"Heading For Home" Documentary Showcases The Rebirth of an Abandoned Baseball Stadium Previously Documented on QC/D
Back in 2009, I had the opportunity to explore the defunct Bush Stadium. Once home to the AAA level Indianapolis Indians, the stadium was abandoned midway through the 1996 season before temporarily serving as a dirt racetrack. After the racetrack closed, the stadium fell into the hands of the Indy Parks Department and by the time we shot out photos in 2009, the future of the stadium seemed uncertain.
Then, things changed...
As Seen From The Highway
When you drive by something everyday, sometimes you ditch the normal commute and go see what it is.
![[Suburbia Lost] Taz - Loveland](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1606363993632-CH12D5OLGZKVOD809BHD/image.jpeg)
[Suburbia Lost] Taz - Loveland
Right off the highway, a converted Italian fare chain last saw life as local Mediterranean cuisine.
I-65 Pit Stop
The four story abandoned hotel has become a landmark off of I-65 in greater Lafayette, IN. Once the source of local pride, the deteriorating building has become an eyesore to the local community and an alluring pit stop for those passing by with exploration on the mind.
![[Suburbia Lost] The Abandoned Shell Stations of West Chester](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1606364134671-YPC2ALY3VEDOPP0JIR51/image.jpeg)
[Suburbia Lost] The Abandoned Shell Stations of West Chester
The northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester has two abandoned gasoline stations. Even with the corporate logo removed, the architecture and branding are unmistakingly "Shell" brand.
The Blue Bridge Above the Highway
Above I-71, a bright blue railroad bridge spans the freeway canyon, but doesn't actually carry trains anymore. A remnant of an old rail line, the steel path can still be used as a shortcut over the highway if you know where to find it.
Remnants of a Rural Past
There was a house in Mason right off Kings Mills Rd, down the street from the amusement park and nestled off to the side from all the suburban development. It's gone now and long before it so were any occupants.
The Concourse: Part 3 - The Film
Over the past two days, both Cameron and I have shared out photographs and experiences of the now abandoned Concourse C at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The above is a short film put together that offers another perspective on our visit.
The Concourse: Part 2 - Unaccompanied Minor
I spent many hours of my youth classified as an "unaccompanied minor." My father lived, and still lives, in New Mexico. Including connecting flights, I was racking up eight takeoffs and eight landings a year. Those are solid numbers when you’re eight years old.
The Concourse: Part 1 - Island in a Stream of Runways
Four runways criss-cross the grounds of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Among them, in an island by itself, is the former "Concourse C." Once a gateway containing portals to destinations across the United States - it now sits quietly with luggage lining the hallways and benches stacked atop each other in closed shops and eateries. The lonely aerodrome is absent of both people and flights, both of which have relocated to the airport's main facilities.
The Shootouts and The Rebirth of Seymour Plaza
Seymour Plaza looked like any other mid 60's shopping center: a long strip of storefronts lining a large parking lot. Through the years it hosted various businesses from auto repair to discount furniture. At the center of its 115,000 square feet of space - the infamous nightclub where a shootout involving rapper and record producer "T.I." began.
Return to Surf Cincinnati
It's been ten years since Surf Cincinnati was abandoned and over five years since most of it was demolished, it was time to go back.
There Has to Be Something Better Than Buffalo Sauce Flavored Sunflower Seeds
It was a Monday night, exactly one week ago. I was sitting at my desk, just like I am now. I'm not hungry, but I keep dipping my hand into a bag of sunflower seeds I pulled out of the pantry. They're flavored with "Frank's Red Hot" sauce. They're not bad, they're not good. I don't eat sunflower seeds, but I've watched enough episodes of the X-Files to know how Fox Mulder cracks them open and drops the shells all over his wooden floors while he's thinking.
But I don't have wooden floors, I have carpet.
A Memento in the Rubble of a Mountain
There's something about visiting an abandoned place, but how important to someone can an abandoned mini golf mountain and go kart track be before it's demolished for a highway?
The Ghost Marina of Lake Cumberland
Down at Lake Cumberland, KY an abandoned marina/dock is quietly floating by.
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[Suburbia Lost] Bahama Breeze - Springdale
A restaurant that once claimed to deliver the "feeling of a Caribbean Escape" now delivers the feeling of an abandoned island restaurant tucked between I-275 and and Rt. 4 in the north suburbs of Cincinnati.
Operation Skywatch and the Outpost of Cairo, Indiana
"Our greatest hopes for peace lie in being so strong and so well prepared that our enemies will not dare attack. Every citizen who cooperates in "Operation Skywatch" as well as in other defense activities, is helping prevent the war none of us wants to happen."
- President Harry S. Truman, July 12, 1952.
