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Seattle Underground Tour

2008-03-29T07:26:16Z

SEE.... a bunch of broken down basements!
TOUCH.... an actual rusty tub!
FEAR.... a rat!
MARVEL... at city planners who designed their plumbing system during low tide!
SMELL.... the perkiest couple in the city of Seattle!

If you've read this far, you've already had more action and excitement than is to be found in my photo gallery of the Seattle Underground City tour. However, for the curious, a travelogue is posted at <http://www.mikeycosm.org/undergroundtour/>.

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bay area: let's go on an urban spellunking adventure

2008-03-29T03:18:32Z

i have no idea where any magical abandoned places are in the area, but i'm itchin' to get a small group together to explore some hidden places. i've been a fan of weird nj for years and have explored things on the east coast, but i've just moved here and haven't had a chance to see much of anything. post here if you're up for adventures!

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Parisians urban explorers(-photographers)?

2008-03-03T05:56:18Z

Hi,

are there any parisians out there? I am looking for fellow urban explorers to roam the entropic side of the City of Lights and its industrial surroundings.

The problem is that I'm a girl. Positively not very strong or tough, but I'm not afraid of physical perils as much as of human ones: the people who haunt such places aren't usually of the gentle kind. I'm especially interested in photography, but I've got nothing against leisurely vadding too.

I already belong to a "cataphile" group but they are not interested in "surface" exploration. Who's in for a walk?

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Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway

2007-12-16T06:25:01Z

http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/subway.html

Abandoned 1925, still maintained.

Anyone been to it, either legally or illegally?

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Fantastic Place in San Francisco!

2007-12-10T23:49:11Z

Ok. I just went to an amazing place in San Francisco!

Check out photos here...
http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/groovinjello/Factory/?sc=1&multi=13&addtype=local&media=image

I took some photos, but there are more that I would like to take and thought it would be a fantastic opportunity to grab a few people and go exploring! Anyone interested?

~Nate

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Presidio Hospital

2007-12-06T00:20:33Z

A friend and I jumped the fence and snuck around the building a bit, however we had a hard time finding any entrance. There was one in the back, but that was guarded. The only two other ways I could think of was either jumping the fence on the bridge over to the roof, or climbing up the pole leading to the fire escape. If anyone has any advice on getting in, I would love to hear it. Any tips on when it is and isn't guarded would be appreciatted too. Thanks Alan

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Los Angeles

2007-08-22T01:54:31Z

I'm in LA... what to do in LA? Is there anything to explore?

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UC Berkeley steam tunnels photos

2007-08-14T19:58:16Z

Got a couple of snapshots of the UCB steam tunnels. Nothing thrilling but if you're curious what it looks like down there, here you go. http://www.mikeycosm.org/ucbsteam/index.html

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Abandoned Train Stations?

2007-08-12T03:12:48Z

Hello everybody,

I am trying to create a list of abandoned train stations nationwide. I've already got the ones in Detroit, Oakland, and Fort Worth, but I'm wondering what else you all might recommend?

In particular, I am interested in the grand lobby or concourse area, spaces that are large and majestic, but definitely abandoned or falling apart.

What places have I not yet thought about?
And do you have interior photographs of the places?
Or links to websites of photographs?

Thank you!
Scott

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looking for urban artists in all genres

2007-07-27T18:15:04Z

Urban Paradoxes has been contracted to take on a major urban arts (of all genres, including performance and kinetic) project and will be in need of urban artists throughout the world as the project unfolds. For more information please send a message via Tribe or UrbanParadoxes@yahoo.com and we will get back to you.

We would also appreciate it if you would past this request on to others.

Thanks,
Frank
Urban Paradoxes

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Mines!

2007-05-15T22:55:33Z

http://minecon07.uea.ca

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Oak Knoll Naval Hospital

2007-04-27T06:53:43Z

Abandoned since 1996. In East Oakland, Mtn. Blvd, just before the zoo, 82nd avenue, i'm going tomorrow, who wants in, who's been there before?

http://www.militarymuseum.org/NavHospOakland.html

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The first step toward an online urban magazine has been taken ...

