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Mr. P. Explores, Cleveland, OH (2025)

12/14/2024

The key to documenting and creating art out of what many would consider "blown out" and "uninteresting" locations such as a small, mostly nondescript factory, is to really stop, look around, soak up the environment and the vibe of the place and look for the beauty. It's there if you go looking, even in the most basic of places. Take for instance this abandoned factory in Detroit, Michigan. Not a lot going on inside of this place at first glance. But, taking one's time, you begin to see things that your lens just has to attempt to capture. Reflections. Angles. Decay. Plenty of things to look at if you go deeper than the "big picture." In any case, enjoy a few of the details of this place, just a tiny otherwise unremarkable factory among so many in and around the Motor City. Have a great Saturday, all! -Mr. P.

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12/13/2024

A brief tour through a small and abandoned Detroit, Michigan elementary school. When this school was opened, no expense was spared on making even a small building as ornate as possible. The auditorium was detailed with plaster trim, there was a fireplace and Pewabic tile fountain in the library. A good deal of money was spent in the construction of schools for Detroit's young a hundred years ago. Enjoy this look at what is left of what was once a wonderful source of public education in the Motor City. -Mr. P.

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12/12/2024

A cache of abandoned cars sealed away inside a slowly collapsing warehouse somewhere in the Rust Belt. Who knows how long these old beauties were left here to rot away? Some of them could most definitely be rescued and restored, given the right person, some money and a lot of TLC. We can hope, anyway. It would be a shame to lose these treasures to a wrecking ball. Enjoy the view and have a great Thursday out there; stay as warm as you can! -Mr. P.

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12/11/2024

A recent trip to an abandoned church somewhere in the Rust Belt. Beautiful architecture and even more beautiful stained glass! Enjoy the view and have a wonderful middle to your week, all! -Mr. P.

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12/10/2024

Crumbling brickwork at the abandoned Fort Pike, out in the bayous east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Protecting the area around the Rigolets Pass around Lake St. Catherine, the fort was built right after the War of 1812. In was damaged heavily after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and despite attempts to repair it, other hurricanes since have continued to force its closure. As you can see here, the brickwork is in serious decline. We were able to spend an hour or two here, completely without any company and were able to get some fantastic shots of the old fort; this is set number one, so stay tuned for some underground shots taken underneath the structure! Have a fantastic Tuesday out there! -Mr. P.

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12/09/2024

Inside the darkness of the Clarion Rail Tunnel near Clarion, Pennsylvania. Wet and cold, yet amazing to behind this collapsing and semi-flooded old and abandoned rail tunnel up in the hills of Central Pennsylvania. Have a good Monday out there, all! -Mr. P.

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12/08/2024

My last and probably final trip to a massive fine-China and dinnerware factory in Western Pennsylvania, back in the summer of 2023. This place has always fascinated me with it's many chambers and sections, punctuated with piles and rotting crates of never-used or sold crockery. This place has been closed for decades now, had a major fire back in 2011, and then recently, was set ablaze again by arsonists a few months back. Demolition is coming soon, and much of what made this place so interesting to wander was destroyed by idiot firebugs. The other thing of note on this trip was that I attempted to use my camera more without a tripod, with middling results. You win some, you lose some. More to come from this trip; meanwhile, have a great Sunday and stay warm, wherever you are! -Mr. P.

The long-abandoned and since demolished Hess and Clark Factory in Ashland, Ohio. This old behemoth of a factory was a charmer in her day, full of chamber after chamber of mystery and intrigue. The factory was demolished in 2021, sadly, though she is remembered as one of my favorite early haunts in Central Ohio. Photos were taken on my old Nikon D300 in 2020. Enjoy the brief tour and have a fantastic kickoff to your weekend! -Mr. P.

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12/07/2024

The long-abandoned and since demolished Hess and Clark Factory in Ashland, Ohio. This old behemoth of a factory was a charmer in her day, full of chamber after chamber of mystery and intrigue. The factory was demolished in 2021, sadly, though she is remembered as one of my favorite early haunts in Central Ohio. Photos were taken on my old Nikon D300 in 2020. Enjoy the brief tour and have a fantastic kickoff to your weekend! -Mr. P.

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12/06/2024

Inside an abandoned religious store (or as some would have called it, a "voodoo shop," due to all of the strange items found inside) in Detroit, Michigan. How long it has been closed is anyone's guess, but the vibe here was of a place long forgotten. Candles, potions, tinctures and all sorts of strange items lined the sagging shelves, and the ceiling was of a type that was created in stores over a century ago; pressed tin. Enjoy this bizarre tableau and have a great Friday out there! -Mr. P.

