The Burrell Schmidt 24" 🔭, which was housed in 2nd dome, is at Kitt Peak Nat'l Observatory near Tuscon. Recently had optics upgraded. The 9.5 " refractor , known as Rooftop Telescope, was moved to AW Smith at CWRU (Case Western Reserve University) in 1986. It's available for use by students, faculty & staff after taking course on correct operation.
I love this stuff and I've been on the back end of telescope operations! There's so many amazing crews out there keeping all this stuff functional. Cheers to someone restoring this place in whatever capacity they deem fit. Thank you for this great video.
Shame on the city, its philanthropists and nonprofit organizations for not preserving this beautiful piece of history. It would have made a wonderful historical museum.
Regardless of whether a private citizen owned it the city could have claimed eminent domain after the owner was convicted given the historical significance and made it a historical landmark, shame on them
Amazing video! No loud music in the background, you went slowly so we could actually SEE what you’re looking at, and excellent information on the history! You’ve done an amazing job of taking me with you! Especially enjoyed the old photos of what it used to be long ago! THANK YOU!! Will definitely subscribe and share!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Rebecca Lott - My thoughts EXACTLY, Miss Lott. Chris is doing everything right, as far as I'm concerned. No unnecessary, flashy intros and outros - no childish antics or pathetic attempts at humor - no need to be the center of attention - no click-bait titles - no phony 'acting' - no annoying repetition of the word 'guys!' He truly loves what he does .. does it to the best of his ability, without obsessing on unnecessary production details, or wasting the viewer's time .. gets the job done, and moves on. A+ in my book! Dave Lounder (Connecticut) IMDb.me/DaLo TheDriveInGuys.com
We have a brewery in Bend, Oregon that added an observatory to its building. The building is in the city with a 24" RC telescope for public viewing. Now days there are filters that cut out city lights and allows the night sky to almost be dark! A business could invest in this building, likely get a write-off for its restoration and perhaps even the city would give them a tax-free break for adding value to their community? Start small, block off areas to be developed later but get'r done!
You wouldn't say that if you saw the blighted neighborhood this wonderful building is in. It was an affluent area when the observatory was erected, but nothing could be further from the truth today.
Man that would have been an awesome home! My bedroom would have been at the top with the dome. Would install a glass ceiling and just lay in bed at night and look up at the stars! Beautiful place!
Harvey Films I can poop on a plate and call it art. Stupid thing is, there’s a lot of people who’d say “Hmm, what do you think he’s trying to say with this piece”? or “Fabulous! How much is it”?
Imagine taking a time machine to the grand opening or ribbon cutting and asking someone “ you want to see what this looks like in a hundred years?” And show him this. He would be shocked:)
Your on a winning streak!! All I can say is WOW!. You would of thought that it would of been put up for sale or donated to a worthwhile cause. To let it fall in disrepair is unbelievable..Thanks again for doing what you do! You've given me a new insight on how we as a country can waste so much history! I certainly will never regret subscribing to your awesome channel! Thanks again! Rick from Virginia
If it wasn't for W&S and their technology and the machinery they produced, it's very likely we would have lost WW2. Its a shame this gift from them has been left to rot.
@@Jack29151 I disagree, mechanized warfare required vast quantities of machine tools. The machine tools, turret lathes W&S produced were crucial for weapons production.
Ok, I am subbing.... 2nd Bad-Ass video out of the 2 I have watched so far..... This place would make an awesome house! While it can still be saved.... Imagine having that big observatory with thoses cool iron wheels turning it around... Or just even stationary, that old metal work is just second to none .... Thanks for posting!!!!
Chris, you've become one of my favorite channels. Your videos are well done, easy to follow, without annoying music in the BG, and I don't believe I've ever heard any "blue" language in your narration. I think I'm going to try to "cross pollinate" you with some of my other favorites, like Urban Exploring With Kappy and Urbex Dane, who find the same sort of interesting things as you. BIG THUMBS UP, always!