2007-04-02T17:50:44Z

With the launch of the newly formatted "www.urbanparadoxes.com" web site Urban Paradoxes has moved one step closer to launching its online urban magazine.

While I encourage you to click on and follow the links, those of you who are creatively-minded need to check out href="www.urbanparadoxes.com/funfactory.html">fun factory</a>page. Particularly read the note at the bottom of the post.

RSS feeds are available for each page. After you check it out, I would love to hear your comments, thoughts, and ideas.

Thanks,
Frank

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Point Molate

2007-03-13T05:54:10Z

This place, when i drove through, had at least one serious looking security gaurd. there are signs that read "no photography allowed" and "absolutely no tresspassing, property of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" but then again, i emailed this guy Tom Butt (please start laughing, serisouly) from this webpage [http://www.pointrichmond.com/pointmolate/index.htm] and he said there is no real security, so do whatever you want. I think he's full of shit of course, but this is a seriosly awesome place and I really want to go back sometime, just not sure if at night or the point-blank Daytime Photographer Stereotype character is necessary at first. Check out these websites, this place is seriously WORTH A FUCKING LOOK AT, espcially considering it's right here in scenic Richmond, CAlifornia.

http://www.pointrichmond.com/pointmolate/pointmolatepics.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/win.htm

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Shanghai Tunnels Portland

2007-03-01T08:27:42Z

anybody know a good way to get into these infamous babies? I'm going to be in Portland in a month and I've heard they do tours and such, but I'd rather do my own exploring. Thanks :)

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Flint ink!

2007-02-04T05:34:40Z

hey everyone, me and some friends went and checked out the old flint ink complex in west Berkeley, it was pretty sweet.... we'd love to go back and share the coolness.. who wants to come??
Msg me and we will get something planned.

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your thoughts on an urban magazine, please

2006-08-31T12:03:14Z

if you were to publish an edgy, intelligent urban magazine what would you want to see in it? do you think there is a need for such a magazine on a national level?

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SF Muni Graveyard? Where is it?

2006-07-26T21:04:57Z

I over heard a group of taggers on a bus talking about the Muni Graveyard and someplace called "shit creek". It definitely sounded like my kind of exploration endeavor. Anyone else know of these places?

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Parkour

2006-07-06T13:39:33Z

I thought this was a nice little photo essay on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/world_the_parkour_way_of_life/html/1.stm

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Abandoned factories and stuff in the Bayview

2006-06-26T21:05:25Z

I was taking a ride on the Caltrain when I noticed a sweet-ass abandoned factory (thanks to its graffitti) at 3rd and Carroll Streets. I went to check it out yesterday but the huge fence with concertina wire scared me pretty good. Better bring wire cutters next time.

Then on my way back to 24ths street, along Paul Ave I saw a gigantic abandoned old building, adjacent to the self storage place which borders Bay Shore Avenue. There was a barbed wire fence but i am sure there is a way in...

Who's been to these places? They're sweet looking. What a rad area....

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UE in Seattle, Next few days?

2006-06-19T22:48:55Z

I'm in Seattle, got a few days to kill. Anybody up here who wants to show an out of towner some local UE? Drop me an email at my super-secret trams [at] mikeycosm [dot] org email address & I'll send you my phone #.

Mike

PS. It's been a few years since I've been here... what the hell did you guys let them do to the Frontier Room? Sheesh, a guy can't even turn his back for four years. It's like "invasion of the body snatchers", but with dive bars instead of people.

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Entering Ethics

2006-06-07T21:32:55Z

Just wanted to find out what others think.

I am under the school of thought that you don't enter in a building if you have to break something to do it, I.E. pry a door open or break a window, even in the build is old and uninhabitted.

But what about other methods of entry? Like picking locks or taking a door of the hinges? I figure if you can leave it the way you found it, then it's cool. But of course police don't look to kindly on picking locks or removing doors.

