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the valdebebas neighborhood is a new neighborhood so it´s on the construction process there are no neglecte buildings, but this is one of the most neglected plots, its a building that is supposed to be finished on 2025 it will cost 9,5 millions euros and it will be 4600 m2.
It will be located on the street Gustavo Pérez Puig con calle Jordi Solé Tura it will have three different floors.Is desing to help the residents of Valdebebas.

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Podgórze Power Plant was built in 1899-1900 as a power plant of the city of Podgórze and located in Nadwiślańska Street. The electric street lighting was launched in March 1900 after the construction. This power plant supplied electricity to many industrial buildings, hospitals, households etc. After the connection of Podgórze with Krakow in 1915, the Podgórze power plant was closed bacause it was not useful anymore. During World War II, the Germans used this building to prepare prisoners for the transport to the labour camps.
Currently, the building is converted into  Tadeusz Kantor's Centre for Documentation Cricoteka and it is characteristic building towering over Podolsky Boulevard.

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El Banco Madrid, located in the city centre of Madrid, in "Plaza de Colón" used to be the offices of a bank. It was a subsidiary fully controlled by Banca Privada de Andorra(BPA). This building was abandoned in 2015 after BPA was accused of covering money laundering involving the Pujol case, a very famous case in Spain. A few years after that, the building was occupied by an ultra group that wanted to complain about politic oligarchy and corruption. In 2018 this building was evicted, sadly years after, the security staff that worked in the building was removed. This led to the beginning of deterioration and aging of this bulding. People started to trespass, and the place became dirty and damage is noticeable in the facade. The building doesn't match the aesthetic of the square where it's located so there's have been complaints about its presence and people expect it to be either removed or renewed.
By: Abril Sánchez.

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It was one of many municipal swimming pools built in 1930. It was advertised as "the first swimming pool" in Madrid. They were promoted by the second republic. It was closed in 2006 and has remained protected by the Community of Madrid since 2011. They plan to renovate the building but it will cost a lot of money.
By: Laura Ortega

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En la M-30, a la altura del nudo de Costa Rica, seis letras negras impresas sobre fondo blanco asoman a la vista de los miles de conductores que cada día pasan por la vía de circunvalación más transitada de España. El icónico rótulo de la piscina Stella, pintado recientemente, es la parte más visible de los trabajos de conservación acometidos por sus dueños: los nietos de Manuel Pérez-Vizcaíno y Pérez-Stella, el dueño original de la finca, ya fallecido. Tras cerrar sus puertas al público en 2006, sus herederos han puesto a la venta la propiedad, de 8.400 metros cuadrados, protegida por un plan especial urbanístico ejecutado en 2011.

En caso de una hipotética transacción, el comprador no podrá modificar la fachada ni los jardines, cuya protección abarca el arbolado y resto de vegetación, la forja de la puerta de entrada y diversos elementos decorativos. Además, para volver a poner en funcionamiento la piscina, el vaso, de hasta tres metros y medio de profundidad , deberá ser adecuado a las medidas reglamentarias; al igual que el trampolín, cuyo uso estaría prohibido en la actualidad. Pese al esfuerzo de sus propietarios para mantener un espacio sin rendimiento económico desde hace 12 años, las diferentes estancias presentan un deterioro propio del paso del tiempo.

Con motivo del VI Festival Arquia/Próxima , ideado para dar soporte a jóvenes arquitectos, ABC acompañó a la Fundación Arquia durante una visita guiada por sus históricas instalaciones. Definido como una suerte de oasis en medio de la capital, el "club naútico" de Arturo Soria -bautizado así por su apariencia exterior- fue abierto en 1947 , año en que se construyó el estanque y la parte rectangular de la terraza. Esta obra, diseñada por el arquitecto Fermín Moscoso del Prado Torre, tiene su origen en la II República, cuando la sociedad de la época entiende que las piscinas pueden ser un elemento de disfrute e higiene.

