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Posted by RailGuy88Bring back pics or it didn't happen. 
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ah, heh... sorry this took so long. I didn't see your request until much later.
http://www.uer.ca/...l.asp?picid=329138
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3rd hand report tells me this is currently being demolished. anyone have the skinny?
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Was still there a few days ago when I drove by.
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The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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Odd coincidence...I just drove by it today when I was in the area for a business meeting. It's still there.
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Posted by cambrianguy
It's still there.
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good.
I was afraid I'd gotten some of the last pictures of it, and i only shot one side:
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Kinky!
The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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Love it, great job. Post more if ya got 'em.
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Yea, I could go for seeing some more pictures from that set!
To fail in what you've yet to achieve is more the spirit of exploration than to make no attempt at all.
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that used to be a pretty sweet spot to do graffiti in back in the day. every time i go there now i usually see some other photographers and occasionally what looks like other graffiti writers. never been hassled there either, by anyone
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Posted by decrepitude
Love it, great job. Post more if ya got 'em.
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I totally would, but don't have any more. I went for that one shot (i've been doing more single-shot projects with higher production value these days). Also, since both subjects are the same model, it was a fairly complex setup, requiring a fixed tripod, make-up and wardrobe changes on-location, and extensive compositing.
glad you like, though. ;)
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Alice & i stopped by here this weekend. its definitely still there, also unfortunately there was a car show/hell's angels extravaganza in the nearby parking lot & across the street. so the site was teeming with the left to their own teenagers & much younger of negligent auto enthusiast parents come to see exotic cars & dawn stiff seldom worn leather. we noticed an older gentleman in a fenced area next to it that upon approach told us that he was restoring a train engine (a head car) to display there. he told us some history about the site, "the boiler" tower & the old freight car workshop building(heavily camera'd as Alice pointed out) behind it. he continued to tell us that the city had plans in the works to restore the roundhouse, though the city had not picked up any currents developers proposals. there is a nice feeling in this place still, i bet its even nicer when less populated.
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juggler, wow! i mean so cool & wow!
i am the other yourself.
"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be." http://www.flickr....orers/collections/ |
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after seeing the roundhouse in the pic of the day i remembered that Alice & i never posted our shots of it. this is a fun & super easy place to go & explore/photograph.
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10 some recognizable local artists are displayed here too, we have seen these two artist at quite a few sites. not nearly as many as the musk, of course..
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when we went we got to talk to a man that is involved with the restoration, he said the hardest part will be removing the paint without wrecking the bricks.
thanks for looking i hope you enjoyed them.
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i am the other yourself.
"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be." http://www.flickr....orers/collections/ |
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#7, at first I was like "Hey thats not Alice, Im tellllliiiiinnnnnnnggggggg". Then I read the caption and saw the guy............... took a second look and noticed the little girl lol Thats great. Wonder what the walls in their house look like =)
Great photos! And when you mentioned restoration it really caught my eye. Place looks like with time and $ it could be pretty sweet!
"Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today"
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I see no reason to restore this. The state is broke. Outside donations from volunteers, yes. But government money...no. Its been closed for this long already and we've gotten by just fine without it. this is my conservative side thinking out loud.
http://www.flickr....rescueme1060/sets/
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sincal: thanks man, glad you liked em! I think it would make a great train car & locomotive museum, it's naturally shaped like a huge showcase!
rescueme: I don't think this property/site would be re-opened under its initial purpose. I think it would be repurposed into a source of revenue for the city while preserving the history & culture local to the area & it's early industries.
it was a guy working on a train on site that told us about the museum, I assumed the train was for the museum itself..
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i am the other yourself.
"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be." http://www.flickr....orers/collections/ |
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I have a few photos from a recent visit to this location too.
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That place looks different all the time.
The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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Woah! A place I've been to, finally.
It was waaay more overgrown the last time I'd been there. A friend of a friend thought it was a fire yard but the turn table gave it away.
I'll dig around and see if I have any of the pics I took.
EDIT: Found! A lot of them are shittier versions of what's already up, but I took these... 3 or 4 years ago. Cut me a little slack, please?
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http://www.flickr....53/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr....72157624555715636/
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Thanks for sharing and I love the back story on the place. I've been talking with a train buff as this was one of the places on my to-see list and couldn't believe all the history around the area. I hope to make it out that way too in the near future!
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