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clarktown farm
tucked away on a marshy piece of farmland, the elements are overtaking the
clarktown farm. while one house has since been renovated and awaits a buyer, the
barn, a large garage filled with old equipment, a second house, and a small toll booth
from another era are fading into the reedy fields.
gallery posted 5/06
tucked away on a marshy piece of farmland, the elements are overtaking the
clarktown farm. while one house has since been renovated and awaits a buyer, the
barn, a large garage filled with old equipment, a second house, and a small toll booth
from another era are fading into the reedy fields.
gallery posted 5/06
| route 2 irregularities once upon a time, the mountains of west virginia were a relatively prosperous place, as evidenced by the dozens of proud old homes that line route 2. some are left rotting away in plain view, their massive collapsing facades reminders of the glory days; others are hidden away on the mountainside and in the valleys, only noticeable from the road by a chimney poking through the trees. entire communities are vanishing, and these are the bits and pieces of them that i was able to find on my travels. gallery posted 4/06 |
| shartlesville, pa back in the days when gas was cheap and time was easy to come by, i would drive the back roads looking for places like these - in this case, a large barn deteriorating into a pile of tinder and an old home tucked away in the woods nearby along with a few other odds and ends i found on my trip. barely worth a glance when measured by my current standards, i keep this online mainly as a yardstick to measure the distance my work has come. gallery posted 4/06 |
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the estes estate tully, ny
there is a certain sadness about a home in which no one lives; the estes estate is such a
place. consisting of a fairly large house full of ancient remnants of the previous
inhabitants and two barns with antique farming equipment, the estes estate was still filled
with moldy echoes of the warmth and happiness the walls once contained. demolished in
2009, the fate of the land remains uncertain.
gallery posted 2/08
there is a certain sadness about a home in which no one lives; the estes estate is such a
place. consisting of a fairly large house full of ancient remnants of the previous
inhabitants and two barns with antique farming equipment, the estes estate was still filled
with moldy echoes of the warmth and happiness the walls once contained. demolished in
2009, the fate of the land remains uncertain.
gallery posted 2/08
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| lancaster stockyard lancaster, pa at 21 acres, the lancaster stockyard was surpassed in size only by the infamous chicago stockyards. all livestock passing from the midwest to large urban centers like boston, philadelphia, and new york were routed through lancaster, where they were sold in auctions and then taken to the slaughterhouses. by the 1980s the idea of a central hub where livestock was distributed had become obsolete, and lancaster also become the first stockyard to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. in the years that followed the lancaster stockyard dwindled into a ramshackle ghost town, and it was eventually torn down in 2008. gallery posted 7/06 |
church of the transfiguration of our lord jesus christ
originally a humble wooden chapel built on a parcel of farmland in 1905, the church of
the transfiguration's parish flourished to such a degree that a lower church was built for
the parishioners in 1925 and the upper church was finished in 1928. capable of seating
over 2,500 people, it was one of the biggest and most magnificent churches in
philadelphia, but by the 1970s demographics had shifted in the urban center around it and
it was eventually closed in 2000. after its closing it was purchased by a conman whose
real estate swindles imploded and all the while it sat unused, until 2009 when it was
demolished and its stunning architecture relegated to the landfill. gallery posted 11/09
originally a humble wooden chapel built on a parcel of farmland in 1905, the church of
the transfiguration's parish flourished to such a degree that a lower church was built for
the parishioners in 1925 and the upper church was finished in 1928. capable of seating
over 2,500 people, it was one of the biggest and most magnificent churches in
philadelphia, but by the 1970s demographics had shifted in the urban center around it and
it was eventually closed in 2000. after its closing it was purchased by a conman whose
real estate swindles imploded and all the while it sat unused, until 2009 when it was
demolished and its stunning architecture relegated to the landfill. gallery posted 11/09