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 bats_atx
 |  | "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
< on 7/13/2009 6:38 AM >
|  | | | I was down in New Orleans last week and got a chance to check out this huge industrial abandonment. Not really sure what it was, but the local kids call it "The Smoke Stacks". All I had with me was my iPhone, but I managed a few decent photos. Here are coordinates: 29.930075, -90.06433 (Protip: Paste them into Google Maps and check out the satellite photo.)
[last edit 7/13/2009 3:06 PM by Raticus - edited 2 times]
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| | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 1 on 7/13/2009 2:59 PM >
| | | | Nice set man. BTW, it's an old power plant.
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bats_atx
| | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 3 on 7/13/2009 7:27 PM >
| | | | I apparently don't have sufficient privileges to view that thread, but judging from the title, it probably is..
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FireworksOrStars
Location: New Orleans via Shreveport, Louisiana
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| |  | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 4 on 7/13/2009 9:52 PM >
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It is indeed the same place. Funny, I didn't know everyone referred to it as the smoke stacks, but every time someone asks me about it, I always start with, "You know those two big smoke stacks...?" Doesn't take any more than that.
I remember sitting on the roof of an abandoned hospital on the Westbank last year as Hurricane Ike's outer bands were passing over the city. I could see the smoke stacks across the river, and apparently someone had the same idea we did, as I could just barely see a flashlight beam bouncing around up on the roof. We flashed our light at them, but we couldn't tell if they flashed theirs back or if they were just moving about through all the stuff that's up there (most likely the latter, and we could barely make it out anyway). We didn't want to draw attention so we quit trying after that, but I always wonder who was up there watching the storm. Good times in The Sunken City.
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SilentSearch
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| | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 5 on 7/14/2009 12:45 AM >
| | | | Looks like your phone takes good pics.
I love old power plants.
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bats_atx
| | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 6 on 7/14/2009 1:46 AM >
| | | | Yeah, these were all taken with an iPhone 3G. Word is the camera on the new 3GS is decently improved (3 MP over the 3G's 2 MP, not to mention video). I actually killed my iPhone a few days ago by falling off a bike, so I may end up upgrading after all...
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Happiedaze
 
Location: Galveston Area, TX
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| |  | | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 7 on 7/14/2009 4:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by FireworksOrStars
It is indeed the same place. Funny, I didn't know everyone referred to it as the smoke stacks, but every time someone asks me about it, I always start with, "You know those two big smoke stacks...?" Doesn't take any more than that.
I remember sitting on the roof of an abandoned hospital on the Westbank last year as Hurricane Ike's outer bands were passing over the city. I could see the smoke stacks across the river, and apparently someone had the same idea we did, as I could just barely see a flashlight beam bouncing around up on the roof. We flashed our light at them, but we couldn't tell if they flashed theirs back or if they were just moving about through all the stuff that's up there (most likely the latter, and we could barely make it out anyway). We didn't want to draw attention so we quit trying after that, but I always wonder who was up there watching the storm. Good times in The Sunken City.
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that sounds like so much fun!
Cool pictures, and that looks like a really fun place to explore. Like a playground for grownups. 
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take all these unmarked roads,
we blaze the trails to places no one goes, yeah!' -Rise Against |
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altaria
Location: Austin, TX
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| | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 8 on 7/15/2009 12:34 AM >
| | | | Very cool looking place! I, too, am amazed by your iPhone pics!
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Matt Pist
Location: New Orleans, LA
Gender: Male
| |  |  | | Re: "The Smoke Stacks" - New Orleans, LA
<Reply # 9 on 8/5/2009 8:47 PM >
| | | | great set man, Ive been biking past this place every day for the past few weeks. this is a nice preview to have before going to explore it myself.
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