Abandoned Dreams 2009

2009-A Year In Review

2009-12-31T05:00:00.005-05:00

Another year has come to an end for Abandoned Dreams. While this wasn't our most organized year, we explored more, brought you more, and had more fun than we did in any other year since Abandoned Dreams was formed.

Here's a year in review of the places we've been, the things we've seen, and the fun we've had along the way. Thrown in randomly are tidbits from my memory, either about the locations or specific events that happened while we were there.

I hope you enjoy the last post of 2009. I know I enjoyed more than my fair share of exploring this year.

Seaside Regional Center.
"You Brought Drugs?!?!"

Homestead Nursing Home.
I lent my flashlight to two girls we found wandering around in the dark here one day. A blue 3 cell Maglite. They gave us their emails to contact them to grab it back at some point in the future, but then decided to never email any of us again.

Homestead Nursing Home

Our Sinners Church.
AbandonedNH, Saceist, Clahhhkie, and myself visited this church I Heart Dale and I visited in 2008, only to find they had gutted the entire building and were remodeling it into a senior center. Lame.

Slutton Motor Inn.

Prudence Ferry.

SeaBreeze Hotel.
It was literally 20 degrees in the $50 a night motel Saceist, Clahhhkie, BigSam, ANH, and myself shared during our trip to NY. It wasn't so bad with three of us on the bed though. Sace took up a chair and BigSam stole a mattress from the hallway. All I remember is Clahhhkie steals the blankets wicked bad. Here's the one shot I took inside the hotel we'd gone to see before heading back to the car with AbandonedNH and checking out the Pines while a few other ADE members explored that hotel.

DownUnder Duckpin.

AbandonedNH's Artwork.

Haunted Hallway State Hospital.

Stanley Mill.

Plymouth Cunty Hospital.

Bulbous Developmental Center.
Abandoned Dreams headed out with the State Boys on this one. Always a good time hanging with Teh Dude and Duffy.

Bulbous Developmental Center.

Clahhhkie's Quarry.

Worcester State Hospital Clocktower.
The birdhouse in my soul.

Worcester State Hospital Clocktower.

Plymouth Cunty Hospital.
Out of Saceist, ANH, and myself, I was the only one to actually gain access to the hospital and see this.

Welcome, This Is Our Farmhouse.

Bulbous Developmental Center.
Out of Duffy, Teh Dude, ANH, Saceist, and myself, I was the only one to brave the collapsing floors to see what still to this day is the sickest room I've ever seen in my life.

Pyramid Developmental Center.
A thick fog had taken over the elevator control room at this state school. Here's a shot of it escaping from the only hole in the roof.

Haunted Hallway State Hospital.

The IWAY.
Clahhhkie and I explored this newly constructed beast of a highway bridge, inside and out, late one night.

Lyman School For Boys.

AMASFG.
One of the most pristine locations Abandoned Dreams has had the opportunity to visit and photograph.

Lyman School For Boys.

Polaroid Plant Demo.
We had the demo manager following us around in his truck yelling at us to leave while we were taking photos ignoring him. Good, clean fun.

Hampton Harbor Nuke Plant.

Worcester State Hospital Power Plant.
This shot was taken as I was in the process of escaping because a cop had already caught ANH and Saceist outside. A quick run through two floors of unlit building, a 500 foot dash across ankle deep mud, climbing a wobbly fence, and a nice inconspicuous walk back to the car and the cop was none the wiser that I'd ever stepped foot beyond the fence. :)

AMASFG.

Dever State School.
Dever has kind of been a second home to Abandoned Dreams over the past year or two. It's definitely my personal favorite place to go whenever I have some free time. Unfortunately, Dever has been the scene of multiple fires this past year. Apparently, arson is the new fad around Dever. I think we'll stick to exploring it.

Clahhhkie's House.

Pyramid Developmental Center.

Worcester Common Outlets.
We sat on the roof midday, in full view of both office towers on each side. We sat there as the sirens grew closer and closer. Then we hurried off. Just for Fun.

Jackson Mill.

AMASFG.

To Catch A Predator.
AbandonedNH took advantage of Clahhhkie's limited vision in the gasmask, only to find Clahhhkie loved every second of it.

Tewksbury State Hospital.
One of a few abandoned buildings on campus, this tiny gem held furniture and other junk from other institutions. Left behind was stuff from Danvers State Hospital, Mefield State Hospital, Foxboro State Hospital, and NoHo as well as a few others.

Clahhhkie at The Radd School.