What do you think?

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Hello from Sactown

2006-06-05T19:31:22Z

Hey, everyone. I'm an archaeology student in Sacramento, and I just recently discovered Urban Exploration through an article in BUST magazine. I really want to learn more, and maybe eventually try my hand at it.

Any other UE's in my area? Any tips or advice you want to share to someone just learning about UE? Thanks in advance.

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Office Products Expo '76

2006-03-23T20:09:31Z

OPEX 76 Request for bid submissions

For the past two years, urban explorers have met together at a spring/summer event known as the Office Products Expo, or OPEX, originally organized by the late Ninjalicious. The time for OPEX 76 is rapidly approaching, and we would love to hear from urban explorers or groups in any cities that are interesting in hosting it this year.

Please submit as much information as you would like with the bid-- the more the merrier-- but at least address the issues mentioned below in the “Criteria for Bid Proposals.”

Dates for previous OPEXs have ranged from early June to late July, and specific dates can be determined by the organizers of this year’s event. We’re looking for basically a weekend event—where explorers can arrive on a Thursday or Friday afternoon, meet each other, explore, and leave on a Sunday or Monday.

THE DEADLINE FOR SENDING IN BIDS IS APRIL 16th, so if you’re interested, please move fast! If you can have your city’s bid ready sooner, please go ahead and send it. If you are interested but absolutely need more time, please send us whatever partial bid you have along with a note and we will consider the possibility of extending the deadline.

When you’re ready with a bid, please email to jester@wraiths.org. The poobahs will announce the host city and dates by the end of April.

Sincerely,
the OPEX 76 Poobahs.

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CRITERIA FOR BID PROPOSALS:

LOCATIONS:
Actually going out and exploring places is of course the activity that brings us all together. There need to be enough locations to fill up a weekend and they need to either be big or numerous enough to handle 50+ explorers on any given night, either one location that can handle 50 people at once (ha!) or several locations that can absorb that many combined. Transportation is an important factor to note as well and if some or all locations are accessible only by car, that should be noted as it will impact transportation for attendees. It’s also important to have local UE people who know particular sites who are willing to lead trips. For the purposes of the bid, please suggest at least 5 places that could work as small or large group trips during the course of the weekend, and note if they are accessible by car only or by public transportation as well.

LODGING & TRANSPORTATION
For most OPEX attendees, cheap is good. What lodgings are available near to public transportation? Will local explorers offer couch space? Are hostels or camping available? Local university dorms can also be a source of convenient summer housing.

A significant portion of OPEX attendees fly in, and so public transportation is great. If public transportation is not available or adequate for some sites, what other possibilities are there? (i.e. Local explorers with cars, pricing on rental cars, etc.)

EVENT PLANNING/HOSTING
Who is going to plan and organize things? Past OPEXs have included seminars, workshops, games, tours, dinners, movie nights, etc. No one element of this is mandatory but it is clearly important to have event(s) that allow people to meet each other, talk, share information, and plan explorations. Please include some ideas as to what, where, and when for events. Most importantly, please indicate who has volunteered to organize or host particular events, and what venues are available. (This doesn't necessarily mean it has to be an officially-permitted space-- but, if you are proposing something like, say, a movie shown in an abandoned building, there definitely has to be someone who has committed to providing a projector and a generator and who will be responsible for getting them into the building.) Part of what has made previous events work is the active participation of a number of UE people in the host city, so we’d love to know that a group or an entire community is involved in hosting.

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Salvage

2006-03-06T04:15:37Z

This is related to the "Entering Ethics" question. What do people think about taking items that will clearly be broken or fucked up if left in situ? Is it totally egomaniacal to think "I am the best person to appreciate this item, so I will take it before some vandalous yahoo pounds it into dust"?

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Last week's meeting in review

2006-02-21T08:58:42Z

Sorry to be so long in posting this - hectic week, compounded by being sick. There was a lot of enthusiasm at the meeting, I want to keep the ball rolling. A few people have written me off-list, too, to say they couldn't make it but are interested. I'll send this out by email too to catch the people who aren't members of the tribe, pass aroung the email address list.