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12/05/2024

"It'll always be here. They'll never do anything with it..."; words that we all have said as explorers, thoughts we have all had. So many of our favorite haunts, where we wandered for hours, photographed the desolation, soaked up the peace and quiet despite our chaotic lives outside, shared laughs with friends, watched the sunset with beverages as the day ended...now gone. And none of them missed more than the giant hulk that is Fisher Body Plant #21 in Detroit, Michigan. She was my first explore ever in Detroit, in a middle of a blizzard on an early Saturday morning in the early days of 2019, and past that point, I entered that massive building more times than I can now count...until one day I couldn't anymore. Now, she is being renovated, repurposed as apartments, all of the nooks and crannies that made her so intriguing being gutted, walled in, erased. While I am very glad she gets a new life to live, I will forever miss her as she was. This set was taken in the summer of 2023, not long before she was sealed off to us all forever. A perfect example of how things are frozen in time...until they aren't anymore.

Enjoy the set and have a wonderful Thursday out there. -Mr. P.

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12/04/2024

Wintery scenes from within a massive and abandoned clothing factory in Cleveland, Ohio. Taken in the winter of 2023, on a blustery, windy day in December of the last year. This place never ceases to fascinate me, in any season and at any time. Enjoy the view and have a great middle to your week! -Mr. P.

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12/03/2024

Even places that seem to be bereft of "big money" shots, such as this abandoned warehouse near Detroit, Michigan, can yield interesting details if you look around. Sure, they may not be auditoriums, or churches or any of the things that most people would consider "burner" shots, but warehouses can sometimes hold surprises. Here, we found a forkless forklift, a ton of old containers and plenty of rust. Hanging above us were several interesting and old industrial lights. All told, while not a fancy place, this warehouse turned out to have a few shots in it worth taking. Enjoy the spread and have a great Tuesday out there! -Mr. P.

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12/02/2024

Happy Monday, all! Back to work after a week of relaxing down in the Hocking Hills of southeastern Ohio; along the way to a hike this week, I found this old and clearly no longer moving truck out in a field along one of the backroads near Logan, Ohio, and so naturally, I had to stop and document it. Looks like an old pumping truck, perhaps used for the septic tanks that many of the homes and cabins have down there. Just a guess. In any case, have a fantastic kick off to your week, stay warm and enjoy! -Mr. P.

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12/01/2024

Vignettes from a return trip to an abandoned adhesives factory in Akron, Ohio this past autumn. A dreary day and the fall colors made for an interesting if brief wandering. Enjoy and have a fantastic first day of December out there! -Mr. P.

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11/30/2024

The first batch of photos from a recent trip to Carrie Furnace near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Rankin, PA). Carrie Furnace was once part of a much larger, and now demolished, steel producing complex owned by United States Steel in a much different and more industrial age in America. It was abandoned for years, but then purchased by Rivers of Steel, which now maintains the site, with many events happening throughout the year, including tours. I've been here many times, and each time is awe-inspiring, and there is always some detail that I notice that I never noticed on previous outings. As mentioned, there is a LOT to be posted, so I will be shuffling some new shots out ever so many days. This first batch focuses on the massive crane that once helped unload coal from waiting train cars below, and take it into the waiting plant, to be sent into the inferno to make the steel that was this place's reason for existing! To truly understand the size of the crane, you really need to be standing underneath it. Definitely worth the tour if you ever have the time and find yourself near Pittsburgh! Enjoy the view and stay tuned for more to come! Have a great weekend out there! -Mr. P.

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11/29/2024

I've been doing a lot of editing of scans of old photos that I have in storage, many that were taken over twenty-five years ago on a disposable film camera, developed back in 2001 or so. They aren't the best quality, but I tried to tighten them up as much as I could after digitizing. This batch is from a trip up to the east side of Cleveland, along Lake Erie, to document the remnants of a once amazing little local amusement park called Euclid Beach Park. The park closed back in 1969, and the majority of it was torn down in 1971, to be replaced with Cleveland Municipal Housing Authority apartment towers. In 2001, all that was left was remnants of the old concrete fishing pier, stone stairways that once led down to the beach (now overgrown mostly with trees), the bridge to the old turnpike cars ride, the path along the shore known as "Lovers' Lane," and what many called the "Humphrey Mansion," which was the seasonal house where the owners lived during the operational months of the park. Almost all of this is gone now, demolished or replaced later when the Cleveland Metroparks bought what was left and rebuilt the pier. Just a taste of what once was in this post, but I wanted to share! If you have Euclid Beach memories, please feel free to share below; I've always been fascinated by this place, which I missed by several years before I was born. I'd love to hear them! On that note, enjoy the spread and have a good Friday to your week out there! -Mr. P.

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11/28/2024

Nothing crazy today (except maybe a turkey brandishing an axe!) but a Happy Thanksgiving wish to you and all of yours out there today! Have a wonderful time with your families and friends, eat lots of delicious food and take a break from the normal insanity today (and hopefully for the rest of the week!)! Take care all! -Mr. P.

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