"Public Eyesore". I had been driving by the site every day for the past five years, and never had the intuition to look at it until I saw the demolition notice. The demolition is all over the news, so I took it upon myself to give it the 'ol once over before it tumbled down.

So, I took a nice, inconspicuous stroll, with the site positioned on one of the town's busiest streets. Eventually, I saw a break in the traffic, and made a break for the gate.

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Harry Potter holed up under some more dismal stairs after the series ended.
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So, up the stairs I went! It gave a wonderful vantage point of the Polish graveyard out back.

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But alas, all that wasn't boarded up was a storage room. Nice stuff in there, though.

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Obligatory terlet shot.

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So, I mosied on out of there. The long block of rooms looked nice on the first clear day since 2013.

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However, with nothing else available to me, I went back down to the ground level.

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[EDIT: Just noticed this. Tunnel Snakes Rule!]



Let's see what's behind door number one!

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You'll forgive me for not going in.

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You'll really forgive me for not going in.

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They had nice desks, though.

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And some wonderful security measures.

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The lobby was in nice condition, though.

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Save for the floor turning green with spoop. And the panties on the light fixture.

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And that was my little adventure today. I gained a new respect for what I had always guessed to have been a seedy shitshack. Makes me want to pummel the jackass who's destroying it later this month.

EDIT: (Which I found out was my uncle an hour later. Fuck.)

JohnnyCanuck, signing out.

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Damn I love that sign.

Cupla good shots for a meh location. Is that black mold on the wall in #13?

Nice set. The sign shot at the end is fuckin' kick-ass!

Save the sign!

Posted by WEKurtz Cupla good shots for a meh location. Is that black mold on the wall in #13?

That it is! I asked my little nephew about the pictures. He called the room "spoopy."

Post by Radical_Ed Nice set. The sign shot at the end is fuckin' kick-ass!

Much obliged, your radicalness.

Post by Compton Ass Kenny Damn I love that sign.

It's a beauty, isn't it? Perfectly deteriorated.

Post by Skye_Ann Save the sign!

I would, but it's a good thirty feet tall and attached to the concrete. Observe.

swooning at that sign

Posted by PressingLeap swooning at that sign

I had a feeling I should snap a picture. So...stereotypical UE.

Any Gideon bibles?

How well do you get along with your uncle? Maybe you can talk him out of knocking it down. Wishful thinking, but a little pleading might not hurt.

Posted by ohok Any Gideon bibles?

Gideon checked out. And whoever razed the room took the Good Book with them, it seems. Almost ironic, isn't it?

Posted by iliamo1986 How well do you get along with your uncle? Maybe you can talk him out of knocking it down. Wishful thinking, but a little pleading might not hurt.

The place is on a busy street at the gate of our town's biggest tourist attraction, so I won't argue with him. They have reason, but it's still a damn shame this place had to go to hell. It seemed to have been so beautiful in its day.

Good news, everyone! The local TV news did a story on this hotel and its upcoming demolition, and it was subsequently ransacked by vandals! While they didn't break too much, they tagged the entire west face, and smashed a glass door. In addition to letting in a doozy of a draft, the gaping hole let in a doozy of a bored historian. So, here's my new interior photos!

The vandals had a field day on the west side. Shame they're all shitty artists.
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No pun intended.
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I had to get in and out quickly. I've heard tell that these guys would make the Yakuza look like the Girl Scouts.
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So, I crawled inside with great care.
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Bonus points and a like to anybody who can identify these critter prints.
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The owner's bedroom was almost barren, save for the fridge. And that was pretty much empty itself.
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Obligatory shitter shot.
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The upper lobby was laden with lonely 'ol chairs.
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Looks like somebody had many a good time here. Why am I never invited?
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This place had everything. Even a...whatever the fuck this thing is! (Another like for another identification.)
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I would have explored that lower lobby, but it seemed like the floor in front of the stairs would have collapsed if I looked at it funny.
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So, valuing my life, I ended it there. Thanks for reading!

Another fine job. Those signs are pretty bad ass.

Posted by johnnycanuck This place had everything. Even a...whatever the fuck this thing is! (Another like for another identification.) 19. https://farm3.stat...5_8b6d881a2f_c.jpg

Here you go:

http://www.hollandelectronics.com/

Top to bottom:

HDM-1 Demodulator
HPM-55 Modulator
BPF Series Bandpass Filter
(Another HPM-55)
12 - HMMS Modulators with an HMPS Power Supply
HCG Combiner
Pico Macom CA-45RK550 Head End Amplifier
The very bottom I can't make out.

You've got yourself a sound system.

Posted by dammband Another fine job. Those signs are pretty bad ass.

Many thanks! I got into the bottom floor through an alternative staircase, so I'll post that next.

Post by SiteUnseen Here you go: You've got yourself a sound system.

Excellent! I'm not too sound savvy, save for the occasional sound card and subwoofer. Thanks for the reply!

Holy shit, John! 4 thru 10 are fucking crushing!!!

I'm glad you got back there before it's impending doom. You got some amazing follow-up shots with the new "artwork".

I really think I stayed there years ago when I was on tour in that area

Posted by Radical_Ed Holy shit, John! 4 thru 10 are fucking crushing!!! I'm glad you got back there before it's impending doom. You got some amazing follow-up shots with the new "artwork".

Many thanks, my friend. Not bad for a point-and-shoot, eh?

Post by DigitalDirtbag I really think I stayed there years ago when I was on tour in that area

Quite possible! The most recent date on anything there was the stack of papers from '07. It seems like it wasn't a half rotten establishment in its time.

Posted by johnnycanuck Many thanks, my friend. Not bad for a point-and-shoot, eh?

Every photo I've ever taken was from a Canon point and shoot, bro!

Damn I want that minifridge...