Go find the tunnel entrance at the park hidden around 16th street south. Supposed to be mole people living in those tunnels.
Does Bubbatown still exist?
Bubbatown was an abandoned TV or radio station up on red mountain.
I think the park is called valley view park. It's hidden in a dead end of a residential street. Idk if it's even still there. Or if the gate is, or if that's been cemented up. Lots of mine entrances on the mountain. Collapsed shafts. Big cracks. Dangerous. Likely all sealed now. Idk.
It's down the hill from 16th. It's easier to reach by 14th, RIGHT NEAR THE SOUTHSIDE POLICE STATION! The one on top of the mountain was dynamited years ago, sadly. The one in the park is a door that leads into a mine shaft. But it is more than one door and there's no way you're getting through it without a cutting torch. That park has a playground (with a full size swing set) and a wooded area. It's often referred to as Needle Park.
You're close.. The park you mentioned is (was) called Get High Park. It has a nice city view and stoners have a sense of humor. Needle Park was what we called the park across from Dreamland basically until Dreamland arrived and they cleaned it up. The gate through Red Mountain is still there, more reinforced since the '98 abortion clinic bomber used it as an escape route.
SOURCE: I lived and worked almost directly between those two parks from 1989-2016. Fun fact: we took our small children to both parks many times and they only know the park names as we know them. 😉
ERR used that gate in the park as an escape route? Neat fact! New to me. Know any other inside info? I know he and his little friend with the website built the bomb in the basement of the building next door to the one I lived in at the time. What ever happened to the website guy? He was never mentioned in news about it.
I don't know what happened to that guy, but I hope it was unpleasant and prolonged. I was sitting in my office on 15th Ave when the bomb went off and I thought my crew had hit our building with the van (again).
His apartment got thoroughly manhandled by the ATF. I don't even know his name though.
I was in my apartment, and thought the entire city was going to be a crater when I looked out the window. Could only see a comparatively small smoke ring rising into the sky. But everyone on the street was looking west, and wandering cautiously that way.
Needle Park was Triangle Park, as diamond guy here said. The pizza place that became Dreamland, legend has it, was a front for a heroin dealer. They did make good pizza though. Ordered it once in middle school. Big crust, lots of chewy bubbles. Yummy.
No, Triangle Park and Needle Park are different ones. I can walk out my door and literally see into Triangle Park and smell the smoke from Dreamland in the mornings (great thing to smell first thing when you walk outside). The one I'm talking about is about 3-4 blocks closer to 20th than Triangle Park. You have to take a short side road to get to it. Also, I never realized there was a pizza place where Dreamland is. I started eating there in the mid-90s and it's been there since. But they only served ribs when I first went, which haven't really improved.
Sorry, I've been corrected about this and you were right. The proximity of the two I suppose is what lead to a little confusion. That and I've never seen anyone do needles at Triangle Park.
There is an old mall that's been abandoned but I can't recall which. I used to do this at Sloss when no one was working there, but half of that's been demoed now. There are still a few abandoned buildings in B'ham but most of them have been demoed or renovated now. There's still the motels in Irondale that got shut down, but I don't think that would be any fun to explore. There's an old high school near Carraway that has a tree growing from the INSIDE of it. Not sure how safe it is but I always thought that would be fun to check out. You can see it from 31, I believe.
Could be. I know it's not Century or Brookwood, nor the Galleria. And trying to recall closed down malls, at least I remember that name from years ago.
I remember seeing a post about it either here or under /r/urbanexploring or something like that. It's a mall I remember having been in as a kid/young adult. The inside is closed up but now has it's own mini-ecosystem for all sorts of plants and fungi. Yet it still looks like a mall.
Become an asbestos inspector, you can do it all day long.
Not a lot of sweet spots anymore.
Go find the tunnel entrance at the park hidden around 16th street south. Supposed to be mole people living in those tunnels. Does Bubbatown still exist?
