Dayton’s Abandoned Skyscraper Where the Wright Brothers Had an Office — Architectural Afterlife (Reblog)

An incredible abandoned skyscraper (though no longer an official skyscraper as of today’s definition) that not only held a recording studio, and luxurious penthouse suite, but many other operations throughout. The Wright brothers even had an office here. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1993. Let’s take…
Dayton’s Abandoned Skyscraper Where the Wright Brothers Had an Office — Architectural Afterlife

Once a TB Ward, Turned to a Prison, and Finally Left to Decay — Architectural Afterlife (Reblog)

Once a tuberculosis sanatorium, converted to a medium-security state correctional institution. Early history In the early 1900s, Samuel G. Dixon – Pennsylvania’s Commissioner of Health – had been searching for locations in the mountains to place a tuberculosis hospital. He was seeking a location here specifically due to the benefits of open air and exercise…
Once a TB Ward, Turned to a Prison, and Finally Left to Decay — Architectural Afterlife