El edificio, de carácter racionalista, se convirtió entonces en uno de los más pioneros por el carácter positivo que desprendía en un período de posguerra. Es en los primeros años cuando se suprime el nombre de "club" y pasa a denominarse solamente piscina Stella. "Era un espacio privado, pero al alcance de cualquier persona que sacara un abono para entrar", explica la guía por la intervención, Irene Fernández Garijo. El complejo fue ampliado en 1952 por Luis Gutiérrez de Soto, quien levantó el ala circular, adornado por las características letras negras impresas en la pared exterior. En dicha reforma, se incluyó también un singular trampolín de gran altura.

La parcela llegó a contar con 12.000 metros cuadrados, pero la aparición de la M-30 en los años setenta provocó su reducción hasta la superficie vigente. Precisamente, en la última rehabilitación del inmueble, apareció el letrero de "Bolera americana", acompañado de una flecha que apunta hacia el sector desaparecido. La piscina Stella no solo era un lugar donde los usuarios acudían a darse un baño; había peluquería, salón de baile y hasta un bingo en sus últimos años de vida. "Es uno de los primeros lugares donde todo se diversifica y los espacios comienzan a ser mixtos", añade Javier Peña, coordinador del festival.

En la segunda mitad del pasado siglo, el enclave conformó el sitio de esparcimiento de la élite madrileña; aristócratas, personalidades del mundo del cabaré y del teatro o estrellas de Hollywood como la musa Ava Gardner , una de sus asiduas más ilustres. También era un punto de recreo muy importante para los soldados americanos destinados en la base de Torrejón de Ardoz. "Podían entrar fácilmente más de 1.000 personas . Los domingos solíamos cerrar porque no cabía más gente", recuerda uno de los encargados de su mantenimiento.

Como anécdota, los clientes advertían que, durante un tiempo, no hubo en Madrid cielo más protegido que el de la piscina Stella. El hecho de que en la azotea empezaran a verse mujeres en "topless", y hasta los primeros desnudos integrales, hizo que más de un helicóptero de la Policía sobrevolara la zona de manera habitual.

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A la venta el histórico "club náutico" de Arturo Soria

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La piscina Stella, cerrada desde hace doce años, posee una superficie de 8.400 metros cuadrados y cuenta con protección en su fachada y jardines

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The Silo de Hortaleza is a very famous place in this neighbourhood and is located in a park called Huerta de la Salud. It´s a white tower of 20 meters divided in 7 floors. It was built in the 20s to keep grain and forage. But nowadays it is used to go to the top and see all the neighbourhood and has a little museum.
Fernando Arranz

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One of the forts of the Kraków Fortress. It was built in 1884 as a semi-permanent, earthen-wood fort. In the years 1913–1914 the fort was rebuilt into a permanent work with adjacent batteries, shaft and shelter. The fort is located on the Solnik hill in Krakowskie Bodzów. The fort offers a view of a large part of Krakow. In the vicinity of the fort and on the nearby hills, six caverns were carved into the rock. They were intended to serve as warehouses or underground shelters for soldiers.

Fort Bodzów ruled over the southern bank of the Vistula River and the entire vast area lying at its feet.  The fort was slightly damaged during the war. In 1955 it was slated for demolition in order to recover building materials, but this plan could not be implemented due to too high costs. Today, the fort is largely in ruins.

During the COVID-19 I used to go on long walks with my family since it was the only place where we could spent time without worring about any quarantine restrictions. We have noticed that this is quite a popular destination for enduro cyclists and motorcyclists, so it would be a good idea to introduce an initiative to legalize and adapt a few trails for this purpose.

By: Natalia Detka

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It was built in 1960-1965 according to the design of Witold Cęckiewicz, then architect of the city of Krakow, on the foundations of the would-be Trade Union House. Opened on June 22, 1965, it was then the longest (150 m) and one of the largest and most modern hotels in Poland. Construction on a wet area close to the buried Rudawa oxbowl and river was initially encountered with problems (the foundations were soaked), which were solved by the decision to build a hotel on a reinforced concrete slab. During the construction of the facility, for the first time in the country, a large-panle construction system was used in the hotel industry, which significantly accelerated the pace of assembly of repeatable residential floors. The use of structural elements that are also the housing of sanitary risers was also an innovation. The name was given by Włodzimierz Reczek, chairman of the Main Committee for Physical Culture and Tourism.

