September 28th, 2004
carpenters rd, stratford. london e.15
we had been walking for miles; starting in the city at liverpool street
station, up through shoreditch & bethnal green to
victoria park and followed the canal 'til we reached here. not yet subject to the rapacious development happening further into the centre of stratford, it's just a matter of time now before it gets swallowed up by even more poncey luxury flats and dodgy public art. historically, a thoroughly shitty enclave to the north east of the city, stratford has been undergoing a rapid period of gentrification, ready for the arrival of a new international rail link. known as "stinktown" in the distant past, the slaughter houses, mills and other assorted factories that originally lined the local river pumped out all sorts of wicked smells, making the area uninhabitable to anyone but the very poorest working classes. and for centuries, it didn't improve all that much either. now, with a shiny new train station already in place, it is making a
bid to host the 2012 olympics, spawning coffee shops and
cheap chain hotels at an impressively speedy rate and all the priced
out cockneys continue their traditional journey up the thames into essex where
their delinquent kids wear stall bought burberry with abandon and joyride their neighbours
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locations x-posted
i've seen a few posts regarding a prison in pennsylvania where some fantastic pictures have been taken.
if anyone can point me in the right direction to find it, i would be ever so appreciative.
being completely from the south i am not familiar with the area AT ALL and would love some help to maximize my time.
and any places in the d.c., baltimore, near there area, i'd love it and i promise to post pictures of whatever i find.
old train yard.....Grand Rapids, Michigan
Adelphi Theater. Chicago, Illinois.
I was able to gain access to this dilapidated beauty by the kind permission of the new owner/rehabber. I would provide a link to his website, but it seems to be experiencing some technical difficulties.
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Adelphi Theater. Chicago, Illinois. Part Deux.
The theatre was closed in 2002 due to a rat infestation. This basement would be scary enough without me having to know that. Thank you Chicago Sun Times for keeping me informed of things like that.
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