The Ruins of the Boonton Ironworks
It was a quiet walk along the Rockaway River in Boonton, New Jersey, but this narrow valley was once bustling with pig iron blast furnaces and rolling and slitting mills to produce nail rods and bar iron.
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Demolished
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Demolished
Demolition Underway at Ferry Cap & Set Screw Factory in Cleveland
Demolition work has begun on the abandoned Ferry Cap & Set Screw Company factory in Cleveland, Ohio.
Remembering the Rubber Bowl
The Rubber Bowl, located in Akron, Ohio, was a historic stadium that was a unique place in the city’s history.
Fading Legacy: Witnessing the Demolition of Detroit’s Packard Factory
A decade has passed since my last venture into the abandoned Packard factory in Detroit.
Remembering the Miles Park United Methodist Church in Miles Park
On March 28 of this year, a fire destroyed the former Pentecostal Determine Church of God in the Union-Miles Park neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
Reflecting on the Lost St. Joseph Riverside Hospital
Have you ever felt a strong desire to explore the spaces of the past, to walk through corridors that have been lost to demolition?
Demolition of Westland Mall
Westland Mall, once a bustling shopping center on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, is being demolished after years of abandonment.
Elmer Smith’s Stacks Imploded
The stacks at the former Elmer Smith Power Plant were imploded today.
Smokeless Powder Production at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
This guide explains how nitrocellulose (smokeless powder) and black powder was produced at Indiana Army Ammunition Plant in Charlestown, Indiana.
Amanda Furnace Imploded
The Amanda Furnace and BOF at the former Armco/AK Steel Ashland Works were simultaneously imploded at 8:30 AM this morning….
Greenbaum Building Demolished
The Greenbaum Building in Waverly, Ohio is no more.
Demolition of Ashland Works Progresses
The demolition of Armco/AK Steel Ashland Works in northeast Kentucky is progressing rapidly.
West Virginia Exposition Hall Destroyed
The Exposition Hall, originally part of the West Virginia Exposition & State Fair located in Wheeling, was destroyed by fire on January 1, 2020.
Hotel Belvedere Burns
The historic Hotel Belvedere in Apollo, Pennsylvania burned to the ground shortly after midnight on July 24, 2019.
Friars Club Murals
While living in the now-demolished Friar’s Club in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1941 and 1944, Lumen Martin Winter painted murals on the walls of the residents’ lounge. The 1,600 square-foot scenes, painted in tempera emulsion on a casein ground, depicted regional highlights of industry, music, religion, and literature.
Demolition of Rockland State Hospital Underway
The demolition of the Rockland State Hospital in New York is underway to make way for a new data center for J.P. Morgan Chase.
Amazon Replacing Two Dead Malls
Amazon has been called the killer of the American indoor shopping mall in countless articles. But it’s been no secret that traditional shopping centers have been struggling long before the advent of online shopping, with the United States boasting more square feet of retail than any other developed nation by far. It is with some irony that Amazon is building new fulfillment centers on the grounds of two dead malls.
Frenchburg Presbyterian School Fire
A building at the long-closed Frenchburg Presbyterian School burned to the ground around 1:30 PM on Saturday, April 15.
Revisiting the Jefferson School
Sometimes, I revisit an old friend and discover something new, such as the long-abandoned Jefferson School in Wheeling, West Virginia. I had not discovered much about the historic structure other than its demolition in 2013.
Exploring Crowell-Collier
Several years ago, I was able to visit the former printing operation for the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, once the world’s largest magazine publishing house, in Springfield, Ohio.
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