I’ve been finding that there’s a strange beauty in photos of abandoned buildings, lonely places, slow deterioration and the gradual reclamation of the highest works of man by nature.

For me, it allows a vision of a post-apocalyptic planet without the pain and horror of the apocalypse. It’s always been the aftermath - not the disaster - that enthralls me.

To that end, why not dine on the following delights:

Detroit Wonderland | Julia Solis

Ars Subterranea | Papciak and Sias

Opacity | Hellingly Asylum

See also:

Flickr - Urban Abandonments

Infiltration.org - Whitby Psychiatric Hospital

[three hours of skittles and singalongs later, we started our history tour in downtown richmond.  after being pointed out a few empty buildings we couldn't go into because of extensive renovations, we finally got to enter and explore inside st paul's episcopal church.

as novice students of the civil war, we find out about its historical significance , september 2008]

Valokuvatorstai 105

I had probably passed by this door and window a thousand times before it occurred to me to take the snapshot and looked up the history of it. William Sinclair & Son have been professional bagpipe makers since 1933. William Sinclair Senior's father Alexander Sinclair made the first set of pipes on a foot-treadle lathe with the pedal power provided by his son: by trade William Sinclair Senior was a stone-hewer and his son William was a joiner, but there was a long family tradition connected with the pipes - Alexander Sinclair taught his sons with his other students of the pipes, and William Sinclair Senior was Pipe Major of the Leith Celtic Pipe Band, the Broxburn Pipe Band and the 5th Volunteer Edinburgh Rifles. He was also Pipe Major of the Boys Brigade in Edinburgh. (The old Boys Brigade headquarters is just up Ferry Road from 1 Madeira Street.) During a stone-hewer's strike William Senior made reeds for the pipes to bring in money: in the 1926 General Strike, William Junior left the building trade to become a professional Bagpipe Maker, and in 1933, the firm of William Sinclair and Son set up shop. And they're still trading today.

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This photo was taken today at One Jackson Square. This building claims to be one of the first LEED certified, environmentally-friendly buildings in the West Village. Check out their website at www.onejacksonsquare.com. We thinks it looks fabuloso, and we wouldn't mind living in the 11th floor penthouse!!

Here's a rendering of the finished product.