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[Suburbia Lost] Industrial Office - Fairfield, Ohio

Not necessarily abandoned, but not really in use. Nevertheless, part of the suburban landscape along Industrial Dr. in Fairfield, Ohio. Check out our other photos in the ongoing Suburbia Lost series here.

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[Suburbia Lost] Taz - Loveland

Right off the highway, a converted Italian fare chain last saw life as local Mediterranean cuisine.

Ronny Salerno 6/5/14 Ronny Salerno 6/5/14

[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.

Ronny Salerno 9/13/13 Ronny Salerno 9/13/13

[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.

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[Suburbia Lost] Rally's - Sharonville

Known as "Checker's" for some, "Rally's" for others - you can't hide what this building used to be under neutral gray paint.

Ronny Salerno 8/20/13 Ronny Salerno 8/20/13

[Suburbia Lost] Putt 'N' Stuff Fantasy Land

The abandoned ticket booth to a miniature golf course that is long overgrown and abandoned behind a gas station just outside of Knoxville, TN. Found while on a recent trip down south.

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[Suburbia Lost] Fuddruckers, Fields Ertel & Fairfield

Two less places to eat, one less place to shop.

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[Suburbia Lost] "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em" Chevrolet - Montgomery

Just north of Cincinnati in the city of Montgomery, Ohio there's an abandoned car dealership. Its vast, wide lot is devoid of cars and inside there's no salespeople to be found. Good deals aren't the only ghosts left behind on the moldy showroom floor; there's also the ghost of a Cincinnati legend - Marge Schott.

Ronny Salerno 6/7/13 Ronny Salerno 6/7/13

[Suburbia Lost] Blue Ash's Roast Beef Bunker

Built into the hillside with a dining room slightly below the ground is a bunker, a remnant of fast food giant Arby's. Built in 1975, it apparently shut down in 2010 after the property's lease was terminated. The glass atrium dining rooms allowed roast beef sandwich seekers to take in the scenery around them as they enjoyed their meals on tables now stacked on top of each other, collecting dust. There's no more "good mood food" to be found here.

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[Suburbia Lost] Blue Light Special

What good is a grocery store if you can't pick up a pair of cheap jean shorts while you're buying Doritos? Yeah, you can get those things at Target and WalMart, but you also can at Kmart - the perennial third place discount mega store. The mega store that has closed and abandoned locations just like this one all across the US.

Cameron Knight 5/2/13 Cameron Knight 5/2/13

[Suburbia Lost] Red Lobster - Western Hills

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[Suburbia Lost] Southeastern Indiana

Some abandoned locations in suburban Southeastern Indiana about 20 miles West of Cincinnati.

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[Suburbia Lost] Buffet Style Restaurant - Sharonville

America has a love affair with buffet style restaurants, but who can blame us? One flat fee, all the delicious food you can eat, subtle elevator music to set the mood, and all under the veil of an authentic cultural experience. You can find buffets everywhere in suburbia, even when they're abandoned.

Ronny Salerno 3/21/13 Ronny Salerno 3/21/13

[Suburbia Lost] Porsche Dealership - Springdale

This past Sunday I was driving home from work. As I merged onto the highway, my 1996 Geo Prizm known as the "Mean 'Geo' Okerlund" started making a strange vibrating noise.

Ronny Salerno 3/13/13 Ronny Salerno 3/13/13

[Suburbia Lost] Captain D's - Sharonville

The people of this nation deserve "freshly prepared seafood at reasonable prices," or so goes the credo on Captain D's website. Unfortunately for those who live near this former seafood eatery on Chester Rd. in Sharonville, they'll have to travel the seven seas a little further these days to get the captain's freshest catch and his corporate branding.

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[Suburbia Lost] What Shit Will We Put On Our Walls?

For some reason, we as a culture like it when restaurants put shit all over their walls.

Ronny Salerno 2/11/13 Ronny Salerno 2/11/13

[Suburbia Lost] Burger King - Jordan's Crossing + Introducing: Cameron Knight

North of downtown Cincinnati, along an intercity that predates the interstate highway system, sits an abandoned Arby's fast food restaurant. The latest abandonment in a sprawling suburban shopping area.

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[Suburbia Lost] Pizza Hut - West Side of Cincinnati

The red roof may as well be the "golden arches" of pizza joints.

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[Suburbia Lost] You Can Tell Area Businesses Used To Be Wendy's

Fast food architecture has become iconic along American interstate routes and in neighborhoods all across the country. Branding is important to corporations - it creates a recognizable image of your product. So while the design of fast food buildings has changed over time, the rapid expansion of these eateries into the suburban landscape has created easily recognizable buildings.

Ronny Salerno 1/11/13 Ronny Salerno 1/11/13

[Suburbia Lost] Shell Station - Symmes Township

An abandoned Shell gasoline station off of Montgomery Rd. in Symmes Township, near Loveland and Mason.