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btracy
Rejecting the imperative of endless growth, Brett Tracy positions the human species at the beginning of its deindustrial phase. Using video and audio field recordings, Tracy reveals the glory and tragedy of a world built with phenomenal amounts of fossil energy and imagines the more human-scaled world to come.
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September 24, 2010
btracy
updated the Biosphere 2
A reproduction of earth's many biomes
With dreams of colonizing Mars, John P. Allen, who made his millions in oil, funded the building of Biosphere 2 in the middle of the Arizona desert. (Planet earth is Biosphere 1.) The 3.15-acre... »
Instruments of Science, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Tre, wythe and others
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September 24, 2010
btracy
added Dixie Square Mall
Urban explorers embrace America's first suburban mall, which lies in ruin south of Chicago
Said to be the first suburban mall in the United States, Dixie Square has been abandoned for more than thirty years. Left in the 1980s, the mall has been abandoned more than twice as long as it... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by btracy and Nicholas Jackson
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September 24, 2010
btracy
updated the Slab City California
During winter months, abandoned navy base becomes off-grid home and alternative living community for thousands of retirees
Slab City, or The Slabs, is a free campsite and alternative living community located near an active bombing range in the desert city of Niland, California. Previously an old WWII base, Marine... »
Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Disaster Areas, Cultures and Civilizations , Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by anhie, chasterus and 2 others
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September 24, 2010
btracy
added ASARCO Mission Mine and Mineral Discovery Center
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September 24, 2010
btracy
updated the Titan Missile Museum
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September 21, 2010
btracy
added Betteravia Sugar Plant
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350
The now defunct company town of Betteravia, a name that refers to the French word for beet root, at one time supported a community of 350 residents. Many were employees at the Union Sugar Company... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by btracy, leiris and others
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September 21, 2010
btracy
added Richmond Shipyards
Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II
Run by Permanente Metals as part of the Kaiser Shipyards, the four Richmond Shipyards in California were responsible for building more ships during World War II than any of the country's other... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by btracy, leiris and others
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September 21, 2010
btracy
added San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise
An urban explorer's paradise, the San Francisco Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard located on nearly 700 acres of waterfront at Hunter's Point in the southeast corner of the city.... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by btracy, leiris and others
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September 21, 2010
btracy
added Ventura Oil Refinery
Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers
The Ventura Oil Refinery in California fell into decline and disrepair when the nearby wells that fed it started to dry up. Today, the site is a rusting industrial city with processions of... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by btracy, leiris and 2 others
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September 21, 2010
btracy
updated the Salvation Mountain
Self-built mound covered in messages of God's love
At 150 feet wide by 50 feet tall, Salvation Mountain is really more of a painted mound. The mountain was created by Leonard Knight after his hot air balloon failed in this bleak patch of desert... »
Outsider Art, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Clinton and 4 others
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September 21, 2010
btracy
added Bombay Beach
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea
In 2010, the United States Census Bureau measured the population of Bombay Beach, a census-designated place in Imperial County, California, at just 295 people, which was down from about 366 ten... »
Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns | Edited by btracy and Nicholas Jackson
