Ghost Town II

Military Ghost Town

Saw Fast at breakfast one morning and he drew me a map to this great old public housing project which was built to house military families. The whole place is tucked into an area the size of a football field and consists of 12-15 buildings, I think. They were abandoned a little over a year ago and left quite a mess behind. Thank god for the graffiti guys to come in and spruce the place up a bit.

These are all from a neighborhood near Beitun, almost as far as Chungde, I think. I'll try to map out the site. Might not be much use, as I was crawling over the fence which surrounds this place, a neighborhood busybody informed me that they were going to be tearing the buildings down within a few weeks.

Taichung Top Center Graffiti

Ok, I finally got down to it and selected some of the best shots of what 4 Crew were up to between Christmas and Chinese New Year.
This place is an abandoned shopping center that was probably open for about a year, three or four years ago. Since I took these shots, the place has been surrounded by one of those lovely fences that seem to be everywhere.






To get inside I had to wake up a bum who was sleeping just inside of where the window had been smashed. He nodded at me and went back to sleep.

Top Center

At the corner of Wenshin Road and Taichungkang Road, next to the Mercedes/Smart dealership stands a large, vacant building that was a mini-mall as recently as, I don't know, two years ago? (Geez, there I go again, posting without checking my facts first. Sorry about that.)

And We're Back

Thanks to Fast for the heads up on three new locations around Taichung. I went for a ride yesterday afternoon to catch up on the latest from Four Crew. More photos coming up.

Graffiti Animation

Here's a cool bit of graff from Belgium. It took a long time, but the painter animated an animal running alongside a train track. Very cool.

Happy Holiday