Urban Exploration

There is more to urban exploration than taking a walk in the city.

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Urban Exploration: Don’t Hurt the Spiders!

don't hurt the spidersIf you explore empty, forgotten and abandoned places you will be among spiders and other creatures. Just accept it as a fact. I do not understand spider hatred. What has any little spider ever done to you? People see a photo of a few spiders and start talking (ranting) about demolishing the building, setting it on fire, etc. Are they crazy?!

I like spiders. They eat other insects and in general they prefer to avoid larger animals (like people). Yes, there are some dangerous spiders. Not many here in Ontario. I have seen a black widow spider. I watched it for awhile and did not try to pick it up, set it on fire, stomp on it or in any other way bother it.

Take only photos and leave only footprints. Leave the spiders alone, don’t take their lives. Spiders and their web do add greatness to photographs when the light is right.

Shard Yards?

I hadn’t heard the phrase “shard yard” until reading it here (this post from Winnipegger on Facebook). I guess Guildwood Inn could be a shard yard, here in Scarborough, Ontario. What a great place for urban explorers to try to find and photograph! I’ll be looking for shard yards online. They could include remnants from cemeteries as well as demolished buildings.

The remnants of important buildings demolished 40 years ago may see new life following Monday’s approval of a transfer of stewardship to Heritage Winnipeg.The city’s downtown development committee voted in favour of declaring as surplus historical “shards,” or pieces of building construction materials and artwork, and transferring responsibility for them to Heritage Winnipeg.Cindy Tugwell, the group’s executive director, said this plan is a result of two or three years of work between the City of Winnipeg and Heritage Winnipeg.

Source: Old ‘shards’ may see new life with Heritage Winnipeg | Metro

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Photo from CBC Manitoba on Facebook.

Urban Exploration with Drones

I’m not sure what a drone is versus what is not a drone. This video was taken with a quadcopter, to me it looks like what I’ve seen called a drone.

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Seems a very smart way to search for abandoned houses, even on property you haven’t bought yourself. Unless your drone falls to the ground and you go in to retrieve it, you get a decent look without upsetting anyone worried about trespassers. If you spot something with the drone you can also map out the best route too.

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Depending on how much magnification/ zoom your drone has you might be able to see a lot of detail. This is one of the best drone uses I have seen. (Other than defusing bombs, terrorists and deep sea exploration beyond the limits of human beings).

These images were from videos made by the property owner, Len Farneth. The first are views from the quadcopter (drone) and the second is a visit to see the house by foot.