tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post4417945128662090604..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Generation X Goes Back to the Future 2: Urban ExplorationLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-84983496985803659832010-09-28T13:19:00.075-04:002010-09-28T13:19:00.075-04:00I'd say Urbex is at its core a sign of citizen...I'd say Urbex is at its core a sign of citizens morally engaging with their own history and the whole truth of their surroundings. But I was curious about what you said about my postive comments on Urbex - I wondered - are there a lot of negative reports on it?<br /><br />Googling, I found this report<br />http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/04/05/13474026.html<br /><br />about urban explorers in Toronto whose website says:<br />“This is a website about exploring some of those spaces, about immersing oneself in stormwater sewers and utility tunnels and abandoned industry, about tapping into the worlds that are embedded in our urban environment yet are decidedly removed from the collective experience of civilized life,” Cook wrote. “This is a website about spaces that exist at the boundaries of modern control, as concessions to the landscape"<br />http://vanishingpoint.ca/aboutLC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-21074215678429508952010-09-28T10:47:17.858-04:002010-09-28T10:47:17.858-04:00I'm from the US and enjoy coming across UK exp...I'm from the US and enjoy coming across UK exploring on the web. It's almost like a parallel universe! I'm always looking for fellow explorers on flickr to stay in contact with, especially overseas. It's nice to see someone writing favorably toward urban exploring and reading other people's perceptions on it.Sarahhttp://www.photadyta.comnoreply@blogger.com