nickcarr
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An Abandoned Movie Theater Projection Room
Want to take a quick peek at the projection room in an abandoned movie theater? Come on in… In one corner: tangles and tangles of old film from who knows how many movies: Taped to the wall, a schedule of movie showtimes, possibly from one of the last day’s of the theater’s existence: Nuns on…
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Palm Trees At The Woolworth Estate
Had an odd memory come to me of having once scouted an historic mansion in Long Island with palm trees lining the drive…but palm trees? Could that be right? So I dug thru my files…and there they were, at the old Woolworth Estate! Only turns out, I’d been tricked… These had in fact been planted…
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How To Visit Nuclear Lake
A few weeks ago, I was using Google Maps to search for lakes north of the city. Most seemed to have your typical lake names, like Green Mountain Lake, or Harmony Lake, but one in particular caught my eye… Does New York really have a Nuclear Lake?? Of course, the first image to pop into…
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Inside Long Island’s Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plant
Driving on Route-25a through East Shoreham, you’d never guess there was anything unusual about the gated road heading off toward the coast. But go down a ways… …and suddenly, it’ll appear through the trees… Long Island’s only nuclear power plant, closed and shuttered since it was decommissioned in 1994. Today, it sits completely empty, a…