-Denise said she'd scope out the Oakland Amtrak station. Denise, we eagerly await your appraisal.

-someone - I think it was Nicoles's friend - knew about a cool, easy hack on... er... was it Angel Island? Tresasure Island? Sorry, I've got a head full of cold medicine. Anyway, everybody thought this sounded like a good first hack to go on as a group. Does whoever it was who's been there want to pick a date?

-there was interesting talk about the Presidio Hospital. Sounds like security is too tight to do as a group but the knowledge is floating around amongst us for anyone who wants to know more.

-Tristan gave some links to his websites: www.loupiote.com, www.phsh.org, www.playa-dust.com, www.zone-tour.com. This gave me an idea... Tristan, I do photography too and I wouldn't be surprised if there are others among us - would you be interested in leading an urban exploration photography outing to some of the areas you know about? That "ghostyards" gallery is wonderful, it might be nice to get a few people together to go shoot somewhere cool and then see the different aspects that people capture of it.

-there was a lot of interesting talk in general. Love to do this again. I think whether we get something together soon or not we should meet again in a few weeks, just to keep the ball rolling.

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Zeitgeist Crew

2006-02-12T15:11:36Z

Hey to everyone who was at the Zeitgeist last night, it was a lot of fun, it was nice to meet you all. Thanks for the stimulating conversation.
I think the highlight of the night was when the enormous (german?) man borrowed mikes viking hat. But that's probably just me.
I know Mike has a list of everyone's email addresses...Mike, do you think it's a good idea to circulate that list to those of us who are on it, so we all have that information?
Anyway, looking forward to everyone's thoughts on the evening, and on our two selected targets, and maybe we can get something schedueled out.
Cheers!

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Meet in SF Thursday 2/9/06?

2006-02-10T17:44:03Z

Sorry guys, I've been ridiculously busy, haven't had a chance to get on in a while, plus now I'm sick in bed. I'm good anyday next week except Tuesday. How does Thursday the 9th sit with everybody?

(Forgive the cross-post, thought we should move this into it's won thread due to the interest.)

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Two trains passing in the night

2006-02-10T17:41:26Z

I am really sorry that I missed you guys last night. It's kind of a funny story. When I read your posting about the meeting, I read a reply from one of your members who said "I'll be the guy with the bike." Having never set foot in Zeitgeist, I had no clue that it is a bicycle haven. I was expecting to walk into a bar, and see some dude sitting at table with a bike leaning against it. I forgot to read the part about about Viking hats. Enter Andrew . . . looks like a small neighborhood bar, should be able to spot them. Then I walk into the backyard and into the cacophony of a giant outdoor beer hall. I scanned the tables, but I don't know what I'm looking for so my efforts are fruitless.

Anyway, I really want to be involved in your next excursion. Did you select a destination during your meeting last night? Let me know if there's anything I can do on my end to help. Thanks.

-Andrew

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Sebastian Melmoth's urban exploration whitepaper

2006-02-08T16:47:33Z

I've posted a really excellent paper on urban exploration theory & practice by Sebastian Melmoth, a seminal member of the SF Suicide Club and founder of the Cacophony Society, at < http://www.mikeycosm.org/melmoth-ue.html >. He's the most experienced explorer I know of, the leading light of SF's (and maybe even the whole country's) UE scene for the last 2 decades.

I really dig this paper, it's chock full of good thinking & practical suggestions from the old man, great reading for everyone interested in UE.

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SF Urban Exploration Meetup on Thursday January 27, 2005

2006-02-03T01:42:12Z

When:
Thursday January 27, 2005 at 7:00 PM

Where:
Starbucks Coffee
780 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-677-4493

RSVP at http://urbanexplor.meetup.com/2/events/3957628/

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Seattle U.E. ?

2006-01-24T20:57:57Z

Does anyone know of any urban exploration groups in the Seattle/ Tacoma area?

