2013 – Page 6 – This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed

Cabinet Position

Post author:Concrete
Post published:February 4, 2013
Post category:Institutional Rochester
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I usually try to stay away from going back to the same place over and over again, but when a new one appears and it's this easy to get to, it inevitably happens... in the past two weeks I've been in this damn hospital four times. Ordinarily every time I explore gets its own page, but that would just get too repetitious, so here goes... TRIP 1 - January 31 I didn't think I'd even bother to go that night, one of my friends was taking his pledge class into the creepy old hospital. Now, these places don't get haunted…

Groundhog Day (Again)

Post author:Concrete
Post published:February 3, 2013
Post category:Concrete Rochester Underground
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The subway seems like it always was and always will be here. It's been abandoned for 55 years now, and while a piece here and there gets filled in sometimes, it's unlikely to ever see another train, or really any reuse other than the de facto graffiti gallery it's become. Every year since 1994, the Concrete Discussion Group has come here on or near Groundhog day to explore the tunnel and eat Dinosaur Barbeque. This year was the 20th, and, I'm starting to think, last time we celebrate the eventual end of winter and start of another exploring season. There…

These Hollowed Halls

Post author:Concrete
Post published:January 21, 2013
Post category:Institutional Rochester
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Nothing too exciting, but it seems like forever since I've been exploring. Just another trip to old rotten Iola, that gets just that much older and rotten-er every year... and always manages to escape the next threat of demolition Someone tore down the centerpiece of the Map Room. If I had any way to bring it home it would probably be on my wall now! It's off...