Fort Beeswax

[new_republican]

Revolutionary War Fort (1700s) refortified and outfitted with artillery for WWII. Cool ass shit.

The denizens of this place on this day included taggers who were walking around in broad daylight and spraying like it was legal. A more discreet group that holed up in an underground chamber, sparked up a bunch of weed and toked until their flashlights

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RE: Ft Beeswax

[short_line2]

The taggers have been busy at this sight.

My wife was held up on her way to work one day by a train that she said had the best piece of graffiti she ever saw. A huge dragon that ran the length of three box cars. I admire good urban art, but most of what I see at this site from your images is mundane.

These images are great. They have that depth of color in low light conditions that your other work shows.

I do not blame you for not going into that water. I had a partner on a inspection trip that I warned we did not have the right gear to wading across a small wet area under a highway bridge. He decided that he was more willing to ruin a pair of shoes that make a trip back to the office and get wading boots. He regretted his decision as he shuffled through the water when he was stabbed with hypodermic syringe w/needle. Needless to say he was not a happy camper.

If you had not mentioned the kids toking weed I doubt I would have considered that other drug use might have left little traps behind.

Again, great images.

Re: Ft Beeswax

[new_republican]

No double the poor quality of the graffiti has to do with geographic location. This fort is located in an ultra-rich community, on an island. And you need to pay a toll to cross the bridge onto the island, and then pay again to get back off.

Graffiti being an urban pass time, probably hasn't proliferated in this area. However some of the artists were quite ambitions. I had seen paint cans and rollers on site. Some of them were actually painting large areas of walls, to give themselves fresh new canvas.

[him_lover_yt]

These are wonderful :]

My favourite is the fifth from the bottom ^^

-xxx-

[new_republican]

One of my favorites too. I liked the angles of the architecture, juxtaposed with the angles of the masonry.

[kasmoie]

a. where was this place?
b. where do you live?
c. was there any stuff left inside?

thank you new livejournal friend,
Kosta

[new_republican]

a. on an island
b. on the mainland
c. lots of stuff, but probably not the stuff you mean

[brian_z]

Have you been to the big one on the North Shore? No natural light to take shots like these, but very fun to explore.

[new_republican]

You tell me where. I'll go make photographs, even in pitch blackness.

[ratkrycek]

Looks a lot like the forts we have on the island where I live. *g*

Apparently tagging isn't frowned upon - or if it IS, you'd think there'd be less of it going on, whether these are the same forts or not. Sometimes you wonder why there is so much tagging going on... as if people would have more respect for history or something. (Actually, there's even graffiti to that effect at the forts here!)

I've spent some time exploring them... fascinating and fun, they are.

I'm enjoying your pics... came here via abandonedplaces. Thanks for sharing them!