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Urban Exploration 1 by Celestia Ridgemore, Not Here No More, ƟE←¤, Skünk Bandyt, curious george foreman
January 22nd, 2011 5:10 PM
A couple months back, Curious George Foreman took myself, Nola Mei, and a cricket to a place I'd never thought exist so close to civilization.
Back in the early nineties, someone dumped a great deal of industrial trash, concrete, rebar and such, into the bay from the City of Albany. Some say it was the leftovers of the '89 quake, others deny this claim entirely, opting for something less gruesome. (Of course, that story might be total bullshit. Truth is subjective in these outlands.)
In any case, it's ground up buildings that were abandoned, and left to change.
The result was, however, a long peninsula and a roughly circular end to said peninsula, hence, The Bulb.
If you walk down the Ohlone Greenway and take a left when you see the "UBIK, NOW WITH 20% MORE UBIK" tag, go down, over the traintracks and under the freeway, you'll find it.
This bulb has become a haven for anyone who wants a part of it. It's free ground. You can live there, you can hang there, build there, make it yours.
And, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as we talked about conspiracies concerning the Doctor's assassination, we set out to go and delve into the labyrinthine geography of this abandoned, and reclaimed place.
Back in the early nineties, someone dumped a great deal of industrial trash, concrete, rebar and such, into the bay from the City of Albany. Some say it was the leftovers of the '89 quake, others deny this claim entirely, opting for something less gruesome. (Of course, that story might be total bullshit. Truth is subjective in these outlands.)
In any case, it's ground up buildings that were abandoned, and left to change.
The result was, however, a long peninsula and a roughly circular end to said peninsula, hence, The Bulb.
If you walk down the Ohlone Greenway and take a left when you see the "UBIK, NOW WITH 20% MORE UBIK" tag, go down, over the traintracks and under the freeway, you'll find it.
This bulb has become a haven for anyone who wants a part of it. It's free ground. You can live there, you can hang there, build there, make it yours.
And, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as we talked about conspiracies concerning the Doctor's assassination, we set out to go and delve into the labyrinthine geography of this abandoned, and reclaimed place.
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posted by artmouse on January 25th, 2011 12:03 PM
gosh you kids! go ahead and reveal all my favorite secret hangouts why don'cha?!
there are no words for how awesome this place is