Responding to the previous post (Chris). Percy Brown's--my grandfather used to get fresh Italian bread and clam chowder; I heard it was the best. The Westmoreland Club is still there. The only place on earth to get authentic "Old Forge" Style pizza; if you never heard of it, you don't know what your missing. Just imagine Italian & Polish immigrants making pizza. Little known fact is that Planter's Peanuts was founded in W-B. Luzerne, Economy, Shavertown, & Plains Lumber Co's. Most gone but had previously been around for eon's. The one good thing is that they managed to hold on to Pomeroy's & the Paramount Theater...I think. Well, I guess it could be worse, we could be talking about Detroit, MI or Camden, NJ

What a disgrace!!! My family is from there, visited a lot, I lived there for a number of years and moved out about 2001. This Hotel does a great job of representing what Wilkes-Barre USED to be. The Sterling is a masterpiece of art work that came on the heels of the Gilded Age before income tax and at a time when business & industry was booming; not like today...no matter what the media says. I mean when the US WAS special. The Sterling is done in the same vane as the Boston Park Plaza, The Plaza in NYC, Waldorf, and The Bellvue. To lose it, in my opinion is the LAST nail in the coffin for the Wyoming Valley. Ironically the valley, since the death of the coal industry, has become known as the place that enters a recession first & exits it last. Third largest economy in the state (distant third) and there's absolutely NO industry to speak of but then again that's not so unusual nowadays. Sorry for the negativity but it's like watching your Dad get beat up or Babe Ruth get out done by one of the steroid charged athletes of today. It's pitiful a block away from the Sterling the McDonald's couldn't even stay open.

you have some serious balls going into these places and doing what you do, especially at night and in the pitch darkness. i have been through pilgrim state and kings park a couple time making photographs and i was nervous to stay past sunset hahaa

Wow. First new comment in nearly 3 years.

I looked at this particular facility because I'm from Ohio, though I've never been to this area. All the pics on this site are beautiful.

As for the people in the previous comments freaking out about the graffiti on the wall in the pic, keep in mind it is 99% likely that it was spray painted by a 15 year old who never raped anyone and just wanted to write something to make his little friends laugh and provide shock value for those who saw it later. I mean, come on.

I love this building so much I even go to meeting on the restoration of the building. I thing for sure is it massively huge

If anyone is interested in going on a ghost hunt through the buildings of Glendale, let me know. I am getting written persmission to do so.

Hey what trail can i find these at? i just recently moved to blauvelt and am very interested in seeing all this history. Today i took a hike from rt 303 by Lieber road (bridge that goes over railroad)- i then took the green trail to the end of clausland mnt parking lot.

I love this shot. I am wondering how you were able to get IR in color? My IR shots out of my Hoya r72 are orange and can be tinted other colors but I have not gotten any like this. Nice job!

That would be a sick view everyday. Screw day care im going exploring

Yes converting your old camera isn't a bad idea. One of my friends is replacing his 350D and then converting it for IR. I was always worried about having that done on the 5D becasue of the cost of the 5D. You seem to get a lot of amazing shots in IR the way your 5D is now. I do like the way that the clouds look in the long exposures. I am looking into getting the R-72 filter but they are hard to come by in the 77mm size.

Well keep up the good work, you are definitely a very talented photographer and I respect what you do to document these beautiful locations before they are demolished!

Your welcome. This type of photography is a lot of fun but you make it look easy. I think many people don't realize how much work it really is to get such good shots like you get. If you don't mind me asking is your 5D modified for the IR or do you use long exposures?

This is one of my favorite locations you have been to. Great pics nice job!

Its so sad to see these places getting demolished. Another great shot Motts!

Very nice IR shot. I have a 5d also and I had wondered if you used any color tinting filters as well as the IR filter? Great pics!

Awesome stuff man, its depressing to see this place in ruins.

Great shots from England, I love your stuff its like an escape from the cruel reality we live in daily.

Awesome shoot, seems like a different place....I love it!

Awesome like always...

Nice quote from 1984 lol.

Like always you did an amazing job.

So said these pictures are, they make you depressed. I never seen this place before, but the storied from you guys are enough. Wish I could see it before its all gone.

I sat in those things yesterday

hey just went in here yesterday and it wasn't as creepy as i though i wonder if there are anymore near taunton

Just talked to one of the onwers friends the other day when we climbed it and he was up there. He said that the guy plans to blow it up and build himself a house here. Kind of sad, we go there probably once a week still to this day. Awesome place to be.

Its a shame because this thing is now full of grafitti in that center section. How people got up there, i'll never know.