Thick concrete pillars, empty elevator shafts and plenty of graffiti
Although ready to meet the wrecking ball at some point, the Central Warehouse still lurks in the Albany skyline. Built in 1927, the concrete behemoth was once a cold storage facility for food products. It's believed operations shut down in the early 1990s. After it closed the building underwent numerous ownership changes, each with the hopes of rehabilitating the mammoth structure. It never happened and the building has been crumbling for decades.
In spite of the decay, the core of the warehouse has held up quite well against the elements. Concrete pillars, six feet in diameter keep the building's interior relatively stable.
No demolition date has been finalized.
WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.
WARNING: Some language and images may be explicit
- Graffiti is everywhere
- A look at the roof
- From the roof
- Looking toward the city
- A view from a window on one of the upper floors
- Graffiti is even on the steps
- Boxes of files, some dated 1984
- Looks a little dusty
- Concrete pillars are everywhere
- A look down one of the elevator shafts
- An electric panel surrounded by more graffiti
- Looks like a closed ticket counter
- What was once a bathroom
- Remarkably clean in some spots
- Remarkably clean in some spots
- Remarkably clean in some spots
- Remarkably clean in some spots
- A look down one of the elevator shafts
- Pallets used as barricades around old elevator shafts
- A walk through one of the lower floors
- Lots of natural light makes it less creepy
- The stairs. They go up.
- Debris left behind
- Pillars galore
