Abandoned America
I'm Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Sad and cranky.
Website: https://abandonedamerica.us
- The remains of Nottingham Looms at the abandoned Scranton Lace Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania www.abandonedamerica.us/scranton-lac...
- Reposted by Abandoned AmericaNovember theme: Malls Along Route 1! We begin at Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro, a 1980s retail giant that shaped weekends, wardrobes, and memories. Can it make a comeback?
- An empty dayroom in the abandoned Taunton State Hospital, located in the outermost wards which were known as "snakepits", where the most ill patients were kept. This building was demolished in 2009-2010. www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-stat...
- @papiblez.bsky.social Hey, I don't know if you'll remember but way back in 2021ish I posted some photos of my Constructicons on Twitter and you sent me signed comics. We had a lot of transitions after that but today I finally got them framed and look forward to hanging them up!
- It took forever to get to this point, I know, but I'm so happy they're part of our home and still very much appreciate the gesture. It was very kind and the story you wrote was fantastic. Nice to find you here and thought you might enjoy knowing what you did is still meaningful. Thank you! 😊
- For anyone else seeing this, yes, I'm a G1 Transformers nerd. Tyler saw a post I made referencing that and sent me signed comics he wrote just because he's awesome. One of the high points of my Twitter days, along with the awesome handpainted shoes @julierobbartist.bsky.social made for me
- The Third Presbyterian Church in Chester, PA was one of the town's few surviving landmarks. Progress was being made to turn it into a community art center, but it was destroyed by arson before the plans were completed. www.abandonedamerica.us/third-presby...
- A hallway of seclusion cells at the abandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Center, demolished in 2015. Woody Guthrie was a patient at Greystone from 1956-61 as a result of his Huntington's Disease. www.abandonedamerica.us/greystone-pa...
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- I'm a bit late to the party reposting this, but it is terrific to see Marc's work continuing to be recognized for its importance, and positioned where it can reach people who can learn and benefit from it.
- The last days of the Hershey Chocolate Factory, closed after production was moved to newer facilities in West Hershey and Mexico. www.abandonedamerica.us/hershey-choc...
- The cause for the abandonment of western Pennsylvanian neighborhood of Lincoln Way was the subject of wild internet rumors. Though the truth was more mundane, it was perhaps more heartbreaking as well. www.abandonedamerica.us/lincoln-way
- Described as "the last great boxing venue in the world" by Sports Illustrated, the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia was left abandoned for years despite its unique architecture and history. www.abandonedamerica.us/blue-horizon...
- The overgrown and labyrinthian ruins of the former Lancaster Stockyard - once the largest livestock distribution hub on the east coast of the United States, it was also the first stockyard to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. www.abandonedamerica.us/lancaster-st...
- The Budd Factory in Philadelphia manufactured everything from train cars to auto bodies to jet and tank parts. By the 1980s, though, their sales had slumped and their factory in Philadelphia was abandoned. www.abandonedamerica.us/the-budd-fac...
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- The abandoned Logan Theatre in Philadelphia almost wound up restored and renamed Claretildaville. The story is more tragic than you might think. www.abandonedamerica.us/the-logan-th...
- There is something magical about a photograph, in the way it can capture a fragment of places and times that would otherwise be lost forever. Bodies of work like Nichols's are priceless. How else could we see a moment through the eyes of someone nearly a century ago?
- Psst! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of when I got my first camera to photograph abandoned places, I'm having a print giveaway over on Patreon. You *do not* need to be a subscriber to enter! If you're interested, head on over to check it out: www.patreon.com/posts/annive...
- A decayed workshop in an abandoned china factory www.abandonedamerica.us/slideshow146...
- A residential building in the abandoned Rosewood Center in Owings Mills, MD. Demolished. www.abandonedamerica.us/rosewood-ins...
- I have to issue a possible correction here: I thought this building was torn down but may be wrong about that. It's pretty hard to tell in the satellite images and street view. Sorry for the error if so.
- The ruins of an abandoned meat packing company. This is one of the places I have had the pleasure of stepping on a rusty nail. www.abandonedamerica.us/barnes-meat-...
- A forgotten salvage yard full of trolleys and trains rusting away in the forest www.abandonedamerica.us/the-trolley-...
- Exploring an abandoned knitting company complex turned up a fascinating link to a lifesaving medical technology, and an unexpected treasure. More on Abandoned America: www.abandonedamerica.us/golaski-labs
- Reposted by Abandoned AmericaI never finish cleaning or redecorating my place without envisioning how it would look in 100 years if I just walked away and left it to the elements. @abandonedamerica.bsky.social I blame you for my visions of crumbling plaster and mold creeping across my fresh bright bathroom 😉
- The interior of an abandoned diner www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-pl...
