tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180141562011-04-21T13:15:26.564-07:00Derelict Urban StructuresCrimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1148755097632203402007-04-01T11:33:00.000-07:002007-04-22T12:40:33.976-07:00Orphaned Structures of PripyatThe photos taken above are by Robert PoliodoriOrphaned Structures: Reading Abandoned Buildings Throughan Anthropological LensBy Jennifer L. Johnson Jared Diamond opens his latest book Collapse by pointing out that some of the most poignant lessons are drawn from the abandoned ruins of collapsed civilizations. Diamond asserts:Everyone who has seen the abandoned buildings of the Khmer, the Crimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1134493878251421982005-12-13T09:08:00.000-08:002006-01-17T14:09:54.790-08:00The Ambassador Hotel is HistoryThe Ambassador Hotel is currently being demolished. One of the most comprehensive sources of information on its history can be found at www.ambassadorhotel.comCrimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1129751821318889952005-10-20T03:37:00.000-07:002006-01-17T14:20:25.720-08:00Nazi Commune RuinsAlive in the hills of Los Angeles, are the remains of an abandoned Nazi Commune. There are no people in sight, bees swarm in the rafters of a power generator room and vines cover the remains of a barn, like military camouflage. Though you may have to use your imagination, forty families once inhabited the ravine, waiting out World War II in their own private utopia.Location: Rustic Canyon, Santa Crimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1129674523400781902005-10-18T15:28:00.000-07:002006-01-17T14:18:42.726-08:00Ambassador HotelThe scent of damp moth balls, moldy cheddar and asbestos. After an hour of running the halls with your shirts pulled over your noses, you may begin to feel dizzy or get a relapse of childhood asthma...Though the demolition date has yet to be announced, I highly suggest a “for last time's sake” tour. Normally, I wouldn’t promote anything illegal, but since the demolition team obviously aren’t keenCrimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1129835146093536722005-10-18T12:04:00.000-07:002006-12-06T08:06:23.613-08:00Harry Houdini's PropertyOvergrown staircases and the chimney of the servant quarters is all that remain of Harry Houdini’s Laurel Canyon Property, which, according to Los Angeles Property Records, he owned in 1921. Location: 2398 Laurel Canyon Road. History: Coming soon…Crimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1130131307963210182005-10-16T22:16:00.000-07:002005-10-25T07:01:26.100-07:00Nazi Commune PhotographsCrimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1130162044859550232005-10-15T06:53:00.000-07:002005-12-09T10:08:53.350-08:00Ambassador Hotel PhotographsCrimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18014156.post-1134498930554993642005-10-13T10:35:00.000-07:002006-12-05T20:03:28.653-08:00The Hit ListLocation: City of Pripyat (near Chernobyl)“The Chernobyl power station is situated near the Belarus-Ukraine border on the River Pripyat in a marshy, wooded area. Four kilometres away from the reactor complex lies the town of Pripyat, which was built especially for the power station employees. At the time of the accident, 45 000 people were housed there. A total of 76 settlements lay within a Crimesofthefreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846689655363794484noreply@blogger.com0