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What won me over was the Lonely Chair shot... The Escapee....

I think it can be just as addicting as this place. (LOL)

ANYBODY BEEN UP THERE?

Here in Northern California, the majority of the mines are now in either State Parks, or on Private Property. You can still purchase a home here that has mineral rights to the mine that is on that land, prohibiting you from Commercial Mining, but not from Private Mining, as your home insurance will now have to cover you if you put yourself in a hole in the ground.
Many of the old buildings that would be closed in every other city are still in business, and the owners work to preserve the history of the buildings here. So much so that a favorite coffee shop of Serrena's and mine, has had to start closing at 5pm. because they were having problems with vandalism of the historic site that it is in.
The building is an old Soda Works. On the first floor of the building is a mine shaft, that goes back about 200 feet. Because of the constant temperature in the mine shaft it was once used as an Ice House.
I promise to not tell you about the graffitti in there, or about how the kids think it is perfectly okay to kick the brick walls until mortar falls out and they now have a growing hole. To think this building isn't even vacant...

Again, nothing short of awsome!

I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE ALCATRAZ TOUR. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN THE MAIN CELL BLOCK AND CANNOT WALK ON ANY OF THE TIERS. A VERY RESTRICTED TOUR, TO SAY THE LEAST, OF A FASCINATING PLACE. THAT WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO. MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT NOW.

VERY INFORMATIVE LYNNE. THE BLOOD PRESSURE AND PROSTATE STAT OF BLACK MEN IS STAGGERING!

My folks are good friends with an antique dealer. While we never had access to some of the buildings in Detroit, because of the age and decay inside them. Turn of the century homes that were slated for demolition, were often opened by the original owners for Collectors and Antique dealers to go in and obtain what they could,
The owners would offer no help, so the removal of some structures within a home often required careful planning.
One would not want to remove the solid oak and leaded glass french doors and archway from a weight bearing wall first.
One house we worked in we removed a clawfoot tub, a cast iron kitchen sink, with hand pump.
We had also removed stained glass windows.
So yes obtaining hand crafted and antique items can be down, howver, it has to be done almost immediately or the decay and vandalism results in both decreased value and irrepairable damage, so that it wouldn't be worth removing.

I have assaulted Puddleboys 'Blog again... Muahahaha... I have gone from addict/pusher to full on stalker.....

What do they pad them with?

I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AND WE SET OFF THE ALARM WE WENT RUNNING FROM WHERE YOU SEE NO DOWN TO THAT LITTLE CORRIDOR THAT CONNECTS THE BUILDINGS ALL THE WAY ACROSS DOWN THE TREE THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OVER THEN AND THROUGH BUILDING TWENTY THREE IT WAS A RUSH

and this is why I think most of my male patients watch waaaaaaaaaaaay too much porn involving nurses. Thats when we send in Diane. She is our old battle axe army charge nurse who is about seventy. 8-)

This Shot is beutyfull. I love the banister. Motts you have an eye for things i will tell you that.

I think the reason that such a beutyfull fireplace is there is because it would make the patients feel like that they were at home. It would proply com them some what.

The trash seen effectively undercuts the structural solidity around it.