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A little over a month ago, I got a new job and on my way to my first day, I found an industrial building that looked rather intriguing. Without much extra time, I put it on my list and figured I'd stop one day after work in the next week or so. Well, I kept taking the same route to work and noticed that certain things kept changing with the building. A couple of doors would be open one day and shut the next. One day, I thought I saw a light inside but that may have been a reflection from something else. On one side of the building is a roll-up door that's always closed. Except for once. Most notably, there's a little dirt lot on the property that would occasionally have a few cars in it and other than a couple that seemed to be there all the time, they were always different vehicles. And not that I ever thought it amounted to much, but words spray-painted on a door read "24-hour camera dog inside."
Because of this, I figured the building may be lightly used for some unknown purpose. Clearly it wasn't anything major since there are plenty of easy ways into the building. But it was enough to keep me out for the time being until I could do a little more sleuthing. After about a month of points of entry not being repaired and never seeing any actual people or robot camera dogs around, I figured I'd go ahead and give it a try.
Some background information before I share what I found: The building was constructed in 1929 and used as a manufacturing and processing plant for much of its existence. In the past few decades, it has been utilized by a bunch of small companies that seemed to share the space because the time periods of their usage overlaps in several cases. Different portions of the building seem to have been abandoned at different times but it seems that none of it has seen any use in at least a few years. On September 2, 2009, a fire broke out around 10 pm in the far eastern wing of the building and did some serious damage to the second floor with more moderate damage on the first.
The whole building is packed with, for lack of a better term, stuff. All kinds of stuff. Vehicles, boats, tires, dining utensils, furniture, books, electronics, toys, construction supplies and much more. Some of it was neatly arranged on shelves and some of it was thrown into piles higher than your head. Several narrow hallways were completely blocked by mountains of debris and entire large rooms were difficult to navigate because of the sheer amount of stuff.
Finally, it appears that my concerns about the building being used were nothing more than that. I saw no evidence that anyone was still using the place for anything except maybe storage. As for the vehicles on the property, upon closer inspection, they all seem to have minor damage so I'm guessing they're just overflow from the body shop across the street.
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 DSC04931 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04935 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04873 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04876 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04880 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04882 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04895 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04897 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04900 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04904 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04905 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04911 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04916 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04917 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04918 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04921 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04929 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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 DSC04930 by KMD1720, on Flickr
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Great shots, I love places that are full of stuff like that. There's so much to look at.
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Hello again!
There is a long abandoned plating factory near my home that has (or, at least as of 9 years or so ago, HAD...) many abandoned cars within it. All of them had keys in the ignition but the couple that I tried would not start.
I was thinking maybe it was some sort of dump/drop off point for people claiming car theft to their insurance companies. Who knows ??
In any case, good to see you're still getting around! 
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I like how busy a lot of those photos are and how warped everything is in them.
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Aww, this whole post got me thinking about camera dogs.
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I'd like to know what was in the drum in 16 to cause that kind of damage to the label.
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Thanks for the comments everybody!
As for 16, the label was actually on a door in a section of the building that was heavily fire-damaged. I think it just melted in the fire.
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thread saved! wanted to see a camera dog the whole time
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That warped sign from the fire damage on #16 caught my eye. Also, I love when they leave this many items behind.
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Hey, there's a place similar to that near me. It's got lot's o' stuff, some fire damage on the second floor, and even more stuff! Don't know too much about the place tho. You've inspired me to dig deeper.
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lol I'm always amazed when I see a boat laying on the ground, not on a trailer. Boats, even small ones, are fucking heavy, and not easy to lift or slide. How the hell did they get it off, and why the hell is it sitting on a pile of garbage?
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Thank god there wasn't a 24 hour camera dog inside, how would you even get past one. Part camera, part dog, doesn't need sleep. The ultimate security device
"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles." Sun Tzu
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Looks like The Shrine of St. Vincent DePaul.
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Cool location. In my recent experience, I have had a lot of possible locations turn out to be sketchy due to occasional lights on or objects moved...it's a real bummer. Glad to see that this one worked out for you.
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Almost looks like it was used for a flea market at some point but just turned a place to dump junk..
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That's a cool location. It makes me wonder if there was ever some sort of security recently or if that spray paint on the door was just a deterrent.
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Sort of reminds me of the Chop Shop / Television Factory in Chicago. I've only seen videos and photos of it but I would love to check it out.
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Love #5 as I am a geek......I have not seen a beige MS ergonomic keyboard in YEARS!!!!
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