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Packard Plant – Trip 1
The Packard Plant. A Detroit legend. An Albert Khan masterpiece. The building that all of the news stories featured as emblematic of Detroit’s economic downfall. The Pack was also a legendary exploring destination. It was a 3.5 million square foot lawless demilitarized zone in the middle of one of Detroit’s less savory neighborhoods. I remember…
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Northampton State Hospital Nurses’ Dorm- Trip 9
The nurses’ dorm was the first building you saw when driving past Northampton State Hospital. Perhaps because it was so out in the open and obvious, I never explored it until years later. As it turned out, it was a really fantastic building! The last few shots in the gallery are from the Memorial Complex.
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Cranberry Specialty Hospital
Cranberry Specialty Hospital was opened as a Tuberculosis sanatorium. The unusual architecture (for the North East) was lauded at the time, as were its facilities and state of the art heating system. Shots are on Neoppan 1600. There are also some experiments with in-camera double exposures in this set.
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Grafton State Hospital – Trips 1 and 2
Grafton State Hospital opened in 1901 and closed in 1973 after growing to encompass a huge campus. The building which remains abandoned definitely shows evidence of its age and attempts to retrofit more modern systems to it over the years. Most of these shots are on Fuji Pro 160s, and were my first experiment with…
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