Urban Exploration and Building Infiltration Images and Resources

Abandonments Resources: Building Infiltration Images and Information

Written by Urbanist on September 5th, 2007 - Topics: Abandonments, Architecture, Urban, Urban Images, Urbex

Following recent articles on the world’s abandoned cities and on urban exploration, some readers have requested additional resources related to exploring abandoned structures and buildings. With that in mind, here are some great urbex photo collections and other links related to building infiltration and draining.

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For an updated stream of urbex images, it is well worth checking out Flickr’s Urban Abandonments photo group. The group is currently 90 members strong with almost 1,000 images. Some are professional, some less so, but it represents a good spectrum of urbex pictures. Of course, not all of this is legal - so be careful and aware.

While there are a few too many ads on the site itself, the Urban Exploration Webring is a great way to start exploring urbex websites. A simple click on the recognizable webring toolbar’s ‘random’ button will bring you to another random interesting site in the webring. This is usually found in the center of a member site (top or bottom).

There are also some excellent urban exploration forums, where people discuss urbex locations and post relevant images and stories. Urban exploration, building exploration and draining mean different things to different people. It is also worth checking out the Wikipedia article on urban exploration for further clarification.

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Al Ebaster
September 5th, 2007 at 11:51 am

Frankly, I have more fun urbexing with permission — we arranged a guided tour of an abandoned coal breaker this weekend.
Web Urbanist
September 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am

Good point - not all urban exploration is illegal. Many of the best photographs and sites linked to above are from garbage dumps or historical buildings open to the public.
Al Ebaster
September 5th, 2007 at 12:50 pm

Speaking of historical buildings — http://www.easternstate.org/ . That’s going to be a fun trip!
WebUrbanist
September 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm

Here’s another good general resource: http://seehere.blogspot.com/2005/09/abandoned.html - mix of links related to abandonments and abandoned places. Some are better than others, but they’re all well-titled and worth browsing.
CHESSNOID
September 6th, 2007 at 7:57 am

It really is amazing how many places have been abandoned. I clicked on a couple of your links for more pictures. Simply amazing.
AgentSully
September 6th, 2007 at 7:25 pm

I remember as a kid exploring like this. Never knew it had a name. Of course they were not too dangerous…or at least that’s what we thought.
John Lampard
September 7th, 2007 at 2:54 am

There’s a (disused) sewerage network, known as the Tank Stream, under downtown Sydney which you can visit… if you’re lucky enough. There’s only a couple of tours a year, and usually you have to go into a ballot to win a ticket such is demand for the excursion!
Web Urbanist
October 1st, 2007 at 3:35 pm

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tundawenna2
April 13th, 2009 at 6:13 am

GREETINGS!
Great WebSites & Resources! HOWEVER, after searching exhaustively, am unable to find much at all relating to;
Abandoned: Mines, Buildings, Establishments [eg:ship-yards], Quarries, Agricultural Areas, Towns, etc .,
IN: Australia, Africa, South America.
CAN ANYONE HELP, Please?
ANY info will be much appreciated.
Thanks in Anticipation, & Keep Up the Great Work,
tundawenna2@hotmail.com