abandonedfreak

I drove by this little house on my way to work. Then last week while at Town Hall I noticed a demolition permit issued. It took some searching to figure out which place it was, but I kinda figured it out when this place went from being locked down tight to being left open. I got these this morning

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And took this one on my way to work this afternoon:

Monty Shoemaker's
CLOUD 9 PARK
OLEAN, NEW YORK
1964 - 1971
IN THE EARLY 1960'S, A MAN CALLED 'MONTY' SHOEMAKER BUILT A
DREAM WHICH BECAME OLEAN'S FIRST AND ONLY THEME PARK.
COMPLETE WITH AMUSEMENTS, CAMPSITES AND SO MUCH MORE.
IT WAS BUILT ON THE SIDE OF MT. HERMANN'S, WITH AN
UNPARALLELED VIEW OVERLOOKING OLEAN, NY. OPENING IN 1964, IT
SOON BECAME OLEAN'S MOST POPULAR ATTRACTION. NOTHING
BEFORE, AND NOTHING SINCE, HAS RIVALED THE IMAGINATION OF IT'S
CREATOR. RELIVE THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST WITH SOME OF THE
MEMORABILIA CONTRIBUTED BY 'MONTY'S' DAUGHTER KATIE






OFFICIAL GUSHER CITY OLD TIME TRAIN RAILROAD PASS
1960'S NEWSPAPER ARTICLES DESCRIBING 'CLOUD 9' PARK AND ALL IT HAD TO OFFER
ALSO SOME OF THE SUMMER MEMORIES OF 'THE OLEAN' WE REMEMBER BEST.
'MONTY' SHOEMAKER....THE MAN AND THE DREAM THAT HE SHARED WITH THE CITY HE LOVED
FOOD CONCESSION BEVERAGE STAND OPENED AS A NEW ATTRACTION.
SOUVENIR MEMORABILIA OF 'CLOUD 9 PARK'
DAD 'MONTY' WITH DAUGHTERS BARBARA & KATIE



I went looking for the remains of this place as soon as I was told about it, but after a less than smooth hike up the mountain. All I found were no trespassing signs and someone's house. I'm guessing that they cleared the remains recently though.

I found this story and video on Yahoo and have to say this guy went all out and is living the dream.





Meet Allan Hill, the man who lives In Detroit’s abandoned Packard Auto Plant

Perhaps the biggest shortcoming of Detroit "ruin porn" is it inherently ignores the very real people who still live in the city. Now there's a convergence — the amazing story of Allan Hill, the man who legally lives inside the city's abandoned Packard Auto Plant.

What's most surprising about this moving mini-documentary is Hill's "quality of life" doesn't look as terrible as you'd imagine, nor does his reasoning for choosing to stay in the largest abandoned factory in the world seem so unsound.

The whole creation is a huge gut-check to our biases. Yes, the Packard Plant is so giant and empty and strange they shoot Michael Bay movies there. And, occasionally, kids push a dump truck out a window.




Yet, Hill has power, Internet access, a welding setup, and a small kitchen. He even maintains a webcam. The owner apparently gave him his blessing so long as Hill works as a custodian of the property.

He reminds me of the Prophet Amos, whom God appointed to tell the Israelites to stop letting the wealthiest few prosper at the hands of the poorest. This was not a popular message as it came at a time when Israel was doing fairly well. Amos also told them to prepare themselves for judgement, especially from a foreign nation.

Amos 9:13-15

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills, 
and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.

"They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; 
they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 
I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God."


This video is part of the series This Must Be The Place. The title, of course, is taken from that other great prophet David Byrne. He of the many heads talking.

>> Subject: house
>> Sent: Jan 24, 2012 12:06 PM
>>
>> Hi Let me know if you have any questions about the house.
>> Contact me at any time
>>
>>
>> --
>> Crew Chief
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 12:19 PM, me wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I'd like more info about it and to possibly be able to see it, the listing gave nothing other than its on high street
> Subject: Re: house
>
> 28 high street it's open feel free to look. I haven't been there for a long time
>
> Crew Chief
On Jan 24, 2012, at 12:32 PM, me wrote:

> That can't be right, the city demolished that property a month ago, I have pictures of it on my photobucket and phone
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
I
suspected that may had happen. It needed brought to code. I never got notified. Lots for sale now I guess

Crew Chief

me:
Sorry, a lot I can't use doesn't help me, perhaps one of the neighbors would be interested in a yard
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

I caught it right after they started to demo it, shot it on xmas morning, it was gone the next day


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The interiors weren't the best, but it was 1am and I was dodging both the big yellow monster, and the black and white ones as well. but I call this a success, even if it did cost me the case for my point and shoot. The ones are grainy because the battery on my POS died partway through and I had to finish with my phone


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