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Very cool article of postcards and matchbook covers showing glorious resorts in the Poconos and Catskills, and the abandoned ruins there today.<\/p>\n

I’m always fascinated (in a sad way) how things go to ruin over time.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n


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\nAbandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment<\/a><\/span>
\nThe transformation of these Poconos and Catskills resorts is like looking through some sort of dystopian View-Master.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Very cool article of postcards and matchbook covers showing glorious resorts in the Poconos and Catskills, and the abandoned ruins there today. I’m always fascinated (in a sad way) how things go to ruin over time. Originally shared by +Les Jenkins: Abandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment The … Continue reading “The Abandoned Poconos”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,739,108,721],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-architecture","category-history","category-interesting-places"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/abandoned-swimming-pool.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37949,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/30\/abandoned-places.html","url_meta":{"origin":134664,"position":0},"title":"Abandoned places","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 30-Jun-13 3:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"These sorts of pictures are always remarkable in their combination of the constructed and the overgrown, the wistful wonderings of why these places are in their current state, a whiff or two of Osymandean mortality, sadness for past achievements gone fallow, and curiosity about what ruins will be left behind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49701,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/26\/exploring-abandoned-worlds.html","url_meta":{"origin":134664,"position":1},"title":"Exploring abandoned worlds","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 26-Feb-15 11:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"I hadn't considered this application for drone technology, but it's an interesting way to look at abandoned places (in this case Belle Isle Zoo in Detroit, closed since 2002) that doesn't involve risk of life or limb (or trespassing charges). 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