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(Photos by Noah Levey, all images copyright 2013 Noah Levey photography)
Welcome to Philadelphia’s “The Rusting Halls of Power,” a jaw-dropping photo series by Noah Levey, documenting two of our city’s abandoned coal-fired power plants. One at Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown (the more empty looking one, as most of the machinery was removed from this plant,) and the other located further down the Delaware at the base of the Betsy Ross Bridge.
Simply stunning! Check out more photos below….
This might sound or even BE stupid, but…do you get permission to take these photos? Or just go where you please?
Great shots! I’ve tried to figure out how to get in the Delaware Ave location but it looks guarded. Any tips?
Philly just has so much character.
I find it easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission in cases such as this. That being said, I do not attempt to enter locations that I would have to actually break into, cut fences, etc. A project like this is never worth getting arrested over for Breaking and Entering. all of these locations were relatively open and easy to gain entry to when I was doing the series. As far as I know, both of these areas are now guarded by actual patrolmen. It’s just as well, for the more time I spent in these places, the more I realized just how dangerous being inside them really was.
Is this where they shot the industrial interior shots in Hemlock Groove Netflix series?
Afuckingmazing. So fucking cool.
How the hell is there no graffiti though? Most abandoned places are coated with layers of it. It’s weird to not see it.
Awesome you did my hometown right! These are great Noah!
here is a scene from Terry Gilliam’s ’12 Monkeys’ that was shot there:
http://youtu.be/HLeh6q5GU1k
as for the graffiti, I wondered that as well. I did see some, but not nearly as much as I expected.
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I’ve been all over these sites years ago! If you want to really explore these places u need to climb a fence and crawl through broken windows like I did 10 years ago!
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