Tag: URBAN EXPLORING
We’re big fans of urban exploring. Accessing places that are otherwise off-limits can be exhilarating, and fun. But this is fucking nuts. Watch as self-described “professional adventurer” James Kingston climbs atop a crane in India and then dangles off it by one freaking hand. […]
The 16-year-old urban explorer who ascended to the top of the unfinished 1 World Trade Center in March, has plead guilty, the AP reports. Justin Casquejo admitted to breaking NY’s misdemeanor law against unauthorized scaling of tall buildings. He is going to be sentenced in September and is expected to get 23 days of community service. The teenager […]
Above, watch raw footage of an urban explorer’s trip inside the abandoned South Ferry inner loop station, which opened in 1918 and was shuttered in 1977. Writes the explorer on YouTube: Over all these years, the MTA has turned much of the station into storage rooms and also built some machinery there. You can catch […]
“I don’t really associate with urban explorers, but I think I do more than photography,” 2e says. It’s midnight, snowing a bit, and 2e is biking towards the abandoned warehouses in Greenpoint. Later that night, he’ll climb a smoke stack on top of the Domino Sugar Factory and poke around the Underbelly Project. But at […]
Street artist Judith Supine illegally installed a new artwork on top the Queensboro Bridge, as captured in the video above, featuring dramatic climbing footage and dreamy shots of the twinkling city skyline. It is, of course, not at all enticing to would-be urban explorers, because that would be bad, m’kay? As “CBS 2′s Jessica Schneider […]
Though most of the art at 5 Pointz has been murdered, and the complex is slated for demolition, for now, it still stands. The urban exploring group LTV Squad went inside recently, and the photos above document what they found. Here’s what the group said about exploring the former graffiti landmark. What we found inside […]
Justin Casquejo, a 16-year-old from Weehawken, NJ, made his way to the top of 1 World Trade Center at 4AM Sunday, sneaking past several security guards. To get to the 104th floor, Casquejo simply took the elevator — according to the Post, the operator let him up despite his lack of ID. The young urban explorer got […]
After we posted this photo of British urban explorer sitting on the edge of the Chrysler building this week, a commenter gave some advice: “Look at Margaret Bourke-White doing the same thing 80 years ago.” They’re right. That’s Bourke-White, a truly badass photographer, perched on the edge with her camera in a photo from 1934 above. […]
Photos of British urban explorer Lucinda Grange standing atop various tremendously high structures have been making the rounds lately, and though this photo of her relaxing on the edge of the Chrysler Building was taken last year, it’s too cool not to post. Here’s a quick video detailing some of her exploits. Logan Hicks pulled […]
The urban explorer and photographer who goes by Gothamr snuck into the Coignet building, an abandoned 19th-century mansion in Gowanus that Whole Foods is supposed to be restoring. It is…pretty shitty looking. Here’s what Gothamr told Brownstoner about what he found. For the most part the interior is characterless in terms of details and finishes, but […]