Abandoned Dreams At The Radd School.

Abandoned Dreams At The Radd.

Lyman School For Boys.
This shot was taken just moments before BigSam took a piss on them.

Iron Horse Train Yard.
One of my favorite shots taken this year. The rain inside the building was just amazing, but made this location awfully difficult to shoot.

Worcester Common Outlets.

The IWAY.

AMASFG.

YMCA.
I decided that I wanted to dance alone. I did the YMCA.

Providence River Train Bridge.

Great Race 2009.
3 Abandoned Dreams members: Turrel, Clahhhkie, and I joined by DashingFlamingo's for the DegGi5 Great Race. Poor Lina, who took this photo for us. Sorry you had to see all of us like this. You know you loved it though.

Abandoned Dreams inside Malden Medical Center.
Security on site my ass. We walked around calling out for security as we explored this empty location.

I say play with your food. It's fun.

Me in the seclusion room at BRMC.

DownUnder Duckpin.

DownUnder Duckpin

DownUnder Duckpin

AMASFG.

Millville Mill.
James, from Dark Ascents, and I explored this mill in his home state one afternoon while waiting for the sun to set to begin yet another climb.

AMASFG.

ABDREX.
Abdrex was forum put together by ex Abandoned Dreams member Saceist before he left the group. I wont add any details about that, but this screen shot always puts a smile on my face.

Lyman School For Boys.
BigSam, Saceist, Clahhhkie and myself pose for this photo in the Oak Building.

Boston Regional Medical Center.

BRMC.

Rock Hospitals.
Matt Fallout and BrandonLCE stopped by Cambria and I's place of employment one night and we all mapped out state hospitals with rocks. Pictured here is Medfield State Hospital.

Turkey Vulture Tower.
James, from Dark Ascents, and I around the 180ft mark of this tower.

Abandoned Dreams at BRMC.

The Pines Hotel.

Norwich State Hospital.

Norwich State Hospital.

Norwich State Hospital.

Grafton State Hospital.

Clahhhkie's Birthday Cake.
Made over the course of two days by AbandonedNH and myself.

Fort Devens.

The Lab.

Fulfilling Dreams.

Dever State School.
I saw it and needed to do it.

Dever State School.

Playing With Those From PA.
JohnnySokko and Vincennes came down from PA and played with Abandoned Dreams at BRMC.

Dever State School.

K9 Academy.
Long story short: Police K9's, Joints, Auditoriums, Dildo's and Ball Gags. Thanks for showing us around Injektilo. It was a blast.

The Veterans House.

Balfour Mill.

Balfour Mill.

Boston Trolly Tunnels.

Boston Trolly Tunnels

The Train Tower.
I'd wanted in this location for at least a decade and finally had the chance to be the first to watch a train fly by it from inside in at least a decade.

The Train Tower.

The Train Tower.

The Underground Railroad.

A Dever Nightmare.
Our friend Ally being abducted at Dever State School.

Dever State School.

Dever State School. Inside the three miles of Tunnels.

The Twin Towers.

Cliffside Tower.

Providence Mills.

Cambria And The Giant Smokes.

My Goal.
To climb the Million Dollar Cupola.

Eric Draven Water Tower.

Eric Draven Water Tower.
Looking down through a small hole in the deck.

Eric Draven Water Tower.
From the rail.

Wrentham Long Lines Tower.
Another of the numerous climbs I did this year with the guys from Dark Ascents.

Store24 Drain.
A nice little drain shown to Cambria and I by BrandonLCE. Here we pose by the outlet.

Store24 Drain.
Cambria in the lower section of this drain.

The Dam.
Myself, Cambria, and BrandonLCE sit on this old dam for a photo.

The 716 Drain.

DeadEnd Drain.
Cambria poses with a sparkler for this photo.

FAIL.
Here I stand with the guys from Dark Ascents along with the grappling hook and 30 feet of rope we got stuck and had to leave behind. The worst part? We never made it to the ladder.

At Night, I Own This City.

Cliffside Tower.

Cliffside Tower.
As the fog rolled in, James Ascents and I hurried up to the highest landing we could reach before the ladder was too unstable to continue. Only on the fourth landing we stood over 1300 feet above the city. This tower sits on the edge of a 1200 foot cliff and the view was amazing.

Millville Mill.

Leavens Awards Company.

AMP.

Sunset From The Roof Of Leavens Awards.

Dever State School.

Abandoned Dreams and a friend at Dever State School.

After A Long Night At Medfield.

