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this place closed after a storm, and never re-opened. sitting idly as the city moves on. not as blithely as it had been for years. These images were captured last year.

you can see the entire Flickr set here: http://goo.gl/fMtcZ

lurking around in a sad, forgotten town in Northern Indiana, we stumbled into the abandoned shell of a former Methodist Church.

you can view the Flickr set here.

This particular building was constructed for the US Postal Service in 1936, and was designed by the Chicagoan architect Howard Cheney.  Cheney worked for the Public Buildings Branch of the US Treasury Department, and also designed buildings for the Public Works Administration.

His work was well known and he was the supervising architect for the construction of the Chicago Tribune Tower.

you can view the Flickr set here

Mark A. Lang helped design this 2-level train station that sits between the former Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), and, the South Shore & Michigan Southern Line, rails. Lang borrowed heavily from the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition that had taken place nearly 15 years prior to the design and construction. Neoclassicism abounds. It was built in 1910, and by the 1950′s it was abandoned.

Dixie Square Mall opened in 1966, in Harvey, Illinois, but was only opened to the public for 13 years, before it finally closed in 1979.  This 800,000 square foot structure has seen much of its remains crumpling, or simply getting hauled off by scrappers. Harvey is a completely downtrodden economic area, and the area sits on the South side of Chicago, so there is not much hope for redevelopment.

Click here for an image of the former Dixie Square Mall store directory. Also for a brochure for the opening of Dixie Square Mall – click here.

View the entire Dixie Square Mall set here

{as recently seen in East Bay}

Back in 2008, I visited Warehouse No. 6 (aka the Cathedral), this weekend I made a return visit.

you can see the entire set on Flickr here.

another installment in the abandoned buildings/Urban Exploring Series

seen inside the abandoned pokey along Highway 49 – Queen of the Sierra