abandoned amusement park

[lapsedmodernist]

almost to the sky


magic carousel


kiosk


lost


candy-striped pole


structuralism


old carousel


pink love, snapped by grayfox

Comments

[mycrust.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is a really compelling set.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[pdanielson.livejournal.com]

I really like the second one.

I've been taking some photos recently as well:

http://web.mac.com/pdanielson/iWeb/Photos/Portland.html

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I really like how surreal heatwave-y they look. Also is that the young lady, in the sunglasses?

[pdanielson.livejournal.com]

No, that's a former special lady from high school/college.

Also, have you seen this:

http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html

Super awesome.

[isquiesque.livejournal.com]

I'm consistently jealous of these places you find. Fantastic shots, as ever. How'd you get the roller coaster shots? Did you climb a bit or what?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

:)

[isquiesque.livejournal.com]

Oh my - I take it that it's more stable than it looks! ;)

Glad you made the effort - those are some of the best shots.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

Oh my - I take it that it's more stable than it looks! ;)

uh, not really :)

[isquiesque.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

Oh dear. Say, you're in Boston, right? I'm going to be in Boston, ever so briefly, in early September. Fancy a drink or something? Don't know if we'd have enough time for photography, unfortunately (but maybe we would...).

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

yes, I would LOVE to meet you, photos or no photos. When are you going to be here? Email me at anthrochica [at] gmail [dot] com.

[klingrap.livejournal.com]

I sent the link to my friend who loves amusement parks and taking pictures of abandoned things. He said "where is there an abandoned woody?"

I was tempted to say "in your pants, man."

But uh yeah.... where is that?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

it's in Massachussets, email me and I'll tell you the specifics, I just don't like to post them publically, because, well, it's pretty much always trespassing.

[nunofthat.livejournal.com]

Incredible.

I always love your photos.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[cpt-fantastic.livejournal.com]

WOW! Those are great. It's kinda freaky though: these photos look identical to a currently functioning amusement park called Vallyfair, only abandoned and aged several years.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

where is Vallyfair? Perhaps in a few years it will be abandoned, and then I can go explore it :)

[cpt-fantastic.livejournal.com]

I don't know, it's a pretty popular place. :-)

Just outside Minneapolis.

[mjmj.livejournal.com]

the photos with the plant overgrowth remind me of pictures of mayan or incan ruins. the ruins of the u.s. economy. (is this where all of the biodiversity will go? the places that no "developer" will disturb.) i wonder how much of the ruins will still be around in 500 or 1,000 years. would you have even known that the park was there if it weren't for the roller coaster?