, you know. Their records were kind of like in opera movements, there'd be the overture, and this and that, it was a journey, a journey of the turtle to the sea. These were great records, because they took you on a musical journey. Return to Forever always did that, the Romantic Warrior... these are fusion records I'm talking about, the Romantic Warrior was sweet, Chick Corea Return to Forever..."

[Methem]

Military history for whoever is interested:

http://www.mil.hiiumaa.ee/2000_09_14_kurtna_T-34-36/

Salvaging an old T-34 tank from a lake in Estonia. A brief story and some interesting photos.