Point, click, shut! Camera stores are rapidly fading into obsolescence as smartphones take the place of mass market cameras, film and paid photo processing.
via Photo Finished: 12 Closed & Abandoned Camera Stores | Urbanist.
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Adapting Aging Architecture: Modern Plug-Ins for Beijing | Urbanist
Ultimately, this sort of plug-in modular solution could ensure that Beijing’s oldest and most culturally and historically important neighborhoods remain livable for local residents.
via Adapting Aging Architecture: Modern Plug-Ins for Beijing | Urbanist.
Roaming Homes: 15 DIY RVs, Converted Buses & Tiny Houses | Urbanist
The Neverwas Haul was built over six months in 2006 and is made almost entirely of recycled materials.
via Roaming Homes: 15 DIY RVs, Converted Buses & Tiny Houses | Urbanist.
Religious Conversions: 15 Houses of Worship Turned Secular | WebUrbanist
Web Urbanist has today’s adaptive reuse divine inspiration!
Former houses of worship all over the world retain all of their awe-inspiring original architectural elements like vaulted ceilings, arches, altars and stained glass windows while adjusting to needs that are more mundane.
via Religious Conversions: 15 Houses of Worship Turned Secular | WebUrbanist.
Trouble Brewing: 12 De-alcoholized Abandoned Breweries (Page 2) | WebUrbanist
WebUrbanist has a fantastic article on Abandoned Breweries – not to mention the superb photos. Don’t miss it!
With the bulk of its machinery sold and shipped to China by latter-day owners Pabst Blue Ribbon, the brewery building located near 33rd Street and Avenue E passed into private ownership. This development has stymied several attempts by Galveston city authorities to raze and redevelop the brewery complex; bad for the city but a blessing for urban explorers! Speaking of which, let’s all give a shout out to Lens Adventurer, whose striking images grace this capsule commentary on Falstaff’s grungy Galveston outpost.
via Trouble Brewing: 12 De-alcoholized Abandoned Breweries (Page 2) | WebUrbanist.
7 Abandoned Wonders of Commercial & Industrial Architecture (Page 1) | WebUrbanist
Great article by WebUrbanizst on abandoned industrial buildings. Don’t miss it.
When it comes to Detroit, how can you choose just one standout abandonment? The city is, in and of itself, a jaw-dropping wonder of architectural decay. Once it lost its identity as a manufacturing mecca, Detroit also lost a large number of its residents, leaving block after block abandoned, with few signs of life in between. Once the fourth-largest city in the United States, Detroit is now filled with towering structures that have been left as they were when last used, often full of the ephemera of life. These include a number of high-rises – the most notable being Michigan Grand Terminal, pictured above with an overgrown lawn – and burned-out factories.
via 7 Abandoned Wonders of Commercial & Industrial Architecture (Page 1) | WebUrbanist.
Then & Now: Hybrid Images of a Deserted School in Detroit | WebUrbanist
We’ve posted DetroitUrbex before. They embody social media use for good – make that amazing.
Their latest photos of abandoned schools are haunting. Thanks to Web Urbanist for bringing them to our attention.
Dad, these are for you.
It is one thing to see a building in a state of disrepair and imagine what it would have been like when it was occupied and vibrant. It is quite another to overlay a photograph, taken from the precise same spot, bringing into sharp focus the difference a day, week, month, year or decade can make.
Don’t miss the rest via Then & Now: Hybrid Images of a Deserted School in Detroit | WebUrbanist.