Lets See Your Abandoned and Dilapidated Buildings / Ruins

Chapelle de Languidou
Brittany - France

When nature is stronger

This is a head fake.

As I caught a glimpse of this property from the corner of my eye, strolling by on Dauphine Street in New Orleans two days ago, it triggered a vague memory. Standing across the street my quandary resolved in all of three seconds.

I recalled reading about this chic, rocker's cottage in the French quarter, redesigned to beguile passersby with its intentionally distressed exterior while offering deluxe appointments of the interior for its inhabitants. Its true nature is betrayed by the presence of a modern security camera and intercom on the right-side gate. It was once owned by the musician Lenny Kravitz.

Panshanger airfield, Welwyn, Hertfordshire UK.

Although now long since demolished I was asked back in 2014 to take photos of the old airfields buildings before they fell to the demolition workers. In use as a general aviation airfield the site actually started of as a decoy aerodrome for the de Havilland factory at Hatfield and was built on land at Holwell Hyde, just south of Panshanger airfield, and the Royal Air Force occasionally made use of it for training.

Panshanger airfield itself was more regularly used by the Royal Air Force for training purposes and a large Bellman type hangar was erected to accommodate the aircraft based there, along with several 'Over Blister' type hangars that were very common on many airfields built in WWII both for both the RAF and the USAAF as seen here

No. 1 Elementary Flying School, equipped with Tiger Moth biplane trainers was active at the aerodrome from September 1942, and No. 127 Gliding School was also operational at Panshanger from August 1943 until closure in May 1948.

After the war, RAF No. 1 Reserve Flying School was based at Panshanger from May 1947 until its closure in May 1953. It was too managed by De Havilland Aircraft.

Such a shame that they were destroyed by the developers and the site still remains unbuilt on to date

PineBomb wrote in post #19578869
This is a head fake.

As I caught a glimpse of this property from the corner of my eye, strolling by on Dauphine Street in New Orleans two days ago, it triggered a vague memory. Standing across the street my quandary resolved in all of three seconds.

I recalled reading about this chic, rocker's cottage in the French quarter, redesigned to beguile passersby with its intentionally distressed exterior while offering deluxe appointments of the interior for its inhabitants. Its true nature is betrayed by the presence of a modern security camera and intercom on the right-side gate. It was once owned by the musician Lenny Kravitz.

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Very nice!!

Along the river "de oude Rijn" in the netherlands

Only memories now remain. A lady that used to work for me was born here. My how times can change.

KT29 wrote in post #19579758
Only memories now remain. A lady that used to work for me was born here. My how times can change.

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Hey, I've been there! Nice one.