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07 July 2013

The United States Of Decay: Forgotten Ruins Of Once Booming Towns That Litter Landscape In Some Of America's Most Populated Areas (Photo Essay)




They visited dozens of now derelict spaces including the Seaview Tuberculosis Sanatorium on Staten Island, The Steubenville Steel works in Ohio, plus the Rockland Psychiatric Hospital and Buffalo Central Terminal in New York state.

They visited dozens of now derelict spaces including the Seaview Tuberculosis Sanatorium on Staten Island, The Steubenville Steel works in Ohio, plus the Rockland Psychiatric Hospital and Buffalo Central Terminal in New York state


By Daily Mail Reporter

A new collection of photographs showcases some of the abandoned buildings and decaying infrastructure that can be found throughout New York and other northeastern states.

Photographers Daniel Barter and Daniel Marbaix visited dozen of locations on their journey which took in New York City and the infamous Rust Belt, once home to America’s heavy industry.

They visited dozens of now derelict spaces including the Seaview Tuberculosis Sanatorium on Staten Island, The Steubenville Steel works in Ohio, plus the Rockland Psychiatric Hospital and Buffalo Central Terminal in New York state.

They found countless examples of decaying infrastructure including abandoned power plants, hospitals, asylums, schools, theaters, steel mills, prisons, factories, hotels, cathedrals, blast furnaces, and convents to a boat graveyard.

The stunning collection of photographs has been gathered in a book entitledStates of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East.’

The photographers say their aim was to give people a glimpse of the broken and doomed spaces which have been left behind in some of the country's largest urban areas almost as monuments to a different era that is now gone. The book is now available on buy on Amazon in the U.S. and U.K.


A new collection of photographs showcases some of the abandoned buildings and decaying infrastructure that can be found throughout New York and other northeastern states.








A new collection of photographs showcases some of the abandoned buildings and decaying infrastructure that can be found throughout New York and other northeastern states


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Photographers Daniel Barter and Daniel Marbaix visited dozen of locations on their journey which took in New York City and the infamous Rust Belt, once home to America's heavy industry


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The photographers found countless examples of decaying infrastructure including abandoned power plants, hospitals, asylums, schools, theaters, steel mills, prisons, factories, hotels, cathedrals, blast furnaces, and convents to a boat graveyard


The photographers found countless examples of decaying infrastructure including abandoned power plants, hospitals, asylums, schools, theaters, steel mills, prisons, factories, hotels, cathedrals, blast furnaces, and convents to a boat graveyard


The stunning collection of photographs has been gathered in a book entitled 'States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East'

 This stunning collection of photographs has been gathered in a new book entitled 'States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East'


The photographers say their aim was to give people a glimpse of the broken and doomed spaces which have been left behind in some of the country's largest urban areas almost as monuments to a different era that is now gone


The photographers say their aim was to give people a glimpse of the broken and doomed spaces which have been left behind in some of the country's largest urban areas almost as monuments to an era that is now gone


States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East.¿ 
 States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East.¿



Forgotten spaces! Buffalo Central Terminal in New York




  

States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East
  
States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East 
  
States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East 
States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East 
States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East

States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East

States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East


States of Decay: Urbex New York & Americas Forgotten North East

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A few from Europe...




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Abandoned Chambre of Commerce Belgium




Natural history Museum London main hall



Abandoned medieval church in Belgium



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I grew up in a town near Pittsburgh where Alcoa had a large presence for many decades. My home town of about 25,000 people had a downtown which include 3 movie theaters, numerous clothing stores, restaurants, pharmacies, jewelry stores, etc. The town and downtown could be included in the book you've highlighted.

I always say that the my hometown was killed, not by greedy corporations, but by the unions and the Democrats who ran the town politically.

AppraisHer said...

Amen to that Anonymous. My NJ hometown that had a thriving downtown district with 5 large department stores, 15 movie theatres and fabulous restaurants, is now no more. My Italian and eastern European neighborhood is now a South American slum, too dangerous and dirty to venture into. The city's gone, but the 55 year democrat reign is still going strong. Sad how we are allowing politicians of every ilk to aid us in assisted cultural suicide.

Lindy S said...

Hallo, Just read your blog of last year. I wondered where the ruined medieval church in Belgium actualy was. Quite extraordinary. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Lindy