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The Abandoned Palace On Beekman Street

post #1 of 21
6/17/10 at 3:59am
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Stunning interiors pics from a NYC building that's been boarded up since 1940 http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=2164 EDIT: The pics have been pulled. Original site didn't have permission to post
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post #2 of 21
6/17/10 at 11:18am
Pretty astonishing a building like that in NYC has been vacant since the 40's. Would have thought at least 1 architect would have caught a glimpse of those dragon balcony supports and would have been all over that building.
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post #3 of 21
6/17/10 at 11:58am
That's very cool. The most amazing thing to me is that it seems to have been completely spared from the effects of the elements (both natural and criminal)... especially compared to what would happen to a comparable building here in the Detroit area. Though it may have been largely vacant for so long, there had to have been people looking after it and doing some maintenance along the way.
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post #4 of 21
6/17/10 at 1:12pm
magnificent find!
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post #5 of 21
6/17/10 at 5:29pm
Wow. quite something.

Maybe they can turn it into a mosque, given it's location?
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post #6 of 21
6/17/10 at 6:56pm
Incredible. Urban ruins fascinate me.
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post #7 of 21
6/17/10 at 7:07pm
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Incredible. Urban ruins fascinate me.

...move to Detroit?
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post #8 of 21
6/17/10 at 7:07pm
Truly epic.

I just hope they don't fuck up the restoration . . .
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post #9 of 21
6/17/10 at 7:09pm
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...move to Detroit?

I did my time there.
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post #10 of 21
6/17/10 at 7:16pm
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post #11 of 21
6/17/10 at 7:17pm
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Pretty astonishing a building like that in NYC has been vacant since the 40's. Would have thought at least 1 architect would have caught a glimpse of those dragon balcony supports and would have been all over that building.

I wonder why this has not been renovated or developed.
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post #12 of 21
6/17/10 at 8:04pm
Knowing a tiny bit about construction, and knowing a tiny bit about Manhattan, I cannot begin to comprehend how much a full renovation will cost.

I predict at least one bankruptcy, maybe two, before it's done.

As cliche as it sounds, they sure don't build em like that, anymore.
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post #13 of 21
6/17/10 at 8:53pm
Thanks for posting this
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post #14 of 21
6/17/10 at 9:22pm
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I did my time there.

I was going to type "Cue music: 30 days in the hole."

However, that would have gotten Ed Morel too excited.
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post #15 of 21
6/17/10 at 9:36pm
I used to photograph these types of places
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