i guess the flashings weren't worth the trouble
the rest of the copper is ripped

 

Front Female Hill

 

Modern Windows

 

rehab entrance

 

these would have made incredible condos
i could see myself drinking a 40 on this stoop

 

when the copper goes there isn't much time left

 

Female Hill
without the females

 

female wards
back and front

 

porch roof ripped

 

wards 19, 21, 23, 25, 28

 

the modern end of reception

 

looks so different without the porch roof

 

sagging

 

dining room entrance

 

Front Female Hill

 

the shame of essex county

 

Front Female Hill

 

missed a bit of copper on that leader

 

Back Female Hill

 

building #1

 

soon this will be a park

 

wards 10, 11, 13, 15, 17

 

damaged

 

copper mine

 

turkey

 

"improvements"

 

a cartoon of a downspout

 

an inviting entrance

 

Hicks and Dill

 

power plant and train hangar

 

this building might fall before they can wreck it

 

the field where turning point once stood

 

old boilers and hangar

 

the old boiler room with the triplets

 

rapid descent

 

the triplets in all their glory

 

unstable
is too safe a word
the correct term is deathtrap

 

and then i realized i was standing on swiss cheese

 

do yourself a flavor kids
keep out of this building

 

i went to see what was inside this concrete box

 

i heard a rustling

 

this cat must have been living in there
she ran off in a panic
poor kitty

 

rare view of the powerhouse

 

 

windows in the woods

 

a peek inside
they should really clean their windows

 

powerhouse

 

the pumping heart of overbrook beats no longer

 

these will probably be the last to go

 

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