The five-storey building had 510 beds in 309 rooms and 9 apartments and, among others, a restaurant (about 500 catering places), a cafe, a conference room and a casino at the disposal of guests, as well as a large commercial complex, 22 garage stands, a large parking lot and in the immediate vicinity of the "Kiev" cinema.

On April 28, 2011 the hotel was entered in the municipal register of monuments, and the next day in the provincial register.

At the end of June 2011, the hotel ended its operations and was closed. In the same year, the property was bought for PLN 32 million by Echo Investment. The contract included a ban on conducting hotel activities in the building for 10 years under the threat of a penalty in favour of Orbis in the amount of PLN 5 million.

On the ground floor of the building there are service points and shops: with musical instruments, with sports equipment, confectionery, hairdresser, poster gallery. Since November 2017, on the first floor there is a Design Forum - showroom presenting the works of Polish designers of applied art.

Made by: Zofia Naziębłło

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If there is an iconic place in the Hortaleza neighborhood, it is the Silo which is located in the Huerta de la Salud park.
It is a tower of 20 meters high divided into seven floors, which was created in 1928 to keep grain and forage. The Huerta de la Salud, also included a barn, a stable and a dovecote, but these disappeared in the 1970s when the site was used to build the current park and the current buildings that surround it. Only the grain Silo was saved.
Nowadays the Silo is abandoned and I wish it was useful for something.

By: Jorge Manglano

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This fortress is surrounded by concrete walls that are 4 meters tall. This buildings have been abandoned for a lot of years. This fortress was used during the civil war by the infantry and also was used as a prision. After the civil war, it was left abandoned.
They were included in an urbanistic plan in 2005 made by the goverment in that time that it's objective was to build 22.100 flats over this abandoned place, but it didn't go as planned. Then, 13 years later, Manuela Carmena, a woman that was the mayoress of Madrid some years ago, wanted to reactivate this project and build over this place, 11.200 flats.
Also, the reactivation of this project, failed again. All because between 2011-2013 the goverment tried to do something with this terrain but everything went back to the start and the goverment qualified the project as non-viable.
At the moment, it is obviously visible how the buildings have been painted with graffitis, burned intentionally by some people and left full of trash.
Right now, this abandoned place is just used by young people and tourists that want to discover and get into abandoned buildings.

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The Abandoned Building in Madrid - Central Lechera Clesa
Madrid, the capital of spain, is a city with a lot of buildings with history, like this

Central Lechera Clesa, a milk company that was once an essential part of Madrid's food industry, has a rich history in the mid-20th century. The building's imposing wall shows a lot of the modern art. Over the years, Central Lechera Clesa has fallen into disrepair.
Many urban explorers and photographers are drawn to this place, as it offers  nostalgia and decay. While the building's interior is off-limits to the public due to safety concerns, its exterior continues to serve as a canvas for street artists, who contribute a lot.
The Central Lechera Clesa building serves as a reminder of the passage of time, a testament to the changing face of the city.
In conclusion, the abandoned Central Lechera Clesa building in Madrid stands as a striking relic of the city's past. It is a good abandoned building.

By: Ariadne Vigara

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abandoned "Wapiennik" quarry in Mydlniki

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abandoned "Wapiennik" quarry in Mydlniki

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"Wapiennik" is located on the densely inhabited outskirts of Krakow, about 10km from the city center.
Before World War II, the quarry was managed by a lime factory wich belonged to the Kamsler  brothers . They were Jews and plot owners. After the outbreak of the war, the company was taken over by German management, and in 1948 - together with the area on which it was located - it fell into the hands of the Polish state.
Right now what used to be the quarry, is a vast, magical place, full of rocks and natural wonders. In the summer it turns all green and is really charming.
At the moment the area is undeveloped.
I think it could be turned to a beautiful park, with communal gardens without taking away it's natural charms.
Malwina Wrona

