ground state

This guy was illegally occupying hydro property. My friend at city hall said the City of Welland was after him for years and he eventually did vacate, but left all this junk behind for, presumably, the city to take care of.

As a rockhounder... great post!

This gallery is only the unit on the south side accessible from that door. Maybe that's why it looks so different? It was also pretty small and squatters absolutely destroyed it between me shooting it and posting it on here. The entire building has since opened up, with six different sublets. They were much more spacious and interesting. If your gallery has any of the upstairs floor, that's why it isn't recognizable. The entire building has been resecured again, but with abandonments on either side of it, there are no neighbours to keep squatters at bay. It opens frequently.

RE: "I was actually able to get into the building today, it's pretty cool in there." -- ahaaa! No kidding! Well, that's definitely a first. Can't wait to see what you found in there, if it's an upcoming post.

I've often wondered about the large and (predominantly) unmarked warehouse beside the tracks here, but stopped checking it for abandonment after the solar panel array showed up completely covering the roof on satellite.

Sadly, I was waiting for access here for many months -- and then the demolition happened overnight. What a disappointment! It looked like a potentially great house.

Beautiful - a real gem.

Very interesting and a great opportunity!

Wicked. That toilet takes me all the way back to 1987, watching "Street Trash".

Love this spot. You have to return in the winter time to slide across the ice and access the tunnels at the back. It's not super-extensive back there, but there are definitely more passages than you can see from the opening.

Complete 100% lethargy! It was so cold that I'm surprised it even had enough energy to lift its head up. I think this might have been the very first weekend for snake emergence from hibernation.

Beautiful photo--I'd say this is the money-shot, right here.

Years ago, when abandoned but before this place was boarded up, the cat was so freshly dead that I tapped on the window thinking it was just sleeping and I had misinterpreted the vacancy of the house.

I didn't even notice that while taking the shot Superss. That is ridiculous. Who would design it that way? I guess you could still manage if you stepped over and straddled it each time.

Great perspective shot. So glad to see that someone else finally got out here to enjoy these rusty hulks.