This blog is about well… Urban decay. It will have ghost towns, abandoned buildings. Things and places that have been forgotten.Tumblr (3.0; @thesebuildingsaredead)http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzxx6u7UAL1qka1m1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/18547862786http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/18547862786Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:49:57 -0500theroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztfusuzu71qdj4d8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/18520430496http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/18520430496Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:07:51 -0500theroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyraa1RrBM1r12ejuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16913061262http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16913061262Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:01:13 -0500abandonedwallpinkruinsurban decaynew yorktheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpaltD7Qg1qh88z4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpaltD7Qg1qh88z4o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpaltD7Qg1qh88z4o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpaltD7Qg1qh88z4o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nirvikalpa.tumblr.com/post/16268149801/inspired-by-another-post-here-on-tumblr-i-decided" target="_blank">nirvikalpa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Inspired by another post here on Tumblr, I decided to look into the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong a bit more, it truly was one of the most amazing and terrifying places on earth.  Being slightly smaller than an NFL stadium, the structure was built of 350 smaller interconnected buildings and hosted, at it’s peak, a population density of 5 million people per square mile.</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>To put those numbers in perspective, this would be like taking the entire population of metro Philadelphia, the 4th largest in the US, and putting it in 1 square mile instead of 1,744.</p> <p>The area was also largely ungoverned and unregulated.  Factories, apartments, schools, temples, churches, shops, cafes, hotels and almost anything else one could imagine were housed within the structure that never had a full blueprint of it done. Buildings were built onto buildings, expanded, rebuilt, and re-purposed as needed without a central authority of any kind.</p> <p>Within the structure, natural light was almost non-existent, and an unknown number of miles of jury-rigged wires provided electricity to everything.  Water constantly dripped down to the lower levels from both rain and leaking pipes, while garbage filled every passage.  A constant yellow haze filled the structure and there were never any government safety inspections.</p> <p>The Kowloon Walled City was demolished in the early 1990s as part of the deal that returned Hong Kong to the Chinese from the British. The entire area is now a park.</p> <p>I find places like this fascinating, it is just incredible what we, humans, build and live in. This, hive, for lack of a better term, was one of the most interesting structures I’ve yet looked at.</p> <p>For a documentary shot inside of the Kowloon Walled City, check here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lby9P3ms11w" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lby9P3ms11w" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lby9P3ms11w</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16276629182http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16276629182Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:36:40 -0500theroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr209LhBw1qa6hruo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr209LhBw1qa6hruo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr209LhBw1qa6hruo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr209LhBw1qa6hruo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://1000scientists.com/post/13792130580" target="_blank">1000scientists</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit#/?picture=370173066&index=1" target="_blank">The ruins of Detroit, Michigan</a> — Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre document what remains of a once-great city</p> </blockquote>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16215467513http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16215467513Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:29:17 -0500theroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2oe3aKW71r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16144695215http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16144695215Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:06:03 -0500urban decayabandoned buildingovergrowntheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2obf147G1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16144599019http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/16144599019Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:04:27 -0500urban decayabandoned housephotographytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx7v0g8qlB1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/15235346830http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/15235346830Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:43:28 -0500abandoned buildingnew yorkurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwyospCxQv1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14969524776http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14969524776Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:50:49 -0500detroitpublic schoolabandoned buildingdestroyedurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwyoqj82Vv1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14969503007http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14969503007Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:49:31 -0500abandoneddetroiturban decaypublic schooltheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwjrd2ph6K1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14556888997http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14556888997Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:22:14 -0500abandonedlibraryurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwc6ojzWew1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14345826150http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14345826150Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:12:19 -0500chinaabandonedfake disneylandurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw6tn9TiiL1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14209718781http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/14209718781Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:42:45 -0500amusement parkabandonedurban decayferris wheeltheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvvm48oBWU1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13914777295http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13914777295Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:26:32 -0500abandoned buildingurban decayhousetheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrepielKc1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h2>Orfű, Hungary</h2></p>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806401386http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806401386Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:56:06 -0500abandonedwaterparkwaterslidehungaryurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrelq0mqB1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806276320http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806276320Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:53:50 -0500moscowrussiawater parkabandonedurban decaytheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrefuszGf1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h2> L’Aquatic de Sitges</h2></p>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806081176http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13806081176Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:50:18 -0500water parkabandonedurban decaygraffititheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpxiaVlUp1r12ejuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eastern State Penitentiary.</p>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13771156261http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13771156261Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:46:58 -0500penitentiaryabandoned buildingurban decayphiladelphiatheroyaltenenbears<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3hsa4JuG1r6kmplo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13750667408http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13750667408Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:14:06 -0500theroyaltenenbears<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjsmwg4kl1qa42jro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.terrysdiary.com/post/13723099928/abandoned-theater-on-hollywood-blvd" target="_blank">terrysdiary</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Abandoned theater on Hollywood Blvd.</p> </blockquote>http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13724100611http://thesebuildingsaredead.tumblr.com/post/13724100611Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:55:32 -0500theroyaltenenbears