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Hotel "Forum" is one of the most popular places in Kraków. It opened in 1989 and was considered one of the best hotels in Kraków or even Poland. It was supposed to be the newest and most luxurious hotel of that time in Kraków. Many known people stayed there... but what happened? Even though the hotel was built in an amazing place with breathtaking views (right next to the river "Wisła") something went wrong.
After some time there was a discovery that because of the river, the basements and foundations of the hotel were completely flooded. After that, it wasn't safe enough to stay there, so they decided to close the hotel.
Some time went by until the closing of this place. It was opened for almost 13 years and closed in 2002. To this day, 21 years after closing almost nothing changed. Very often it was used as a place for advertisements but fortunately putting them there is now illegal. Also around the hotel are bars and restaurants now so we can say that it is being used in some way.

Author: Milena Kostrzewska

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This are some apartment buildings in 'La Uva' (Uva is actually an acronym which, in English, means "Neighborhood Absorption Units"), a neighborhood which is pretty close to my house. Some years ago, this buildings seem to be doing just fine, but soon they started to get in a poorer state.
This houses in 'La Uva' were built in 1963 by an arquitect called Fernando Higueras. They were essentially made to combat the existence of slums, and at first, they looked perfectly fine and the project was even defined as one of the 12 most humane towns in the world. However, there were some problems about this neighborhood, the main one being the time limit to end with the construction project, something which had led to the houses being simpler.
With this issue, the houses started deteriorating and the people started leaving. Poorer people started ocupying the abandoned houses and in consequence, the crime rate went up and the state of the neighborhood got even worse, not to mention there's no electricity or gas available on most of the homes.
There were another 6 'Uvas' built in other districts of Madrid, although this is the only one that still has people living in it. The government of Hortaleza, which is the district this neighborhood is in, has tried relocating the people from 'La Uva' to other neighborhoods for years, but hasn't been succesful in doing so yet.
I hope that sooner or later, this buildings are renewed so that their people can have better lives.

-Yago del Barrio

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The Canto del Pico palace, located in Torrelodones, was built in 1920 as a house and a museum for José María del Palacio's art collection (who was third count of Las Almenas and first marquis of Llano de San Javier).
This palace had a privileged location that had a wide view of the city surroundings that helped study the movement of the troops, that's why, during the Spanish Civil War, the palace was the headquarters of the Republican Military Command.
In 1955, the Supreme Court decided that the place was a state museum, so it was given to the hands of the state, therefore, to Franco. After his death, it passed into the hands of his heirs who occupied it, however, in the 80's, it became uninhabited and was sold. It passed through different hands, and there was even a project to convert it into a hotel.
Currently, the Canto del Pico palace is one of the best known abandoned places in Madrid and it is in a somewhat state of conservation.
By: Rocio Gila

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The Navy sanatorium was inaugurated in 1949 to treat Spanish marines or military men suffering from respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis.
This place is located in the Guadarrama mountain range, because there you can breathe pure air that is not contaminated by the city's pollution.
It was open for more than half a century, but in 2001 it closed due to the advancement of medical technology and new cures faster and more efficient to these types of respiratory issues.
After its closure in 2001, this building became a legend due to alleged paranormal presences.
In fact, many people assure to have heard large groups of people running inside,inexplicable noises, shadows...
Currently, this building has signs of banditry such as graffiti or macabre rituals and homeless people who stay inside.

By: Mónica García-Hoz

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In the way up to the port of Guadarrama, there is an old psychiatric hospital that was used after the spanish Civil War for people that had tuberculosis and after that, was used for people with mental issues. Was closed up on the end of the 90s and since then, it occupies a forgoten place in Navacerrada. There are anecdotes of people that say that they had listened sounds and they've seen light inside the building. Other people say that since the building has been abandoned, people used it for making satanic rituals.
They tried to make a national hostel on this building, but after all these histories, they regret the idea of the remodeling.
I think it could be used as the scene of an horror film but if they want to do a more productive thing, they could do a type of center of investigation of any type of science because all the space that the building has.

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History of the “Stella Swimming Pool”:

In 1947, the architect Fermín Moscoso del Prado built this building in a field of Manuel Pérez-Vizcaíno’s property. A swimming pool in a really strategic place, near the militar base of Torrejón de Ardoz.

