http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog City Eyes in Writing Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Went out to Chicago again this weekend. Took a few photos of some new places.First destination - An abandoned shopping mall. Once in an area of great promise, now the area has descended into high crime and depression. The mall, used for the chase scene in the Blues Brothers movie, ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/09/09/chicago-exploration-08-07-08/ Ok, as you guys know, I went out to the most abandoned city in America again on Saturday. Said I'd post a few photos. As always, more photos and larger versions available at my flickr stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityeyes Here they are: A shutter, busted out from either wear through time or a ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/09/02/gary-indiana-exploration-08-31-08/ I spent my Sunday exploring an abandoned hospital. It was amazing. The hospital closed in 2001 due to malpractice - doctors were recommending unnecessary surgery and allowing patients to undergo operations that they didn't need. Now, the hospital is a mildewy mess - the carpet squished beneath my feet with every ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/08/17/abandoned-chicago-hospital/ We're waiting in a train station, so I figured I'd write a little bit about what's happened so far in our trip through Europe. In short - it's been really awesome. We only had one FULL day in Berlin, but we covered a lot of ground thanks to the awesome ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/07/21/europe-berlin/ I just saw the Dark Knight and it was seriously one of the best movies I've ever witnessed. The acting, action, and effects were friggin superb. It all started with a long wait in line which was not boring at all due to the company that I was with. ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/07/16/holy-freaking-crap-batman/ After a long day of waiting for the timer at http://www.whysoserious.com/overture to come to an end, the day culminated with a frantic search across all of the Dark Knight ARG pages to find puzzle pieces which finally unscrambled to "Kickingandscreening". I put my name into the website and was generated ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/07/10/im-in-dark-knight-screening/ We had heard about the ARG meetup from Cristin (as always). We met in Chicago a few hours before we were supposed to be there. There was a countdown on the site with two coordinates - one in New York City and one in Chicago. We met at Chicago ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/07/09/dark-knight-the-bat-signal-in-chicago/ I loved the place so much that I went back again. Unfortunately, it took me forever to write about it, so I might be a bit fuzzy on the details. More exploration to come! Here are some photos of the abandoned church, as well as explanation. The rooms in the ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/04/02/abandoned-church-exploration-pt2/ CMC was shut down in the 70's due to a lack of attendance and suffered a fire in '97 (thanks to Corby for the correction!). To this day,  stands in the streets of Gary, Indiana as a relic of the past - the vast sanctuary, shadowy hallways, and decaying innards ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/ Hey. Remember this guy? Yup. That's Jack Thompson. Remember the last time he came around? Virginia Tech. Where did he go? Oh yeah, he lost interest in the VT after it was found that the shooter had played little or no video games. Well, guess what folks, in ... http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/18/deja-vu/