Comments on: Rotting, abandoned New Orleans theme-park http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156611 salsaman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156611 These photos would be great without the gratuitous tone mapping. It's autotune for photography, and I personally hate it when taken so far. These photos would be great without the gratuitous tone mapping. It’s autotune for photography, and I personally hate it when taken so far.

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156614 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156614 Here's a link to an excellent creepy video shot inside the abandoned park. Reminds me a lot of The Walking Dead. Bonus: No HDR http://youtu.be/Bcja8UBtXdk Here’s a link to an excellent creepy video shot inside the abandoned park. Reminds me a lot of The Walking Dead. Bonus: No HDR

http://youtu.be/Bcja8UBtXdk

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156870 mccrum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156870 I spent a truly miserable afternoon in Jazzland once. We sat in the Jean Lafitte ride for a good half hour before they informed us it was broken. Got to the front of the rollercoaster line before being told there was an issue with the brakes. The carousel and log flume were the only things worth visiting that day. The tickets were free and I still felt ripped off. I spent a truly miserable afternoon in Jazzland once. We sat in the Jean Lafitte ride for a good half hour before they informed us it was broken. Got to the front of the rollercoaster line before being told there was an issue with the brakes. The carousel and log flume were the only things worth visiting that day. The tickets were free and I still felt ripped off.

]]> By: HERBinator http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1157145 HERBinator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157145 Load up some paintball gear and go to town. Load up some paintball gear and go to town.

]]> By: hooeezit http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156644 hooeezit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156644 Don't get me wrong - I love NOLA. It's one of the best vibes I've gotten in any city in the US. But if I were an individual living in NOLA, and I had lost so much in Katrina, I wouldn't spend much effort in reconstructing my home given the weather extremes we are experiencing. It would be great if NOLA stays the way it is, but 2 more hurricanes will guarantee otherwise. Nature is good at taking back what's hers. NOLA was marshland, and it will be that again. Whether it's 5 years or 500 is entirely up to Mother Nature's whim. Don’t get me wrong – I love NOLA. It’s one of the best vibes I’ve gotten in any city in the US. But if I were an individual living in NOLA, and I had lost so much in Katrina, I wouldn’t spend much effort in reconstructing my home given the weather extremes we are experiencing. It would be great if NOLA stays the way it is, but 2 more hurricanes will guarantee otherwise. Nature is good at taking back what’s hers. NOLA was marshland, and it will be that again. Whether it’s 5 years or 500 is entirely up to Mother Nature’s whim.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156656 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156656 I don't always hate HDR. But when I do hate HDR, it looks like this. I don’t always hate HDR. But when I do hate HDR, it looks like this.

]]> By: KNY http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156663 KNY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156663 Oh for sure... but that can be said of any city... or place. Eventually everything goes away... and or is retooled or changes. Oh for sure… but that can be said of any city… or place. Eventually everything goes away… and or is retooled or changes.

]]> By: TheSpaghettiman http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156664 TheSpaghettiman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156664 For second I thought you were making another L4D/Source joke. Then I realized that HDR is used in places besides computer games. For second I thought you were making another L4D/Source joke. Then I realized that HDR is used in places besides computer games.

]]> By: mn_camera http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156665 mn_camera Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156665 Take sea level rise, coastal erosion, land subsidence, and storm surges from hurricanes into account, and New Orleans may be a tragic loss in this century. It doesn't have to be, The Netherlands' reclaiming of ocean bottom as livable/arable space shows that. There's just not the political will in this society to do anything even close to what's needed to keep the city above the waves. Take sea level rise, coastal erosion, land subsidence, and storm surges from hurricanes into account, and New Orleans may be a tragic loss in this century.

It doesn’t have to be, The Netherlands’ reclaiming of ocean bottom as livable/arable space shows that. There’s just not the political will in this society to do anything even close to what’s needed to keep the city above the waves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156679 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156679 found the joker http://www.pophate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/joker1.jpg found the joker http://www.pophate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/joker1.jpg

]]> By: quicksand http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156948 quicksand Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156948 "It's sad that, after Katrina, Six Flags didn't feel it was worth repairing." I guess it's their decision, but it seems like such a pity when there was all that great equipment there, and people had worked so hard to create a fun experience, to just walk away, lock the gate, and let it rot. “It’s sad that, after Katrina, Six Flags didn’t feel it was worth repairing.”

I guess it’s their decision, but it seems like such a pity when there was all that great equipment there, and people had worked so hard to create a fun experience, to just walk away, lock the gate, and let it rot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1167190 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167190 I love HDR shots, especially those that seem most nuclear fallout, or something to that effect. <!-- http://www.nakedapplephotos.com --> I love HDR shots, especially those that seem most nuclear fallout, or something to that effect.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156707 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156707 Reminds me of the movie HANNAH Reminds me of the movie HANNAH

]]> By: petsounds http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156710 petsounds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156710 1) The park was already featured on BB a few months ago. 2) I hate HDR. Why isn't it dead yet? It's the AutoTune of the photography world. 1) The park was already featured on BB a few months ago.
2) I hate HDR. Why isn’t it dead yet? It’s the AutoTune of the photography world.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1157226 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157226 The rail gun's behind the ferris wheel, right? The rail gun’s behind the ferris wheel, right?

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156718 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156718 Ashes to ashes Dissonance to dirt Let the past remind us that That the other half blinds us to the situations that establish themselves when businessmen economically flagellate themselves A New World Order, but no new regrets Replacing Sponge Bob with egrets We see the Dollar Folly When Mother Nature Hollers Loudly Destruction runs amok and the Local people are stuck. (yay New Orleans!) Ashes to ashes
Dissonance to dirt
Let the past remind us that
That the other half blinds us
to the situations that establish themselves

when businessmen economically flagellate themselves

A New World Order, but no new regrets
Replacing Sponge Bob with egrets
We see the Dollar Folly
When Mother Nature Hollers Loudly

Destruction runs amok
and the Local people are stuck.

