This is the 2nd? in a series of? posts from urban exploration at this abandoned tire factory complex.? Now we start getting into the interesting stuff.
? Copy cat!
Scavengers have already stolen all the copper wiring to sell as scrap.
? Transformers, more than meets the eye.
? Opened water boiler
? The stairways to the top floor were cut with a welding torch.? The only way up is to climb the wall.
? Roof access through the doorway.
? Cops are here now!? Time to go assholes.
? Quality computer equipment
? Phone board, with paper towel holder mounted.
Poop room is this way
Welcome to Heartbreak Ridge.
Break room
Kitchen
Sexy collage to encourage usage of safety glasses.
Buildings, Des Moines, Graffiti, Greatest Hits, Urban Exploration
This is the first post in a series of a couple taken from the old abandoned Titan Tire location near the Des Moines River.? Titan primarily makes off-road, agricultural, and construction tires. ? Like other locations that have been abandoned by Titan, this one has been sitting for years.? Several sources have spoken of a chemical spill that occured here and has deterred prospective buyers.? One source claims that this site is finally changing hands and may find a use in the near future.?
The bottom two feet of all surrounding trees and brush have been cleared.? Apparently this is an attempt to destroy places to hide from the police.? Some of the buildings seemed to have similar features to help police enforce the complex when called upon.
? Very old? equipment for banding cartons and crates the old fashioned way.
The first few buildings we looked at were the most heavily covered in grafitti.
? Epic?? Must be a popular word these days.
? This made my day.? Graffiti of Master Shake and Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force on Adult Swim.
OMG, it’s OMK!
Every skeleton needs a bow in it’s hair!
Graffiti on graffiti?? “I eat babys.”? What’s your thing?
Buildings, Des Moines, Graffiti, Greatest Hits, Urban Exploration
Urban? exploration from a safe distance…? Outside the buildings.? I’d love to go inside but the whole breaking and entering thing is overrated.? Unlike large cities, Des Moines is real quick to board up entries to abandoned buildings.
Mad skills with bricks.? They just don’t do brick laying like this anymore, it was an art.
Above ground? wiring and terminations are sexy
? The Crane Co. building’s sole use? is as as a tower for cell phone antennaes.? The wiring rises up the side of the building to the top.? There’s a short mast on top.
? Dwarfed.? It’s days are limited.
? Work needed
? Unbreakable
? Take pride in safety.
? Scrap heap overflowing.
? The end of a street.? Mounds and mounds of junk.? People actually live next to this disaster.
? Parker Oil Company, Conoco.? For lease.
Buildings, Des Moines, Downtown, Graffiti, Streets
? I? tried to get more downtown shots from different angles.? I couldn’t find the right place to take these from, so they all sucked.? Every place I went either a building, power lines, or something was in the way.? I think the pro shots that you see local businesses use were taken from rooftops of buildings.? Unfortunately I don’t have the backstage passes that they get.? Maybe some day I’ll find a way or meet someone who can get me there.
? Obstructed again.? Of course I’m not showing all my failed attempts at finding the right spot.? There were far too many.
? I’ll take a few of those right now, good sir.
? Graffiti by Omok.
? Ruan Center 2 and Marriot.
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“Just get me something real economical”? (Economical Auto Sales, Des Moines)
Buildings, Des Moines, Downtown, Graffiti