13 Items Tagged

Squat

Prosfygika

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

Metropoliz Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

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Barcelona, Spain

La Carbonería

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Prague, Czechia

Squat Milada

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

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Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok Airplane Graveyard

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Metelkova

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

Permanently Closed

Bundoora, Australia

Larundel Mental Asylum

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

Gowanus Batcave: Decrepit 19th Century Powerhouse That Was Once a Squatter Colony

Hannah Frishberg March 8, 2013

Brooklyn, New York

Gowanus Batcave

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Beira, Mozambique

Grande Hotel of Beira

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

New York, New York

C-Squat

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Brooklyn, New York

Greenpoint Terminal Market

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.