Ruin porn is a nasty phrase that gets thrown around a lot these days as more and more images of abandoned places are saturating the internet. I’ve got nothing against eye candy, but I like to think the history and commentary I provide here helps enrich the experience and give you some food for thought. (I try my best to do proper research, relying mainly on the archives of the New York Times.) I can’t claim that my primary goal is to document these structures before they’re gone as an act of preservation. But I am hoping to preserve the belief that there is still weirdness, wildness, and mystery in the world, even in an increasingly sanitized city like New York.
Will Ellis, AbandonedNYC
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