Tag: Abandoned

Fascinating new coffee-table book reveals the world’s eeriest abandoned islands

admin

Take a globetrotting tour of some of the world’s most fascinating abandoned islands courtesy of this new coffee-table book.   

Abandoned Islands by Claudia Martin, published by Amber Books, is a lavishly illustrated compendium of ‘some of the world’s eeriest places… a brilliant pictorial exploration of lost worlds’.

The book is packed with photographs of 180 abandoned places, taking the reader on a spellbinding tour of deserted outcrops scattered across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

… Read more

Fashion Has Abandoned Human Taste

admin

As best as I can tell, the puff-sleeve onslaught began in 2018. The clothing designer Batsheva Hay’s eponymous brand was barely two years old, but her high-necked, ruffle-trimmed, elbow-covering dresses in dense florals and upholstery prints—bizarro-world reimaginings of the conservative frocks favored by Hasidic Jewish women and the Amish—had developed a cult following among weird New York fashion-and-art girls. Almost all of her early designs featured some kind of huge, puffy sleeve; according to a lengthy profile in The

… Read more

CT man found abandoned art pieces by Francis Hines in a barn 5 years ago and is set to make MILLIONS

admin

A Connecticut mechanic who found dozens of abandoned art pieces by Francis Hines – an artist famously known as ‘New York’s wrapper’ – in a barn five years ago and is now set to make millions off the pieces. 

In September 2017, Jared Whipple, 40, of Waterbury, received a phone call from his contractor friend George Martin, 47, of Naugatuck, about large canvases with painted car parts found inside Hines’ abandoned barn, as he thought the mechanic might like the

… Read more

Couple transforms old, abandoned mansion into luxury, modern home – adding $745K to property value

admin

A couple has transformed an old mansion – which sat abandoned for 30 years and was practically falling apart – into an incredible, modern home, adding $745,000 to the property value in the process.

Abby Brothers, 31, and husband Trey, 33, purchased the outdated and rundown property in June 2018 after spotting it online.

They snatched up the home, which is situated in Aberdeen, North Carolina, and was built in 1913, for $155,000 – knowing that they were taking on

… Read more

Fascinating new book reveals abandoned ruins from World War I

admin

Over a century has passed since the end of World War I, but physical reminders of ‘the war to end all wars’ remain today.

These reminders are explored in Abandoned Places of World War I, a fascinating new book by conflict archaeologist and historian Neil Faulkner.

Featuring more than 180 poignant images of the deserted detritus of war, the book documents bunkers, trench systems, tunnels, fortifications and gun emplacements, guiding the reader from North America to Australia via the UK.

… Read more

Emma Roberts, Michael Shannon und John Gallagher Jr. werden Headliner des kommenden Thrillers Abandoned

admin

Emma Roberts, Michael Shannon und John Gallagher Jr. werden Headliner des kommenden Thrillers Abandoned

Von Adam S. Levy für Dailymail.com

Veröffentlicht: | Aktualisiert:










Emma Roberts, Michael Shannon und John Gallagher Jr. wurden in dem kommenden Thriller Abandoned unter der Regie von Spencer Squire gecastet.

Der Film, der von Squire, Jessica Scott und Erik Patterson geschrieben wurde, wurde kürzlich fertiggestellt, berichtete Deadline.

Es erzählt die Geschichte einer

… Read more