Exploring location files
In 2002 we stopped by Metro North’s graveyard to poke around the oddball collection of junk commuter train equipment stored and awaiting a date with either the scrappers torch or, less likely, resale and restoration. This collection of locomotives and rail cars represented some of the best and worst in terms of reliability & design.
Publish Date: 8/7/2005 We make our way around and find an entrance right by a security trailer. This security trailer… it bugs me out a bit. I can’t tell if anyone is in it, but I know someone’s in this building we’re heading for. You can just sorta feel that sort of thing sometimes. You […]
The octagon was NYC’s first mental health hospital. It was closed in the 1970s and was set on fire multiple times. The wings of the building were knocked down, leaving only ‘the octagon’ shaped building that was previously the main entrance.
I told my wife I was going out for a walk… I didn’t mention it would be underground.
It’s a warm summer night and we’re waiting, lurking in the dark along the shore of Roosevelt Island. Tonight we’ve got a crew 6 deep with a single target: the old Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island. One of dozens of NYC area hospitals to have ended up on our abandoned hit list.
The end of this tunnel was once filled with the ashes of many unnamed victims. Ashes of those who met a horrid death that I watched with my own eyes and could smell and taste for days beyond. You don’t forget something like that, ever.
Here are some words you don’t want to hear someone yelling at you on a Sunday morning at 9AM: “Hey! You were down in the marina! Stay right there I’m calling the police”.
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