February 12, 2010
Blog ArchivesSilent Cinema: 8 Abandoned Theatres and Movie Palaces
The irony is all in the name! The abandoned Joy Cinema in New Orleans is a sorry sight today. And while their names may not pose such a paradox as “the Joy”, these 8 old movie palaces look like their best years ended with the passing of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Titanic: The Rise, the Fall and the Birth of a Legend
While her days were numbered from the outset, Titanic was a legend during her own lifetime, and has become increasingly immortalised ever since. In this article, we take a look at the famous liner’s origins, from the abandoned Drawing Office and slipways of Harland & Wolff to the murals of east Belfast and the awesome Titanic Quarter that is rising from the dereliction.
Titanic Yard: The World’s Most Famous (Abandoned) Slipway
RMS Titanic is without doubt the most famous ocean liner in history and most of us know how the story of its sinking. But less well known are its origins, and that Titanic began life on a now sorry-looking concrete slipway in a Belfast shipyard.