Fitchburg Power Station.
Cambria, Matt Fallout, MovingUnit, and myself ran into these three locals and decided to have them join us for a group photo.

Pyramid State School.

Pyramid State School.

Dever State School.

Some Random Hotel In Boston.
No idea which one, but we actively infiltrated it during UECampout 09.

Abandoned Dreams In Boston.

Cambria and Clahhhkie.

Abandoned Dreams members AbandonedNH, Cambria, and Clahhhkie outside of McLean.

Fernald State School.

Mass General Hospital, McLean.

The IWAY.
The IWAY.
Abandoned Dreams members Cambria, Clahhhkie and myself joined by TheWeth, DashingFlamingo's, and her friend in the IWAY.

Bootleggers.

Southwood Community Hospital.

Pyramid State School.

Pyramid State School.

Pyramid State School.

Seaside Regional Center.

Seaside Regional Center.
Taken as I was being yelled at for being in the window while a fisherman sailed past about a mile and a half out.

Seaside Regional Center.

Seaside Regional Center.

Dever State School.
Clahhhkie was tired, took a nap.

Dever State School.

Dever State School.

Clahhhkie.
Getting his first tattoo during the Great Race 09.

Fernald State School.
Self reflecting.

Climbing The Comet at the old Lincoln Park on my birthday.

Grafton State Hospital.

Grafton State Hospital.

Worcester State Hospital Clock Tower.

I want to personally say thank you to all who have visited the 2009 Abandoned Dreams website. Whether you're a long time fan or if you just stumbled across it one day by accident, if you've gotten any enjoyment through this site, then the whole year was totally worth it.

I also want to thank everyone from Abandoned Dreams. Past and present, you guys are all pretty rad in my book. Let's hope for at least half as good a year next year, as we had this one.

Also a quick thanks to the following: FalloutUE, BrandonLCE, Dark Ascents, The State Boys, MovingUnit, Injektilo, Sokko and Vincennes, LaurieLCE, T2, and everyone else we've explored with over the past year. Abandoned Dreams has had a blast showing you guys around and seeing your locations as well. Hope to see you all again in the future.

That's about it for the year, so FUCK OFF! That's it! No more! It happens once a year and this is that time. This is the last post of 2009: A Year In Review.

Keep it real, stay safe, and EXPLORE EVERYTHING!
Love,
Ryan ADEman and the rest of Abandoned Dreams.

The 2010 Abandoned Dreams website is located at:
Http://www.abandoneddreams2010.blogspot.com

The Return Of Clahhhkle

2009-12-29T07:11:00.002-05:00

As Cambria and I were sitting around watching Beavis and Butthead yesterday afternoon, we received a call from our old friend Clahhhkie. He said he was bored and wanted to swing by. It'd been a while since either of us saw him, so we said to dooooo itttttt. We hung for a while, but before he left I wanted to show him the tunnel. We headed out, and when the coast was clear, we descended into the depths of the tunnel. A few shots and we headed out. Always a good time with Clahhhkie.

Snowstorm? Let's Play!

2009-12-20T03:21:00.003-05:00

The goal of the night: To ascent the city and take in the snowstorm from above. I tried a few locations, but there were just too many plow trucks out for me to find any easy access to the skies tonight. Instead I ventured below and visited the Tunnel once again.

The Final Project(Finished Video)

2009-12-17T19:34:00.004-05:00

I posted earlier this month about an inquiry by a friend's sister, T2, who was doing a final project for her photography class. Cambria and I brought her to Dever and Leavens to help her in her quest. we weren't really sure exactly what was going on at the time, and we had to pay extra attention to security, due to the campus having a fire 2 days prior. I don't know what grade she got on her final, but the video, I enjoyed. I like to call it "A Day In The Life Of Ryan Ademan(PunkUE)", but I'm sure T2 has her own name for it.

Chewing Gum At TheLab

2009-12-17T19:27:00.003-05:00

Turrel was in town, so Cambria and I decided to show him a few of our local spots. After striking out at two other locations and showing him AMP, we headed over to The Lab. We did the whole exploring thing for a while and then found an unopened pack of Wrigly's Chewing Gum still inside of a vending machine on the property. Someone came up with the wonderful idea of each eating a stick. It wasn't terrible, but isn't something I'll be likely to do in the near future.

One Shot(AMP)

2009-12-17T19:22:00.003-05:00

The only shot I took at this location on my most recent trip with Cambria and Turrel that I cared for in the least.

