My random adventures

nah we are just trend setters/ destroyers/ too cool for school

New URL for my exploring site not much new stuff will add some next week:

www.guerillaexploring.com

We thought you'd got lost.

nah just been seriously busy with work this year, not had much time to get out

A few overdue updates, mostly stuff seen before but some new stuff, and some kinda erm dodgy stuff:

Kings Cross Derelict London Underground Station
Mark Lane Derelict London Underground Station
St Josephs Missionary College in London
Springfield Lunatic Asylum
2012 Olympic Stadium in London
Amylum Tunnel Refineries in London

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Beelitz Sanatorium, Germany.

History (stolen from Wiki)

Beelitz-Heilstätten, a district of the town, is home to a large hospital complex of about 60 buildings including a cogeneration plant erected from 1898 on according to plans of architect Heino Schmieden. Originally designed as a sanatorium by the Berlin workers' health insurance corporation, the complex from the beginning of World War I on was a military hospital of the Imperial German Army. During October and November 1916, Adolf Hitler recuperated at Beelitz-Heilstätten after being wounded in the leg at the Battle of the Somme. In 1945, Beelitz-Heilstätten was occupied by Soviet forces, and the complex remained a Soviet military hospital until 1995, well after the German reunification. In December 1990 Erich Honecker was admitted to Beelitz-Heilstätten after being forced to resign as the head of the East German government.
Following the Soviet withdrawal, attempts were made to privatize the complex, but they were not entirely successful. Some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinsons disease. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000. As of 2007, none of the abandoned hospital buildings or the surrounding area were secured, giving the area the feel of a ghost town. This has made Beelitz-Heilstätten a destination for curious visitors and a film set for movies like The Pianist from 2002.

All shot handheld as I did not have a tripod with me in germany....

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Nick

GP repped for whole thread. Lovely stuff mate.

(info stolen from Wiki

The US National Security Agency (NSA) built one of its largest listening stations on top of the hill, rumored to be part of the global ECHELON intelligence gathering network. "The Hill", as it was known colloquially by the many American soldiers who worked there around the clock and who commuted there from their quarters in the American Sector, was located in the British Sector. Prior to establishing the first permanent buildings there in the very late 1950s, Mobile Allied listening units had driven to various other locales throughout West Berlin hoping to gain the best vantage point for listening to Soviet, East German, and other Warsaw Pact nations military traffic. One such unit drove to the top of Teufelsberg and discovered a marked improvement in listening ability. This discovery eventually led to a large structure being built atop the hill, which would come to be run by the NSA (National Security Agency). At the request of US government, the ski lifts were removed because they allegedly disturbed the signals. The station continued to operate until the fall of East Germany and the Berlin Wall, but after that the station was closed and the equipment removed. The buildings and radar domes still remain in place.
During the NSA Operations some other curious things happened: It was noticed that during certain times the reception of the radio signals was better than during the rest of the year. The 'culprit' was found after a while: it was the Ferris wheel of the annual German-American Festival on the Hüttenweg in Zehlendorf.[citation needed] From then on, the Ferris wheel was left standing for some time after the festival was over. While there were rumors that the Americans had excavated a shaft down into the ruins beneath, that was never proven, and was likely based on reports that those who maintained equipment in one of the first enclosed antenna structures accessed the upper levels of the inflated dome via an airlock that led to a "tunnel" that was embedded in the structures central column. Speculation as to what might have existed within the highly restricted area frequently gave rise to rather elaborate but false rumors; one theory stated that "the tunnel" was an underground escape route.
In the 1990s, as Berlin experienced an economic boom after German reunification, a group of investors bought the former listening station area from the City of Berlin with the intention to build hotels and apartments. There was talk of preserving the listening station as a spy museum. Berlin's building boom produced a glut of buildings, however, and the Teufelsberg project became unprofitable. The construction project was then aborted. As of the early 2000s, there has been talk of the city buying back the hill. However, this is unlikely, as the area is encumbered with a mortgage of nearly 50 million dollars. Recently the site has been vandalized heavily since the company abandoned the project.
Following the announcement of plans to raze the facility and reforest the hill,[1] talk of preserving the facility resurfaced in 2009, spearheaded by the Field Station Berlin Veterans Group, which hopes to have the memorial named in honor of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, the last military Cold War casualty, the U.S. Military Liaison Mission tour officer who was shot and killed by a Russian sentry near Ludwigslust on March 24, 1985.[2] After no further construction was done after 2004, in 2006 the hilltop was categorized as forest in the land use plan of Berlin, thereby eliminating the possibility of building.[3]
Guided tours (also in English) to the former NSA field station have been offered by a student entrepreneur since February 2011. This has been the first opportunity for Berlin inhabitants (and visitors to Berlin) to legally visit the Teufelsberg area.[4]
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Came here for a picnic as the view is incredible...

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generally fucking awesome.

Last one is my fav, amazing.

Nick, that globe thing was recently used in the movie "we are the night" a new vampire flick

and good work as usual

many of you know that I have been having a bit more of an interesting year, travelling abroad and living in slums, off to the Gaza strip later this year well I thought I would do something kinda different with my photos. Currently working on various projects with ArtistheCure an art therapy collective of street artists and they inspired me to display my images in a different way well this is just the start, I kinda like how they look on the street.....

Each print is 6 foot by 4 foot.....lots more to go up...

:-)

one was stolen from the North end of Brick lane soon after I put it up, actually peeled off the wall carefully (kinda complimented)

more more more!

Just a few from Palestine:

Gonna be exhibiting and selling prints in a gallery near Covent garden soon will put up details

Thanks

Nick
www.nicholas-adams.co.uk

really, really nice! i'd definitely get myself along to an exhibition for these.

Fantastic pictures. Love the movement in them. I've been wanting to go to Palestine for some time now so really interesting to see. Look forward to seeing the exhibition if I can make it...

Nick, what happened to http://www.guerillaexploring.com/ ?

I was telling someone about your trips to the Underground. Are you all legit now so can't host 'em? :)

Ha ha yeah basically I still kinda do that stuff but am all legit and boring sorry also the original site was all hosted on fotopic which closed down

Was looking forward to your snaps tonight from top of the London Eye