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AbandonedAmerica

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I'm Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Not a photo bot, so I post about other things from time to time.

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The same abandoned church after 4 years of neglect

See the rest https://www.abandonedamerica.us/most-blessed-sacrament-church

Choir loft view of a vacant church looking at a slight angle towards the altar area. The color scheme is dominated by white, red, and gold with blue accents. The paint is starting to flake off and the right wall is mottled with black and green from mold and water damage.

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The newest of my Decay Theory articles just went live on Atlas Obscura! In it, we explore the struggling town of Gary, Indiana to determine how a once-thriving city winds up with over 7,000 abandoned buildings. It's an important story, not just for Gary residents, but for many American towns facing similar issues.

Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-gary-indiana

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@tuban_muzuru yeah, bigotry was a pretty huge factor. I'd also say that the steel industry ghosting them didn't help.

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@GhostOnTheHalfShell wow. I wish I could have seen it then. A lot more of the buildings would have been intact.

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@MargaretD I don't disagree, and I think that immigrant populations are an integral and important part of the core identity of America. However, without some sort of economic base created by jobs I'm not sure how added people wouldn't wind up impoverished as well.

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@antipode77 Correct. That, paired with the fact that when your wealthiest people decide to move to the suburbs and withdraw all money and business from the downtown, the outcome here is an unfortunate inevitability

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This fantastic building is used for a firehouse and also a media tech educational center.

( @AbandonedAmerica quality non-abandoned material)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Community_Television_Center

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@NIH_LLAMAS Oh wow, that's lovely. Please tell me they haven't gutted the interior and that it is as impressive inside as it is outside? I'll have to make a trip here sometime

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@NIH_LLAMAS I have to confess, this was the worst-case scenario I was envisioning. I mean, I get venue space is important, but boy did they obliterate whatever was once there

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Stone House (with Couch), Harvard, CA, 2010.

Slightly used pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4611078542

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@NeadReport @mattblaze thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoy them - and that second one is out of print and impossible to get, so maybe in time it'll be a collector's item 😊

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@mattblaze @NeadReport thanks so much, Matt. Likewise, as you know. I am a sucker for good architectural photos!

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Jeff Mattox (1958-2024) — Owner of the Mahoning Drive-In Theater

He saved the historic Pennsylvania drive-in by turning it into a "living museum," w/ 35mm screenings every wknd from April-Halloween.

I've been there and it's a delight, like time travel to the '50s.

https://www.tnonline.com/20240417/man-credited-with-saving-vintage-mahoning-drive-in-dies/

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@DemocracySpot @willmckinley Oh, this looks awesome! I'd love to go there!

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An inn that was later converted to a girls' school and finally abandoned for decades

See the rest https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nichewaug-inn

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My soul is full of whispered song
My blindness is my sight
The shadows that I feared so long
Are all alive with light.

~Alice Cary, Dying Hymn

Photograph taken at the abandoned Ellis Island Communicable Disease Hospital
See the rest at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ellis-island-communicable-disease-hospital

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A pair of roller skates left behind in the abandoned Academy of the Sisters of Maria Assumpta in Petersham, MA

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/nichewaug-inn

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@corbettamthetranslator why not both? 😄

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A decaying dance floor in an old Shriner's theater

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/irem-shrine

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@WendyMsGator thanks! And yes, it's an amazing building. I was so sad when people started getting in and trashing it

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@WendyMsGator they would echo in here, too. Wild acoustics!

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@lauren I sure hope not!

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On the deck of the abandoned SS United States, Philadelphia's abandoned ocean liner

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states

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@brianstorms it was so fast, you were right! The fastest ocean liner ever built, in fact

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@wsrphoto I would love to have been on this during its years of operation. It looked pretty amazing

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@jdormansteele2 I know, right? Whoever is the writer of our reality is not particularly subtle

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@cvvhrn that is correct!

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A collapsed hallway in the abandoned Hudson River State Hospital

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/hudson-river-state-hospital

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@GoatRoper that's sort of why I like it, tbh 😊

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