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12/27/2005 02:58:53 PM · #1 |
| Anyone here into Urban Exploration? I've seen some really great pictures on some sites and have always been curious, but I'm just to chicken. |
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12/27/2005 03:04:03 PM · #2 |
What is Urban Exploration?
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12/27/2005 03:09:12 PM · #3 |
Sorry, that might help ;)
From the Wiki on it:
Urban exploration, urbex or UE, is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of human civilization. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as Infiltration, although some people consider Infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. In the USA, it may also be referred to as reality hacking, "urban spelunking", and "urban caving."
Do a search on google and you find TONS of sites and webrings about it.
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12/27/2005 03:33:05 PM · #4 |
ive seen some really cool sites, maybe kind of hard to do it now though with the way times are now
never done it but would like too, here is another site //www.industrialnewyork.com
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12/27/2005 03:35:28 PM · #5 |
Do you mean something sort of like this?
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12/27/2005 03:44:28 PM · #6 |
I think this is the original and definitive source on the subject.
Infiltration |
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12/27/2005 03:45:44 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by digitalpins:
ive seen some really cool sites, maybe kind of hard to do it now though with the way times are now
never done it but would like too, here is another site //www.industrialnewyork.com |
My brother used to do b&e's on abandoned sites. He's got some amazing photos from back in the day.
I'm a much more tame urban explorer heheh. I don't break in, and I rarely enter. :)
I do, however, consider myself to be an urban explorer - a goal of mine, however unattainable, has been to walk every street on the island of manahattan at least once. For such a small island, it's a HUGE ISLAND! I love exploring the city. And there ain't toooo much to be afraid of these days. I'm actually more afraid of Times Square than I am of industrial waste(lands) in Greenpoint. ;)
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12/27/2005 04:19:55 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by megatherian:
Sorry, that might help ;)
From the Wiki on it:
Urban exploration, urbex or UE, is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of human civilization. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as Infiltration, although some people consider Infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites. In the USA, it may also be referred to as reality hacking, "urban spelunking", and "urban caving."
Do a search on google and you find TONS of sites and webrings about it. |
i have some shots like this i will get them and show you this place went to is awesome!!!! ill try and got soon and get some shot to post this place i go to is soo awesome ita hike in the woods and you cant even see it then it just kinda apears when you walk up on it ill try to go this week end and let you guys see it =) |
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12/27/2005 04:25:06 PM · #9 |
I have a lot - some in my portfolio - should upload some more...
I'm fascinated by industrial...
  
and many more... |
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12/27/2005 04:35:11 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jazzmik:
I think this is the original and definitive source on the subject.
Infiltration |
THAT'S THE SITE I first saw on the subject but haven't been able to find again.
Time does some wonderfully amazing things to some of our creations. I love to see stuff decayed and worn out an try to imagine being a worker who used that area when it was brand new... did they ever think it would eventually look like this? Was this place that is so "new and exciting" to me just boring an mundane to them back then?
It really get's my imagination and curiosity going. It's like hidden history all around us. |
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12/27/2005 04:47:47 PM · #11 |
| Oh I've occassionally been guilty of breaking into abandoned buildings, but since I live in the sticks can it still be considered URBAN exploration? |
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12/27/2005 05:02:03 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Oh I've occassionally been guilty of breaking into abandoned buildings, but since I live in the sticks can it still be considered URBAN exploration? |
well the place i go to is an old boys home that has sunk in the ground and it is made out of rock andthere is grasss inside and lots of leaks.... i mean if its breaking in then its a fun rush lol |
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12/27/2005 05:05:20 PM · #13 |
If you want to take photos of urban decay, the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA, is open April-November as a museum.
A big + is that tripod use is OK.
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12/27/2005 05:07:03 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by jazzmik:
I think this is the original and definitive source on the subject.
Infiltration |
Read the book Creepers by David Morrell. He references this site. It'll make you think twice about exploring. |
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12/27/2005 07:42:05 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by lepidus:
Originally posted by jazzmik:
I think this is the original and definitive source on the subject.
Infiltration |
Read the book Creepers by David Morrell. He references this site. It'll make you think twice about exploring. |
Uh-oh..... There's no place terribly urban around here to explore. |
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12/28/2005 03:34:53 AM · #16 |
Hmmm. I'm too law-abiding to go breaking into buildings, and thanks to the price of real estate in our town, there aren't many abandoned buildings, but I'm a great proponent of walking around behind buildings to see what's there -- it's often a lot more interesting than the front.
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12/28/2005 08:38:20 AM · #17 |
for a great bunch of accounts of urban exploration, check out Twin Cities-based Action Squad:
//www.actionsquad.org/
They find caves, slime molds, strange fish, steam-filled tunnels, and ancient mills! They dodge the cops, dodge murderous bums, and nearly suffocate to death on methane gas!
it's riveting stuff, really, and quite well written...
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12/28/2005 09:02:28 AM · #18 |
this is a cool site i read every so often
//www.satanslaundromat.com
photo blog, exploration of the san fran area and new york city.
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12/28/2005 09:13:27 AM · #19 |
I do a good deal of this type of photography in Mobile and sometimes in Montgomery when a get up there. I love this stuff.
This image was taken in an abandoned glass factory in Montgomery.
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12/28/2005 09:18:44 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by maryba:
If you want to take photos of urban decay, the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA, is open April-November as a museum.
A big + is that tripod use is OK. |
Pretty cool I am so going to Philly this April to see this place I saw a special on TV about it. Been to Philly once loved it wanna go back. Did not have my camera then so now I wanna go and take some pics.
Message edited by author 2005-12-28 09:19:54.
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12/28/2005 09:20:30 AM · #21 |
| Has DPC ever done a challenge like this?? If not they need to..... man i have some great ideas!!! Im going to post some soon.... IM trying to get out to the place b4 the 1st of the new year. (Man this year has flown BY!!) |
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12/28/2005 11:43:13 PM · #22 |
Okay, this is unfair!! What about those of us who live in the sticks!! What can we explore??
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01/09/2006 02:18:44 PM · #23 |
They say this Place is like an old "Boys Home" McCune is what it is called i guess... but here are some pictures i love this place i wanted to bring this post back i like places like this and can be really goog photography places....and kinda scarry too lol i have lots of Pics ill try to get them all in here...........Nope wont work go here plz
My Urban Pics=) |
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01/09/2006 03:45:47 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Okay, this is unfair!! What about those of us who live in the sticks!! What can we explore?? |
Abandoned homes? |
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01/09/2006 04:43:19 PM · #25 |
| The one i just posted was kinda in the Sticks.....it was out in the woods about a 1/2 a mile hike or less....kinda fun.....just explore or visit old places....... |
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