(yay New Orleans!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156740 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156740 My photos from an abandoned amusement park i Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jensofjapan/sets/72157625053218600/ My photos from an abandoned amusement park i Japan.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jensofjapan/sets/72157625053218600/

]]> By: zipr http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156494 zipr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156494 I think I already played this level, it's called "Dark Carnival." (Great photos, btw...) I think I already played this level, it’s called “Dark Carnival.”

(Great photos, btw…)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1157010 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157010 If you're like me and hate the spice of HDR here are some 6 Flags/Jazzland photos without the HDR http://riomcthorne.com/2008/09/closed-for-storm-2/ http://riomcthorne.com/2010/08/saved-by-the-storm/ If you’re like me and hate the spice of HDR here are some 6 Flags/Jazzland photos without the HDR

http://riomcthorne.com/2008/09/closed-for-storm-2/
http://riomcthorne.com/2010/08/saved-by-the-storm/

]]> By: firefly the great http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1157274 firefly the great Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157274 I'm pretty bored with tonemapping as the "instant creepy button". Saw a similar set from Pripyat, Ukraine a few months ago. I’m pretty bored with tonemapping as the “instant creepy button”. Saw a similar set from Pripyat, Ukraine a few months ago.

]]> By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156509 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156509 i hear a witch. i hear a witch.

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156510 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156510 Site of the 2012 Gathering of the Juggalos!! Site of the 2012 Gathering of the Juggalos!!

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1157022 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1157022 This was Six Flags New Orleans, formerly Jazzland. Pontchartrain Beach was in a different location, now the site of a University of New Orleans research park (and before that, there was another Pontchartrain Beach park in a different location). A good resource for finding amusement parks and tracing their history is the Roller Coaster Database, http://www.rcdb.com/4747.htm It is sad that Six Flags wasn't able to rescue this park, but as a company they were in a lot of financial trouble and were selling off a bunch of parks anyway: On September 12, 2005 (two weeks after Katrina hit), they announced they were closing Six Flags Astroworld in Houston. Later that year they got a new board of directors. In 2006 they closed a theme park and water park in Oklahoma City, and then in January 2007 they sold off six more parks. In 2009 they filed for bankruptcy, and as part of the reorganization they closed yet another park in Kentucky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags#Asset_sales_and_shareholder_revolt So unfortunately they were in a lot of trouble and really didn't have any way of rebuilding SFNO. This was Six Flags New Orleans, formerly Jazzland. Pontchartrain Beach was in a different location, now the site of a University of New Orleans research park (and before that, there was another Pontchartrain Beach park in a different location).

A good resource for finding amusement parks and tracing their history is the Roller Coaster Database, http://www.rcdb.com/4747.htm

It is sad that Six Flags wasn’t able to rescue this park, but as a company they were in a lot of financial trouble and were selling off a bunch of parks anyway:

On September 12, 2005 (two weeks after Katrina hit), they announced they were closing Six Flags Astroworld in Houston. Later that year they got a new board of directors. In 2006 they closed a theme park and water park in Oklahoma City, and then in January 2007 they sold off six more parks. In 2009 they filed for bankruptcy, and as part of the reorganization they closed yet another park in Kentucky.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags#Asset_sales_and_shareholder_revolt

So unfortunately they were in a lot of trouble and really didn’t have any way of rebuilding SFNO.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156513 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156513 If that is from the Six Flags Jazz land I've been on that roller coster before. It used to have single car that looked like mine carts and would jolt you around when it made a turn. I think there was also a cartoon gopher. If that is from the Six Flags Jazz land I’ve been on that roller coster before. It used to have single car that looked like mine carts and would jolt you around when it made a turn. I think there was also a cartoon gopher.

]]> By: agdtinman http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156518 agdtinman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156518 The HDR...it burnssss! (And totally ruined what would have been awesome photos.) The HDR…it burnssss! (And totally ruined what would have been awesome photos.)

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156524 seyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156524 I dislike HDR more and more every time I see it. It makes the images look like chain hotel bathroom art. I think these photos would be much more powerful without it. I dislike HDR more and more every time I see it. It makes the images look like chain hotel bathroom art. I think these photos would be much more powerful without it.

]]> By: lazyopportunist http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156780 lazyopportunist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156780 This graph mentions HDR. I like graphs. http://bfox.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/stages_of_a_photographer.png This graph mentions HDR. I like graphs.

http://bfox.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/stages_of_a_photographer.png

]]> By: bobv http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156527 bobv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156527 I think the pictures are great, but the stylized effects just aren't doing it for me. They seem to be hiding more of the space, rather than revealing it. Just my opinion. I think the pictures are great, but the stylized effects just aren’t doing it for me. They seem to be hiding more of the space, rather than revealing it. Just my opinion.

]]> By: hassenpfeffer http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156529 hassenpfeffer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156529 Hasn't the Joker used this place as his hideout in countless capers against the Caped Crusader? Hasn’t the Joker used this place as his hideout in countless capers against the Caped Crusader?

]]> By: kosmonautbruce http://boingboing.net/2011/07/06/rotting-abandoned-ne.html#comment-1156538 kosmonautbruce Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156538 Came for the Joker reference, leaving satisfied, thanks to hassenpfeffer. Came for the Joker reference, leaving satisfied, thanks to hassenpfeffer.

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