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NickGnaw
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< on 5/11/2006 3:23 AM >
|  | | | First off; I’m a veteran explorer, but a new forum member.
I’m from Labrador City, Newfoundland and have been in Edmonton Alberta for less than a month. I’ve been browsing though the forums for a few days gathering information posted by some interesting and insightful individuals.
Lately, I’ve been skulking around downtown East and I find I’m having some trouble satisfying my need for some larger industrial sites. Might any of you boys have some suggestions?
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Skaught
 
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Calgary
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Assistance � Edmonton Sites
<Reply # 1 on 5/11/2006 4:12 AM >
|  | | | The gang over at drainsofmycity.com (and uea.ca to some extent) are great for Edmonton. They have monthly meets in Edm and that is a great place to get started.
If you are jonesing, go check out the Charles Camsell. One my fav sites in smelly drain town allthough now it is under demo inside. But still worth a visit for a new arrival. It is usally an easy access for a seasoned explorer but noobs would have some trouble with it these days with active work ongoing on the site. I found the construction workers just make it easier to get in.
The Alberta community does a great deal as a group and Edmonton has really exploded in the last year or two. For the last 6 or so years it has mainly been Redux on his own and now they have quite the community up there. some new bodies, an import from Calgary have really made those guys cook.
Plus we always welcome explorers at our weekly calgary pub nights.
Big massive messageboards are the evil and have brought nothing but blight on the land. Plus it is so much easier to get location info when everyone has had a few brews. 
If you ever come to Calgary then email Satan@uea.ca and you'll be made welcome, taken to locations and given free accommodation. We'll help save you the $$$ you spend on the flight over here :) |
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reduxzero
 
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Edmonton, AB
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Assistance � Edmonton Sites
<Reply # 2 on 5/13/2006 4:32 AM >
| | | | Hey, I'm up for exploring some large, abandoned industrial sites as well- let me know if you see any. These days all we have are small buildings and the random craphole (and gutted buildings!).
But the meetings are fun, because we have some fun, solid people in this city. Show up for the next one, we'll play some rooftop soccer and see how it goes.
reduxzero - DrainsofmyCity |
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Pepsi
   
location:
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Gender: Male
I am who I am because I don't want to be anyone else!
| |  | | Re: Assistance � Edmonton Sites
<Reply # 3 on 11/18/2006 10:16 PM >
| | | | The Charles Camsell has currently been having work done on it to build it into condo's but yesterday (Nov 17) it had a major fire that took hours to extinguish. however due to the vacancy of the building, it was only $5000.00 damage.
Sat, November 18, 2006
Camsell burns
Vacant hospital building
By ELIZA BARLOW, EDMONTON SUN
A firefighter climbs a ladder towards the vacant Charles Camsell hospital yesterday.
A fire at a vacant Inglewood hospital, notorious until recently as a "magnet" for drug dealers, prostitutes and gangs, was finally extinguished around 7 p.m. yesterday after catching fire in the morning.
A construction crew working at the old Charles Camsell hospital, 12815 115 Ave., reported a fire in the building at 8:57 a.m., said fire spokesman Nikki Booth.
Firefighters found a blaze near the top of the building but quickly discovered it was too dangerous for crews to be inside, said Booth.
DANGEROUS SITE
"We encountered barbed wire on the stairwells and on the walls, holes in the floors, boarded-up rooms. So we removed our crews and set up aerial ladders with a hose."
A crew was later sent up the back stairs to get closer to the blaze, said Booth.
She said the fire was confined to the top portion of the building. By late afternoon, it was under control.
Investigators later said a renovation crew had been cutting through a metal beam and the fire started when a spark ignited some insulation around a pipe.
The Charles Camsell was closed in 1996 and has remained virtually vacant ever since. In the meantime, it has served as a set for a few television shows and movies, including the feature film Whitecoats produced by Edmonton's Minds Eye Productions.
Controversy swirled around the Camsell in 1998, when Yellowknife North MLA Roy Erasmus said he'd been told some women were involuntarily sterilized at the hospital during the 1960s and 1970s.
Inglewood Community League president Paul Adams said the hospital and site were owned by the city until developer Gene Dub bought it a few years ago.
Dub plans to use the building for a condo development of about 560 units, said Adams. Dub couldn't be reached for comment yesterday.
Construction workers were reportedly at the building exposing asbestos, which would then be sealed or removed.
Booth said Alberta Environment was called to the scene but didn't find harmful levels of asbestos in the air.
About 130 students from nearby Inglewood school were evacuated as a precaution, she said.
Adams said the city kept 24-hour security at the site, but once the building was sold, tabs were only kept sporadically and the building soon went "out of control."
UNDESIRABLES
"It became a magnet for all sorts of undesirables. The parking lot would be used for all sorts of nefarious activities - prostitution, drug addicts, gangs living in the building.
"The place was active 24-7. It's still a problem now, but not nearly as severe."
Adams said the placing of a fence around the grounds has helped. He said the community league is in favour of the old hospital site being developed as housing for seniors, families or perhaps assisted living.
Pictures of the fire are at http://www.edmonto...11/17/2394746.html
James
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