The skeleton, of course, is not literal. It's an old carcass of a monstrosity, a large concrete building, that was never completed. It quietly sits here, on the edge of the forest, near the health trails, for decades, with only the occasional explorer disturbing it's peace.
I first visited this building years ago, when it hadn't been bordered with a fence and no-one really cared back then - there were no bullshit signs of videosurvellance and warnings. But how dare you leave a concrete monstrum in nature, if you make it unavailable to be explored!
View from the road
And explorers always find a way, even more when no-one still cares.
I vaguely remembered this building being a home to some absolutely awesome graffiti, and this is the reason why I yesterday proposed my buddy @homeboymario to check it out, while doing a quick evening bike ride. Of course, at that moment it dawned to me that I had left my phone at home, so I wouldn't be able to take any snaps as the art in this building has been a desire of mine to record for ages.
Some of my buddies have already accepted the fact that when they go exploring with me, they have to often stop walking to allow me to take a photo, or climb to crazy places.
So this time @homeboymario proposed that he would take photos for me. Well why not? And why not try to onboard him to HIVE at the same time? Let's go!
Well, as we approached, we saw some lads on the top there, so it was immediately sure that the videosurveillance signs were bogus. There was a bunch of young kids hanging out at the back so we made some chit-chat and then made towards the stairwell.
Lo and behold, where there used to be a stairwell in the past, the lower levels had been demolished, to prevent entry. But thoughtful lads had made a ladder from the old construction fencing laying around the site. Good, because we wouldn't have bothered ourselves for that. But we had another dilemma. We were on bikes and there were hoodlums around every corner, so we had to haul our bikes also up with us. Luckily we're strong as oxes, this turned out to be a piece of cake for us. That or either our bikes are really light like empty water bottles.
I wonder whose fat bum is this, climbing the fence with flip-flops
Nothing had changed up here since I was here years ago, except some of the beautiful wall-art has been vandalized by scumbags scribbling nonsense and some of the concrete flooring developing holes in it! These holes don't worry us usually, as concrete panels are reinforced with iron frames in them.
Some of the wall-art still stands gorgeously.
I wish to see more wall-art like this in the urban scene. Not random scribbles and "fuck you's", but pieces of work, that have taken ages to create. I wonder how long did the artist or the crew spend up here, spraying their vision on the walls?
The artist has successfully managed to use old doorways as extensions to his art. "The crew is here, you better disappear." Bonus points to those who manage to read the letters on the arch over the doorway.
"You have to respect graffiti, the world's first art form!" Nothing more true than these words have been spoken.
Look at these pillars! Would have thought they would be flimsy and collapsed, but apparently the building is solid, not like of the new houses built, that crumble after a few years.
Our bikes are hidden in one photo. Do you spot them? No? I guess we hid them quite well then!
We ascended one more level via the creepy stairway on the other end of the building. The stairs still look strong.
Up here it almost feels like a computer game. Old ruins right on the edge of the forest, becoming one with nature. If the owner doesn't give a shit about this place a bit more, there will be greenery in the building soon. First moss (oh it's already here), then trees. Too bad we don't have those kind of vines around here, that will swallow the building in it's entirety.
Oh look, there's already some nature on the roof. So that's where we'll be headed. One more story via the creepy stairway and there we were. The roof was in a bit more dangerous situation, with some minor soft patches of moss, but still looked solid. I guess this will stand for years more. After all, it's concrete with iron.
"The roof shall set you free!"
This is the place to open the small victory beer and enjoy the nature. Who dares to hide this view, this experience from explorers? If the owner won't, then you can be sure as hell that we, the epxlorers will appreciate this place.
Disclaimer: Most of the photos are not taken by me, but by @homeboymario, who I want to onboard to HIVE by making this post on behalf of his permission and redirecting all the rewards to his newly created account. If you liked this post, make sure to give it some love to show that beautiful work is always appreciated here and we'll hope that @homeboymario will share some of his future snaps also with us.
The art displayed in this post is not mine, I merely record and display it digitally, before it vanishes.
what a score! Some of that street art is just amazing!
Absolutely! I wish there was more of this in the world 😊
Ayy, teretulemast, Mario!
Gave the homeboy a follow.
Stunning photos, dewds!
Rocknroll!
Some of the artwork is stunning, I wonder if it was the same artists who did all the good stuff?
Seems to be a work of multiple people, maybe they all had one corner - ie 3 walls in one corner have one thing in common, a mountain of empty spray cans painted at the bottom.
There's some talent there, love the skeleton one.
Been there 2 times, that amazing graffiti still there, nice. The first time the stairs were still there. The second time we had to climb on some wobbly rocks placed on another to get to upstairs. 😀
The things we do to explore! 10/10 Worth it!
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Cheers!
Cheers !
That street art is stunning, got to be some of the best I’ve ever seen and a nicely framed shot of the weeds through the hole in the roof
Cheers, I'll let my buddy know, he's the one who took that shot.... maybe he has the eye!
He should post more! Nice explore
Well we all need a homie named @homeboymario to take photos when we leave our phones at home hehe... I do it quite often actually. Some top art there especially the pig police and skeleton. Looks like a great place to have a squat. How are the squatting laws there?
kumu
Selliseid oleks rohkem vaja!
follosin su sõpra ka
Norm! Nüüd vaja teda pushida, et hakkas midagi blogima.... hakaku kasvõi lühivideosid tegema.... tal bike ja siis üks vana külgkorviga motikas.... need klipid, kui me külkaga poes õlle järgi käisime sobiks küll :D
Ma kaudselt toon ka rahvast juurde kuidagi. Mul normilt neid creation tokeneid üle kui kriisiks kunagi läheb.
Ma saan iga paari päeva tagant ühe claimida aga läheb meelest ära, vahest käin korjan ära.
suht sketch see, et mingi hakkad kellegile teisele kasutajat tegema. Teine vend on mingi, et miks ma omale ise ei või teha.
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