Lets See Your Abandoned and Dilapidated Buildings / Ruins

Todd Lambert wrote in post #10773875
It's been a LONG time since I was in Vegas, but there used to be a pretty large water park right on the strip. I guess that's long gone? It used to be near the fly-away thingy with the indoor skydiving. I know because I went to both places as a kid.

Are these long gone?

Wet 'n Wild closed in 2004. That's the only water park that was on The Strip that I've heard of. There have been plans "in the works" to build another one ever since, but none have ever panned out.

Aha... yes, Wet n Wild, that's it - thanks!

Awesome, glad I found this thread! I'm out almost every weekend looking for & getting into abandoned buildings to photograph them. There is something quite beautiful about a place which was once full of life & functioning as an integral part of our civilisation, but is now slowly decaying...

Here are a few of my recent shots (all taken with my 400D - yet to take the new 5D out to play, but can't wait to see how it goes in this type of environment!)

From an old coal processing plant, closed many years ago:

Great stuff, Karl. I'm into UE as well. You're right, there is quite a lot of beauty in things that are abandoned and derelict.

KarlG- wrote in post #10788319
Awesome, glad I found this thread! I'm out almost every weekend looking for & getting into abandoned buildings to photograph them. There is something quite beautiful about a place which was once full of life & functioning as an integral part of our civilisation, but is now slowly decaying...

Great work there Karl. I worked on a power station many years ago, and often thought it would be the creepiest place in the world if it was abandoned. Of course I wasn't into photography back then. Would love to find one now.

Very nice work Karl, and welcome to the forums!

I think I recognize a couple of your shots; I hope to get to Philadelphia
sometime reasonably soon.

From an Asylum explore today..

Nice stuff, Matt!

That looks like an old DJ Asylum!

Thanks.. Was awesome!

Very cool Matt .

Comrade, Nice entrance! I have to wonder where that was?
WELCOME to the forum.

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #10838478
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;10838478]From an Asylum explore today..

Matt, Nice find! What kind of asylum is that with all the turn tables? Did you look at the name on the broken record's label?
Tell us more about that place if you know.
-Bruce

An old Cotton Gin near Cooper, TX that I found last weekend while out driving around scouting.

Miniflash wrote in post #10838885
Very cool Matt .

Thanks!

Ballen Photo wrote in post #10839492
Matt, Nice find! What kind of asylum is that with all the turn tables? Did you look at the name on the broken record's label?
Tell us more about that place if you know.
-Bruce

It was a mental asylum, the turn tables are part of the cinema setup..

So my take on the aylum that me and Matt explores yesterday

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