Eric Holubow, urban exploration photographer, gave me new perspectives on beauty. He creates haunting views into life’s changes through snapshots of glorious buildings as they fall into disrepair.

Abandoned Church

Gary, Indiana’s City Methodist Church once held nearly 3,000 members. Now its rainbow-colored windows have made way for exploring vines. Its floors beckon weeds, and its roof welcomes trees. Yet Holubow shows that it is still a place for inspiration.

Auto Manufacturing Plant

Detroit’s Packard plant was a modern and innovative automobile facility when it opened in 1903. Now the dense concrete walls are crumbling. The air is heavy with musty, decades-old rot. Holubow depicts a space waiting for its next chapter. But he includes a carefully-placed automobile seat that offers a view of inspiration and discovery in the future.

Candy Factory

These images of Brach’s candy factory reveal layers of change. The snow has provided a pristine new carpet for the hallway. The walls boast spray paint as colorful as the candy once made there.

Like a resident ghost, paintings of the company’s signature candy refuse to be peeled away.

From Theater to Parking Lot

Some of Holubow’s images show buildings he caught just before they were leveled to make way for a new generation. Others, like this theater-turned-parking lot, show buildings that are already transformed with a new purpose and identity.

Windows Into a Beautiful History

Holubow offers, “In these forgotten and overlooked places, I see not just loss, tragedy, or decay, but the chaos in which a new architect’s vision may be born.”

For me, each image is a window to the place’s beautiful history. I imagine the—

artists who spent hours carving and painting the intricate designs on the ceiling

Oh, I see such haunting beauty in this decay and gain new perspectives. What do you see? Leave a comment.

$\"Abandoned$

Abandoned space at Washburne Trade School in Chicago, Illinois
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n

Can There Be Beauty in Decay?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Eric Holubow<\/a>, urban exploration photographer, gave me new perspectives on beauty. He creates haunting views into life’s changes through snapshots of glorious buildings as they fall into disrepair.<\/p>\n
Abandoned Church<\/h4>\n
Gary, Indiana’s City Methodist Church once held nearly 3,000 members. Now its rainbow-colored windows have made way for exploring vines. Its floors beckon weeds, and its roof welcomes trees. Yet Holubow shows that it is still a place for inspiration.<\/p>\n
$\"Ruins$
Ruins of the Holy Trinity Church in Gary, Indiana
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n
Auto Manufacturing Plant<\/h4>\n
Detroit’s Packard plant was a modern and innovative automobile facility when it opened in 1903. Now the dense concrete walls are crumbling. The air is heavy with musty, decades-old rot. Holubow depicts a space waiting for its next chapter.\u00a0But he includes a carefully-placed automobile seat that offers a view of inspiration and discovery in the future.<\/p>\n
$\"Remains$
Remains of the Packard Auto Plant in Detroit, Michigan
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n
Candy Factory<\/h4>\n
These images of Brach’s candy factory reveal layers of change. The snow has provided a pristine new carpet for the hallway. The walls boast spray paint as colorful as the candy once made there.<\/p>\n
$\"Abandoned$
Hallway in Brach’s candy factory in Chicago, Illinois
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n
Like a resident ghost, paintings of the company’s signature candy refuse to be peeled away.<\/p>\n
$\"Wall$
Wall in Brach’s candy factory in Chicago, Illinois
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n
From Theater to Parking Lot<\/h4>\n
Some of Holubow’s images show buildings he caught just before they were leveled to make way for a new generation.\u00a0Others,\u00a0like this theater-turned-parking lot, show buildings that are already transformed with a new purpose and identity.<\/p>\n
$\"Michigan$
Parking lot on site of Michigan Theater in Detroit, Michigan
\u00a9 Eric Holubow<\/p><\/div>\n
Windows Into a Beautiful History<\/h4>\n
Holubow offers, “In these forgotten and overlooked places, I see not just loss, tragedy, or decay, but the chaos in which a new architect’s vision may be born.”<\/p>\n
For me, each image is a window to the place’s beautiful history.\u00a0I imagine the—<\/p>\n
craftsmen who carefully laid each piece of stained glass<\/p>\n
artists who spent hours carving and painting the intricate designs on the ceiling<\/p>\n
worshippers who quietly shuffled through the aisles<\/p>\n
workers who inspected thousands of sparkling wrapped candies<\/p>\n
ushers who helped patrons to their velvety seats<\/p>\n
person who slid the dirty bench to look out the gaping hole in the wall<\/p>\n
teens who tagged the shiny white tile walls<\/p>\n
Oh, I see<\/strong> such haunting beauty in this decay and gain new perspectives. What do you see? Leave a comment<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n
***See more of Holubow’s images\u00a0on* *Flickr<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n***
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Can There Be Beauty in Decay?

Abandoned Church

Auto Manufacturing Plant

Candy Factory

From Theater to Parking Lot

Windows Into a Beautiful History

Candy Factory<\/h4>\nThese images of Brach’s candy factory reveal layers of change. The snow has provided a pristine new carpet for the hallway. The walls boast spray paint as colorful as the candy once made there.<\/p>\n

From Theater to Parking Lot<\/h4>\nSome of Holubow’s images show buildings he caught just before they were leveled to make way for a new generation.\u00a0Others,\u00a0like this theater-turned-parking lot, show buildings that are already transformed with a new purpose and identity.<\/p>\n