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Storage Co.
History: Built in 1903, closed down after a failed attempt to revive the building in 1996. More info to come when I have the time to research. Hazards: Medium, could fall through the wooden stairs leading up to the elevator houses or down an elevator shaft. Condition: Fair but rapidly becoming poor. Newspaper Articles Back-to-back blazes at historic building Sunday, April 18, 2004 Raze 'death trap': union Tuesday, April 20, 2004 If you could describe the cold storage facility in one word, it would have to be vast. Every floor contains large rooms that at one time held valuable commodities but now sit empty collecting dust and cork insulation as it expands and breaks through the walls. All light provided is swallowed and consumed by the darkness that prevails and rules the rooms that seem to
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