Posted March 26, 201510 yr Warner & Swasey Observatory Full history and photo set: http://abandonedonline.net/locations/miscellaneous/warner-and-swasey-observatory/ Light pollution eventually forced this observatory in Ohio to close, and years of abandonment have taken their toll. The Warner & Swasey Observatory was constructed by Worchester Warner and Ambrose Swasey of Warner & Swasey as a gift for Case Western Reserve University. It closed in 1982 and was sold to a television outfit a year later. The building eventually fell to foreclosure and was sold to a couple who began rehabilitating the building before one of the pair was convicted of mortgage fraud. What would Mr. Warner and Mr. Swasey think of today’s treatment of their historic structure – a building that, for decades, helped astronomers discover what Buzz Aldrin called the “magnificent desolation” and furthered the case of science over speculation?
March 26, 201510 yr Nice pictures, but so sad another piece of the CLE's history being left to rot, and waiting for the wrecking ball.
March 26, 201510 yr It could be a nightclub! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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