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Industrial Locations Sought

iamcyber wrote in chicago_urbex Feb 23, 2009 04:02

In keeping with my rules, please E-Mail me if you have any recommendations for industrial locations ( Read more... )

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digitaltension wrote in chicago_urbex Dec 04, 2008 17:13

hey well im gonna be in chicago next week and i wanted to go to some of these abandoned places around chicago. im looking for some people to go with cause i dont want to go alone.. well send me an email on myspace if you're up for it http://www.myspace.com/digitalblissphotography

Abandoned US Steel Southworks site

strannik01 wrote in chicago_urbex Sep 05, 2008 09:36

Last weekend, I went to explore the US Steel Southworks site. I knew that the area was surrounded by fences, so I spent a couple of days carefully looking over satellite photos. While fences barely show up on them, you can see their shadows. After a while, I thought I saw a couple of places where I could get through. Armed with this knowledge, I ( Read more... )

abandoned

Spring Cleaning

iamcyber wrote in chicago_urbex May 21, 2008 01:49

I've better organized my PhotoBucket so if there are broken images here that you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll fix 'em. (trying to avoid the massive editing I'd otherwise do)

Thanks.

Gary, IN

iamcyber wrote in chicago_urbex May 16, 2008 22:37

Tomorrow is "Stop Trashing Gary" day. Groups are going around picking up litter, cleaning up graf and helping board up various homes, etc ( Read more... )

can anyone help me out?

digitaltension wrote in chicago_urbex Feb 26, 2008 00:28

hello i was wondering if anyone knows locations of abandoned buildings and factories around chicago. i would really like to explore and take photographs

thanks everyone :)

Bloomingdale Trail

strannik01 wrote in chicago_urbex Feb 23, 2008 20:01

Back in the fall, I explored Bloomingdale Trail, an abandoned rail line that turns through WIcker Park and Humboldt Park on an elevated embankment. You wouldn't be able to find views like that anywhere else.

I got on near the the intersection of Leavitt Street and Milwaukee Avenue. I had to climb over the fence, which, to my unpleasant surprise, ( Read more... )

abandoned

Cracked and Crumbling

iamcyber wrote in chicago_urbex Nov 27, 2007 10:14

This old factory has definitely seen better days.

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Top 10

iamcyber wrote in chicago_urbex Nov 19, 2007 12:52

In case anyone wondered.

Cities Ranked Most Dangerous
1. Detroit, Michigan
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. Flint, Michigan
4. Oakland, California
5. Camden, New Jersey
6. Birmingham, Alabama
7. North Charleston, South Carolina
8. Memphis, Tennessee
9. Richmond, California
10. Cleveland, Ohio
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17. Gary, Indiana

Sticky Sweet - Part Two

silentobscurity wrote in chicago_urbex Jul 20, 2007 01:45

More from the bowels of this once-glorious place. SO much to see there...so many ACRES to wander!

( You can have the black jelly beans! )