So, so tragic that a stunning building such as this has been left to deteriorate and be subject to senseless vandalism. I have an two observatories near me. One is in the (old Roman) city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. The other is attached to the home of the late astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in Selsey (pronounced sell-see) which is just a few miles from Chichester. The home is currently owned by the guitarist Brian May from the rock group Queen, who not only is a guitarist. He also has a doctorate in astrophysics and was a great friend of Sir Patrick, who he considers his mentor in astronomy. Brian bought Sir Patrick’s home from him a few years before his elderly and ailing friend died (December 2012 aged 89) when he began to suffer from financial hardship. The observatory was once virtually destroyed by our only hurricane (so far!!) in October of 1988. It was painstakingly rebuilt. Over the course of fifty years he famously recorded over 700 episodes of the BBC programme, The Sky at Night!! Patrick was well loved round here. He listed his address and phone number for all to see in the phone directory, and loved nothing more than to talk about astronomy and show anyone round his observatory. I’m so glad that Brian May is preserving this wonderful piece of our British National history that belonged to such a larger than life, amusing and highly intelligent astronomer. I do believe there are plans for it to become a museum dedicated to Sir Patrick’s career and the history of British astronomy.❤️
It’s a giant abandoned building it’s literally falling apart. The spray paint won’t hurt anything. Don’t be so offended by spray painted dicks, they’re funny: fact
Your time bringing these pictures is priceless to people who are not able to venture to these of Great interest. hank you Keep safe Chris, You are educating people in the USA and around the world.
sski - Just tell city hall there about what you’d like to do with the place (if you’re serious about renovating it.) They just might put up the money for you and a crew, especially if it will help their city in any way financially once it’s completed.
I really enjoyed this. The zoom out from the observatory was a neat way to end this video. I just thought I'd mention that the centre of the Milky Way is in Sagittarius. If one can get away from at least some light pollution, it's definitely worth a look. In August, in the northern hemisphere, Sagittarius is due south of an observer about two hours after sunset.
Just to follow up on your tour of the Ledges in Hinkley. If your still in the Cleveland area , just a stones throw away from the Ledges in Richfield is an abandoned Girl Scout Park that Richfield bought and is turning into a public park. It is over 300 Acres and has dozens of structures, pavilions, outhouses, cottages and even abandoned houses. It has an interesting history, having first been owned by Mr Kirby, an inventor (many people know him as the inventor of the Kirby vacuum cleaner). From what I’ve been told, the site has even been scouted as a potentially location for a horror movie (once you see it you’ll know what I mean). Again, if you’re still in the area, it’s worth checking out
Wow! As always thank you for taking us along. It really is like taking a trip. I couldn't do all of that walking with my terrible heart. I love that you do that for me.
sadly it probably already is for vagrants and drug addicts :( much like Tacoma WA first Elk's Lodge did (before McMenamin bought and saved it) for many years. They broke in and broke history. And since there were no unboarded windows and the place they made entry was hidden from everyday community members sight, the city just pretended it wasn't a problem. Millions of dollars were needed (not merely preferred) to make it safe to open to the public as a historic restaurant. Hazmat was required (so many needles, broken glass bottles and pipes, condoms, excrement etc ToT) as well as mold treatments and cleaning they do in meth kitchens. It's heartbreaking to me. So many historic places used with less respect than a garbage barge. "kids will be kids.... they're not vandalizing with that spray paint...they are expressing themselves!" "Stop shaming chemically dependent community members! Refusing to live in a treatment program to give themselves a place to get on their feet and be a productive member of society again is cruel and humiliating/degrading." Hyperbole of course... but it's the way I vent when I see pieces of history and landmarks that can never be replaced, destroyed and then get told it's no big deal and they have the right to do these things and I should support them. Here in Washington, it feels more and more like the whole state is becoming a homeless camp with a state or city financed place within stumbling distance where they help people safely inject their drugs bought with their disability or welfare money. :( Thank God the rest of the country didn't buy into Governor Jay Insley's BS. This country would be even more lost (hard to conceive of that level of bad) than it is. Sorry for the rant!!
Kind of expected to see some guy standing in the corner like the end of the Blair Witch Project in the basement. Question: Do you ever run across homeless or junkies in these places? If so, I hope you carry...
7:34 That's called the "Projector Room". I don't know if you are alone or have a companion with you, but every now and then I hear a woman's voice following you around. Never go into places like that alone. You have no idea if there is an unstable homeless person is living in such an area.
This video caused me to remember, a fourth grade, school field trip to there in 1947 or 48. There was lots of walnut paneling and furnishings and polished floors. We got to see the telescopes, but could not look through them as it was daytime. Watched a film about the solar system. . Early primary grade school field trips like this got me interested in math,engineering, and science. By the fifth grade I knew that I would go to college and get an engineering degree. After the war, the name Warner & Swasey was the same as saying precision. When everyone else worked to half a thou, W.& S. worked to a tenth. .Dam the vandals and the stupid administrators who have allowed this destruction to happen.
So glad you're still making videos. Made a comment a long time ago on one of your old videos mentionting how you're one of only two youtubers (the other being shiey) who does exploration/abandoned videos and doesn't drone on and on about how 'lit' this trip is and how 'intense' everything is. You take great pictures, great videos, give great commentary with interesting backstory and history, and on top of it all edit the videos extremely well to include whatever you can find of the original construction. Amazing work, keep it up , loving these.
