Yo! So the other day I saw a video about Urban Ex (Urban Expiditions) and I love seein' those and thought, I wonder if there's anything like that around in [[REDACTED]]. I did a little searching and saw this place called [[REDACTED]] or also on google maps, "[[REDACTED]]"...
Who named it that?? I don't have a clue! but it's this really weird structure with a ton of graffiti on it!
Here's some shoddy pictures of it I got off Google
Looks cool enough, and not even too far away from me! So I took a drive out there and Here's some pics I took!
I must have come at a really perfect time because I feel like my photos really do a justice and look a million times better. The grass and folliage was all overgrown and it looked so mysterious like some kinda ancient pyramid!
Original first pic I saw^^^
Photo I took^^^
Original first pic I saw^^^
Photo I took^^^
You can probably tell the difference, which ones are my photos.
Okay, now I'm gonna dump the rest of them. I made sure to get a ton of really good angles!
All super high rez from my phone btw!
First entering, there's a big cement trail but as you go, there's a shopping cart that kinda identifies where to go. There's a couple clearly person made paths trailing off the sidewalk. I dind't have much time since I didn't realize I left with 12% battery, so I'll explore some more another day!! I won't give too much info about it, more than I have, but it wasn't hard to find after I found out it even existed, lol
Once I entered that path, there were these big cement things, reminded me of tombstones but they're definitely not. What could they be? Did they work on construction here many years back but packed it up and left before moving these things? Maybe, but what are they to begin with?? Foundation for something? I don't know, but I don't really care, because they're now serving the purpose of some sick woodedland graffiti! Not too far from civilization at all and actually kinda tucked away so clearly many regular people like to doodle on these too as far as I can tell!
Someone must have brought a little paint pen with them. Graffiti comes in all shapes and sizes and I welcome it all so long as it isn't hurting anyone. Feels so innocent and nice seeing more common/modern looking doodles knowing everyone can express themselves on these forgotten manmade rock canvases! It's like a modern day cave drawing! How cute!
As you can see, lots of weird foundation type "rocks" "slabs"? Whatever! Very interesting! I didn't catch a photo of it though it would have made a great one, but sadly, in this area, I saw a little homeless cardboard sign. Seems like some homeless people have taken refuge here before. Seems like a lovely place to go to get away from it all rather than seeking shelter behind a walmart or something. But I'm sure they'd also love to take a bath from time to time....
Either way, there were a lot of misquites and gnats/fruit flies, and I saw a bunch of puddles around. Those flies love spawning around big and small bodies of water and the cardboard homeless sign I saw was submerged in a little puddle. I'm sure with all this rain, this area wouldn't be very safe. Most of it was on a little declining hill. If you were here when it rained, youd could slip and get seriously hurt if you fell on one of the rocks jolting out around here. If you explore here, please traverse it with carefulness! If you have a bad sense of balance, you could fall and get real hurt! Anyways, on with this next bit:
Looking behind me, this is a little stairway from where I just walked from. These stairs go down the little hill I was talking about and it looks like an even bigger slab
(maybe like ~4ft x ~6 ft) (~120cm x ~160cm)
I'm no expert on measurements but it was pretty big and in the way. Could have have bugs or snakes under it so I tried to walk around it carefully. Looks like during construction it was dropped and never bothered to be picked back up? Or maybe like the wall on the side here it was upright but due to neglegance after leaving it here the rain could have losened the ground beneath it causing it to call? Your guess is as good as mine, but here, any man-made structure seems to be fair game as a canvas, so I guess I can't complain too much.
Saw this little fella lyin' arond, naturally there were many paincans littered around but surprisingly, it didn't look filthy nessisarily, Id say I could've counted up to at least 10 cans at most I saw laying around, but thankfully no real litter aside from them. Seems like these artists have enough self respect in their art to not feel the need to dirty the surrounding area to comphensate for their skill! I can appreciate that! I don't think I really saw any food garbage lying around, but who would wanna take food with them over here with all the bugs flying around?? Yuck! Maybe pack a lunch securely in a bag or grab a bite before or after, there's not many restaurants too far from it anyway, have a little decency at least? Okay, now for the real nitty gritty! Let's goooooo!
Entering in, that wall you saw connects so that's where this part leads
(I know you saw this already but it's just to give idea of the place)
Took these freakin' magestical lookin' shots, I love them so much!
There were these big columns and like I said, TOTALLY LIKE GIANT CANVASES! WHAAAT. There was a bunch of art on them, so cool! Sure a lot of them are scribble but how cool is this??
The one behind it little illuminati eye, seems like work of a toy, careful not to do that on the bigger ones!
I wonder what "ROKE" means, probably some dude's name, lovin' the colors tho, reminds me of JSR
Loving the colors on this one^^^^^
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Some people clearly just want a little bit of the spot light ( Orange face going :| )
This one seems more popular for smaller doodles.
Hmm? What's this?
"MOUS0 UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE TIME IS PUSSY TIME"?
Oof! Sounds like a good way to contract something! Yuck! I'll pass! I'm just here for the art, trust me, I won't poke my nose anywhere it don't belong for too long!
Wtih graffiti you always get your fair share of edgelords with a $3 paintpen they were sweating bullets purchasing from Walmart. HAHAHA! Looks like this place is no different! Can't wait to see what that'll inevitably get covered up by!
I especially like this little cartoony little dude, lol. I just think he's neat!
Some more silly faces and scribble scrabble type schtuffff. As much as I enjoy actual "art" art, I do really like seeing the aesthetic of a bunch of graffiti overlapping each other :)
Some more of those paint cans I was talking about earlier
Nice skull broski! Real creepy!
Now I saved the best for last! This is a huge TOTALLY BLANK SPOT! UNTOUCHED! Says "BLUE" (no shi--) and says 2018. This thing has been around since then huh? Wonder how long it took for people to start crawlin' around taggin' it up. That "BLUE" looks a little faded almost, maybe even the oldest art here!
There were some huge ones here, must be some serious stuff!
If you see big tags like that, DO NOT TAG OVER THEM. Unles you wanna get your ass kicked!
I ain't even gonna risk it, better safe than sorry! Find a safer spot with more clearly less serious graffiti!
Welp! That's it for now I hope you all enjoyed my adventure! I'll get more pictures later, and even more adventures to post! Goodbye for now!
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haileytrippin420
this is so sick bro this inspires me, i do graffiti to n i also post blogs abt it
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