Eerie Photos of Abandoned Places

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[IsaacNewton]

Abandoned city hall subway stop in NY.

I just saw this, how is this abandoned? It looks like it is used every day. I expect the Ghost Buster's train to come down the tracks now. Very cool image.

 

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[ChrisL]

Abandoned city hall subway stop in NY.

I just saw this, how is this abandoned? It looks like it is used every day. I expect the Ghost Buster's train to come down the tracks now. Very cool image.

Here is some more info about it. I guess they have tours of it.

City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Wikipedia

City Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the "Manhattan Main Line", and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. Opened on October 27, 1904, this station, located underneath the public area in front of City Hall, was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway. The platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework and brass chandeliers. The Rafael Guastavino-designed station is unique in the system for the usage of Romanesque Revival architecture.

The station was built on a curve and could only accommodate five-car trains, which proved to be inefficient as subway ridership grew. Due to the infrastructural shortfalls, as well as its proximity to the nearby Brooklyn Bridge station, passenger service was discontinued on December 31, 1945, although the station is still used as a turning loop for 6 <6> trains.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Abandoned city hall subway stop in NY.

I just saw this, how is this abandoned? It looks like it is used every day. I expect the Ghost Buster's train to come down the tracks now. Very cool image.

Here is some more info about it. I guess they have tours of it.

City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Wikipedia

City Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the "Manhattan Main Line", and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. Opened on October 27, 1904, this station, located underneath the public area in front of City Hall, was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway. The platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework and brass chandeliers. The Rafael Guastavino-designed station is unique in the system for the usage of Romanesque Revival architecture.

The station was built on a curve and could only accommodate five-car trains, which proved to be inefficient as subway ridership grew. Due to the infrastructural shortfalls, as well as its proximity to the nearby Brooklyn Bridge station, passenger service was discontinued on December 31, 1945, although the station is still used as a turning loop for 6 <6> trains.

I mean why can't they build stuff that looks like that now. Older architecture like that was art.

 

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[ChrisL]

Abandoned city hall subway stop in NY.

I just saw this, how is this abandoned? It looks like it is used every day. I expect the Ghost Buster's train to come down the tracks now. Very cool image.

Here is some more info about it. I guess they have tours of it.

City Hall (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) - Wikipedia

City Hall, also known as City Hall Loop, was the original southern terminal station of the first line of the New York City Subway, built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), named the "Manhattan Main Line", and now part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. Opened on October 27, 1904, this station, located underneath the public area in front of City Hall, was designed to be the showpiece of the new subway. The platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework and brass chandeliers. The Rafael Guastavino-designed station is unique in the system for the usage of Romanesque Revival architecture.

The station was built on a curve and could only accommodate five-car trains, which proved to be inefficient as subway ridership grew. Due to the infrastructural shortfalls, as well as its proximity to the nearby Brooklyn Bridge station, passenger service was discontinued on December 31, 1945, although the station is still used as a turning loop for 6 <6> trains.

I mean why can't they build stuff that looks like that now. Older architecture like that was art.

Not practical, not affordable.

 

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WWII left a lot of architectural scars on the world map. It was decided that some of them were to remain untouched to commemorate the victims. Oradour-sur-Glane village in France was destroyed by Nazi Germany soldiers and the population was wiped out. Over 600 citizens including 500 women and children were killed, locked up in a church intentionally set on fire by a SS division on June 10, 1944.
Photo: View on August 30, 2013 shows the martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, central France.

 

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. The ‘Land of Oz’ theme park in North Carolina was abandoned 36 years ago.

 

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