I was on a grade school field trip to this place back in the 70s. Later in the mid 90s after it was already closed permanently my dad said that the guy who brought it was a crook. It sat for years and i would drive past everyday later in my years and was always curious about the fact that it was abandoned and that nothing was being done to it. Thanks for visiting my hometown.
It could still be a very neat house. From what I see it's mostly brick . It could be a little expensive but it's very fixable. Finding out who owns it now and get them to sell it may be hard.
This guy is one of the few guys im subscribed to and like all his videos. Its refreshing when they dont beg for it and still produce better content then the rest of youtube. Keep it up!
Hardly anything about the law and Gov't makes much sense. Do you remember the episode on M*A*S*H where Frank (AKA "Ferret Face") discovered the natives were raiding their refuse piles and he decided this stuff they'd _thrown away_ had to be guarded by men with weapons until it could be auctioned, instead? My eldest brother was in the USAF, stationed in the US, and saw the same thing, armed men guarding a dump so nobody could take anything before they _burned it!_ Don't try to figure it out or you'll end up at the Ha-Ha Hotel wearing a canvas housecoat and being kept away from sharp things.
It was abandoned in 1983, the person convicted of fraud didn’t buy it until 2005. Since it had already sat abandoned and didn’t sell for 22 years since it first closed, it’s more likely that no one was interested in purchasing it. Given that the 1st buyer wasn’t until 2005, it stood little chance of being resold anytime after that.
Properties sell when people buy them. If no one wants to buy it. It don't sell. It's also likly the property is trapped in litigation limbo. Wich can go on for decades.
I dig your style, not loud or talking too fast, I love the way you edit in old pics of these places and how you walk around with respect, only really touching door knobs to open doors. There is always massive graffiti at these sights and I like how you don't comment on them or focus on all the vulgar pics and profanity, great job...sub for life!
This observatory was used for student research. It was used nightly, and was manned on a daily basis. In the late 60's the residences of the neighborhood changed and the new residents started mugging the students who were using the observatory on a regular basis. Along with mugging in the 1970's started the break ins and the vandalism. By 1980 the observatory was closed for safety reasons.
Yeah, it says wow! He must have someone with him. It was clear as day. Im assuming he has his gf with him or something... His camera light gave him problems earlier in the video when he was walking up that stairwell... First thing I thought of was a spirit. Then I heard the voice clearly and now I'm really wondering...
I often wonder what prompts people to just spray random stuff on to abandoned places. And sometimes they're found so high up (i.e. 20 - 30+ ft) that it also makes you wonder why go through all that effort if no one passing by would really care?
Im gonna guess that today 4 years later this place has long since been demolished, or atleast decayed/gotten vandalized so much you can barely tell what it was anymore.
Buildings like this, with this level of craftsmanship and attention to detail, will never be duplicated again. If the city of Cleveland was smart (I know they aren't, I'm in the area) they would have taken this over and given it to the park service. At the very least, it could have been turned into a science center. At this point, it appears to be beyond repair.
Love how you show us the detail of the wood. Yes, you could get lost in there. I often wonder if you run into people who are living in these abandoned places? Ending was perfect, saying "... getting out of here..." and the drone goes off into the distance as if you were flying out of there hahahha. Thank you for sharing.
The observatory is actually in the city of East Cleveland, and the city has decades of corruption in the government. I don’t know if this had anything to do with just abandoning the property, but today the city is full of blocks and blocks of empty crumbling apartments and houses. I have photographs of many, including the observatory. Was a substitute teacher in East Cleveland for a time. Today the city doesn’t even run half of the traffic lights. The destruction is mesmerizing and quite sad.
Too bad the vandals messed the place up. I've seen some graffiti that has been wonderful to see and even fit the buildings they defaced. These were just random. The explore was solid! Amazing to see such an incredible place. It would have made the most amazing house! I would be interested to know if there were any plans to restore any of the place. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
Is there any way that we can get, for example, the 'Cleveland Historical Society', to organize a number of high schools, interested in astronomy, to do a long term kids volunteer astronomy workshop project. Maybe give local companies, tax breaks and government funding, to professionally fix and correct inside/outside structural problems, plumbing, electrical,even etc. This could become a great community educational resource, and long term benefit to the city.
it is a true shame our country can send millions and millions of dollars to other countries for aid but can't save a piece of history like this a true shame it just doesn't seem right
I suspect the bow in the ceiling was intentional. The base of the telescope likely sat down in it. Like sitting a bowl in a bowl. It would ensure perfect stability and self leveling while rotating the telescope
Ugh! These things just burn my brain. The waste. Thinking of how many people and animals homeless....the beauty of the land before it was used and then left to rot. It's a painful lesson we all need to see tho. Thankyou. New sub.💔🐾🌳🤘
Such as shame to see that place fall into disrepair and vandalized. Would've been sweet to see it retrofitted into a cool looking home or local museum or something.
