ABANDONED office building DECAYING in Jacksonville (Almost Caught)
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- Опубліковано 24 бер 2022
- This abandoned office building originally housed Offshore Power Systems. They were a company that were trying to construct offshore nuclear power stations. The company claimed that hurricanes would have no affect on the sustainability of the power plants but the general thought differently. The general submitted a report that stated “The risks of a core-melt accident on a floating barge are 6 to 30 times greater than the risks of such an accident on a land-based plant.” Once the company realized they would not be able to get the company rolling, they shut down. Three Oaks Plaza had several tenants in the building over the past years but has been sitting vacant and decaying within the Florida weather. Follow along as we go and explore this giant abandoned office building.
I have a passion for documenting abandoned locations and the intention of these videos is to preserve their history and memory for time to come.
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These abandoned places are pretty sweet! Thanks for the quality content man! Looking forward to more adventures!
Thanks man! Ill keep up with content!
I was an employee of Offshore Power Systems back in that building's heyday. Thanks for the tour. Havent been in there since I was part of a big layoff of employees in 1978. One of the other buildings housed a Jax FBI office, and the other one was supposed to be converted into apartments, but havent heard much about that recently.
Keep up the good work! THank you so much for all of your efforts Taylor VanBeek!👍
Anytime! Thanks for watching!
Love the video and it truly is sad when seeing it just abandoned like that. To imagine all the people who worked there at one time. That place looks sketchy and the broken glass & mold make me nervous for you :). Bring a friend with you next time :)
It's crazy they let the place fall apart like that! It would be great if they could repurpose into some housing!
My dad worked for OPS in Jacksonville 1972-1979. I remember going to one of those buildings, as a small child, and coloring in his office. This was a very interesting video. Thank you.
Great video Taylor! You can see how the climate down there causes so much more water damage compared to buildings up my way. It often takes years to see the kind of damage that you are showing us. I can't wait to see what you have next!
Yeah the moisture in the air down here destroys everything! And I’ve got a few pretty cool places up my belt!
Lovely video and channel,really enjoyed this.stay safe and a new fan debs xx....
Thanks for watching!
What a complete eyesore dude. It never ceases to amaze me how the city just does absolutely nothing to get it cleaned up. I thought I recognized the place from the first building you walked through not too long ago. Nice job!
Yeah its in the same parking lot as the first one I filmed! It is crazy how the cities do absolutely nothing. Makes it look bad for sure!
Great vlog Tylor...
Office building is insane 😯
Keep going.
Thank you!
this is a really good video, keep making videos like this. good luck in your next explorations
Thanks dude! Ill keep the videos coming!
oh wow wicked video, looking forward to more. Crazy how quick a building (as new as this?) begins to dilapidate!
I know its nuts! It needs to be repurposed into something
Hey Taylor piece I really enjoyed the video, watched the whole thing. You're doing the lords work brother man!
Thanks man! It would be pretty sweet to see the place turned into some sort of housing!
@@TaylorVanBeek There is a lack of housing everywhere in this country so I completely agree with you. It is sad you're absolutely right
Good stuff per usual!
Thank for your support!
Fantastic location, video has some strange but so enjoyable mood. Love it.
Thanks for watching!
Dope vid dude 🤩
Thanks man! Just trying to get on your level! Haha
What an interesting location. Awesome video
Thanks for the support!
In the twin building, 7820 Arlington Expressway, used to house the FBI before the agency moved to the current Gate Parkway location. I am curious what was left behind in that building!?
Great walkthrough exploration video!
Thanks man! And if you search my channel, I actually did a video of the FBI building already. It had been completely gutted already unfortunately so not much to see!
@@TaylorVanBeek I will have to check it out!
So sick dude! I love it.
Thanks man!
Nice! I subbed your channel is great
Thanks for the support!
Wicked video fire 🔥 love to go explorer that one keep up the hard work 💪 👏
Thanks man! If you're ever this way, hit me up and ill take you on over there!
ayyy pretty sweet tour! stay safe.
Thanks man! Been loving your US tour videos! Looks like you're getting close to the end! Im hoping to do the same thing this summer!
Cool video 👍never stop exploring 😎
Thank you!
Nice stuff good find
Thank you!
Loved it
Thanks man!!
Great video. I’m very familiar with that property.
dude! nice explore. i did both the towers. one was a medical school
Cool video, I pass by there almost every day.
Thanks dude! It’s a creepy looking spot that’s for sure!
In the early nineties I went there for a job interview one time. I live on this side of town now and it's such an eyesore and such a shame
Love the truck man would be nice to travel the country in that and explore deffo need to head to the states for sure
If you're ever this way, let me know! I can show you some cool places.
To answer your question, the big machine you were asking about is a centrifugal chiller. It cools water which is then circulated through those big pipes to whichever parts of the building need air conditioning.
Floating. Nuclear. Power plants.
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What could go have ever gone wrong with that idea?
Cool ass spot to shoot some video. 🤙🏽
Keep on truckin’ dude!
I know right? Haha talk about a disaster waiting to happen! Thanks for watching man!
My AC line blew right where you were standing, where you got the couch in the shot. It was a hot summer day and I was taking a break after drifting.
nice that was a big explore of course people had to trash it
I know, it's a shame that people just destroy these abandoned places instead of preserving them!
@@TaylorVanBeek exactly there is no need for it
That is a chill water system you were looking at it's for the heating and air conditioning you are correct
9:47 That is a massive chiller used to cool the whole building. You were on the right track when you said HVAC.10:24 is the cooling tower that went with it.
Wow 😯
Crazy they just let it go huh? Be sweet to see it repurposed into some housing!
Wow this is crazy apocalyptic cool, its so trashed, something you'd expect to see in Detroit, not here. How long has it been abandoned?
