Last week, I photographed the second and third floors of the Democratic Headquarters and produced some great pictures. Right next door is another building that I thought would be great to shoot in. Yesterday, I asked the owner of the building if I could shoot in the apartments upstairs. The owner told me that those floors were just recently condemned and if I went up there it would be at my own risk. That did bother me, so she told me I could go up and look at the apartments. I thought I saw some potential in the apartments, so I told the owner that I would be back; with my husband.
The first apartment was upstairs. The roof is leaking and the walls and plaster are coming down. The people that used to live there left everything, except for the TV. Clothes, shoes, purses, toys, couch, bed, mail and etc. It was like they were told to get out and not take their stuff. The second apartment I went to was just the same. Clothes, toys, mail, furniture were all over the apartments. The owner told me that homeless and teenagers go to those apartments because they aren't locked (or don't have doors).
The condition of the upper floors was just terrible. How could people live there? How could all of the owners, past and present, let the building get in such horrible condition? The roof is leaking, the windows are broken, bird shit all over. It's just sad to see what was probably a beautiful building go to hell.
To see more photographs of the apartments go to DCO's Photo Gallery.
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