For those of you that haven't caught on, I'm currently 1200 miles away in South Bend, Indiana this week.
I've been exploring, and my dad and I decided to see whats left of the ruins of the 1800's Studebaker plant. We came up, and sadly found it's in stage 5 (what the signs said) of it's demolition. The vast majority of the buildings are gone. It was built in the 1800's where they built wagons and such, until the 1920's where they started in the automotive market.
Sadly, they would not let me any closer then the gates. Security was watching me carefully and I wasn't able to approach it. They said at the moment, they were not in a position to let anyone step near the building. I'm going back tomorrow with my Nikon and I'm gonna talk to the head honcho about going in for some pictures. Not sure if I'll get any luck, but heres what I got with my new Droid.
I decided to come back to the house and do some research.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNrOG4DNqUY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wop2PnwVcsY&feature=player_embedded#at=13
http://www.opacity.u...mping_plant.htm
http://www.studebake...60/Default.aspx
Moar....
It's really a sad site, seeing it torn down. Some of these buildings have been around since the 1800's since Studebaker was making horse drawn carts and carriages. It's what built the town of South Bend and sadly, is in the process of being demolished.