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2014-02-20 |
The Castle of Noisy - Miranda: creepy, sneaky and filthy castle, come and have a walk into Sleeping Beauty's castle... [Read more...] |
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2013-12-09 |
The Palais Garnier: V.I.P.trip into the heart of the Opéra de Paris. [Read more...] |
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2013-08-07 |
Brussels Metro: dive into the Brussels metro... [Read more...] |
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2013-02-02 |
Vilvoorde Prison: as many as 12,000 tramps, drunks, and prostitutes, all those that the society of the time considered a nuisance, were crammed in on four floors. The vaulted cells had narrow slits as the only source of light. A perpetual gloom reigned along the corridors that led to the many workshops... [Read more...] |
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2012-10-17 |
Internationale Film-Union GmbH: Little copy and synchronization studio lost in the woods. Don Camillo, Laurel & Hardy among many others have been germanized here... [Read more...] |
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2012-08-03 |
1936 Berlin's Olympic Village: like the 29 other Olympic villages, the 1936 edition has only had a short moment of glory. But unlike the others, the 1936 Olympics is possible the most significant games in our history [Read more...] |
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2012-03-28 |
Antwerp's Forensic Institute: between death and oblivion the body must undergo -tests-. Before being laid to rest. In the tranquility of legality. Thanatos comes to the aid of logic. [Read more...] |
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2011-12-31 |
Spreepark - The Abandoned Amusement Park: located downtown East-Berlin, this theme park is now lost forever, and fights with the ghosts of its past... [Read more...] |
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Nice collection of photos.
George, I too was born in East Chicago, grew up in Brunswick, 11th and Burr Street, attended Ivanhoe Elementary, and my father worked at Inland for 34 years. We moved to Glen Park in the 70s and it was the greatest thing that ever happened to us. My two older brothers and sister attended Edison and one of my sisters attended West Side. My youngest sister and I were spared Edison and West Side. My sister Gloria is your age and my brother Jorge was born in 57 so you might know them. Your last name sound familiar. Drop me a line at riccvargas@aol.com
Rick
I was born in East Chicago, IN back in 1955 and our family moved to Gary around 1960. We lived in Brunswick on Hanley street. My Dad worked at the old Inland Steel company. I attended Ivanhoe Elementary school and Edison High and the newly built West Side High School. Gary's exodus of families from that city got worse when forced attendance and busing to other schools was imposed on families and students. Thank God I wasn't among those who had to attend another school but my younger sister was one of the selected. My memories of attending West Side HS were not good memories. I walked to and from school in fear. I attended classes in fear. I'm glad of my parents decision to leave that city in 1972 and moved us to Houston Texas. I finished my senior year of high school here and boy what a difference! I have since retired from working but I must say my most fondest memories were from about 1961 until 1970.
Je reviens de notre petite visite chez Miranda! Malheureusement, par rapport aux phots sur le site, il y a de plus en plus de dégâts! Impossible d'accéder aux salles de bain par exemple! Cependant, nous avons bien profité et le vue de la tour principale est magnifique! Pour les intéressés, ça vaut vraiment la peine d'aller y jeter un oeil!
I worked for red cross late 1960s and use to go to pentridge to take blood I met a prisoner called Doug Meagher who I believed committed murder and was sentence to hang but was later changed to 50 years minimum of 40 years I often wonder what happened to him any one know of him
Wayne H - Thanks for the memory of Jack Sprat in Miller - we used to stop there a lot for ice cream coming home from the beaches in summer. We also went to the Cloverleaf Dairy Bar in Tolliston for ice cream too. Both were real good. I do remember Darnell Armstrong although I didn't hardly know her at all- we both graduated in 63 from Edison HS at 5th and Burr. Brunswick now still looks fairly similar to my childhood but very run down, unkept and conjested. The worst area that I saw several years ago was from Ambridge , Horace Mann area to downtown Gary.- mostly burned out boarded up slum houses and apartment buildings- a very depressing site indeed ! The Miller area still pretty much looks the same although Marquette Park beach is very run down and unkept- I wonder if it's all piled up with ice now the way it used to get- a lot of good Gary memories from the 50's.
With regards - Jon in Ohio
Bonjour,
je viens d'acheter votre volume 2 de Forbidden Places. Je tiens à vous féliciter pour votre travail.
Les photos sont magnifiques et les textes de David Margaine emprunt de poésie sont tout à fait adaptés.
Jon, I also grew up on the west side, living in Gary Heights which was associated with Brunswick. My current next door neighbor graduated from Edison in 1963....... Darnell Armstrong. We moved out of there in 1963, my sis was in the class of 1965 and my brother the class of 1966 and I was the class of 1969. We all graduated from Merrillville tho. Up until several years ago I was still eating Flamingo pizza's. The last stand Flamingo is on Shelby Street in Miller. The last Lure (in Portage) closed its doors Dec. 31 2012.
You forgot one very important place Jon........ Jack Spratt Ice Cream in Miller! LOL
Wayne Hudak
Congratulations, Rick, on your big promotion! 
Pour répondre à Ad2014, je suis allée visiter les lieux ce samedi 22.02.14 et il y a des entrées partout ! pas besoin de se faufiler par un grillage 
"c'est libre" , et a mon avis la police n'en a que faire, et ne peut pas surveiller tout le site !
On y a croisé beaucoup de monde ! Graffeurs, photographes, même un couple avec un bébé ! (pas très prudent cela dit, car dans les greniers des parties du toit menacent de s'effondrer d'un jour à l'autre !
Les bâtiments sont salement dégradés... Mais la visite en vaut la peine, dans le respect bien entendu ! car hélas c'est un trésor de notre patrimoine qui se perd là bas...