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Location: Atlanta, GA Gender: Male Total Likes: 194 likes
| | | The Lou Takes Atlanta < on 11/23/2014 10:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Showed SubLunar, mindwaave, and Panic (all from St. Louis) around Atlanta, and met up with Macaroo along the way. We hit up the juvenile detention center, Terminus, the amusement park, and an old insurance building. Water towers were climbed, security guards were evaded, pedestrians were yelled at, hobo’s porn viewing habits were analyzed, and good times were had by all. I brought along my Nikon D7000, Nikon FG, 11-16mm f/2.8, 28mm f/2.8, and 50mm f/1.8. At the detention center we ran into a few contractors who were working for the current owners of the property. They were there to check the buildings for structural hazards, because the site is going to be used for urban military training drills for the nearby armory, and that it was going to be cleaned up a little bit. It was pretty great running into them, they were great guys and were interested in our photography. In addition, we found that the place got hit pretty hard by taggers and graffiti writers. Staircases: ruined. Pool: ruined. Gym: ruined. These locations are getting into the wrong hands too quickly. Why can’t we have nice things? A crew of “instasplorers” hit up the spot and fucked it up, tagging, kicking down doors, and smashing shit, cause I guess thats a “cool” thing to do. But i’ll settle my beef with the purveyor of this bullshit at a later date. I shot only film here so ill post my shots once i develop/scan. The fucktard instasplorers/taggers: Before/After: An old photo that was left of the wall of one of the kids working out: Next we made a quick stop at Terminus, and got into a few more buildings that were not open on previous trips. Next, we made the drive to the amusement park, which was pretty fun considering I used to visit it when I was younger. Spent a few hours climbing all over the old rides and we cleared off the slides and had a few epic races down it. We decided to push our luck and hop the fence to the nearby amusement park (closed for the off-season) where, after only a few minutes we noticed the security guard, who was pacing the grounds. Thankfully, he didn’t notice us, and we got the fuck out of there.
Path by UER Turtl, on Flickr
Pirates by UER Turtl, on Flickr
Lights by UER Turtl, on Flickr
Trucks by UER Turtl, on Flickr
Swings by UER Turtl, on Flickr
Wagons by UER Turtl, on Flickr Racing down the slides: Lastly, we made a quick stop by the old insurance building, nothing much had changed since the last visit, save for a few more crack pipes and bottles of piss. Really interesting building though, great woodwork and tilework, its a shame that its been so trashed. Didn’t even pull my camera out for this one, but heres a few shots from previous trips for the people who aren’t familiar with the spot: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Overall, it was a great day. Had a blast showing some out of town folks the great city of Atlanta. Can’t wait to spend a little more time with them next time I can make a trip up to St. Louis. Until next time. — Turtl
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| turtl
Location: Atlanta, GA Gender: Male Total Likes: 194 likes
| | | Re: The Lou Takes Atlanta < Reply # 19 on 11/25/2014 8:37 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by roachqueen Ah, I see. That makes sense, been trying to figure out who the hell he was. My guess is this place once was a pretty well kept secret within the graffiti & ATL Bike Life community. I saw OBVS, Never, & some other folks up there too & plenty of tire tracks haha. Indeed, it sucks we're losing the place! For military training nonetheless...I wonder if it will be like the Prison though, where they occasionally hold training sessions but it stays largely abandoned..? Or, did it seem like they were going to somewhat rebuild and contain the place?
| The tire tracks have an interesting story behind them, but they're not ATLBL associated. I thought they were too at first, ill send you a link to what I found on them. We'll have to see what ends up happening with the place, but I know that I don't need a federal trespassing charge slapped on my record haha. Between the new fence being put up in front and the military training stuff, I think the spot is on the way out. But the POE is still open, and will be until the figure it out, so i'm sure people will keep going.
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