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Buffalo State Hospital – September 24, 2023
Preservation Works recently organized a photography tour of Buffalo State Hospital. Having greatly enjoyed my previous tours of the Kirkbride there was no question of whether I was going to make the 7 hour drive to Buffalo. During my previous visits in 2013 they were beginning to convert part of the building in to a…
Fore River Shipyard – 2011 – 2012
Fore River Shipyard began operations in 1883. In 1913, it was purchased by Bethlehem Steel. Its final owner, General Dynamics, purchased the yard in 1963 and eventually ceased operations in 1986. Most of the ships the yard worked on were Navy ships. My father actually worked here for a time doing some engineering work, so…
Cargill Grain Elevator
It was January 2013 and I was taking a week off in between jobs. I decided to take a solo road trip with no real plan…which is pretty unusual for me. My career was going well and I was a lot more worried about getting caught exploring than I had been previously. There were, however,…
Detroit 2012
Whenever I visited Detroit I would always get some shots of the city, graffiti, smaller abandoned buildings, fires, and other things. These are shots from my 2012 trip. It sounds silly but it was amazing how hot the house fire was, even at some distance. In the shot where I am standing behind the three…
Long Island Hospital
A friend of mine managed to arrange permission to visit Long Island Hospital and Fort Strong on Long Island in Boston. Pulling up to the gate house and being let through was a strange feeling. We brought coffee and doughnuts for the guards both days we were here to generate some good will!
