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Police Station and Court House < on 10/23/2018 12:04 PM > | Reply with Quote
This is a mixed use police station and provincial court house that has just started demolition preparations.
Highlights of the location are the two court rooms, basement shooting range and the jail cells complete with dried vomit on the drunk tank toilet.
Once I got inside, I start shooting and exploring from the top working my way down to the basement and then up to the jail cells. After about an hour or so, I'm at the jail cells and I hear the ruckus of some one entering the building, the person had stepped on a metal pipe and made a ruckus.
I stop and turn off my lights and listen. He was really loud and not overly concerned about how much noise he was making. So I close the door to the room I was in and continue doing my thing quietly until I can hear him up the hall.
I decided that before we bump into each-other by accident and things get ugly, I will go and tell him he's not alone and that I'm here. He's in the basement collecting scrap and whatever other items he thinks are of value...I call down and he freezes. I call again and say I'm just taking pics and I'm not supposed to be here either...no.answer. So I turn on my flashlight and walk downstairs with my large flashlight at the ready.....he is hiding behind the stairs.
I said hi and that I wanted him to know I'm here too so I don't scare the hell out of him later on. I say I'm just taking pics in the jail cells so "keep doing your thing and I'll keep doing mine." He says "ya I'm just taking pics too" meanwhile he has a bag full of metal and other riff raff in his hands.
Once finished I pack my gear and leave the scrapper to do his thing and hope his noise didn't draw any attention, it didn't and i made it out just fine.
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Re: Police Station and Court House < Reply # 1 on 10/23/2018 1:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
Wow, great explore! Love the black and white shots...I hope my first time running into a scrapper/squatter goes so easily (tho I'm sure it was still nerve racking as hell). Though I tend to be like a bull in a China shop when there's debris around (despite my best efforts). Thanks for sharing! Seems like there's a surprising lack of vandalism, too.
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Location: Long Island, New York Gender: Male Total Likes: 662 likes
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Re: Police Station and Court House < Reply # 2 on 10/23/2018 1:10 PM > | Reply with Quote
Ha, rock-solid alibi. Should have locked him in one of the cells =p
Cool place, I love those wide-angle shots. Having the before/after pics both B&W I think serves to highlight the differences, though you'd think it would do the opposite.