A few days ago I decided to return to an old spot, I hadn't been to the film lab in a while and the building had begun renovation, and I managed to find my way around relatively easy. The molding walls of the building had been completely gutted now, the place was a shell of its former self, only the infrastructure left to check out.

Most of the building's rooms were filled with these trash bags, the corner of the area had a small, mounted, red box full of spare-sprinklers

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A small portion of the building was filled with white cinderblock and tile rooms, they were mazelike and oddly shaped.

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A view from the second floor into the basement, the left corner shows what is left of the dark room I saw last time I visited the lab

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Roof above the boiler room, the roof space was filled with many electric and ventilation rooms

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This area contained many of the formerly irretrievable machines that had once been tucked away in the building, I assume within the basement

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Boiler room gauges, a lot of boiler room equipment has been dumped by the company renovating the building

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A large part of the structure was made up of a corrugated steel shed, it had a lot of things in it, such as a small elevator used for moving heavy objects

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Before:
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All in all I don't know if the removal of all the carpet and dry wall and tiles and pipe and ceiling made the urbex more enjoyable, or less thrilling; it was definitely a more liberating exploration. The site had also seen an odd uptick in vandalism ever since the renovations began.

Bittersweet, eh?

Posted by JBUrbex Bittersweet, eh?

A mix. All of the drywall was gutted, so there weren't hundreds of small, empty, moldy rooms. Those had previously blocked me from getting across the building, these walls had so much mold on them that they were more mold than wall;
it is weird though, seeing so many rooms that I hadn't seen before.

Always a shame seeing a place get stripped down to the bare superstructure, though it can be interesting to see a spot get repurposed.

Posted by Aran Always a shame seeing a place get stripped down to the bare superstructure, though it can be interesting to see a spot get repurposed.

It's interesting how things go. There are so many times when 'bandos get torn down, but it seems to make the ones that stay up so much more precious.

There's a well-known former paper factory property in Michigan that's still standing and parts of the property that hadn't been torn down (including one of the main buildings) are being repurposed. My father was born in the town but I never knew any of its history until about 6-8 years ago. I spent years exploring the lore behind the town and factory without ever visiting the site itself. What makes it even sweeter is that my friend from elementary school (decades ago) is the grandson and now an employee of one of the companies helping redeveloping the site!

In addition a well-known asylum was torn down a number of years ago (in the 2010's ;asbestos issues and the property's building was just sitting there) in a city extremely close to the factory town. I wanted to visit and came close once but never made it.

The city with the(non-extant) asylum is fun to explore. But it has a sizeable homeless population, some of whom I've come across. They've always been peaceful and I've never had any problems. At this point it feels like exploring just risks inconveniencing them and putting them at risk. It's not something I feel comfortable doing. Besides which there are still a large number of other areas to explore near me. And more everyday (as in most places)!

One of the things I find most interesting is when there's paperwork at a site. I've always loved the thought of buying one of those portable paper scanners to further explore documents back at home.

-Longtime lurker and great admirer of yours. Keep up the good work!