Pump Station(One Shot)

2009-12-06T13:31:00.003-05:00

One shot I kind of liked from a small pumping station Cambria and I cracked open recently.

The Final Project

2009-12-01T13:53:00.007-05:00

Cambria and I were contacted by Brandon LCE's sister, T2, asking if we could give her a hand with her final project for a photography class. We agreed, and we made plans to visit Dever for the backdrops. We met up, just two days after the latest fire on campus and made our usual entry. We stayed for a while, but while playing hopscotch between buildings, we were spotted by security(In a brand new truck I didn't recognize as security), and asked to leave. "One more time and I'll call the cops". How many one more time's do I get? I'll see you again real soon Madison. I miss you already.

It Happened Again...

2009-11-28T07:29:00.003-05:00

For the third time this year, the Paul Dever State School suffered a fire on the campus. This time it was only a small cottage, but it's still a bunch of bullshit. I hope someone lights whoever is responsible for the fires mom on fire.

This is a photo taken roughly a month or so ago of the building that was claimed a total loss in the most recent fire.
This is a screen capture from the news story I just viewed.

Playing With PA

2009-11-22T14:36:00.007-05:00

This weekend was Neopex weekend for many people across New England, but Abandoned Dreams decided not to take part in the event. Instead, we met up with some of my favorite people in the UE scene, Johnny Sokko and Vincennes, who themselves had come down from PA to partake in the event. We had AbandonedNH kidnap the two of them and decided to check out a few local spots. We began our day at Dever. Sokko had visited Dever with me a few months back after PancakePex, but Vincennes had never seen it in the daytime. We arrived later than originally planned and checked out a few buildings, until there was no sunlight left to photograph by. We decided to head to the roof to smoke a joint and play Marco Polo with security. We screamed, they searched. After messing with security for an hour or so we took off, in search of our next location.

After having our fun with security at Dever, we headed over to a favorite winter location of mine. This hospital is fully heated and powered, and has absolutely no graffiti inside of it. We spent a few hours photographing this building before spotting a cop outside doing rounds. We figured we'd wait him out and take off. Another wonderful trip to this location.

I'd like to thank Johnny Sokko and Vincennes for coming down and hanging with us, as well as AbandonedNH for carting us around for the night. I know we had a great time seeing you all again and hope to do it more often.

The K9 Academy

2009-11-20T21:12:00.005-05:00

Every explorers have their off days, and this was ours. Cambria and I met up with our friend Injektilo and some other kid he was showing around for some exploring in his city. Long story short: 7 cruisers, one K9, hiding in a gym balcony, surrender, laughs, dildos, ball gags, and release. All without even getting arrested. Good times. The last two shots are just from Mt. MaryJane while waiting for the train.

The Sand Dollar Resort

2009-11-19T09:26:00.003-05:00

Less of a resort, more of a residence. The kitchen was nice, but the rest of the house, aside form one room on the second floor had been gutted in an attempt to remodel the house at one point. The basement was still untouched and full of crap from the former owners. Bunches of fun.

Back To Balfour

2009-11-19T09:09:00.008-05:00

Balfour Mill is a location that has popped up on the Abandoned Dreams site many times. Once headquarters to a popular jewelry company then home to various businesses including a lumber store, a Kodak film developing center, and an art studio containing 100 or so paintings done by local artists. The building was once packed with belongings of former tenants, but now sits empty, abated. some of the only surviving artifacts in the building happen t be those paintings, but the numbers have dropped to only a dozen, if even. The best paintings are gone, but the ones left behind are still quite interesting.

Here are some of the 100 or so paintings that resided in the building until they abated it in late 2007/early 2008.

Some Subway Fun

2009-11-15T07:26:00.005-05:00

We had plans to be in Boston for the day, but plans were pushed back due to rain, so we called a friend, Injektilo, and got the scoop on this abandoned section of subway. Good time. Thanks man.

The Sectionalizer

2009-11-14T07:56:00.003-05:00

This is a continuation post from the last entry. Taken almost week later, a childhood dream is fully lived. I've been hoping to get into this location for almost 15 years now, but never really put much effort into it until recently.Cambria and I gained access to the ground level of the tower in the last post, but there were no stairs leading to the top of the tower. The only way up was facing a very busy road with only a small handrail to block you from traffic. Wepredawned it the other morning after I'd made entry the night before and were the first people to see the inside since they closed it in the early 90's. Just awesome.

