Submitted by Sleepy_Like_Me t3_zwwsb9 in philadelphia

I would like to take some cool pictures and see some rare spots in the city. Have already been to Graffiti Pier, got the Navy Yard koi pond on the list as well.

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If anyone has some good suggestions please either comment them or PM me if you dont want the internet to know your secrets :)

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GumshoeAndy t1_j1xbhq0 wrote

You can post up under the Blockbuster sign on West Passyunk.

The refinery

There are still some empty spots in the Navy Yard

The Station Bar is abandoned half the time but, it's not cool

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Possible-Fudge-4756 t1_j1xfosv wrote

The Station Bar…. oh man. That place is terrible.

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GumshoeAndy t1_j1xht97 wrote

The Inquirer wrote an entire article on how shitty the owner is.

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j1yuwxp wrote

He's a turd.

Sitting in my friends apartment, surrounded by cats and dogs. Her roommate was a sort of serial cat rescuer type. Worked at the station for years as a bartender. Very kind woman.

Lou gets drunk and calls her up and says " I ran over the bar cat can you come over and help scrape her off the sidewalk"

She just broke down crying uncontrollably on the phone, sobbing, she'd rescued that cat years and years ago and it had as good a life a bar cat could have.

He yells "HAH JUST KIDDING!" and hangs up. Totally great prank dude...

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GumshoeAndy t1_j1zar5c wrote

I've actually heard that story before. Fuck Lou and his mom's shitty bar.

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j1zb1dn wrote

lol prob know you, esp if you were a visitor of jiminy

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GumshoeAndy t1_j1zc41d wrote

Seems pretty likely. I was more of a pizza pub person. I stopped going to the station after the George Floyd protests when Lou was threatening to shoot all those people. I'm not in any way afraid of him just...fuck him, I'm not spending a penny there.

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Aromat_Junkie t1_j1zc7kn wrote

RIP pizza pub that place sucked. Waiting to piss only to find some chick passed out with a needle in her arm hogging the shitter...

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GumshoeAndy t1_j1zd47t wrote

Was that the time when it was supposed to be her first day of work behind the bar? I was there that day.

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gnartato t1_j1z7fgc wrote

Fuck that place, fuck the owner, and especially fuck the PPD and people in City Hall that protect this fuckface from all the illegal shit he does.

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meilingr t1_j1xlrf5 wrote

The abandoned viaduct railway in callowhill

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porkchameleon t1_j1xn0qc wrote

Once you are done exploring Center City spots - stop by Olive Garden at 14th and Chestnut for a meal.

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MacKelvey t1_j1xx6w3 wrote

There was a post not too long ago about the old Scientology building. If you can find a way in I’m sure that has some interesting photo possibilities

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DanHassler0 t1_j1xko56 wrote

Anyone know what's up with the old Hahnemann Hospital? I feel like that might be a cool abandoned complex now, especially with Drexel moving out of their buildings.

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tetro_ow t1_j1y3p4k wrote

They're actually planning to convert parts of the building into lab spaces for biotech companies. Source
And I usually see people going in and out of the building when I pass by so it might not be that "cool abandoned complex" anytime soon...

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_j21q353 wrote

Go to the Aloft hotel on Broad and Arch. From there go to the basement gym in the old vault level of the bank. Get into the safety deposit boxes and look through them until you find the mini sledge and a chisel.

Use those on the wall along Broad street to break through into the abandoned section of the concourse and the abandoned concourse police station.

Good Luck

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baldude69 t1_j21mc6c wrote

Not sure if it’s still accessible, and it’s totally loaded with asbestos, but there’s a big old empty power station down thataways

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HistoricalSubject t1_j20rmce wrote

The catacombs deep beneath the Masonic temple.

You must have strong spirit. Unafraid to stare intense.

Ground of all being, hope of all religion, end of all science, guarantor of all change. The transcendental object....down there. Keep going.

Masons do not own or control it. It’s whereabouts are arbitrary. But they will fend off intruders with their Egyptian magic. Heretics. All of them. Come prepared for spiritual warfare. RS

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