Footloose: Canada’s Abandoned Bata Shoe Factory
The former Bata shoe factory in "Batawa" – a company town located in southern Ontario – forged fine footwear for footloose Canucks from 1939 to the year 2000. Kickoff The Bata Shoe ...
Author: Steve
An outstanding researcher and clever writer who has been with WebUrbanist for over ten years, Steve brings a twist of creative humor into the mix with articles covering abandoned shops and buildings, offbeat signage & branding, eyebrow-raising architecture and much, much more. Steve can also be found exploring green innovations at WebEcoist and examining jaw-dropping pet products and pet-related news at PetsLady.Class Inaction: Eerie Abandoned Virginia High School
Central High School in Painter, Virginia was abandoned in 2005 but the 88-year-old red brick building still exudes plenty of Art Deco style and class. Hollowed Halls The Eastern Shore of ...
Impreached: 10 Bizarrely Named Churches & Chapels
Bizarrely-named churches tend to stand out but someone must've got into the sacramental wine before tagging titles on these 10 hilarious houses of worship. Foursquare Deal Go ahead and ...
Members Lonely: 10 Closed & Abandoned Social Clubs
These closed & abandoned social clubs recall the pre-internet age when people seeking the company of others did so in person, not via keyboards and webcams. Scotch Scratched Even after ...
Contained: 7 Closed & Abandoned Package Stores
Liquor by any other name may sell the same but these closed and abandoned 'package' stores couldn't succeed in what most say is a can't-miss business. The OTHER White Castle What the heck ...
Clubbered: The Closed Fort Henry Men’s Club
For well over a century the Fort Henry Club in Wheeling, West Virginia served as a home away from home for local wheeler-dealers of the male persuasion. No Girls Allowed The Fort Henry Club ...
Jobs None: 7 Sad Signs From The Financial Crisis
Back in the grim days of The Great Recession, companies large and small laid off workers while discouraging new hires with a wealth of “no hiring” signs. Train In Vain Historic Pullman, ...
Worker Be: 10 “We’re Hiring” Signs of the Times
This eclectic selection of “We're Hiring” signs illustrate some of the unusual ways companies offer jobs in a booming economy with low unemployment. "We're still hiring humans", ...
Forever Homeless: 7 Closed & Abandoned Pet Shops
These closed and abandoned pet shops eerily echo with the long lost sights, sounds and smells (oh, those smells!) of what were effectively urban retail zoos. Why Not Both? It's a pet shop, ...
Constructivist Cool: Moscow’s Zuev Workers’ Club
Workers of the world, relax! The Zuev Workers' Club building in downtown Moscow was the epitome of Constructivist cool when it opened way back in 1929. Hipster-sky Hangout And it's still ...
