"I strive to create nontraditional images and scenes in locations that most people will never have the pleasure to see. I explore locations that have been abandoned and create collections of images that tell a story to the viewer, both as singular pictures and as a whole experience. These abandoned buildings and locations speak volumes when you enter them, even in their abandoned and decaying state. Every room you look into tells a story and every artifact from a bygone era holds years of meaning and lost purpose. I enjoy searching for beauty in uncommon places and by doing so, help to preserve the history, memory and spirit that still shines ever so faintly in the dust and decay of these modern ruins." www.thedigitalmirage.com
Got to Chanute in June 83 <3350th Tech Tng Gp>; Permanent Party. Soon got out and went Civil Service until they turned the lights off. Only live 15 miles away; haven't went back, and I don't know if I even want to go back. I have nothing against the base itself, it's just some of the personnel there at the time were not concerned with keeping the brown off their noses.
This is incredibly sad I’ve been to wild waters many times in my life I’m 39 years old now I live in Florida the memories of this park is always made me think why did they have to tear down such an amazing water park In the early 2000s I got to go one more time with the ymca this video is so sad as a kid in the 80s and 90s I’ve been here many times seeing this water park abandoned and then torn down is so incredibly sad all those wonderful memories gone it suck’s
Yeah I so recall that Pizza Pop guy that stopped at my ancient wooden barracks back in the summer/fall of 1971. Man those were horrible pizza's but what can you do when that hungry.
For a place that has been abandoned, it sure looks great. I think that with a few fixing ups, the place could be restored back to its rightful place as a concert/game venue.
I went to many concerts there in the 70s and 80s. The Who, Tina Turner, Chaka Kahn, Mister Mister, Neil Diamond, Johnny Rivers, The Brothers Johnson, and more. Also a few basketball games and one Hockey contest.
I purchased your latest photo book and I am awe of the beautiful photos, especially the abandoned aircraft and the stories behind them. Keep up the good work and I’m lucky to have came across your book.
I know the case This is the place that is really fun but there is a ecsident of robers that stealing something, in that case the people shutting down the place because there is to much case in there like someone is falling down at the slide, a rober, and so much more and that, s why this place is abandoned. So everyone is need to know this place as a memory 😢😢😞😔
I worked for W R Grace in that building from 1973-1974. Lot of memories. Cooper’s Cafeteria, the rotating restaurant, the women’s lounge . Before they paved Main Street. Wow!
I used to plan the summer picnic there for all the E-One employees for 5 years. It was a great destination and they had access to the Water Park and to the concert side. It was so nice to see parents interacting with their children. They provided dinner and drinks for all our employees. It always started around 5pm and the park was just open for E-One. Great memories
Michael Glasser sprayed agent orange on this base he's 100% disabled and never went to Vietnam...we didn't have to Leroy Foster sprayed it on Andersen AFB Guam 60's and 70's...no lie until we all die!!jus sayin
I have to admit that Specter was indeed an enchantingly beautiful place in the movie and when it fell into disrepair... It was full of sorrows and so sad, but luckily Edward Bloom bought the town's properties, renovated them and the condition was that the residents continue their peaceful lives. If I were a millionaire, in addition to returning the Pacific Electric streetcars to the streets of Los Angeles, I would buy this tourist attraction from the movie and renovate and build it back to its original cinematic glory, with a nice green lawn, but without a road going over it, I would renovate those houses, I would buy them beautifully clean and shiny furniture, beds, sofas and also televisions and Internet connections to the whole town, I would make them toilets and showers, I would paint them the same color as in the movie and absolutely everything so that the city would be both modern and look exactly the same as when Edward Bloom came there for the first time and in this way I would make it either a holiday village where those houses are rented out to tourists or so that in addition to renting they can also be bought. Surely that would be really wonderful and beautiful, wouldn't it?
Great work on this video. I was at Chanute for my tech school from late July 1971 to November of same year for Airframe Repair. We were housed in these real old wooden barracks that I'm sure were built during WW 2. Great times.
I was in Airframe there also from November thru April in '71/72 and stayed in those older barracks too. Remember the vendor that would come to the door and yell into the barracks, " Hey! Pizza Pop!"
Great to see you still taking vids and photos here in Blues town. There is hardly anything left of the old infirmary off New Getwell we photographed ten years ago. I think they will eventually bulldoze it all. I sometimes drive out there and check to see what is left, and there ain't much. They say that there are abandoned stacks from a Civil war era ammo plant up in Millington, TN. I have never seen it. There is an old building on Lamar Ave North of the lower loop which might be fit for your camera. It is on the left hand side as ya drive Northwest on Lamar... if ya get to Park ya passed it up. Great to see you are still at it. I still have my book that I bought from ya! I quit facebook in 2017, and never looked back. But I miss my friends.... like you and Amanda.
I explored it last week. Only thing that’s renovated is the very bottom parking. We only went to the very top. Didn’t explore the building. It was very fun. Wonder what all we missed out on tho not exploring everything
My Dad was stationed there during the Korean war. He took me there when I was a kid in the late seventys. The base was still opened and he was proud to show me around telling me of the great times he had. We drove thru many years later but didn't see White hall in this condition. What a disgrace, glad he didn't see it this way.
beautiful photos. I climbed to the top by myself a couple times and wrote my name inside one of the electrical boxes hoping this would stand another 20 years for my kids to see. thann you for documenting this for history’s sake.
I attended technical school at Chanute in 1970 our barracks were in the old ww2 wooden buildings its really a shame seeing what has happened I really enjoyed my stay ,then off to vietnam . The base could have been turned into a community College or something useful like a general aviation airport,what a waist
Went by here on a trip back to Kansas City and the entire perimeter of entry is boarded up. Really a shame this place is wasted. But quite truthfully from what I saw of Memphis, everything is wasted there.
I went there right after boot camp in March '81 for non-destructive inspection (NDI). Sadly, I don't remember much about anything and watch alot of Chanute videos hoping to bring back some memories but they're not helping my tired mind. I vaguely remember marching early in the morning near a big hanger to go to class.......Can anyone tell me if White Hall is where I marched to for class? The one picture that has the dome roof makes me think that I marched into that area and then fell out of attention to go to class. Or maybe not
Sep 1981-Mar 1982 spent at Chanute for 341X6 Technical Training (Digital Navigation/Tactics Training Devices Specialist). THey jammed a whole bunch of electronics theory into my 18 year old brain. Also I remember an instructor with an interesting name (SSGT Dick Raper).
Silver Bullet, Osceola's Revenge, Tornado, Hurricane, they all came flooding back with this video. Beautiful. Thank you very much for making this. I miss this place a lot.
I was stationed here for tech school from Jan 1985-August 1985. Even then, my class was the last class for AFSC314X6. Had a great time there. Terrible to see what it has become. Very sad.
I see the facilities for housing homeless vets Barracks chow halls, clinics maintance buildings. But just like the vet it's easy to throw it away now that they are not needed. I was there the winter of 68-69. I remember it was cold.
