8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part 6)
This week’s link round-up features a range of topics from urban exploration to urban art, deadly volcanoes to rain-drenched cityscapes. Enjoy!
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Hong Kong in the Rain: a Photo Series by Christophe Jacrot
Rain-soaked streets and heavy skies are enough to send most of us running for shelter. But that’s when photographer Christophe Jacrot heads outdoors.
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The Unintentional Aircraft Graveyard at Long Marston Airfield
Aircraft graveyards can be compelling and lead to atmospheric urbex photography, but it’s sad to see historic aircraft left to the mercy of vandals and the elements.
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Sustainable Living: The History & Practice of Urban Homesteading
Urban homesteading encompasses a range of ideas, including urban farming and urban agriculture, relating to the practice of sustainable living.
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Braddock Mosaic Park Transforms Abandoned Lot
The Braddock Mosaic Park – the brainchild of sculptor James Simon – saw the transformation of an abandoned lot into a stunning urban space, adopting recycled materials and harnessing the creativity of local youth.
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Ryugyong Hotel: Transforming a Vast Concrete Skeleton into a Glass-clad Skyscraper
Dubbed “hotel of doom”, the vast concrete skeleton of the Ryugyong Hotel has loomed over Pyongyang for years. But completion finally appears to be on the horizon…
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8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Five)
The fifth installment of our weekly link round-up delves into urbex photography and abandoned places, amazing crystal caves, light graffiti and urban interventionism.
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Urban Art, Libraries & More: Recycling Britain’s Iconic Red Telephone Boxes
With many now being phased out across Britain, the iconic red telephone box has been repurposed as libraries and toilets and transformed into recycled art.
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The Five Most Unusual Fast Food Restaurants From Around the World
Most fast food chains look the same no matter where you go in the world but there are some notable exceptions – and this article highlights five of them.
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The Last Supper: Creepy “Ghosts” Sculpture Near Rhyolite Ghost Town
Near the Rhyolite ghost town in Nevada’s Mojave Desert stands a strange museum, boasting one of the most evocative art installations of the American west – The Last Supper.
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Abandoned Pianos – An Unlikely Urbex Attraction
They might not seem the likeliest of urbex subjects but abandoned pianos have captured the imaginations of photographers and urban explorers all over the world.
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8 Awesome Links of the Week (Part Four)
Our weekly link round-up is back, highlighting more great content from our friends, partners and sites we admire and delving into the worlds of urbex, urban and recycled art, offbeat travel destinations and more.
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7 of the World’s Most Overgrown Churches – All in One English County!
Norfolk has more ruined churches than any other English county. Many of these abandoned buildings are among the most overgrown churches in the world.
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Abandoned Windsor Wax Building – Then and Now
The abandoned Windsor Wax Building has been a landmark of Hoboken, New Jersey since the company was established in 1923 by Leo Fleischmann, a chemist, explorer and adventurer.
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6 Incredible Abandoned Gateways to the World
“Gateways to the World” can have many meanings. In this article we explore six incredible abandonments that contributed to the progress of our society before fading into obscurity.
