While visiting my parents in the Dayton area, my dad showed me this cute little cottage. A shame it’s been left to rot. It is a shame to see such novel architecture left to decay.
Random Waste – Dayton Area
Posted: January 25, 2016 in Posts about the WastesTags: dayton ohio, ohio urban decay, urban decay
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Just more Toledo Urban Blight
Posted: March 17, 2015 in Posts about the WastesTags: toledo blight, toledo decay homes, toledo ohio urban decay
I suspect these homes were a part of the revitalization project and get new windows and siding years ago for free thanks to tax payers. They now sit rotting, close to one another. I was driving through Toledo and just saddened by the sight of these. There was some fire damage, but I suspect scrappers did these charming homes in. All four homes were within walking distance of one another….so much blight. You can tell these were once cute homes.
There was a recent article in the Toledo press about Urban Decay explorers. Interesting, they hit up locations I have been to many times and documented here on this blog years ago. What I found concerning about this article was the 100% dangerous disregard for -basic- safety. Looking at the publicly posted photos that went with the article I am very concerned. These people were in dangerous settings full of rusy nails, unstable floors, glass, burnt chemical remains, BLACK MOLD, and more.
Allow me to stress something to you: this hobby is extremely dangerous. Anyone who has been around and knows what they are doing will be -very- safe. People have died while urban exploring, while countless more have suffered serious injuries such as impalement, broken bones, cuts that require stitched, and more.
From the article…..how NOT to explore.
From the article…..how NOT to explore.
I have 3 new locations in the Toledo area that need exploring. These locations are undocumented and unexplored. Looking for adult exploring partners in the area who are experienced.
I wonder what happened to result in this buildings demise. It is gutted, and has been picked over by scrappers, not worth saving anymore. Premier Bedding was recently featured in a Toledo Blade article about Urban Decay: http://www.toledoblade.com/gallery/The-Ugly-Truth-about-North-Toledo
The Collingwood Art Center is a historic if not iconic building in Toledo. Located in the Old West End it has been seen as a hub for the arts for many years. All the same, faced with crippling repair costs and a vastly deflated value the future of the center looks grim. There is a recent article on Toledo.com that might interest you.
Check it out: http://www.toledo.com/news/2014/03/13/eye-on-art/making-a-stand-the-collingwood-art-center-s-struggle-to-survive/
The costs of roof repairs have doomed so many buildings, and is the common plight of almost every vacant building I have been into. Illegal scrappers are the second problem to roofs.
While recently in Detroit, I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of burnt out homes. There are so many vacant and burnt out homes in Detroit, that they are common place, and not even exciting in terms of urban decay photography. Of all the locations I saw during my Detroit trip, this structure caught my interest. I was located in a vacant neighborhood that has mostly been destroyed by urban decay. Was this a business? Was it a fire station? Was it a unique home?
The all white brick interior really provided a sharp contrast against the burnt out wood, and junk.
It has been a while since I last updated, I simply have not found any good decay or sites as of late.
I like to travel, and sometimes my hunt for urban decay and history leads me to…graveyards. Here are some out of state shots from my favorite graveyard. The photos are edited, mostly for color and flavor.
ATM – things are kind of tame in Toledo. I am on the look out for decay, but my leads have been dry. So here is a little update of a different kind of decay.
Riverside Hospital – Closed
Posted: July 31, 2013 in Posts about the WastesTags: abandoned hospital, hospital, riverside hospital, toledo ohio, urban decay toledo ohio
The Riverside Hospital means a lot to my family and I. This historic location has been closed for sometime, and is but a ghost of what it once was. I have fond memories of visiting my Grandmother as she worked here – and would like …just once, to go back inside to relive those moments. My grandmother was an interesting woman – mother of 8 boys, who endured domestic abuse, involuntary and illegal commitment to an asylum so that my grandfather could steal the insurance from my uncles death and run away with his mistress, and in WW2 was a CIA decrypter. After my Grandfather ran off, he turned his youngest children over to orphanages – one of which is my father. She was a strong woman who endured hardships worth of being turned into a book.
This hospital was center to so much of my Grandmothers story. It was here that she finally got employment as a single mother, so that she could earn wages enough to get her abandoned sons out of the Orphanage. This is the place where a single working mother was given a fair chance despite workplace sexism of the era, so a single mother could finally bring home her children.
Toledo Waste Walker 