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Brewster Projects
These Brush Park housing projects were home to many notable people including Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson. They were also the inspiration for the claymation series “The PJ’s”. I had my reservations about visiting the Brewster projects and the drive through the neighborhood up to them did little to allay my fears.
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Packard Plant – Trip 3
I remember this as The Trip Where I Finally Got Up The Nerve To Bring My 5DMKII. I had been dancing around bringing my main camera to Detroit given the potential for theft, the potential for loss during inevitable partying, having to lug the heavy kit all over the city, etc. I scheduled all the…
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C.F. Smith
C.F. Smith was a grocery chain in the Detroit area that operated from 1910 into the 1950s. The buildings we explored were clearly a warehouse set up to store items for the chain. As with so many buildings like this, they had clearly seen a number of uses over the years before finally falling in…
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Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary is a historic prison that is now open to the public. It is definitely worth a visit if you are in Philadelphia!
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Jackson Sanatorium
Regarded as one of the easiest explores around, naturally we were spotted on the way in and ejected by the police. The officer was very nice to us and called the owner to see if they were willing to let us go. This is one time where having a massive amount of camera equipment with…
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Polaroid Trips 5 & 6
Polaroid trips 5 and 6 were focused on the power plant. It was a small building, but lots of fun to explore and a few of my favorite pictures of the place came from here.
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Horatio Alger Center for the Mentally Impaired
Just a couple shots. This is one of those places that is very very epic, but also tricky to pull good shots from. The woodwork we saw was astonishing, though. Tons of fun visiting this one.
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Augusta Tissue
This tissue paper mill closed down under somewhat shady circumstances after changing owners several times. The mill was even held by the federal government for a time while the courts worked out what to do with some of the contested assets. During this time the mill was well secured and an extremely risky place to…
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