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UER Forum > Archived UE Main > Torn down this year, but how about past years? (Viewed 244 times) Zachary  Gender: Male Texas Lights.info  |  |  Torn down this year, but how about past years? < on 6/22/2006 6:30 PM >   We all know a crapload of former hospitals were torn down (or are being torn down) this year, Dixmont, Danvers, Byberry, Rosewood, Worcester, Met. State etc but my question is were there ever this many torn down in a year before? Texas Lights.info Turd Furgusen  Location: Charleston, WV Gender: Male I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!  |  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 1 on 6/22/2006 7:24 PM >   I'd say yes, in the early 90's. You basically had one of two things happen when the big deinstitutionalization happened, the hospitals were torn down immediately (i.e. Columbus and Nevada State Hospital) or they were "mothballed" (i.e. Danvers, Weston, Dixmont) to be dealt with at a later time. We are poised at a pretty interesting point in time as most of the places abandoned in the early 90's are reaching their breaking point. Either due to the fact they have decayed to a point of no return or that land they sit on has become desirable. Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. the_doctor  Location: Boston area Gender: Male It's probably dangerous  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 2 on 6/22/2006 8:14 PM >   you forgot northampton... natxtron  Location: memphis urbanesquelation  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 3 on 6/22/2006 8:17 PM >   and baptist memorial in memphis. Are you now, or have you ever been? Jonsered  Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong Gender: Male Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........  |  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 4 on 6/22/2006 8:18 PM >   And Gerald Champion Memorial in Alamogordo, not that it was all that cool. I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread. natxtron  Location: memphis urbanesquelation  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 5 on 6/22/2006 8:19 PM >   do you bring this topic up because old sites are disappearing and no new sites are being added to the abandonment list? Are you now, or have you ever been? 'Dukes  Noble Donor Gender: Male At least someone llikes me  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 6 on 6/22/2006 8:52 PM >   The New York State DEC has been happily burning stuff up my way since the '60's! It's nothing new, and as far as old asylums go, I think 30 plus years of obsolescence left a pretty damn good window for exploring. If you weren't into exploring, chances are you wouldn't even notice that they were gone. Conversely if you've been exploring since dirt, you'd probably say "well it was a good run, but the handwriting was on the wall". I got your tour winner right here pussies, at least he'd crash out trying. Zachary  Gender: Male Texas Lights.info  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 7 on 6/23/2006 12:30 AM >   Posted by natxtron do you bring this topic up because old sites are disappearing and no new sites are being added to the abandonment list? No, I was just curious if this amount of places being lost in one year was normal. Texas Lights.info Hi/Po  Location: Earth Gender: Male  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 8 on 6/23/2006 4:09 AM >   Posted by Zachary No, I was just curious if this amount of places being lost in one year was normal. With the economy in the past five years producing low interest rates, and huge property values, any land becomes desirable to develop. Inflation is very high, real estate may be peaking. With an economic slowdown, you should see plenty of abandonments with companies suffering financial woes, closing plants. Those won't be demolished quickly because property values will fall, offering little incentive for developing. You can refer to it as "hi/po's economic theory on abandoned buildings" [last edit 6/23/2006 4:09 AM by Hi/Po - edited 1 times] LizBellum  Gender: Female Be really excellent at everything!  |  |  Re: Torn down this year, but how about past years? <Reply # 9 on 6/23/2006 4:39 AM >   Posted by Zachary No, I was just curious if this amount of places being lost in one year was normal. Take a look at John Jakle's Derelict Landscapes: The Wasting of America's Built Environment (1992) for a concise analysis of the processes of disinvestment, underutilization, abandonment, and degradation. Or so I'm told. I can't even read. flickrgrrrrl :: boyfuckingracer UER Forum > Archived UE Main > Torn down this year, but how about past years? 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