Abandoned Places of York

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spanish Villa

Vaughan, ON

Lsinapi • 4 months ago

Dilapidated & Forgotten

Vaughan, ON

dissatisfaction • 9 months ago

Wonderland Car

Vaughan, ON

oist • 1 year ago

Overgrowth

Vaughan, ON

dissatisfaction • 1 year ago

Retro 80s mansion

Richmond Hill, ON

Lsinapi • 1 year ago

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Fire and the Flames

Suburban Cabin

begottenconch • 1 month ago

Canada Day

The Vault - Maple Cemetery

JamesDDD145 • 4 months ago

House beside it

spanish Villa

Lsinapi • 4 months ago

Abandoned 1970s house

spanish Villa

Lsinapi • 4 months ago

Frank Robson Incorporated

George Bailey Public school

JamesDDD145 • 5 months ago

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LOOKING TO EXPLORE WITH PEOPLE

protogen • 1 day ago

i have no locations as i am new to this i do have all need stuff like masks and other things

Looking for some friends to Urbex with

Claycat • 1 week ago

Hello, I am from mississauga and I am looking for some people to go urbex with preferably my age (18-20) Im willing to travel quite a bit (around 2 hours +) to go to locations.

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE WITH

urban monkey • 1 month ago

any one is welcome as long as your in ottawa/gatineau. must have gear must be ready for anything must be fit for explorness must have ig or snap or phone # walky talky is best i have 1 spare IG phillipleblanc9 SNAP ahunter4772 PHONE # 819-431-7020

Buffalo

skeelio • 1 month ago

Hey everybody, heading to Buffalo to shoot for a few days on Sept 28-29, anyone in the area that would like to join us? Have about 5 -6 places we are looking at.

Introduction!

HavenTheRaccoon • 2 months ago

Just thought I'd introduce myself to the community! I'm an analogue horror and urbex enthusiast, I have an older Palmcorder which I like to take to the spookier places around St. Thomas, but once I get my full license hopefully in December I'd like to check out and film some more locations maybe in London or other places around me. I'll be popping by the discord server as well, so if you spot me I'm free to chat about obsolete tech or the like! I do just have one question though I wasn't able to find an answer to in the FAQ, how long until I'm able to add a location or album? One of the requirements for level 2 is by contributing via making an album or such, and I wanted to work my way towards that.

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indeed1 • 5 days ago

Well, here I am, applying for Level 3! Time flies. Prepare for a 'I'm not reading all of that' novel! Since getting Level 2, I've started going to much better locations, and contributing what I can, where I can. I've only gotten more and more enjoyment of discovering and exploring new places to walk through and take pictures of. I like to think I've contributed a good chunk in my time as Level 2. Not that I intend to slow down or have that change in any way, but I think it goes without saying that I'm interested in climbing my way up to Level 3 so that I can see some more consistent locations and continue my journey into the hobby. In the last few months I've talked with a lot of you and gotten a much better understanding of things. I've made a good handful of friends and had some fun discussions with people. Unrelated to the site, but the Discord is always a fun time LOL. Whenever I upload my albums I try to label every image of what every room used to be / is, I share my opinion on some things in the image descriptions whenever I can, and just in general I try to be as detailed and accurate as possible in the things I write about, whether it be about a location **or** just on an image description. I like judging bathrooms :) On top of that I'm always trying to capture a lot of good, wide angle images of the places I explore so they can be viewed exactly as they are before they inevitably either decay more, or get demolished, since that's basically always what happens in this scene. I'm not incredibly artsy or creative like some of yous, but I think I defintiely do a good job of 'documenting' in a sense exactly what I see, as I see it. Also, I have no history (and no plans) of vandalism or really as far as my knowledge goes, any offences in the community. I like to keep it calm and at least semi-professional :) **Now I will point out something that may be of important value if you're taking the time to vote for me and you're only Level 2**. You'll only be able to see 12 of my 26 locations. 9 of those you'll only see exteriors. Not exactly a lot to work off of in terms of voting, so unfortunately the best I can do for yous that meet this exact criteria is list out what you can't see (and these are all in terms of my 'new locations', as in terms of actual album contributions I'm well past requirement): 1x L1 location - 1x (all) has both interior & exterior 11x L2 locations - 2x have interiors, and (unfortunately) 9x are exterior only 7x L3 locations - 5x have interiors, 2x are exterior only 7x L4 locations - 7x (all) have interiors This might be valuable information for some of you so, figure I will write it out in case you can't see it and check yourself. Most of the places I visit (at least recently) are L3/4 so if you can't see them it may not look like I have much. So, with that, I hope my current contributions are enough to be promoted to Level 3, but I'm always open to constructive criticism and am (regardless of the outcome of this election) going to continue adding new locations and new albums to the site. Unfortunately, not having the time is my biggest issue currently. Can only get a few every few weeks. Also, any questions or comments you've got for me, go ahead and put 'em in this thread and I'll respond when I can. Thanks for considering and/or reading (if you read all this)