The Burrell Schmidt 24" 🔭, which was housed in 2nd dome, is at Kitt Peak Nat'l Observatory near Tuscon. Recently had optics upgraded.
The 9.5 " refractor , known as Rooftop Telescope, was moved to AW Smith at CWRU (Case Western Reserve University) in 1986. It's available for use by students, faculty & staff after taking course on correct operation.
Great info Thanks!
@@MobileInstinctur welcome 🔭Nice vid
I love this stuff and I've been on the back end of telescope operations!
There's so many amazing crews out there keeping all this stuff functional.
Cheers to someone restoring this place in whatever capacity they deem fit.
Thank you for this great video.
It actually hurts my heart to see these old souls be neglected and forgotten :(
Totally agree..I'm sick
Shame on the city, its philanthropists and nonprofit organizations for not preserving this beautiful piece of history. It would have made a wonderful historical museum.
You did hear him say a private person owned it right? Not the city or some nonprofit.
@Woochinatchika Kokillibolinov I stand corrected although I was just going by what he aid in the video.
You took the words right out my mouth , intelligent person .
Regardless of whether a private citizen owned it the city could have claimed eminent domain after the owner was convicted given the historical significance and made it a historical landmark, shame on them
i think repairing the telescope and re-useing the observatory is a beter idea
Very Interesting! Thank you for adding the photos when it was Active! ❤
Amazing video! No loud music in the background, you went slowly so we could actually SEE what you’re looking at, and excellent information on the history! You’ve done an amazing job of taking me with you! Especially enjoyed the old photos of what it used to be long ago! THANK YOU!! Will definitely subscribe and share!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Rebecca Lott - My thoughts EXACTLY, Miss Lott. Chris is doing everything right, as far as I'm concerned. No unnecessary, flashy intros and outros - no childish antics or pathetic attempts at humor - no need to be the center of attention - no click-bait titles - no phony 'acting' - no annoying repetition of the word 'guys!' He truly loves what he does .. does it to the best of his ability, without obsessing on unnecessary production details, or wasting the viewer's time .. gets the job done, and moves on. A+ in my book!
Dave Lounder (Connecticut)
IMDb.me/DaLo
TheDriveInGuys.com
@@TheDriveInGuys totally agree. I just found his channel and he really is the best. Hoping he protects his lungs from the lead paint
It is sad to see how people have destroyed the place. Great video and I love the before pictures to show how grand the place was.
Really like how you give facts about the place and show pictures of it before and after. Great walkthrough!
If I was rich, I'd buy this place and do a full remodel. Such a beautiful place that is tragically left to rot.
I was thinking the same thing
We have a brewery in Bend, Oregon that added an observatory to its building. The building is in the city with a 24" RC telescope for public viewing. Now days there are filters that cut out city lights and allows the night sky to almost be dark! A business could invest in this building, likely get a write-off for its restoration and perhaps even the city would give them a tax-free break for adding value to their community? Start small, block off areas to be developed later but get'r done!
You wouldn't say that if you saw the blighted neighborhood this wonderful building is in. It was an affluent area when the observatory was erected, but nothing could be further from the truth today.
Sad that we must vandalize our history to leave our mark. ☮️
Human nature man... I dislike it but understand it... We've been doing it since we Made drawings on the walls of caves
@@charlesswenson259 Yeah, because I'm sure writing F*%K or drawing a penis is the historical equivalent of ancient pictographs.
I agree. No respect
@@ElementofKindness hah
The peace sign is an upside down broken cross. It's demonic !
Man that would have been an awesome home! My bedroom would have been at the top with the dome. Would install a glass ceiling and just lay in bed at night and look up at the stars! Beautiful place!
It's a shame how such a beautiful old building was left to deteriorate. It should've been designated a historic landmark. So sad.
The mistake on the lake.
Them Vandals sure have a lot of money to spend on paint.
Most likely stole it.
Multi purpose, spray some, sniff some, repeat!
Artists
Harvey Films I can poop on a plate and call it art. Stupid thing is, there’s a lot of people who’d say “Hmm, what do you think he’s trying to say with this piece”? or “Fabulous! How much is it”?