The Old Switch Station

2009-11-08T09:05:00.003-05:00

More to come about this location

Righting Wrongs

2009-11-08T09:02:00.003-05:00

Had a night off finally, so i decided to hang on my favorite roof for a while and then go play in my new tunnel. I was there just days before, but my shot came out crooked and sub par, so i went back to make the wrong things right.

Halloween Hijinks

2009-11-08T09:00:00.003-05:00

Didn't do much Halloween night. I revisited an abandoned tunnel for shits and giggles.

The Lab

2009-11-08T08:55:00.003-05:00

Got bored one day and decided to head back to W&L Laboratories. Still not a very photogenic location, but an interesting explore none the less

ParaTravis

2009-10-13T01:03:00.001-04:00

Even though my buddy Clahhhkie is too cool to hang with us now, in my book, we're still good buddies. Here's his special Halloween portrait. Happy Halloween buddy

A Dever Nightmare: Part 2

2009-10-10T20:33:00.002-04:00

A friend of mine, Ali, was once walking the grounds of Dever State School late one night when she saw a bright stream of lights floating beside some of the dorm buildings. She went to investigate and couldn't believe what she saw before her. A real life Dever UFO. Before she had a chance to run, the UFO scooped her up and Ali was never the same when she was seen after that night.

Look Out Ladies

2009-10-10T20:28:00.001-04:00

Ladies Beware!! Look under the lid before you sit down every time, because you never know when Mr. Meister might be creeping.

Welcome Back Mr. Meister.

A Dever Nightmare

2009-10-10T20:25:00.001-04:00

Clark, Cambria, and I were walking through the Dever cafeteria building one day, doing our whole exploring thing, when out of nowhere jumped three Soup Kettle Monsters. We were no match and were thus slowly boiled and eaten.

Coming Home

2009-10-07T23:28:00.006-04:00

OMFGYO! Abandoned Dreams went to The Devers! They're SO fucking cool!

Anyways, we got bored late in the day, so to commemorate the return of Abandoned Dreams member Mr. Meister from Florida, we decided to head to Dever. By the time we got there, we had just enough sunlight to check out a few buildings and walk across the campus through the tunnels. Wasn't really in it for the photos today, I just missed my home away from home. I've been neglecting her.

The Twin Towers

2009-10-06T22:12:00.009-04:00

James, from the Dark Ascents crew came down and we headed to CT for a rare find. A single site containing two cold war long lines towers. We decided not to pussyfoot around and headed for the taller of the two. Around the 120 foot mark the wind picked up to a good 25 miles an hour and at that height, you really feel it. With the wind getting worse by the minutes, we headed down and took a few shots from the ground before heading out. We'll be back to these towers for sure.

James Ascent's shots

My Shots

W&L Laboratories

2009-10-04T22:44:00.006-04:00

Not actually a laboratory, but there was a lab room and it was my favorite of the factory, therefore the name. I've spent the last 15 or so years of my life living right down the street from this place. I noticed a few weeks ago a lack of cars parking there everyday. A few days ago I took a walk over to take a peak in the windows to see if it was actually abandoned now, and when I got there all the windows facing streets had been boarded. Pretty clear answer. I walked through the woods next to it, hopped a fence and found a back entry. Didn't have my flashlight or camera that day, but this afternoon Cambria and myself decided to head back. I had a hard time shooting, but here's what I left with.

If You Can't Get In It, Get On It

2009-09-27T02:39:00.001-04:00

The title says it all. This abandoned mill managed to keep me out, but not off. Found a way to climb to the fire escape and play around on top of it for a while. Nothing special.

Chairhook Mill

2009-09-27T02:32:00.003-04:00

This mill produced hardwood furniture back in it's heydays. Pretty rad little place. We weren't able to access the second half of the mill due to the catwalk being sealed from the opposite side and no other entrances to that half of the mill. Damned shame too, it looked gorgeous.

The Floral Mill

2009-09-27T02:22:00.006-04:00

This place was pretty sick. Kind of empty, but half of the building was fire damaged and I love me a crispy building. As we were checking out the second floor, Cambria told me she thought she saw a kid in a blue sweatshirt in the hallway next to the room we were in. I looked out into the hallway and told her she was crazy. I took a few more shots in the room and we turned out into the hallway and almost walked into the arms of the kid Cambria had seen. I think he jumped further back than we did. We introduced ourselves and went along on our merry way. Good times.

Orange Glow Garage

2009-09-27T02:17:00.002-04:00

Last building of the day for our random trip to Providence. Some little garage type building. Nothing too special, but it had a sick little orange glowing spot on the floor from where the sun was shining in. Kinda rad.

