At a fairly busy intersection in a rundown New Jersey city sits an abandoned, dilapidated apartment complex.  Its story is familiar: swanky 1920s-era apartment complex devolves over time into squalid ghetto tenement.  City takes it over, shuts it down, then lets it rot for 20 years.  I had to check this place out.  As expected, it was a homeless squat.  My first trip there was pleasant - only the faint rustling of a few homeless behind closed doors.  I was courteous and careful not to disturb them.  During my second trip here (slightly warmer weather) it was more like a homeless convention with people shouting at me and other weird occurances.  I opted not to make a third trip.

I initially wanted to make one of my time-lapse movies of this place.  But getting a time-lapse shot involves setting up a camera and time-lapse rig then going away for an hour while it does its thing.  Due to the numbers of inhabitants here, I never felt comfortable just leaving a camera alone on a tripod, so I never got the footage here I wanted and the video was never completed (I eventually threw together what pathetic little I had and put it on YouTube to join the other masses of UE video fodder).  Still, the place made for some interesting exploring, photography and stories.  Enjoy!

UPDATE: This place is finally demolished.