The Pines by jjms_exploring on January 27 2021 23:18 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/jfcv ]
Finding out the location
very easy
Access
very easy
Safety
unsafe
Risk of being seen
very low
General condition of the place
very bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
few
Visit date May 23 2020 at 0 hr Visit duration 2 hours
In May of 2020, we ventured to The Pines to see for ourselves what still remained. We were greeted by collapsing buildings, empty halls, and overgrown walkways.
A once indoor swimming pool sat completely out in the open and exposed to the elements. Small tadpoles had claimed it as their home.
The outdoor pool became a home for pool chairs and other miscellaneous objects thrown in by vandals, but the bridge going over it was still sturdy and quite the photo opportunity.
The floors of the buildings that were still standing were beginning to soften, clear signs of water damage. Pink insulation seeping from the walls and ceilings, stray wires hanging down, broken glass from windows and doors, plants growing in various places, graffiti filled walls, and the smell of must are all things you will experience in these buildings.
The wall of chairs is quite the sight, and was one of our true reasons for visiting (if you know, you know).
DO NOT GO HERE. IT IS NOT SAFE.
(But if this warning is not enough and you are stupid enough to make the trip, be very very careful. It is not a safe place to be.
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Deadfall at the Pines by Replica Heart on April 19 2020 15:43 hr CE(S)TShortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/xvyg ]
Finding out the location
?
Access
very easy
Safety
very unsafe
Risk of being seen
low
General condition of the place
very bad
Traces of vandalism
very many
Good place for taking pictures?
good
Did you see other people?
none or very few
Visit date December 27 2018 at 9 hr Visit duration 2 hours
My buddy “Cap” and I decided to go out during the holiday break, as we were both waiting to start back up at work during the new year, and had nothing else to do. We thought “Hell, no one but us damn fools is going to be out, might be a good time to visit some borscht belt resorts.”
We left early like normal and got to parking nearby at about 9. The resort peeked enticingly out from behind a copse of evergreens. Unsurprisingly, the grounds were thick with them. After parking at a turnaround a short walk down the road, we got out and started walking. We saw a few cars, butnone of the drivers seemed to pay us mind. We hurried up past a row of delapidated bungalows and towards the main buildings.
We were in for a nasty shock when we got to the first open door we found - it seemed that the entire hotel wing had collapsed, each floor taking down the next until only the emergency stairwell remained, it being blocked by the first landing by rotted beams.
We quickly beat feet towards the banquet hall. Cap wouldn’t even go further inside than darkening the doorway, but I, with more bravery than sense, slowly skirted the edges of what was once a banquet and dance hall. The floor was bowed down towards the center of the room, and after making it about halfway through, a misjudged step that netted me only old Burberry carpet instead of floorboard sent me scampering back to the entrance.
The only things left truly intact worth seeing were the massive kitchen complex and the remains of the outdoor pool, with a unique concrete bridge spanning its length. Also nice for a visit is a conference center, walls mostly gone, where artistic graffiti remains, as yet untouched.
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