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Titan 2 Missile Silo

2006-01-24T20:53:17Z

checked this out over the weekend and just got it online @ www.n0de.org/silo

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Darwinism

2006-01-24T05:43:21Z

What's the stupidest, most dangerous thing you've ever done in conjunction with UE? I think we all know that once in a while you get into those situations where you think, well, maybe just this once. Then somebody looses an eye.

Anyone got any juicy tales?

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Underground Military Complex exploration photojournal

2006-01-23T20:56:20Z

Here's a travelogue of a subterranean military bunker complex we found last year... one of my personal fave hacks. http://www.mikeycosm.org/ex040806/index.html

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Bart Tunnels

2006-01-05T06:42:21Z

One thing that I've found fun is standing right up against the Yellow Line at the Bart stations (especially the one in Berkely) as close to the tunnel that the Bart will come out of and close my eyes. The sound gets lounder and louder and sounds like a Demon is going to rape past me. Then the train finally thunders past and I'm full of primal instinct telling me to open my eyes.

Then I have to run down the station to catch my train.

But those dark Bart tunnels look awfully interrresting. Has anyone ever been down them? I've had the Bart operator come over the P.A. for skateboarding in the station. I'm assuming they'd notice me scampering down the tunnel.

Any thoughts or stories?

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MICHIGAN

2005-12-31T04:46:45Z

It would not be appropriate for me to ignore the place where I got my start, the zion of URBEX: DETROIT MICHIGAN.

www.forgottenmichigan.com

user forum kinda sucks b/c you gotta sign up, but the website is good enough without it unless you plan on actually going to any of these places.

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old boats

2005-12-31T04:30:23Z

http://www.opacity.us/gallery87.htm

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angel island mental hospital

2005-12-31T04:28:17Z

this weekend myself and a few friends went to angel island for a bicycle trip. we went to the old mental hospital and managed to get up on the upper floors and do a fair bit of exploring. old shower stalls, access to the roof, an empty elevator shaft, plenty of balconies with amazing views of the bay and the city.

just beware.. we were warned down by a volunteer gal, but apparently if the rangers catch you they'll cite you and give you a ticket.

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Pics!

2005-12-13T22:28:32Z

Okay. Everyone post a picture and include a decent description. If you want that is. No pressure. You don't have to. Awwww come on!

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Jennifer's Cement Factory

2005-12-13T22:26:17Z

I was just looking at the tribe pictures and... Jen, your location looks familiar. Any chance its name starts with a Bam?

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With Gilded Eyes: Utopian Urbanism

2005-12-11T18:05:35Z

If anyone's interested I've posted a critique on the New Urbanism at urbanparadoxes.blogspot.com. I would appreciate hearing your comments, posted either or on the blog site.

Frank

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My favorite underground exploit

2005-11-27T03:31:58Z

You know what my favorite underground exploit is? In Specs' Bar in North Beach in San Francisco, the stall in the men's room extends out under the sidewalk on the other side of the block, right in front of the Garden Of Eden strip club. If you look up in the stall, you're standing beneath the underside of one of those sidewalk sections with round glass "coke bottle bottoms" embedded in the concrete to let light down whatever is below - in this case, the stall. Until last year, one of the glass "coke bottle bottoms" was missing, so there was a small open hole from the stall right up to the sidewalk. So I used to go into the stall, and when I heard one of the door girls say, "Come on in, guys, live naked ladies" to a passerby, I used to yell up through the hole in the sidewalk, "NO! DON'T BELIEVE HER! I BELIEVED HER, AND SHE TRAPPED ME DOWN HERE!"

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Quiet eh?

2005-11-14T16:09:40Z

Its awfully quiet in this tribe. How about everyone gives an intro about themselves and their favourite local location?

I'm Agent K. from www.uea.ca in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Right now I'd have to say the dopest thing around is an abandonned brewery. Its huge, parts of it a hundred years old. Sadly (for us) some companies have moved into parts of the building making entry a lot more difficult, but not impossible. ;)

I just got a camera so no pics yet, but I posted one from a more recent mission to an old postal sorting centre.

