went for a tour a couple of weeks ago (the non-profit that owns it now is renovating it and offers several types listed on their website). a hauntingly beautiful art deco building with some interesting stories. it has a very abandoned yet stately feeling. the place is huge there are still major areas of disrepair and rubble. they were able to buy back the original clock. pictures of it in its heyday left me wishing to see it in full grandeur, but happy to also see it in its rough and current state of revival. definitely one of the highlights of my trip.
visited this site a couple of weeks ago. it is a very large property with a chain link barbed wire fence surrounding it. we walked the parameter and took photos of the buildings through the fence. i was very excited to be there. i loved how nature has really taken over this place, busting up the pavement and encroaching wherever possible. from the website, it looks like the place was abandoned in 1995. i wasn't frightened by anything to start, but as we completed our trek and approached the last building by the road, we heard a loud noise coming from inside like a door banging in the wind (although my friend said it sounded like a file cabinet to him). there was some wind, so i wrote it off to that and merrily continued, however just a few minutes later it happened again...only this time...there was no wind. it was so obviously loud that we deducted that there was either a person in there, an animal...or something else. since we were clearly alone (not at all a well visited area) and the options seemed sparse, we were seriously spooked and moved along quite quickly after that! i still get creeped out thinking about it.