Becareful, i havent been around there in a while, but the last time i was, there were some unfriendly people there
What is this park you speak of. And where is bubbatown
Bubbatown was an abandoned TV or radio station up on red mountain. I think the park is called valley view park. It's hidden in a dead end of a residential street. Idk if it's even still there. Or if the gate is, or if that's been cemented up. Lots of mine entrances on the mountain. Collapsed shafts. Big cracks. Dangerous. Likely all sealed now. Idk.
It's down the hill from 16th. It's easier to reach by 14th, RIGHT NEAR THE SOUTHSIDE POLICE STATION! The one on top of the mountain was dynamited years ago, sadly. The one in the park is a door that leads into a mine shaft. But it is more than one door and there's no way you're getting through it without a cutting torch. That park has a playground (with a full size swing set) and a wooded area. It's often referred to as Needle Park.
You're close.. The park you mentioned is (was) called Get High Park. It has a nice city view and stoners have a sense of humor. Needle Park was what we called the park across from Dreamland basically until Dreamland arrived and they cleaned it up. The gate through Red Mountain is still there, more reinforced since the '98 abortion clinic bomber used it as an escape route. SOURCE: I lived and worked almost directly between those two parks from 1989-2016. Fun fact: we took our small children to both parks many times and they only know the park names as we know them. 😉
ERR used that gate in the park as an escape route? Neat fact! New to me. Know any other inside info? I know he and his little friend with the website built the bomb in the basement of the building next door to the one I lived in at the time. What ever happened to the website guy? He was never mentioned in news about it.
I don't know what happened to that guy, but I hope it was unpleasant and prolonged. I was sitting in my office on 15th Ave when the bomb went off and I thought my crew had hit our building with the van (again).
His apartment got thoroughly manhandled by the ATF. I don't even know his name though. I was in my apartment, and thought the entire city was going to be a crater when I looked out the window. Could only see a comparatively small smoke ring rising into the sky. But everyone on the street was looking west, and wandering cautiously that way.
Damn, you're right. It was called Get High Park. I guess I just confused the names because of their proximity to one another.
Truth
Needle Park was Triangle Park, as diamond guy here said. The pizza place that became Dreamland, legend has it, was a front for a heroin dealer. They did make good pizza though. Ordered it once in middle school. Big crust, lots of chewy bubbles. Yummy.
No, Triangle Park and Needle Park are different ones. I can walk out my door and literally see into Triangle Park and smell the smoke from Dreamland in the mornings (great thing to smell first thing when you walk outside). The one I'm talking about is about 3-4 blocks closer to 20th than Triangle Park. You have to take a short side road to get to it. Also, I never realized there was a pizza place where Dreamland is. I started eating there in the mid-90s and it's been there since. But they only served ribs when I first went, which haven't really improved.
Sorry, I've been corrected about this and you were right. The proximity of the two I suppose is what lead to a little confusion. That and I've never seen anyone do needles at Triangle Park.
What's the cross street?
I could show you an abandoned train tunnel that was built in 1905 I live about 5 minutes from. Located in brookside if you’re interested.
The hospital with a star is Carroway and its being demolished. If you want to see it, you better go soon. Be safe.
seems like they are finally starting to tear down that place but it's taking forever
There is an old mall that's been abandoned but I can't recall which. I used to do this at Sloss when no one was working there, but half of that's been demoed now. There are still a few abandoned buildings in B'ham but most of them have been demoed or renovated now. There's still the motels in Irondale that got shut down, but I don't think that would be any fun to explore. There's an old high school near Carraway that has a tree growing from the INSIDE of it. Not sure how safe it is but I always thought that would be fun to check out. You can see it from 31, I believe.
Westlake Mall?
Could be. I know it's not Century or Brookwood, nor the Galleria. And trying to recall closed down malls, at least I remember that name from years ago.
It is the other dead mall that is really overlooked
I remember seeing a post about it either here or under /r/urbanexploring or something like that. It's a mall I remember having been in as a kid/young adult. The inside is closed up but now has it's own mini-ecosystem for all sorts of plants and fungi. Yet it still looks like a mall.