Climbing The Cupola

2009-09-16T16:46:00.005-04:00

This mill celebrated it's 200th anniversary as a landmark in my town, so on it's birthday I decided to climb the cupola. This building has survived five fires in the past and the cupola floor is awfully weak, but it was a great way to spend it's birthday

Cement Playground

2009-09-16T16:42:00.003-04:00

We were originally on location to celebrate the 200th anniversary of a historic mill in my town. There was an event setup by the city and I was under the assumption they would be touring the mill. We got there and the event sucked, so we said fuck it, and went to play nearby at the cement playground.

Eric Draven's Water Tower

2009-09-05T16:43:00.011-04:00

I remember as a young kid driving by this water tower with my family. I remember for years and years there was a large piece of graffiti on the side of the tower that resembled Eric Draven from the movie The Crow. Not even sure if that's what the painting was supposed to be, but from the street I'd see the tower from, that's exactly what it looked like. The graffiti was eventually painted over and I'd forgotten about the tower. I thought about it recently and decided that was Dark Ascents next task. We got to our location around midnight and walked the perimeter of the fence for the best way over the double angled barbed wire. We read signs saying motion sensor fences and video surveillance in progress, but found a small gap where we could slide under the fence without disturbing it and setting off alarms. We hit the ladder to this 180ft tower around 12:30 and sat atop the tank around 12:45. We basked in the heat of the active radio transmitters 5 feet away from us as we took in our view. I pulled my camera out, snapped a few shots, and we headed back down the ladder towards the ground below us. We hit the ground around 1:45 and both snapped shots of this tower from every available angle. Another successful climb and another childhood dream finally met.

Getting High At Night Finale

2009-08-28T10:36:00.011-04:00

The Dark Ascents crew and I decided on a perfect way to end the "Getting High At Night" series. We arrived at the base of Turkey Vulture Tower around 11:30PM. After two landings or so, Dave Ascent had had his share and headed back down. James and I continued climbing until finally, 30-40 minutes later, we arrived at the summit of this monster cell tower. We fought the 30+mph winds and the radiating heat from the active cell tower just long enough to take in our view. We headed back down the the platform under the summit and stopped for a few photos. We made our descent, noticing headlights before we made it to the ground. We hurried to the bottom just in time to watch some dude with his lady friend pull their car over some 100 yards or so away from where we were parked. We didn't bother them, they didn't bother us. I figured while we were there, we might as well climb the adjacent building. After a few minutes of walking around, I found an access point and we ascended. Played around on the roof for a few and decided to take off shortly after dudeguy and his lady friend finished up and left. All in all, a wonderful climb and view, and an even better way to end the month.

These first few photos were taken by me on James Ascents camera

This is an aerial of the tower

These are my shots taken with my camera.

Getting High At Night Part: 22

2009-08-24T07:02:00.004-04:00

SheepEater and I headed out last night in search of a few new roofs. We hit two new churches, a new bank, a Verizon building I'd previously climbed, and the YMCA once again. Another good night of climbing.

Hehe

2009-08-24T00:34:00.002-04:00

I shamelessly plugged the website on a closed bridge in town and came back two days later to find this dog on rooftops drawn next to it. Good stuff.

Getting High At Night Part: 21

2009-08-23T16:43:00.002-04:00

A friend asked me if I'd be interested in showing his band around a few rooftops in our city. I said sure and now remember why I don't shoot people. The band: Jewel City Bastards.

Getting High At Night Part: 20

2009-08-22T13:47:00.003-04:00

Somehow I got lost while trying to find 711 the other night and must have taken a wrong left and ended up on the roof. Oops. Nothing special, just something to waste your time.

LCE Drains

2009-08-21T22:31:00.007-04:00

I showed Brandon a few of my drains last week, this week he returned the favor. Brought us to both Bigelow drain and Store24. I only took two shots at Bigelow, but Store24 is now one of my favorite MA drain systems I've seen.

Exploring LCE Style

2009-08-21T22:10:00.008-04:00

Cambria and I were hanging with Brandon LCE early one morning, so we decided to check a few small places Brandon grew up around.

Getting High At Night Part: 19

2009-08-20T05:02:00.008-04:00

Another night, another climb. I hit five new rooftops in my city. Started off with this newspaper production building.

Then climbed some random factory
Headed across the street and did another factory.

Walked diagonally across the street and hit another factory.
Then I finally figured out a way past the barbed wire fence and cameras and managed to get myself up onto this roof that has no outside roof access. I was psyched. I've wanted to climb this building since I was like 15, and I finally accomplished my goal.

