post by tinyprincess | | Silo City, Buffalo, NY - July 2021 < on 8/16/2021 4:43 PM >
I had to go to Buffalo for a day for boring reasons, so I of course wanted to make the most of it by taking a friend to explore something abandoned. I didn't have a lot of time to do my homework, so I booked a vertical tour of Silo City because it was the most straightforward, google-able thing. It was beautiful. The tour gave me a natural body buzz I don't know how to otherwise describe, by the end of the hours we spent inside I was practically vibrating from excitement. I took all the photos with my iPhone.
Looking in...
Looking out...
These tall buildings on rails are "Marine Legs". This was one of the most exciting parts for me as I'd never seen anything like it before. According to our guide, Harry, these buildings were on wheels so that the conveyor system inside could be moved from hold to hold on the ship to balance the removal of grain and hence the pressure on the hull of the ship. The Marine leg could be moved more easily than the large ships that were many times over 600’ long (but sometimes the ship had to be moved eventually. Here is more information from the excellent Buffalo Architecture and History website: https://buffaloah....hilds/87/legs.html
Self-portraits The caboose reflection was achieved by resting my phone on the hood of someone's shiny jeep and using the 10-second delay. Yes, I wore a gopro(knockoff) in my hair as a fascinator (I have yet to review the footage!). Was very grateful for the n95 mask. It was musty.
These came about because there's a photography instructor in Atlanta named Mike Maio who teaches a 3-day advanced course to professional photographers that's entirely done at Silo City, and this photographer, Mike Broomfield, was one of the students.
post by mookster | | Re: Silo City, Buffalo, NY - July 2021 <Reply # 4 on 8/17/2021 8:16 AM >
Nice one, I didn't know you could get an organised tour around here - both times I've been in the area with locals we weren't able to persuade the caretaker on site to let us in, but that was a few years back now.
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