There’s something awesome about being on a hotel rooftop high above Times Square, isolated from the hustle below, that cannot easily be explained. You are at once in the middle of everything, yet invisible to everyone. High above the crossroads of the world on this rooftop, it’s just you and your comrades, making the first stop on a night full of adventures.
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Category: Locations
Exploring location files
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Rooftopping Times Square.
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Terminal Cold Storage
Terminal Cold Storage is one of my new favorite buildings in NYC. Located on the far west side of Manhattan, this former warehouse and nightclub space represents one of NYC’s most unique buildings.
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“6 ptz” – QP’s Marketplace Illegal Graffiti Gallery
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CN West Disinfectant Company / QP’s Boxcar Marketplace
In the heart of Long Island City, an the CN West chemical factory with a long history has become yet another symbol for the drastic changes taking place in this part of NYC. (more…)
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Abandoned Station Entrance: Bowery
A decade ago, myself and ntwrkguy were the first to explore the newly abandoned queens-bound Bowery station. Since that time, this station and tunnel became something of a tourist attraction: an easy spot for beginners to enter and get a taste of what the NYC Subway system has to offer.This is not to say that this tunnel didn’t hold secrets. (more…)
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Sea View Hospital Children’s Ward
Sea View Hospital Children’s Ward is a building I’ve been exploring for over 15 years now. That makes it a very rare breed. Offhand I’m hard pressed to think of any substantially sized abandoned buildings within NYC City Limits that have remained in a state of abandonment for so long.
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Flushing Stalled Construction Site
Over the last several years, Queens has been plagued by stalled construction sites: New, poorly built, half completed buildings that replaced smaller viable homes.
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NYC Industrial Map Initiative
It is with great pleasure that I announce our new NYC Industrial Map Initiative.
At the very heart of this initiative is a map which shows 50 NYC area industrial locations – the majority of which are factories that no longer exist. Each pin on the map brings you a detailed write up and photos accumulated over our 20+ years of exploring NYC industrial buildings. (more…)
