Interesting Images

[Gnosticangel]

New York Subway 70s and 80s

Thanks, ToALonelyPeace! Interesting to see these images, including (on the website) people wearing bellbottoms and flared pants. Memories indeed....

 

[ToALonelyPeace]

New York Subway 70s and 80s

Thanks, ToALonelyPeace! Interesting to see these images, including (on the website) people wearing bellbottoms and flared pants. Memories indeed....

The person linked the photos to another site called Vintage Everyday. They have a bunch of stuffs from Rio de Janeiro in 1970s to young Elizabeth Taylor and even cats in mid 20th Paris! Here's a bunch more postcards of streets in the 1960s. It's very weird looking at these photos from the future. It's like looking at a different America.

*Wenatchee, Washington*

*Redding, California*

*Central City, Colorado*

*Anchorage, Alaska*

*Madras, Oregon*

 

[Acutely decayed]

https://www.ligotti.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2146&stc=1&d=1654053087

 

[indecipherable]

original Backrooms post.

 

[Arthur Staaz]

Very reminiscent of the TV show Severance.

 

[lone_ichabod]

original Backrooms post.

Very upsetting that this interesting image got absolutely destroyed by the internet. Has anyone else noticed that internet horror has the tendency to be ruined by it's audience?

 

[indecipherable]

original Backrooms post.

Very upsetting that this interesting image got absolutely destroyed by the internet. Has anyone else noticed that internet horror has the tendency to be ruined by it's audience?

I've noticed the incredible amount of Analog Horror content that seems to just be cheap knockoffs of genuinely ingenious (although admittedly flawed) series such as LOCAL58 or Walten Files.

Kane Pixel's Backrooms videos do a great job of adding to the lore without compromising the liminal feel of the original. On the other hand, the multiple levels add a familiarity that trivializes the spirit of the original. my opinion at least.

 

[miguel1984]

I was in Italy for two weeks; I visited Rome, Florence, Venice and Pompeii. The Keats-Shelley House made me cry. I recommend anyone visiting Rome to check it out. Sadly, I do not have pictures from the inside since my battery died.

 

[Maria B.]

A few photographs from my last excursion in search of derelict and/or haunted houses.

 

[Ascrobius]

Very interesting. I grew up in a very old house (built circa 1815), in a historic district in Connecticut, and am very fond of the old, the dilapidated, etc. I was very lucky in that even as a child, I felt so at home among old dwellings and historical buildings of all kinds and consider myself to be very fortunate to have lived in such a place at such a time. I was also very fortunate to work in one of the oldest psychiatric facilities in the US (The Institute of Living) for many years, founded just after the civil war, and a place known for having many interesting visitors, including Charles Dickens, among others. On those grounds, there are many very old buildings which are connected by a tunnel system that used to be used to transport people from building to building privately. These tunnels have since been closed off but I used to go down and explore them when I used to work 2nd or 3rd shift many moons ago. I will try and find some pics I took of these very creepy places and post them in the future. Thanks

 

[Maria B.]

Look forward to seeing the pictures!
These buildings have a comforting aura of contentment around them, except maybe when they are populated by "human detritus" but that's a different story.

 

[Maria B.]

I was lucky to come upon a few old buildings this summer. So I had to take some pictures.

 

[Maria B.]

Today, while walking in an unfamiliar part of the city, I happened across an old red tower, and of course I couldn't walk past it without taking a few pictures.
I apologize for the quality of these images; I'm not a professional photographer, and it's the best I can do on a gloomy day like today.

 

[Souphead]

Shame you couldn't get more light on it. Is it a water tower?

 

[Knygathin]

Shame you couldn't get more light on it. Is it a water tower?

If you open the photo in IfranView, and click on 'Auto adjust colors' under 'Image' in the menu bar, it is pretty easy to compensate for the lack of light.

On the other hand, I thought the natural gloom added some welcome mood.

 

[Maria B.]

Shame you couldn't get more light on it. Is it a water tower?

I tried to adjust brightness afterward, but the pictures looked even worse, somewhat washed out.
And yes, it's a water tower. In 2018 there was a fire there, and the building fell into disrepair.

 

[Robin Davies]

Today, while walking in an unfamiliar part of the city, I happened across an old red tower, and of course I couldn't walk past it without taking a few pictures.

You might like this short film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw6exAfUWMI

 

[Dalha D.]

Here's an interesting image reminiscent of The Phenomenal Frenzy

 

[Souphead]

These towers seeming to stand out brooding to those that are sensitive to them. I had one myself that stuck in my mind for 30 or more years and for no real reason.
My particular tower revealed it self when an area in Deptford, London was being revitalised and an area which was to the east of the A2209 was cleared down to dirt. Many a time my father and I would travel north on the A2209 and I would look back across the clearing and see the one tall(ish) building staring back at me. I guess it always was there but was invisible among what else lay around it.
Long after and myself in a different country I did some research on where this must have been and I eventually tracked it back to a Grade 2 Listed building called Mumford Mill. The building itself was saved and looks like it was converted into some expensive flats/condos. Everything built up around it and you can’t really see it on Google maps street view anymore. I have this one picture that shows it best and as you can see the only way to really see it is by water (this is the Deptford Creek).
As I said, I know that this all likely means nothing to the rest of you but this building has stuck in my mind for more than 30 years and for reasons I can’t really identify why. Googling "mumfords mill london photos" will get you loads of photographs.

 

[Maria B.]

You might like this short film:
John Smith - The Black Tower (1987, DVDRip) - YouTube

Thank you for the recommendation. I quite liked the film, especially the editing technique used in it, which was suitably disorienting along with the sound effects.