It's been abandoned for around 10 years I believe. They have full blown sky scrapers in the middle of Jacksonville that are abandoned. It's nuts!
There's an old office building close to where I am. It's across from Ameris Bank, it looks like it's been closed for a long time. A construction crew just built a new storage unit next to Ameris Bank. I saw some bulldozers over at the old office building, I thought 💭 they were going to tear it down and rebuild it, but, they just fenced it off.
nice exploration. i'm also doing exploration on abandoned places here in singapore. i have more video lined up for premiere.
Awesome! Ill have to check them out!
Nice place to chill I think
I know right? Squatters love chillin there haha
@@TaylorVanBeek Higher The veiw the better personally. I used to hangout at a abandoned factory near by with power until it got torn down.
1:59 was there a pig in there with you?😂
Gotta love those moist dank carpets. Always a classic when you step on them and it soaks through into your socks
I know right? haha
Can you make a video on the Carraway Hospital in Alabama before it's demolished?
If the funds come up, I'd be glad to check it out!
30? years ago I maintained that property, it was fbi hq then, there was a sweet little spot at the back of the parking lot over looking a creek were we ate lunch.. Its a shame that building is going to waste, it would make a great annex for shumacker
I know right? It sucks they let that place get this bad
It’s a chiller for heating and cooling
I gotcha! Thats what I thought it was! Thanks for the info!
You got balls for walking through there without a gun. They sure did strip all the wire out of there.
Im so sad to see this place like this my grandmother work there as a Debt collector 6th floor i remember going to work with her playing with my dolls under her desk 😢 💔 i dont live far from here
Yeah it's sad seeing the place falling apart this bad!
I actually just recently explored this building it is in way worse shape including the other 2 buildings especially the first floors but still a fun place to explore. I did happen to run into some people just be cautious.
Yeah I've explored 2 of the 3. But the middle building I have not checked out yet. Thanks for the heads up!
anybody know if the building is still standing nowadays?
I broke into 2 of those in highschool lmao they deconstructed one of them down to its frame
Where is this
I just wish you would drop the addy bro
800 Arlington expressway your welcome
The good ole playhouse 😂
Not used to recons in bldgs with actual intact walls/roofs (to bust through if spooked). OR being surrounded by city ... simply having no eyes/humans around for miles is reassuring when going in to these places but damn, only takes one glance for someone to drop a dime to the cops. I have to be ready for bears in some but they're more predictable than some bum or squatter that could show any second. Finally, Montana allows carrying w/o permit ... I go in well armed always (esp w/ability to shriek like schoolgirl) yet youse just gots yer guts. Stay safe and KEEP IT UP. Adventure is all around for those who seek it.
Yeah its definitely different! But that's what keeps your adrenaline rushing! haha
This the one off Arlington expressway?
Yessir it is!
11:26 why does this remind me of backrooms level 4?
ONLY in AMERICA do we have SUCH Disgusting VANDALISM. Never understood the reasoning behind blowing out windows or graffiti.
Maybe this is the way they would have left the floating nuclear facilities after they stopped getting paid.
I’ve been there so I many times
It's a creepy place! That's for sure
@@TaylorVanBeek yes especially the one where there was a fire that one dark hallway gives me the heebie-jeebies
This used to be the old FBI building and now the city of Jacksonville Florida say that are goin to put apartment here
Yeah I wish they would do something with those buildings! I hate seeing them go to waste
@@TaylorVanBeek yea me to u should did another video on the abandoned hotel that was closer by and the mall to its so much abandoned places here in jacksonville fl
@@klove4081 I actually did one of the motel already on my channel! Haven’t been able to get into the mall though
They could gut it out from scratch & turn it to condos but it will cost
I know right? There is 3 of the same exact buildings in a parking lot together over there and one of them is fully gutted. There were plans to convert them but for some reason everything was halted. Maybe one day!
That's no main highway
It's called a water chiller.
I gotcha! Thanks for the info!
Where was Lola?
She was at the house while I explored this place! Too much glass haha
I think my buddy went in this one. He found evidence that a family with young kids were living there. Also he found a dead fix in there. If you want to try somewhere cool go to that old resort back down Arlington expressway towards the bridge on the right. There are people in there that have legit rooms set up and some of then are actually pretty clean, most of them are prostitutes but they were nice. We also found what looked like a murder scene there.
Are you talking about the old hotel? I've actually been there already. Definitely creepy vibes there!
@Taylor VanBeek Yes its like a hotel but people that lived in Arlington during the time that places was running (70s 80s I believe) refer to it as a resort for some reason. My buddy was actually into the exploring thing pretty hard-core and I've been quite a few places with him such as the old jea building downtown, silos on the Northside off of Buffalo, an old bank downtown, etc. Last time I went to the old hotel we are speaking of there was a freakin van parked in the middle of that place ( not sure how they even got it in there) but there was this creepy crackhead tweaking and hanging out in that van all day, we were spying on him. Oh and I forgot to mention there's the infamous school number 4 but it sucks, looks pretty creepy but sucks. I lived in Jax since the 80s but just moved up here in 2018 , about all this is to explore around here is really old houses but it's pretty fun and you find cool stuff.
I know those buildings well. I actually condemned them years ago. The city has plans for them but these buildings need a lot of work and it won’t be a quick fix. The FBI occupied these after the power company and they are currently owned by foreign parties. Be careful in there and if you go to Bethelite across the highway. There are some very unstable people staying there.
Yeah it's crazy how they haven't done anything with them yet. And I've actually been to Bethelite already! I've got a video of it on my channel as well!
@@TaylorVanBeek the current plan is multi family housing. It’s just going to take some time. I think they’ll be nice when they’re according to the plans anyway. Thanks for the great videos.
@@shiptime8108 that’d be sweet! And thanks for watching!