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Urban Paradoxes: New Tribe

2005-07-15T14:42:47Z

Please consider adding your five cents worth to the discussion of urban paradoxes on the Urban Paradoxes Tribe(http://tribes.tribe.net/urbanparadoxes).

Frank

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A project I posted a while back... but have only now added to.

2005-07-15T06:03:11Z

It's also moved to a new server.

http://www.geoffwhitedesign.com/Psycollage/index.html

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Raleigh Area Explorers?

2005-06-04T17:51:15Z

Looking for other raleigh/durham/chapel hill area types who are up for a walk or two.

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great resource

2005-05-30T15:34:19Z

http://www.actionsquad.org/index.html

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new photos from the San Francisco Presidio Hospital (PHSH)

2005-03-17T13:27:41Z

I've added about 50 new photos to my www.phsh.org gallery:

http://www.phsh.org/pages/4378-phsh-basement.html and all the following
photos are new (except the last two).

Also new:
http://www.phsh.org/pages/2479-phsh.html
http://www.phsh.org/pages/2816-phsh-kitchen-sink.html

Enjoy!

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Missouri Hacks-Equidome

2005-02-16T14:56:57Z

Ever been? When I was a kid there was a placed called Equidome out where I lived in out in the sticks. It was an abandoned military something or other and now all (well, if its still there) there is is weeds and shitty graff.

Also an abandoned amusement park (no shit) in the Lake of the Ozarks. No more rides left or anything although there were some crappy souveniers of the place lying around in the gift shop when I was a kid. Now all there is is a little pond and rusty tracks from where the roller coasters used to be.

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Underground Ozarks

2005-02-14T03:24:30Z

Hey, just plugging my urban exploration site. It's called Underground Ozarks, and we're based in the Ozarks (that's the Missouri/Arkansas region for you coast people). It's at:

http://www.undergroundozarks.com

So, if there's any Missourians, Arkansas, Oklahomans, or Kansans lurking around here, you should come to the site and tell us more stuff we should explore :P

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Ah, the internet

2005-01-23T23:59:57Z

I just discovered this interesting list of abandoned locales in New Jersey:

http://www.weirdnj.com/_abandoned/index.html

I especially like this one:

http://www.weirdnj.com/_abandoned/habitat.html

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nyc

2005-01-18T23:07:18Z

I'm headed back east soon, and I plan on doing some exploring. A friend of mine is a train engineer for the MTA, so hopefully I'll have some good shots for you guys when I get back.

Anyone else going to be on the east coast in December? drop me a note. I'll be everywhere from DC to NYC throughout December and January.

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photos of abandoned Presidio Hospital in San Francisco

2005-01-18T02:21:09Z

Lots of cool photos of the abandoned Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco, CA:

www.loupiote.com/phsh

This abandoned hospital is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. Built in 1931, the 480-bed hospital has been abandoned since 1981. There is are plans to transform it into housing with construction starting in 2005, so everything you see here will be destroyed soon.

The Presidio Hospital is a really interesting place to explore, as it is very large (6 interconnected buildings, most of them 7-story), mostly intact and covered with *many* cool graffiti.

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Southern California

2004-12-21T22:36:44Z

Hey all! I just wanted to see if there are any UE types in sunny SoCal. Maybe we can meetup? I am also looking for some good places around here as well.

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Virtual Cold War Missle Silo Tour...

2004-12-21T01:26:28Z

Just joined this tribe, so I'm reposting this old favorite:

http://triggur.org/silo/site.html

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suny purchase excitment

2004-12-02T09:12:02Z

oh ah yass purchase has somany undergrounds, stagnant waters to anywheres, large tunnels that once wore graffiti tunnels, smaller sloping tunnels and ducts and strange underground noise collection chambers under some theaters- the design tech students know more at that end, they practically live down there. stairwells all over the place, you dont always know where your gonna come out and they turn up in alot of folk's dreams, backways and escape plans and crawlspaces. i am happy to find this tribe. ha. who else has been lost at purchase? excrement, houseplants, suet cages
mazy slopy-flat rooftops, climbing elevator shafts, some good balconeys. old old siloes

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denver hacks and infiltrators?

