A retrospect of the last 20 years.
Over the last 20 years, we have made a point of exploring every abandoned factory, warehouse and industrial related location within NYC. Here is a sampling of some of these locations, including photos and in depth histories (where possible).
When several graffiti artists told me there was an abandoned locomotive stuffed far back behind rows of cars at a nearby rail yard – seemingly abandoned. Given the high value of these large American made beasts, it seemed rather unlikely – but sure enough, there it was.
For the better part of a decade, at the east end of Hope street, lay an impressively large industrial building that seemed utterly hopeless.
Last week, I mentioned the former Phelps Dodge site in Maspeth in this mission file about some nearby abandoned houses.
The Dirty Strip Club is the second abandoned strip club we’ve hit in recent years, and a more vile nasty place you could not wish to find.
This old low rise building has an eventual date with the wrecking ball.