First is the Warner and Swasey Company building.

 

The links below have some history on the company.

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=WSC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_&_Swasey_Company

 

Coming up next, Westinghouse Electric

Oh good lord.  Sherman started a trend.

 

You're ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

No way!! that building was first on my list for urban exploration once I got a camera (which I did last week).

I drive by this all the time and have always wanted to explore it...thanks for posting

I don't get why so many people are into "exploring" old, rundown, dangerous buildings.  To each his own I guess...but it does provide some nice vantage points for viewing the skyline!

this is a great condo building.

Great shots!

I'm embarassed to say that I did not know that this was a W&S building. I know about the observatory in East Cleve but not this. This is one of the best warehouse structures in Midtown. I pray it doesn't bite the dust like so many other structures are currently in that area.

I don't understand why people love exploring decaying and rotting buildings...  Maybe there is something I am missing but I have always preferred intact buildings

History. Photography. Exploration. Etc. I find it personally fascinating that we have left so much of our history to just simply deteriorate and ultimately be demolished. Documenting this is a personal venture of mine and of many others, whether you are better with the pen or a camera, or just simply want to go along to see it for yourself.

History. Photography. Exploration. Etc. I find it personally fascinating that we have left so much of our history to just simply deteriorate and ultimately be demolished. Documenting this is a personal venture of mine and of many others, whether you are better with the pen or a camera, or just simply want to go along to see it for yourself.

 

Agreed.  I also find it so interesting to see a building like this and imagine how it used to be and I like seeing what is left in the building such as the mail boxes.

Sherman, what kind of camera are you using?

Nikon D3/D700/N80.

Zach, thanks for the pics. I'm glad there are people willing to do this because I am not so willing!!

 

At what hotel did you end up? And were you satisfied with it?

Maybe it was the abandoned Ho-Jo!

Maybe it was the abandoned Ho-Jo!

 

Not my image.

Lets try to keep my thread on topic.

 

Oh good lord. Sherman started a trend.

 

You're ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

 

lol...I've been urban exploring since I was 15, I just rarely post the pictures I take from them.

 

Zach, thanks for the pics. I'm glad there are people willing to do this because I am not so willing!!

 

At what hotel did you end up? And were you satisfied with it?

 

I chose the Crowne Plaza because I got a pretty good deal there.  I was pretty happy with it, service was good.  But I was surprised there wasn't a pool.

Warner & Swasey was a foremost manufacturer of turret lathes. I spent significant time learning to set up and operate one of those while learning the trade of Machinist-Toolmaker, 1958-1960. The ones we had in our shop probably dated to the WWII era. Magnificent, powerful machine, messy job.

 

Edit: The residences of Mr. Warner and Mr. Swasey were among the grand mansions on Millionaires' Row (Euclid Avenue).

Well, I finally got to take pictures of the same building as Zach's pictures, at E 55th and Carnegie.  Here are a few, I have more on my blog http://borncirca1979.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great photos.

Great pics!

Depressing.  Does anyone know why WS failed and Cincinnati Millicron succeeded?

Haha! The graffiti on the top left of the first picture in this thread is done by the same guy as in my shot of 12th and High  in Columbus, Ender

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,22010.0.html

 

C-dawg, I really like that shot...

Does anyone know some other buildings that are prime for some urban exploration?  I'm not really looking to commit a B&E so a building that has a fence long since trampled over or doors long since removed would be preferred.

Yesterday was a great day for some urban exploring.  The following are 12 out of 25 that I posted on my photoblog (http://borncirca1979.blogspot.com/).  Not sure when the building was abandoned, but one of the magazines on the desk was dated 1999.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great photos. Westinghouse Electric at Cedar & E. 61st

I took pics here last November and didn't get around to posting them.

You ventured inside more than I did.

 

The post-apocalyptic ruins of a post-industrial America. Very sad.

That last one is cold and cool. Depressing.

In case anyone did not see the news on Warner and Swasey:

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/clevelands_abandoned_warner_sw.html

^That's f'n awesome.  I'm glad I got in there when I could.

That is good news.  Maybe I need to make another trip before I can't anymore.

Love the rendering photo...what a nice building.

I got a new lens and went back to the Westinghouse Electric building.  Here are seven pics, more on my blog (http://borncirca1979.blogspot.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This shot is absolutely gorgeous - it's such a completely different setting, but the clerestory windows and structural supports remind me of the Arcade.

Thanks, I was thinking it would look good on canvas (after I straighten it out).

just awesome -- keep it up!

 

ahem, ohio knitting mills?

 

 

This shot is absolutely gorgeous - it's such a completely different setting, but the clerestory windows and structural supports remind me of the Arcade.

 

I love that shot, too.  It makes me think of an industrial interpretation of English Gothic, and its hammerbeam trusses.

 

^ Yes totally agree, superb shot.

I straightened it out a bit.

 

^"Cathedral of Industry"

Does it qualify as urban exploring if I was allowed in to take picture?  Either way, the following are pictures of the Moreland Theater.  The local CDC was selling a bunch of stuff to raise money, lucky for me I had my camera with me.  The address is 11810 - 11824 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, Ohio and it was built in 1927.  The Buckeye Neighborhood Arts and Cultural District is working to restore the theater and turn it into the Buckeye Cultural Center, which would provide a permanent space to display local talent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting theater. It has suffered deterioration from neglect, but it's largely intact in that it hasn't been vandalized or stripped; the elaborate wall sconces and chandelier are still there and haven't been smashed and the windows are at least partly there. That could be a real gem with a lot of work, including restoring the decorative painting that it likely had in its day.

I do give you explorers props for entering these dilapidated structures to take pictures.  They are sad examples of urban decay but

there is an opportunity for art photography which is always very cool.

Thanks for sharing pics from the inside the of the Moreland Theater. I had no idea it was there, let alone what was inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice photos smith, but you don't say where this is...(here or at your blog site) and I don't recognize it - care to share location with us?

Based on the Condemned sign, it looks like the Victoreen Instruments Division Digital Products Group Factory Building on 10101 Woodland Ave. I believe the company moved to Chicago in the late 60's.  Not sure who occupied the building after that.

scotdor is correct.  There was a mailbox that still had paperwork in it that was dated 1988.  The weird thing though is that there was a sign on a wall with a notice along the lines of cleaning out the refrigerator and it was dated 2007. 

Thanks smith, excellent set.  If you ever want to team up on an exploration, please PM me...I don't have the guts to do one of these on my own...

I wouldn't mid getting together for an exploration myself!