Getting High At Night Part: 18

2009-08-19T06:44:00.002-04:00

Had a small party at Dunkin last night with Cambria, Matt Fallout, Brandon LCE, SheepEater, Lea, and myself. While everyone was hanging out, SheepEater and I walked across the lot to try an idea I'd been thinking about. I present you with "Dancing With Myself".

Getting High At Night Part: 17

2009-08-18T09:38:00.005-04:00

I was impatient while waiting for Cambria to get out of work, so I decided to climb the grocery store in the same plaza to kill time. Found a metal electric pole on the side of the building and climbed it. Wasted the time I needed to and picked Cambria up once she got out. Nothing special, and not really done at night, but the name stays.

Getting High At Night Part: 16

2009-08-18T04:57:00.006-04:00

Decided to try three new rooftops last night. Nothing too special, but I enjoyed myself.

Coffee Break From Getting High

2009-08-17T08:31:00.002-04:00

Cambria, being the creative, little fuck she is, got bored at work and not only somehow made purple frosting, but decided to make me an Abandoned Dreams coffee roll. Little tidbit of information: It was fucking delicious.

Getting High At Night Part: 15

2009-08-17T08:30:00.000-04:00

Decided to head back to two of the largest rooftops in my city to kill a few hours early this morning. I had no issues at the first roof, but didn't take many photos. The second roof, about an hour and a half into my photo taking, I wasn't paying enough attention and was taking a photo when I heard from below "Hey, did you see that?", "What", "That kid on the roof!". That was all I needed to hear and I called t quits for the night. When I got home, I looked at my last photo and realized there were two guys sitting outside on their lunch break or something. I managed to take a photo of them and my focus light gave my position away. Got out of there like a ninja in the night. Another success.

Getting High At Night Part: 14

2009-08-17T08:14:00.007-04:00

Started this climb around 2AM, deciding to try a building I like to call "Tits" due to it's roof shape. After climbing the building I realized it sucked for photos, also due to it's odd shape. I climbed back down and headed to a building I'd had Cambria take a portrait of me at. The day I had her take that photo I didn't check the rest of the roof out for some reason, but this time I did. I really enjoyed that roof.

Getting High At Night Part: 13

2009-08-17T08:07:00.004-04:00

This random stone breaker thing is located at some active gravel company next to DeadEnd drain. Nothing special. Couldn't even get to the top of it due to the fact the second ladder was 6 feet up and away from the platform. I wasn't about to make that jump. Next time.

Getting High At Night Part: 12

2009-08-15T09:59:00.010-04:00

Late last night while surfing Deggi, I got an email from Brandon LCE asking if Cambria and I would be down for some late-night drain fun. Doing nothing but rooftops so far this month, I jumped on the idea immediately, and we headed to Dunkin where we soon would meet him. Caffinated ourselves and made our way to the first drain, DeadEnd. Didn't spend much time there before heading to my personal favorite drain, the 716. We spent a good 4 or 5 hours playing with different lighting before heading back to the inlet of the 716 to find the sun rising outside. Good times were had by all. I know we were underground, but the post title still counts. You figure it out...Enjoy, We did.

Learn To Fly

2009-08-14T05:49:00.004-04:00

Cause thats the only way you're getting up this beast. Had my friends from Dark Ascents come down last night to attempt this water tower. We hooked the ladder and attempted the 20 ft climb to the bottom of the ladder. Due to the bounce in the rope, it made it almost impossible to climb any more than 10 feet. Fucking fail, once again. I officially give up on this tower. We gave up trying to climb after an hour, but spent another 4 hours there trying to find ways to get the grappling hook back Unfortunately, it turned out to be a casualty, along with a good 20-30ft of rope. Damn. Oh well, I'm sure this one will be covered by cameras in no time now. :(

Getting High At Night Part: 11

2009-08-13T04:39:00.005-04:00

The binge continues. Lack of decent buildings in my surrounding area has once again led me to the skies. Another random school in my city. Nothing too special. The only interesting parts to this rooftop were 3 or 4 pyramid shaped skylights and a giant half-round skylight.

Getting High At Night Part: 10

2009-08-13T04:38:00.001-04:00

Two shots taken by Cambria while scouting a few new rooftops the other night.

