September 20, 2010
Blog ArchivesDead Malls: 9 Abandoned Arcades, Markets and Shopping Centres
While the recent economic downturn has had a devastating effect on the high street, abandoned shopping centres – known as Dead Malls – can be attributed to various factors, from financial failure to urban redevelopment and even criminal intervention. In this article we take a look at all of them.
Abandoned in LA: Creepy Linda Vista Hospital
In this eerie series of images, filmmaker Ransom Riggs exploresLinda Vista Community Hospital, abandoned in 1991 after 85 years caring for injured railroad workers.
Jurassic Abandonment: Berlin’s Spooky Spreepark
There are some great articles about abandoned amusement parks – former fun-filled places that have given way to a more creepy atmosphere. But an exploration of Spreepark in Berlin will reveal more than rusty rollercoasters.
Stuck Between the Superpowers: Abandoned Eskimo Village of Naukan
Until it was abandoned in 1958, the village of Naukan on Cape Dezhneva was the most easterly settlement of Eurasia. Naukan was founded in the nineteenth century but cleared as part of a campaign of consolidation of rural settlements.
Spooky Glen Echo Park’s Abandoned Crystal Pool
This peeling facade was once the grand entrance to the Crystal Pool at Glen Echo Park, a long-gone attraction in what is a now a slightly spooky incarnation of its former self. While still in existence, there’s a sense that time and technology have long since passed the park by.
Abandoned Streetcars, Red Hook, Brooklyn
These abandoned streetcars are an unusual sight in a redeveloping corner of Brooklyn, New York. But in the reviving waterfront district of Red Hook, the rusting wrecks are as much a part of the streetscene as the converted warehouses alongside.
6 Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities of Eurasia
In terms of geopolitics, Eurasia refers primarily to the post-Soviet states, the Central Asian republics, and the Transcaucasian republics. It’s no wonder, therefore, that this “supercontinent” abounds with ghost towns and abandoned cities.
Urban Ghosts Turns One Today!
Today, August 20th, is the one year anniversary of Urban Ghosts Media! I’d like to thank everyone who has helped grow this small hobby blog into a publication serving between 1,000 – 2,000 readers each day, and growing. To celebrate, here are 10 of the most popular articles of the last 12 months.
Disused Rochester Subway: City Asset or Dangerous Abandonment?
Subways reduce the number of commuters congesting city streets and tackle the environmental impact of countless car exhausts. So it’s a strange sight indeed to find an entire subway system abandoned, and a city with no real idea of what to do with it. Welcome to Rochester, New York!
6 Abandoned Buildings and Places in Sheffield, UK
There’s a reason Sheffield brought you the Full Monty, and there’s more to it than a unique blend of Yorkshire humour and good-natured dourness. The fact is that Sheffield, despite all its good points, is extremely run down, with abandoned steel works, factories and other buildings blighting the cityscape.
6 Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities of Europe
It’s tempting to associate ghost towns and abandoned cities with America’s Old West or the wild expanses of former Soviet Russia. But such places exist on every continent including Europe, which boasts a diverse range of impressive and tragic abandonments.
Abandoned Places Brought to Life Through HDR Photography (40 Pics)
While fascinating and mysterious, abandoned places and objects are not usually known for their joyful appearance or radiant colours. But apply HDR photography techniques and suddenly the reinvigorated colours and contrasts are enough to bring even the most dreary building or wrecked vehicle back to life.
6 Creepy Underground Tunnels, Subways & Sewers
Big cities, especially old ones, often feel like a claustrophobic blend of towering buildings, endless roads, inescapable noise and hectic traffic. It’s incredible to imagine that, beneath many metropolises, an intricate network of tunnels, subways and sewers exist, some silent, others carrying commuters beneath the mayhem of the world above.
Foreboding Factory Abandonments of the Post Industrial Landscape
It’s tempting to associate industrial abandonments with former Soviet Russia, but derelict factories occupy vast swaths of land in cities across the world. They often symbolise the shift from manufacturing to technology, and loom above the post industrial landscape as rusting reminders of times gone by.
Five Star Abandonment: Perth’s Old Treasury Building
The Old Treasury building in Perth, Australia, is an important part of the city’s historical landscape, and certainly one of its most impressive urban abandonments. Built in 1874 and occupied by the state government for more than 120 years, an eerie silence now fills the deserted rooms of this iconic building.