Paul Weisgerber Yes, the world have become depraved.
Good video too bad people have
To vandalize everything
Amazing place, shame about that terrible graffiti!
The last part you went in is awesome
Imagine taking a time machine to the grand opening or ribbon cutting and asking someone “ you want to see what this looks like in a hundred years?” And show him this. He would be shocked:)
Your on a winning streak!! All I can say is WOW!. You would of thought that it would of been put up for sale or donated to a worthwhile cause. To let it fall in disrepair is unbelievable..Thanks again for doing what you do! You've given me a new insight on how we as a country can waste so much history! I certainly will never regret subscribing to your awesome channel! Thanks again!
Rick from Virginia
Shouldn't it have been placed on some protection registry.
If it wasn't for W&S and their technology and the machinery they produced, it's very likely we would have lost WW2. Its a shame this gift from them has been left to rot.
Their innovations in tool&die made IC chips possible, we'd win ww2 but there wouldn't be a computer age.
@@Jack29151 I disagree, mechanized warfare required vast quantities of machine tools. The machine tools, turret lathes W&S produced were crucial for weapons production.
Ok, I am subbing.... 2nd Bad-Ass video out of the 2 I have watched so far..... This place would make an awesome house! While it can still be saved.... Imagine having that big observatory with thoses cool iron wheels turning it around...
Or just even stationary, that old metal work is just second to none .... Thanks for posting!!!!
You have millions of dollars to restore it?
@@dr.migalitoloveless1651 I wish... You would think some rich guy would want it...
Chris, you've become one of my favorite channels. Your videos are well done, easy to follow, without annoying music in the BG, and I don't believe I've ever heard any "blue" language in your narration. I think I'm going to try to "cross pollinate" you with some of my other favorites, like Urban Exploring With Kappy and Urbex Dane, who find the same sort of interesting things as you. BIG THUMBS UP, always!
Nice job, especially with historic photos. Places I'll never get to see in person. Thanks.
If you are in Cleveland still. You should check out the Snake in Ohio. Really old megalithic type thing.
I've heard of it, I ll look it up thanks!
It's called Serpent Mound.
So, so tragic that a stunning building such as this has been left to deteriorate and be subject to senseless vandalism. I have an two observatories near me. One is in the (old Roman) city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. The other is attached to the home of the late astronomer Sir Patrick Moore in Selsey (pronounced sell-see) which is just a few miles from Chichester. The home is currently owned by the guitarist Brian May from the rock group Queen, who not only is a guitarist. He also has a doctorate in astrophysics and was a great friend of Sir Patrick, who he considers his mentor in astronomy. Brian bought Sir Patrick’s home from him a few years before his elderly and ailing friend died (December 2012 aged 89) when he began to suffer from financial hardship. The observatory was once virtually destroyed by our only hurricane (so far!!) in October of 1988. It was painstakingly rebuilt. Over the course of fifty years he famously recorded over 700 episodes of the BBC programme, The Sky at Night!! Patrick was well loved round here. He listed his address and phone number for all to see in the phone directory, and loved nothing more than to talk about astronomy and show anyone round his observatory. I’m so glad that Brian May is preserving this wonderful piece of our British National history that belonged to such a larger than life, amusing and highly intelligent astronomer. I do believe there are plans for it to become a museum dedicated to Sir Patrick’s career and the history of British astronomy.❤️
What a shame WAS a beautiful building to bad the jackals got to it first! Love these videos but seeing the vandalism always makes them hard to watch!
Jackels? I would say Father Time has taken his toll on this structure.
@@CANControlGRAFFITI Father Time and Mother Nature. The graffiti artists loved it when no one else did.
It’s a giant abandoned building it’s literally falling apart. The spray paint won’t hurt anything. Don’t be so offended by spray painted dicks, they’re funny: fact
@@Dsowers777 Not a fact, and they are hurting something.
@@ginfonte3386 They never loved it.
You should go to the abandoned Cleveland aquarium!
That place is incredible. Few other spots that are amazing in Cleveland too. Just need to be very careful. Not in the best hood thats for sure.
Ugh! I hate vandals! Cool place though!
Totally agree 👍, you look great by the way
I know
its just paint on the walls, your perspective makes it vandalism
Marjukka How about we randomly paint / break your stuff and see how you like it?
@@INDIlob Graffiti/vandal identified.
Your time bringing these pictures is priceless to people who are not able to venture to these of Great interest. hank you Keep safe Chris, You are educating people in the USA and around the world.
That place is recoverable. I wish I had the money. I definitely have the skills. I could bring that place back to life.
sski - Just tell city hall there about what you’d like to do with the place (if you’re serious about renovating it.) They just might put up the money for you and a crew, especially if it will help their city in any way financially once it’s completed.
