Thanks so much for the compliments.
I loved this location. I was sad the last time I left because it was such an inspiring place but by then it was also nearly leveled and I knew it was my last visit. I hope to find more inspiring places in 2008!
One last image post with a short backstory from Building 866. In the photo posted above (from the PoswerShot S80):
last rites
The brownish square at the very center of the shot is where a telephone was mounted to the wall. It didn't take long to figure that out as I walked up to the wall, but what I didn't see until I got closer was that the wall surrounding the phone had writing all over it, here's a closeup shot:
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[click on the image to get a full-resolution look (2055 x 3080)]Over the years, factory workers had used the wall around the phone to jot down phone numbers! Everything from a neighboring building to my favorite, "phone sex"! It was strangely nostalgic to see this impromptu notebook of sorts there, still on the wall, a human touch on this giant concrete skeleton.
(by the way, I just remembered that "last rites" is not HDR, all the other images are)