2004-12-02T09:06:51Z

been looking for some good pointers in the denver area. wouldn't mind finding a friend or two as well. any takers?

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Weblog of Interest

2004-10-05T13:38:31Z

Infiltration.

http://www.infiltration.org/index.html

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MIT photos

2004-10-04T20:19:06Z

nothing showing sign-ins, but these are some nice art photos that you'd have to move creatively to be able to snap:

http://web.mit.edu/cai/www/photo/MIT2.html

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NY HAX

2004-06-14T01:27:57Z

any body know any New York building hacks, i love on the island and i know of a mental hospital by stony brook, im ging exploting" soon! anyone know anyhting else 'round here?

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UC Berkeley campus?

2004-04-26T17:26:56Z

When I was in school around '95-96 I used to explore the steam tunnels as well as sneak my way to the roofs of a few buildings. I know the Authorities have cracked down on some of this tomfoolery, locking down strategic sewer grates and all, but does anybody have any current beta?

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Hey Kevin!

2004-03-12T20:36:22Z

Is that pic of the factory up there the warehouse we ran around in that night so long ago?

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so many members, so few listings....

2004-03-12T18:33:09Z

are there any upcoming official/unofficial SF/bay area bulding hack expeditions? I've been into this stuff since I was a teenager but none of my friends are interested. I figure a group is more fun/safer. I especially want to do the old Oakland train station although I hear it's harder with the new owners....

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Les Catacombes

2004-03-06T23:40:56Z

Has anyone else here been down in the Paris catacombs? And I don't mean the tourist attraction.

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arizona explorers wanted

2004-02-06T00:02:08Z

looking for anyone in the tucson or phoenix areas who might like to group up for some exploration. looking for some person(s) who have physical ability, experience, gear, and common sense. contact for details as to what i have in mind. i'm in the tucson area.

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OREGON

2003-12-30T22:53:26Z

anyone know of any hacks in oregon?
i found a tunnel system under lcc, some maintenence thing.
but i'm tired of it already... any suggestions?

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interesting places in SF?

2003-12-08T18:17:20Z

Any body got any suggestions? Anybody wanna take a late night walk?

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It has grown...

2003-11-02T21:41:08Z

You can now enter through the open door up the hill. You can't get very far inside yet but you can see a stairwell where the paint peeled off in the shape of a face! I have expanded the grounds. See if you can find the pool...

http://www.pubnix.org/~gwhite/Hospitals

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The very beginning...

2003-11-02T21:40:22Z

...of a project that will grow much larger. Please read the intro note so as not to get lost.

http://www.pubnix.org/~gwhite/Hospitals

...and in case you ar wondering, no, you can't get inside... yet.

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Sharing of information

2003-10-20T23:02:01Z

Is anyone else reluctant to share the locations of great places for fear of increasing the number of visitors, thereby destroying the very loneliness that makes some of them so great?

That said, I offer my favorite urban place ever. Go in the daytime and climb over the northern or southern fence. Please please don't break or take anything. Leave no trace!

Address:
Wayland St & Bowdoin St
San Francisco, CA
94134, USA
http://tinyurl.com/rnys

PS: tinyurl.com is a great little tool for posting long urls, like online map addresses

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by land or by sea

2003-08-25T22:24:16Z

One interesting way to access areas is from urban
canals. Often cites are built around canals that become used ( legaly or illegally ) as
drainage canals of one sort or another.

Access to structures that are built along these canals can be rather interesting from boats on these canals......

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hey

2003-08-19T18:32:59Z

fun stuff, here are some links that I've found very interesting in regards to urban exploration.
http://www.orchy.com/underworld/index.html,
http://www.infiltration.org/

have fun, be safe!

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