@@4thegloryofthelord assuming that city hall even has that kind of money. funds like that need to be raised or privately funded.
@Chris Kiehart Take your politics elsewhere.
@Chris Kiehart OK. This is silly to begin with, and why is it here?
I really enjoyed this. The zoom out from the observatory was a neat way to end this video.
I just thought I'd mention that the centre of the Milky Way is in Sagittarius. If one can get away from at least some light pollution, it's definitely worth a look. In August, in the northern hemisphere, Sagittarius is due south of an observer about two hours after sunset.
Nice that you did put in the pictures how it looked. Good work.
You remind me of my seventh grade English teacher! He was a cool dude who loved this kind of stuff!
6:32 into the video there's a man standing in the doorway to the left was there someone with you
Pontiac9999 good catch
Maybe a woman? The voice sounded like a woman
What an awesome place. The top dome would of been a nice bedroom. I hate it when punks start vandalize historical buildings, really makes me sad.
Just to follow up on your tour of the Ledges in Hinkley. If your still in the Cleveland area , just a stones throw away from the Ledges in Richfield is an abandoned Girl Scout Park that Richfield bought and is turning into a public park. It is over 300 Acres and has dozens of structures, pavilions, outhouses, cottages and even abandoned houses. It has an interesting history, having first been owned by Mr Kirby, an inventor (many people know him as the inventor of the Kirby vacuum cleaner). From what I’ve been told, the site has even been scouted as a potentially location for a horror movie (once you see it you’ll know what I mean). Again, if you’re still in the area, it’s worth checking out
Thanks, I ll google it
Every abandoned place you go you should leave like a sticker or something on the wall saying “Subscribe to Mobile Instinct” or something like that
It’s amazing that people have that much spray paint on hand!!
Wow! As always thank you for taking us along. It really is like taking a trip. I couldn't do all of that walking with my terrible heart. I love that you do that for me.
This would make a great Bed-N-Breakfast......
sadly it probably already is for vagrants and drug addicts :( much like Tacoma WA first Elk's Lodge did (before McMenamin bought and saved it) for many years. They broke in and broke history. And since there were no unboarded windows and the place they made entry was hidden from everyday community members sight, the city just pretended it wasn't a problem. Millions of dollars were needed (not merely preferred) to make it safe to open to the public as a historic restaurant. Hazmat was required (so many needles, broken glass bottles and pipes, condoms, excrement etc ToT) as well as mold treatments and cleaning they do in meth kitchens.
It's heartbreaking to me. So many historic places used with less respect than a garbage barge. "kids will be kids.... they're not vandalizing with that spray paint...they are expressing themselves!" "Stop shaming chemically dependent community members! Refusing to live in a treatment program to give themselves a place to get on their feet and be a productive member of society again is cruel and humiliating/degrading." Hyperbole of course... but it's the way I vent when I see pieces of history and landmarks that can never be replaced, destroyed and then get told it's no big deal and they have the right to do these things and I should support them. Here in Washington, it feels more and more like the whole state is becoming a homeless camp with a state or city financed place within stumbling distance where they help people safely inject their drugs bought with their disability or welfare money. :( Thank God the rest of the country didn't buy into Governor Jay Insley's BS. This country would be even more lost (hard to conceive of that level of bad) than it is.
Sorry for the rant!!
It would cost so much money to fix the place up, you'd have to charge thousands of dollars for a nights' stay!
@@afringedweller
Nah, just some duct tape and paint.
Nobody wants to stay at a B&B in East Cleveland.
@@chrispartin4549
That's true, make it a gay bar.
Kind of expected to see some guy standing in the corner like the end of the Blair Witch Project in the basement.
Question: Do you ever run across homeless or junkies in these places? If so, I hope you carry...
Carry what? A bottle of water for them?
@@lettybabesify haha. No, self protection.
@@redpiper1 hahaha sorry I couldn't help myself 😂 I'm glad you took it as a joke too 🙂
Always
@@redpiper1 I agree. Never go into abandoned buildings without condoms.
7:34 That's called the "Projector Room". I don't know if you are alone or have a companion with you, but every now and then I hear a woman's voice following you around.
Never go into places like that alone. You have no idea if there is an unstable homeless person is living in such an area.
SpiritBear12 At 7:27 right after he says “In certain rooms it is hot!”
A woman’s voice says “Fly!”
