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Ok last weeks response was wonderful thank you guys for making this forum what it is

This weeks assignment is Urban Decay

this is a post on the blog about Photographing Urban Landscapes
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My attempts at this ...

An old Mill , I think it used to make bricks....




And Alma Girls College that rises up over ST. Thomas, Opened October 13, 1881 and closed its doors 1931

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Here is mine. I had actually pulled over to get directions from a street map (I was lost at the time) but my attention was caught by this pile of rubble from a demolished factory:

Post-industrial Sheffield

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I'm looking forward to seeing the shots in this thread.

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My hometown used to be known as the "Textile Center of the World." Now it's more common to see the sight below, an abandoned textile mill, as production is sent overseas and the old mill villages fall into decline.

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This is my first post, but I thought I would give it a shot.

An old abandoned shack.

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This is my first post, but I thought I would give it a shot.

An old abandoned shack.

Colours in this one are stunning! Very good one!
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Nice shot!
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it's more "disrepair" than "decay"...
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