Cool abandoned buildings to use as a backdrop for car pics

1990Coupe said:

Lynn - is that place abandoned?

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Darkwriter77 said:

Old psychiatric asylums are AWESOME places to check out if you're into haunted spots. I can't remember which one(s) that Ghost Hunters show covered, but they came up with a LOT of cool footage, pics, and sounds outta there. If you go snapping car pics there, if you're lucky, you might get more than just a car and a building in your shots.

I would've loved to have snapped some shots of the old state hospital in St. Joseph, MO back in the day, but unfortunately, the only time I was there was when they were in the process of converting it into a diagnostic and treatment center for the prison system, and taking cameras inside a prison without authorization is an obvious no-no. But while I worked there, we had plenty of ghosty stories, and I saw a few weird things there, myself, that gave me the heebie-jeebies.

We don't have any cool buildings, really, out here in AZ for backgrounds. Goldfield is so done-up and fake it's not worth much, and Tombstone is just as bad (if not worse) because it's such a tourist trap ... especially since that movie in the 90's came out. About the only place I know of in this state is Jerome, as it's an old-arsed mining town built on some really steep mountain/hill slopes, and the buildings there are all old and woodsy and decrepit. Otherwise, damn near any other buildings in the state still standing are less than 50 years old. Yet another one of the things I miss about the Midwest - everything there had history behind it, but almost everything here is new and fake.

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25thmustang said:

Those places look badass... Im down for something like this. I have a photographer that might be interested in doing a shoot at a place or two like this, and with the enclosed trailer it would be cake for me to get the car anywhere and still be clean .

We have a couple of them near me, Undercliff, Cedar Crest (I believe is the name) as well as some other places... Most are illegal and patrolled, but I have only been warned once, and did a couple hour photoshoot with not a single person stopping in.

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strtrcr50 said:

Jersey is good for abandonments but as soon as they become well known they either get trashed or burned. If neither of those, the scrappers come in and rip the hell out of the place. I hate scrappers with a passion.
The only asylum I spent a lot of time in was Byberry. I put up pics in the thread I was busy hijacking before starting this one. When I first started going, the tourists hadn't found it yet. The place was full of cool stuff and had very little graffiti and fire damage. I'd go for hours at a shot. They also had really good security, but if you could make it to the auditorium, you were set. In the basement was a big hole that let you get into the access tunnels. They would take you anywhere on the complex including the buildings that were welded shut. The only buildings I avoided there were the churches.
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