This video caused me to remember, a fourth grade, school field trip to there in 1947 or 48. There was lots of walnut paneling and furnishings and polished floors. We got to see the telescopes, but could not look through them as it was daytime. Watched a film about the solar system. . Early primary grade school field trips like this got me interested in math,engineering, and science. By the fifth grade I knew that I would go to college and get an engineering degree.
After the war, the name Warner & Swasey was the same as saying precision. When everyone else worked to half a thou, W.& S. worked to a tenth.
.Dam the vandals and the stupid administrators who have allowed this destruction to happen.
So glad you're still making videos. Made a comment a long time ago on one of your old videos mentionting how you're one of only two youtubers (the other being shiey) who does exploration/abandoned videos and doesn't drone on and on about how 'lit' this trip is and how 'intense' everything is. You take great pictures, great videos, give great commentary with interesting backstory and history, and on top of it all edit the videos extremely well to include whatever you can find of the original construction. Amazing work, keep it up , loving these.
One of your best videos.. love the before and current picture comparisons. Keep up the great content..
Thanks Jeb
Nice. Thanks for interjecting actual pictures of what it used to look like throughout the video. Amazing to see.
Could turn this into a drinking game...do a shot Everytime u see a pocket rocket...lol
I was on a grade school field trip to this place back in the 70s. Later in the mid 90s after it was already closed permanently my dad said that the guy who brought it was a crook. It sat for years and i would drive past everyday later in my years and was always curious about the fact that it was abandoned and that nothing was being done to it. Thanks for visiting my hometown.
It could still be a very neat house. From what I see it's mostly brick . It could be a little expensive but it's very fixable. Finding out who owns it now and get them to sell it may be hard.
The owner went to prison and it would take millions of dollars to restore the property.
This guy is one of the few guys im subscribed to and like all his videos. Its refreshing when they dont beg for it and still produce better content then the rest of youtube. Keep it up!
If the owner was convicted of fraud then why wasn't the property sold to compensate his victim(s)? - Doesn't make sense.
Hardly anything about the law and Gov't makes much sense. Do you remember the episode on M*A*S*H where Frank (AKA "Ferret Face") discovered the natives were raiding their refuse piles and he decided this stuff they'd _thrown away_ had to be guarded by men with weapons until it could be auctioned, instead? My eldest brother was in the USAF, stationed in the US, and saw the same thing, armed men guarding a dump so nobody could take anything before they _burned it!_ Don't try to figure it out or you'll end up at the Ha-Ha Hotel wearing a canvas housecoat and being kept away from sharp things.
It was abandoned in 1983, the person convicted of fraud didn’t buy it until 2005. Since it had already sat abandoned and didn’t sell for 22 years since it first closed, it’s more likely that no one was interested in purchasing it. Given that the 1st buyer wasn’t until 2005, it stood little chance of being resold anytime after that.
Properties sell when people buy them.
If no one wants to buy it. It don't sell.
It's also likly the property is trapped in litigation limbo.
Wich can go on for decades.
Loved it ! Great find ! Glad you shared this it was incredible to watch this tour around this place thank you
Imagine the media room you could make in that auditorium space!
Great find Chris ! it's too bad that place is in bad condition. Keep up the good work !
Did someone just say wow in 7:27 @mobile instinct
Probably. I was there with a friend
Ohhhhhh sorry @mobile instinct
I dig your style, not loud or talking too fast, I love the way you edit in old pics of these places and how you walk around with respect, only really touching door knobs to open doors. There is always massive graffiti at these sights and I like how you don't comment on them or focus on all the vulgar pics and profanity, great job...sub for life!
How utterly sad that something so beautiful is left to rot. Thank you for taking us on your journey through this wonderful piece of history.
This observatory was used for student research. It was used nightly, and was manned on a daily basis. In the late 60's the residences of the neighborhood changed and the new residents started mugging the students who were using the observatory on a regular basis. Along with mugging in the 1970's started the break ins and the vandalism. By 1980 the observatory was closed for safety reasons.
Very cool place to see. Thanks for taking us.
@ 7:26 you can hear what sounds like a voice. creepy...
Yeah, it says wow! He must have someone with him. It was clear as day. Im assuming he has his gf with him or something... His camera light gave him problems earlier in the video when he was walking up that stairwell... First thing I thought of was a spirit. Then I heard the voice clearly and now I'm really wondering...
He said in another comment that he was there with a friend
That's a great video. What a beautiful old building. Thanks Chris.
The ivy growing over the window shot was amazing.
I often wonder what prompts people to just spray random stuff on to abandoned places. And sometimes they're found so high up (i.e. 20 - 30+ ft) that it also makes you wonder why go through all that effort if no one passing by would really care?