Getting High At Night Part:9

2009-08-12T00:57:00.004-04:00

While waiting for Cambria to show up tonight I decided to take a shot at another strip of storefronts in my city consisting of a bank, a karate studio, and an insurance agency. Nothing special at all, just something to kill some time. I had terrible blowouts in most of my shots, hence the high contrast B&W. I kinda liked the way they turned out though. Not too shabby for a completely unplanned climb.

Getting High At Night Part:8

2009-08-11T04:56:00.004-04:00

With forecasts of shitty weather rolling in, I'd written off climbing for tonight. After seeing some of the shots a friend of mine took tonight in Boston, I couldn't stop myself. Shitty weather or not. I walked the 2 or so miles to these towers, only to realize in my haste I'd forgotten my rope to reach the ladders, which stood 25 feet above the ground. No towers for tonight. Damn.

After realizing my mistake, I decided to just settle on a middle school I'd yet to climb. Nothing special, but at least the night wasn't a complete waste.

Getting High At Night Part:7

2009-08-10T05:43:00.006-04:00

Why the sudden binge of rooftops on the Abandoned Dreams site lately? Couldn't tell you, but I enjoy the hell out of them. I don't know if it's the view itself or the climb up, but it makes me feel alive. Here's two new rooftops. Enjoy.

Getting High At Night Part:6

2009-08-09T04:05:00.006-04:00

I awoke yesterday morning and vowed to myself to not do any climbing last night. Apparently, I'm a liar. Another night, Another climb. You know the deal. Tonight I made it onto the highest point of a building I'd previously climbed, and then I found my way onto a roof of an abandoned building I've explored in the past few months. Fairly certain a cop saw me on the roof of the first building, and I'm 95% positive one saw me on the second. I figured while there were blue lights out looking for me, I'd better call it a night.

Getting High At Night Part:5

2009-08-07T05:29:00.010-04:00

Another night, another climb. This time, I didn't feel like climbing alone, so I cast an open invitation on Facebook. I expected no one to respond, but I was surprised by an old friend SheepEater. We decided to climb the silos and a new huge rooftop. The night was a complete success. I'm sure you'll be seeing more of SheepEater in the future

Getting High At Night Part:4

2009-08-06T05:04:00.007-04:00

Another night, another fresh set of buildings to climb upon. It's funny how different something can seem just by getting a new vantage point.

Getting High At Night Part:3

2009-08-05T04:10:00.006-04:00

Cambria enjoyed both of my sets from last night and had tonight off, so we decided to leave the city streets for higher ground. I showed her one of the buildings from last night and found two new rooftop playgrounds. Good stuff. Maybe this city isn't so bad.

Getting High At Night Part:2

2009-08-04T06:16:00.004-04:00

After my first climb of the evening I came home, uploaded my shots, grew bored and decided to head back out in search of at least one final roof. Instead I made my way onto a downtown strip consisting of a bank and numerous stores. Good times.

Getting High At Night

2009-08-04T04:19:00.003-04:00

Anyone who's ever been to my city knows it sucks. The night life is non-existent and most people I know sleep at night. What else was I left with to do? Climb around rooftops. I started my night with the sole intentions of hitting one building. I got to the roof of that building only to find a camera staring me in the face. I moved away from the camera and took a few shots. I climbed back down and decided to try a building not very far from the first. Complete success. The first few shots in this post are the second building and the last, the first. I just uploaded them backwards. Enjoy.

From The Top Of The Verizon Building

From Atop The YMCA

Cambria's Cathedral

2009-07-30T23:37:00.004-04:00

Cambria and I set out early this morning to scout a large industrial complex to see which buildings had gone abandoned and which had stayed in use. We learned what we had gone to learn and headed back towards home. On the way, we stopped here. Just a few quick shots without my tripod.

Dark Ascents Climb

2009-07-27T04:57:00.010-04:00

The Dark Ascents crew, old friends of mine, contacted me asking if I'd be interested in a late night climb. I'm always down for a climb. It's hard to find others willing to risk their safety, so I jumped at the offer.
We traveled out of state and waited for the sun to set.
Warnings
The view

Mr. Dark Ascents
The Dark Ascent crew and I
Looking up
More views

Neighboring towers
Dave Ascent

Shortly after this section of ladder, the metal began to be more and more corroded to the point the ladder itself was flapping in the breeze. We decided not to push our luck on unsafe ladders, considering we were free climbing it with no safety gear.

Back on the ground, I took a bunch more shots.

We may not have made it to the very top, but this night was full of epic win. You can find the write up done by Dark Ascents here. http://darkascents.com/2009/07/27/overcliff-tower/