STATES OF DECAY BARTER & MARBAIX
STATES OF DECAY
STATES OF DECAY By Daniel Barter & Daniel Marbaix No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher. Any copy of this book issued by the publisher as a paperback or hardback is sold subject to the condition that it shall not by way of trade or otherwise be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than which it is published and without a similar condition including these words being imposed on a subsequent purchaser. The information and images in this book are based on materials supplied to the publisher by the compiler. While every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, Pro-actif Communications does not under any circumstances accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Carpet Bombing Culture. email: books@carpetbombingculture.co.uk Š Carpet Bombing Culture. Pro-actif Communications ISBN: 978-1908211125 www.carpetbombingculture.co.uk ***
View at dusk Manhattan, New York
INTRODUCTION
A new breed of urban adventurers take a savage ride through the hidden story of America’s North East. Join us as we follow two explorers’ journey through derelict spaces. From NYC to the infamous Rust Belt, once home to America’s heavy industry, ‘States of Decay’ brings you a glimpse of the broken, the doomed, the entropic dreamlands on the flipside of the silver dollar coin. The morbid counterparts to the modern America that pumps greenbacks from its corporate epicentres through its far reaching veins, nurturing its glossy surfaces. Peer into the recent past as dark histories unfold and their stories are told. Journey into atmospheric asylums, derelict houses of worship, forgotten educational institutions, industrial monoliths, vacant hotels, desolate transport hubs, and other ruins of the 20th century. See them as they stand today. Travel back in time and immerse yourself in the shadows of their past.
Resort, New York
Resort, New York
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Cathedral, Pennsylvania