Closing Bell: Revisiting the Batcave
Yesterday’s Superfunding of the Gowanus Canal is unlikely to speed the sale of Gowanus Village so it’s unlikely the building known as the Batcave will get cleaned up anytime soon. Urban explorer/photographer Nate Kensinger recently paid a follow-up visit to the beautiful industrial building (he’d first ventured in back in 2007) and found evidence of…
Yesterday’s Superfunding of the Gowanus Canal is unlikely to speed the sale of Gowanus Village so it’s unlikely the building known as the Batcave will get cleaned up anytime soon. Urban explorer/photographer Nate Kensinger recently paid a follow-up visit to the beautiful industrial building (he’d first ventured in back in 2007) and found evidence of further decay: “Additional holes in the slowly collapsing roof flood water into the building,” he writes. “Mold and rust have overtaken many surfaces.” Bluejake also has a great shot of the main hall.
Gowanus: The Batcave Revisited [Kensinger]
that mattress also *SCREAMS* bedbugs
*rob*
That insane asylum is insanely beautiful.
At least from the outside.
i think insane asylums need to make a come back!
*rob*
Speaking of interesting and somewhat frightening:
– http://bk.ly/bFc
“This is Danvers State Insane Asylum, the inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium ‘which in turn was the inspiration for Arkham Asylum in the Batman comic book series.’ Today, the building is part of Avalon Danvers, a pleasant residential community.”
$27M for this? Makes the HOTD in the heights look cheap.
Well, thank goodness they got rid of the squatters, so that we could get all that nice empty space serving no purpose and slowly falling apart. marvelous.
A fascinating look at a unique, interesting, sad, and somewhat frightening Brooklyn fringe.
excellent