It is a building that belongs to a period of time where people used to experiment with different materials, such as concrete or steel. If you go by car, you are able to see it from the M-30 (one of Madrid’s most famous highway systems). It gives a really big contrast right now, it used to be a luxurious place for people with a lot of power and wealth, and now it remains as a curious abandoned place here. In fact, it was one of the first places where people practiced “topless” in Spain.

In 2006, it closed its doors and the owner put it on sale. No one bought it, so the Council on Madrid added it to a plan of protection along with other buildings, making it forbidden to edit its facades or gardens.

Finally, nowadays the swimming pool is still owned by 4 ladies from the Vizcaíno family.

By: Aleksi Karvonen

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At Lubicz 15 street, just in front of the old train station there stands an abandoned historic tenement, not fitting with sourrounding it pretty and renovated buildings of the old town. It was first used by the lubicz brewery. in 1916 in the building a cinema mostly known by the name "Młoda Gwardia" started its activity and it had one of the biggest and most popular cinema halls in the city. In the end od the 20th century a restaurant took the place of the cinema. It was called "Ermitaż" and it was a truely iconic place, often visited by the inhabitants of Cracow as well as tourists. There is a very interesting story connected to this place. In 1998 a 23 year old man murdered a 47 year old woman, who he met during a party in this restaurant. Since the closing of "Ermitaż" in 2019 the building has been abandoned, every year getting more ruined, used as a shelter by the homeless and the city authorities weren't doing anything with it. This year a huge fire devoured a big part of the historic building. It was probably set on purposefully because the area is very attractive to developers who want to tear it down and build another hotel or appartement complex in the city center. Looking at the city authorities' activity so far, it is unfortunately very likely that this will be its fate. I find that very sad because the building is a very beautiful part of the old town and has a huge potential. I think that it should be ranovated. It would be a good place for examlpe for a museum of cinema in Cracow because cinemas used to create Cracow's cultural life and not many of the old ones still exist. In my opinion it is a story definitely worth telling and a beautiful piece of architecture and history worth preserving.
Miłosz Owsianowski

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Fort 51 "Rajsko" is an abondent place with interesting past in my area. The fortification is a part of an old complex, built by Austrians in 19th century (Twierdza Kraków). It's located very strategically - on the highest point of the surroundings, in the forest, so it's hard to spot from the distance. In the second half of 19th century it was literally cracked in half after a huge explosion of an ammunition depot, down the hill, in Swoszowice. The fortress was used by the Austrians during WW I and by the Germans during WWII. Sadly, nowadays, it's just a place for bums and wild animals to live at. I've been there a few times myself to explore and I didn't find anything interesting - just trash lying around. All the valuables were stolen, including the main door. After all, it's an old scary location, but also a great place to walk the dog.

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When I was a kid I often went on walks with my parents near the Krakus mound. While I was wandering and looking down into the pit that cliffs made I wondered- what are those weird looking towers and this very overgrown and abounded building? Only in more recent years I found out about story of the Liban's Quarry.
People were mining limestone since the XIV century- of course back then it wasn't called „Liban's". In the 80's of the XIX the quarry got a new owner- Bernand Liban. He was a Jewish investor and for by the century his company was the biggest mining company in Cracow.
In the 1942 the Nazis took over the Liban's Quarry. It became a workplace only for prisoners- the working conditions were absolutely terrible.
After the World War II the quarry was some time in use but it was closed in 1986 and it was taken over by Center for Cultural and Ecological Education. They had a plan for it to be recreation complex but the budget was definitely too small and residents od area were against it. So the municipal company got it and they didn't manage it well- from 1988 to 2004 they didn't do much.
*Fun fact! In 1993 they filmed „Shindler's list" in this location.
Only in 2022 Cracow City Council actually did something. They named it an „ecological use" and pretty much turned it to nature reserve.
I think that the city could still manage it better. Maybe a some kind of museum or maybe a more of a public park. In my opinion this place is probably the most beautiful abounded place in Cracow and I would really like to see it more active. But maybe some places need to stay overgrown.

Author- Jagoda Krajewska