how bigs the parkinglot

 

MCI drive near the dump in Pin Park. Just watch out, some idiots broke out some of the windows, you don't want to be there when that crap is going on. S.O. is known to cruise the parking lot on evening shift

 

Well if your just taking pictures, they cant do anything but say "what are you doing" and MAYBE tell you to leave.

 

Yeah, I was wondering how long it would be before someone knew the building. I only saw one window broken, and only the outer section of glass was boken (insulated window).

Honestly, I didn't think my pictures were all that creepy. The place -is- creepy, but my pictures didn't do a great job of conveying it IMO. Trust me, if you go by at night you'll understand why I say it's creepy. I was hoping to be able to keep the location under wraps for a few more weeks so I could get some creepy halloween stuff done there but I had a feeling someone was going to let the cat out of the bag.

As far as the Sheriff's going through there... I've never seen it, but I wouldn't doubt it.

Also, DareDevil, I'd be willing to bet that they'll make you leave immediately without much questioning. It's private property. On the other hand, you're welcome to photograph it from the street/sidewalk but the building's set pretty far back.

boostedmaxeg, the building has 700 workstations according to the real estate ad. I have to assume it's got that many parking spaces and more... but I've never counted. It's a big lot, and it's not lit at night, which makes it fun to drive through considering that there are random obstacles (the gargbage pile shown in pics, tires in pics, a desk that's broken in two pieces, a futon-type matress that looks like it has a body in it).

Ford DNA, and anyone else asking about a night shoot... are you volunteering to come with me? Meet me out there, I'll be behind the couch in the loading dock area:

Seriously though, I'd be interested in going for a night shoot. Anyone wanna go?

 

i'll go.

we have that meet the 20th, this could be one of the spots we head off to?

 

Here are a few pics that didn't make the original post:

 

Good pics. cool Place. I'd like to get inside.

and whered you get the lens and how much did you pay for it?

 

Ok so exactly were is this place? I would'nt mind meeting some people out there.

 

I drove by again on my lunch break today. I don't recall whether I said this or not, but going by at lunch time you will see at least a couple of cars in the parking lot. There were even cars around when I took the pics. For those of you that don't know the Gateway Center it's a big office park type area. People go here, I assume, to get away from their offices while they eat their lunches. They sit in their cars and eat, smoke, etc... I even saw one guy, when I was taking pics, and he was taking a nap in his Mustang with the windows rolled down.

In any event, I went by at lunch and there were the usual 3-4 cars with two exceptions... a police cruiser and an expedition parked next to it. I contemplated what to do for a minute, and then I drove over to them. I stopped my car infront of the cruiser, rolled down my window... and then realized that it was empty. I looked around and couldn't see the officer anywhere. It was a little strange, but I didn't have time to stick around because I needed to get back to work.

 

This place is locked up.

I got it from Sigma4Less.com, it was roughly $488 shipped as I recall. It's been a little over a year. It's a great lens, but you have to learn to use the distortion to your advantage... for example, when it's tilted up or down the pics start to look strange if you're not careful.