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Weird bit of LA history

Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:25 am

My son has gotten into urban exploring so I've been trying to take him to various locations like the abandoned LA zoo and others. We learned about an abandoned Nazi camp in the hills of Los Angeles which sounds silly but it's legit.

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We told Jack about it and he got excited so we made a trip of it. Was definitely worth the effort. About a five mile hike round trip and a very steep set of stairs numbering over 500 steps.

The entrance to the compound

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The 500+ steps to get down

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About half way down

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The gardens

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The generator building

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Inside the generator building

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My son climbing to the roof

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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:33 am

I'm not sure what this structure used to be but it's just concrete and twisted metal.

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Volkswagon on its side

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I believe this is the guard room

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Chimney in the middle of nowhere

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Random

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Underground

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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:33 am

Hope you guys enjoy the pictures!
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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:42 am

The abandoned LA Zoo is still Jeremy's favorite place to explore. The first time I took him there he said it was the greatest day of his life. :biggrin:

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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:45 am

The Star Theater

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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:51 am

Linda Vista Hospital. This is supposed to be the most haunted location in Los Angeles. I had a connection and one opportunity to go but Jeremy was a little younger and too scared. The hospital was closed due to substandard patient care and it was if everyone just up and left. Patient files were strewn all over the place as well as all manner of medical equipment. There were even the cremated remains of John and Jane Does left there.

It's being turned into condos for seniors. Best of luck to them. Place will always be haunted.

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Work starting

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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:51 am

Sorry I just figured I'd show you what we have so far.
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Postby Mr. Brian » Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:41 am

Great stuff! thanks for sharing, I love weird local history like this. We have an abandoned subway tunnel system and some old pre-Prohibition breweries in the Cincinnati OH area.
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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:36 am

Can you get into them?
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Postby Mr. Brian » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:55 am

The subway tunnels are pretty sealed off but they do give tours. In the 80s people used to go into them all the time. The breweries are getting reused. It seems like every month a new brewery opens in Cincinnati but some of them are still around and they also give tours. It's cool that they allow the general public to access the old LA zoo.
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Postby black francis » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:05 pm

Not sure for how much longer. Every time we go there, there is more and more damage from vandals. They boarded up the structure ut you can still go in. Just recently someone went in and tore half the ceiling down. We love visiting these places but the dick holes in LA (of which there are many) eventually ruin everything.
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Re: Weird bit of LA history

Postby the puppet » Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:14 am

black francis wrote:Not sure for how much longer. Every time we go there, there is more and more damage from vandals. They boarded up the structure ut you can still go in. Just recently someone went in and tore half the ceiling down. We love visiting these places but the dick holes in LA (of which there are many) eventually ruin everything.


was going to say it looks like you are not the only ones to visit
nice pics by the way
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Postby black francis » Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:58 am

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. We found out about an abandoned prison camp about two hours north of us so that's probably our next trip.
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Postby the puppet » Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:41 am

black francis wrote:Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. We found out about an abandoned prison camp about two hours north of us so that's probably our next trip.


If not too much trouble,would be great to see some pictures from the not often trod areas of LA and surrounds
as opposed to the Hollywood/Disney etc view .
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Postby black francis » Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:09 pm

the puppet wrote:
black francis wrote:Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. We found out about an abandoned prison camp about two hours north of us so that's probably our next trip.


If not too much trouble,would be great to see some pictures from the not often trod areas of LA and surrounds
as opposed to the Hollywood/Disney etc view .


No trouble at all. I've been switched to a night shift at work so we don't get out as often but we still plan on going out on weekend trips.

Not that we don't have a million Disneyland pictures. His second favorite thing to do.
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