Heiden Hotel - Front
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
The Heiden Hotel - one of many decaying resorts in the Catskills of New York.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Heiden Hotel - New York Times
Heiden Hotel - New York Times
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
NYT from June 10, 1986. I know that filming for Sweet Diane finished in 1986...this maybe from the last day?
Heiden Hotel - Red Schoolhouse
Heiden Hotel - Red Schoolhouse
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
The abandoned craftshop...missing Mickey Mouse.
Heiden Hotel - Room 109
Heiden Hotel - Room 109
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
Room 109, you can check in but you can never...
get clean sheets.
Heiden Hotel - Room
Heiden Hotel - Room
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
A typical room in the Heiden Hotel. A few second after this was snapped an enormous turkey vulture landed on top of the right window sash and scared the wits out of us.
Heiden Hotel - Secrets
Heiden Hotel - Secrets
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
Scrawls along a window frame.
Secrets behind the curtains?
Heiden Hotel - Stove
Heiden Hotel - Stove
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
Floor collapsing under the weight of an old iron stove, Heiden Hotel kitchen.
Heiden Hotel - Time Warp
Nobody puts baby in a corner.
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
Going through the lobby of the former Heiden Hotel we came across a postcard showing the prosperous and fun times of summers past. Judging from the styles and the phone number on the back (190-191) it was from the late 60's.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Little Bobby was never seen again...
Little Bobby was never seen again...
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
It's funny the emotions that a photograph can bring to the surface in different people. When I first stumbled upon these bikes it was definitely the emotions of fear and dread. I did allow myself to fancy that possibly these did belong to kids who had gone off on an adventure, but the image screamed tragedy and so I posted it under the "Little Bobby was never seen again" title.
It could just as easily been "Little Bobby off on an adventure..." but to me that wouldn't work.
In reality these bikes are probably all stolen from neighboring houses, and dumped along the tracks when the tires go flat.
Anyway, you never know what you will find out shooting.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Paint it Black
Paint it Black
Originally uploaded by Duff Suds.
Welcome to the Desolate Places blog. Every week I will post a few of my photos from Flickr with some additional commentary.
Also, in a few days DesolatePlaces.com will be back in operation!
Things are happening!
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