{"id":639,"date":"2009-01-07T18:22:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T00:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/?p=639"},"modified":"2012-10-16T20:41:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T02:41:40","slug":"chicago-hospital-complex-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/07\/chicago-hospital-complex-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Hospital Complex Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok I&#8217;m back after a few weeks of slacking for some more uploady goodness.<br \/>\nFirst off, I returned to the hospital complex that I went to last time. We explored a few different buildings, although I didn&#8217;t get photos in many of them because it was so dark.<\/p>\n<p>The nurse&#8217;s residency was one of the places that we hit. The bottom floor actually had a boarded up ballroom with wood floors, chandeliers, a fireplace &#8211; the works. There was even wood left in the fireplace from the last time that they had extinguished the flame before they abandoned the building. We walked up a few floors to find room after room.<\/p>\n<p>Colorful rooms, they were painted with almost childlike colors contrasting with the dull decay of the hallway.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Contrast\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-996\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299-800x532.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299-700x465.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299-332x220.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9299.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the rooms was inhabited by a particularly successful bum.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_9327\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-997\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327-800x532.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327-700x465.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327-332x220.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9327.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wandered into an animal testing facility. Jordan was a bad monkey.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jordan&#039;s a Bad Monkey\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-994\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247-800x532.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247-700x465.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247-332x220.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9247.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the same area, they were storing all sorts of medical equipment:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Reaching\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-993\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243-800x532.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243-500x332.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243-700x465.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243-332x220.jpg 332w, http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/DSC_9243.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see more of my abandoned photos, check out my main site:  http:\/\/www.cityeyesphoto.com\/index.php?x=browse&amp;category=29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok I&#8217;m back after a few weeks of slacking for some more uploady goodness. 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