From the highway, I’ve admired and desired ( so I’m a little strange) this abandoned warehouse with the bright red doors for a number of years. Sometimes it’s hard to know why one day you are compelled to act. But, the other day , a good friend and I , circled and drove around until we found our way. Surrounded by trucking companies and a smattering of traffic, it appeared safe for a daytime exterior shoot. Indoors is another chapter and it’s going to take more guts and a group for me to attempt it. The structure has retained most of its integrity – light fixtures, high ceilings, and its heavy red doors remain nearly whole. As I wandered the property, I could imagine so many uses that it makes me sad to think it stands empty.
April 1, 2013
Abandoned Warehouse
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I am a native New Yorker , transplanted to Memphis, who is a photographer, teacher, and wanderer. I am inspired by the beauty and stories that resonate from abandoned places and found objects.
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April 1st, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Great place, nice photos, that chair is the best, probably not a good place to go at night on your own though..
April 10th, 2013 at 3:48 pm
I like the chair too! I wonder what it’s story is. I’m trying to put together a group too explore.
April 10th, 2013 at 7:19 pm
That will be cool
April 18th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
I’m always ready for a road trip.! If you make it to Memphis, come visit!
April 18th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Highly unlikely, but thanks for the thought 🙂 I have only been to the USA very briefly on the way to somewhere else.. One day it will be the somewhere else that I am going 😀
April 18th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Sounds like a plan!
April 18th, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Probably a long term one, just the flights from NZ are expensive enough 😀
April 19th, 2013 at 10:23 am
I can’t even imagine! We’re heading to Turkey this summer and that’s overwhelming and not nearly as far.We can always dream!
April 19th, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Turkey should be outstanding. I have never been…
Dreams are free 😀
April 24th, 2013 at 8:37 am
Thankfully they are!:)
April 1st, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Nice. Now … what awaits INSIDE? D
April 10th, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Not sure, but I’m really curious!
April 1st, 2013 at 8:08 pm
I will go inside with you ANY time! Just say the word!!!
April 10th, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Come on down to Memphis. I’m ready!
April 1st, 2013 at 10:49 pm
Go with a group. I have made the mistake and gone solo. Too many close calls.
April 10th, 2013 at 3:46 pm
I’m working on it. Solo frightens me!