Class of 2009

Ressurection Suspension

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Straight A Tattoo
Asheboro, NC

suspension by: Brian Wood
on: Kelly Hankins

Nikon D300
Nikon AF 17-35mm f/2.8 ED lens
Adobe Lightroom

slideshow via Flickr

Old Cotton Mill Square Mall

The Cotton Mill Square Mall was originally a cotton mill built in the 1890s and later turned into a small shopping/antique mall in the 1980s. It was abandon somewhere between the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of the original storefronts are intact, and the overall structure itself is very sturdy and well-built, but age, water damage, and vandals have made the old mill unsalvageable at best and a down-right hazard at worst. Most of the wood floors were warped and rotted, so navigating was quite sketchy.

Of the different old, abandoned, and dilapidated buildings I've visited/photographed, this was by far the most unsafe.

After sitting unused and uncared-for for years, it's apparently being torn down soon. So, these could be some of the last photos ever taken here.

This Soundslide/slide show was put together using photography from my first visit with Paige (shot with 35mm) and my second visit with Christen and John Helms (shot with digital). On my third visit (with Katie and Mel) we had a frighting encounter with the belligerent caretaker and his guard dog. And despite the police officer's advise to just let us go, the owner insisted on charging us with burglary, but was issued as trespassing. It was later dropped entirely by the Guilford County DA.

Individual images from this soundslide can be viewed larger here.