With all the success of the Walking Dead (which is filmed here in Atlanta), I figured it's high time to go searching for some zombies. With all the abandoned buildings around, I figured I'd start with the ones I see all the time on the otherside of the train tracks.
Impaled pumpkin head on the barbwire fence- definitely a nice touch.
These set of a half dozen or so abandoned buildings are part of the Pullman Railyard.
The earliest building is from 1903 and was originally used to manufacture parts for factories. It was also used as a munitions plant for WWI. In the '20s, it was purchased by the Pullman company and used as a repair station for their train cars for the entire south-eastern US.
There was even one train car left.
It was such an immense set of structures with graffiti everywhere.
In the 50's, the railyard was sold to Georgia Power. In the 90's it was sold again to the Georgia Building Authority and was used to operate the short-lived New Georgia Railroad, a tourist train from downtown Atlanta to Stone Mountain. It's been on sale since 2007- definitely prime property for development. Although it's only been abandoned for two decades, the decay makes it seem much longer.
With trees and vines growing out of walls and pushing through roofs and windows, it makes you wonder how long it would take for the "forest" to reclaim everything. The things we build are probably not as permanent as we think they are.
Sadly, no zombies, but plenty creepy!
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