Im gonna guess that today 4 years later this place has long since been demolished, or atleast decayed/gotten vandalized so much you can barely tell what it was anymore.
Awesome job on this exploration😊
Buildings like this, with this level of craftsmanship and attention to detail, will never be duplicated again. If the city of Cleveland was smart (I know they aren't, I'm in the area) they would have taken this over and given it to the park service. At the very least, it could have been turned into a science center. At this point, it appears to be beyond repair.
So cool! You’re right, it would make a great house!👍🏻👍🏻❤️
Fascinating history of an incredible building.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Nice that you know the history. Love your work as an Explorer. Warm greetings Yvonne from the Nederlands x
Thanks!
Love how you show us the detail of the wood. Yes, you could get lost in there. I often wonder if you run into people who are living in these abandoned places? Ending was perfect, saying "... getting out of here..." and the drone goes off into the distance as if you were flying out of there hahahha. Thank you for sharing.
The observatory is actually in the city of East Cleveland, and the city has decades of corruption in the government. I don’t know if this had anything to do with just abandoning the property, but today the city is full of blocks and blocks of empty crumbling apartments and houses. I have photographs of many, including the observatory. Was a substitute teacher in East Cleveland for a time. Today the city doesn’t even run half of the traffic lights. The destruction is mesmerizing and quite sad.
I’ve been to this!!!! Great find I live in Erie pa took a drive to see this I love abandoned exploring
Was this a solo walk through or was someone else there? at 9:48 sounds like a "uh huh" like there agreement that there was a fireplace
I am in tears...such a beautiful installation and so badly treated and neglected. Shame On Cleveland.
I watched your video in Tucson the wraith awesome
so sad, thanks for the prior photos, really brings it into perspective~
Imagine having the cash to rebuild and replace the structures to make it look as it did but function as a private home. How beautiful that would be!
It’s a lovely spot, the location feels so different from the rest of the neighborhood
Thanks Chris! 🤠👍
Journey With Jay sent me.
This is really sad. Thank you. I wish places like this could always be saved.
Too bad the vandals messed the place up. I've seen some graffiti that has been wonderful to see and even fit the buildings they defaced. These were just random. The explore was solid! Amazing to see such an incredible place. It would have made the most amazing house! I would be interested to know if there were any plans to restore any of the place. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
Very cool closing shot!
So sad to see amazing buildings like this abandoned and neglected. It should have been turned into a museum, library or something of good use.
Did you catch an EVP at 9:48? Sure sounds like it. It is right after you say fire place down here.
Also at about 7:20 you'll hear a WHY
Just saw an amazing telescope manufactured by Warner & Swasey on Mount Wilson outside Los Angeles.
Is there any way that we can get, for example, the 'Cleveland Historical Society', to organize a number of high schools, interested in astronomy, to do a long term kids volunteer astronomy workshop project. Maybe give local companies, tax breaks and government funding, to professionally fix and correct inside/outside structural problems, plumbing, electrical,even etc. This could become a great community educational resource, and long term benefit to the city.
Gorgeous building wow! Fab work
it is a true shame our country can send millions and millions of dollars to other countries for aid but can't save a piece of history like this a true shame it just doesn't seem right
Am I crazy or did I hear someone say in the background "die" on 7:27 ?
I thought the same think....
I heard a girl say "Wow". It sounds like just someone following him into the room, maybe someone doing the lighting or something in production
@@crowningchristopher8273 he was alone
I suspect the bow in the ceiling was intentional. The base of the telescope likely sat down in it. Like sitting a bowl in a bowl. It would ensure perfect stability and self leveling while rotating the telescope
Ugh! These things just burn my brain. The waste. Thinking of how many people and animals homeless....the beauty of the land before it was used and then left to rot. It's a painful lesson we all need to see tho. Thankyou. New sub.💔🐾🌳🤘
That's amazing exploration, thank you for the cool video.
binging your vids. i am an urban exploreer in Ontario
Such as shame to see that place fall into disrepair and vandalized. Would've been sweet to see it retrofitted into a cool looking home or local museum or something.
You're right,that would be an awesome home!! Thanks for your very interesting videos! Take Care, Teresa
Sad how ppl have to mess everything up
Probably like the one on Montauk Island. What's beneath it is far more important than what's above ground.
I enjoy following your expeditions and your respect for things of the past.
I really love your videos. The drone footage is excellent, and really adds to the experience.
ay were you with anyone exploring? cuz at 7:26 you can VERY clearly hear someone say “woow”
I sure love these adventures you take us on. Places Ill never go or even know about-very good-thank you.
@6:40 SMOKING BIG OLE DOINKS. RIP Buddy