Denied

abp10 • 2 weeks ago

I won't sit here and try to gaslight anybody that I've reached the full requirements. I am applying 3 weeks early. But before you downvote me, let me explain why I am applying now, rather than 3 weeks later. I'm an urbexer, based in Toronto, that has found a great passion for exploring. But overtime, this passion of exploring, has branched out into exploring abandoned places. And then that passion, has branched out into finding NEW spots to explore. To be completely honest, I don't need any spots. This is not why I am applying for level 3. Let alone exploring anything else that's not an abandoned place, even when I do run out of spots, I know how to find new ones, after countless hours and hours of mapping out the whole city. Was this worth my time? Probably not to be honest. But at least now my problem of "having no spots and having to apply for lvl 2" a few months ago, has turned into the problem of, "where do I go this time?" And this is why I'm applying for level 3. With access to level 3, I will be able to potentially see pins that I am not updated on. Rather if someone has already been there and uploaded it as an exterior, or I get to see what said building looks like on the inside, and or what hazards, I will be able to prioritize which areas I go to. The good thing with level 3, is that if lets just say one of my pins isn't on there, is that it's either a level 4 I'm refinding, or it's a new location to contribute and continue to help expand the database. And as long as I'm able to keep leveling up, I don't have a problem to keep uploading my explores. At first it was more of a task to take photos, but that task has turned into a hobby, hence why my quality of albums has improved (at least I hope you guys also think that way as well). I've had my ups and downs in this community, but going forward as a level 3, I don't want to be seen as some "immature teenager". I want to be seen as a respectable member of this community. This is something I have been working to improve on overtime, and something I want to keep striving towards. Sometimes I might say some dumb things, but I want to move past that. Obviously I find these and explore these spots with good intentions. I am not a vandal. I go in for photos, look through some items if the spot isn't empty, and then leave how it was. There would be no reason to not trust me with level 3 either, as I've already explained earlier, I don't want new spots, I just want updates. And I want updates, to help the database. Besides contributing new locations to the database, another thing I will do is the same thing I did with level 2 recently. Go through all the Toronto locations, and update them. (at least from what I can see online, or if I've passed by it, etc.) The whole point of having a database like this is to record abandoned places, but it's also nice for everyone else to be updated, rather if a spot is now demolished, now has security, all those sorts of things. If you feel like 3 weeks makes the difference, then you'll see another application in 3 weeks. Besides applying early, I meet and have surpassed the other requirements (at least the ones you can surpass). If there's another reason, I will always take criticism. Thanks for your time.

Approved

begottenconch • 1 month ago

Hello OAP staff and community. I am writing this to ask for a promotion to Level 2 on the site. I have been contibuting to this site for over 3 years, with 3 newly added locations and nearly 20 albums, interior and exterior. Ever since I found this site mid 2021 I've been obsessed with scrolling through abandoned places and finding out their histories and hazards. I decided to make an account so I could share my own unique expirences with other urban explorers, maybe even exchange some stories with them. I was not dissapointed, after I started posting albums I found myself out of new exciting places to explore. So I searched far and wide, using google maps, asking people in the community, checking other sites, etc. I finally found some, and decided to share with the OAP community. I've tried adding several new locations to the site, only to find out that it is a level 2/3 location that was not visible to me before due to my low level. Which is part of the reason I would like this promotion, to discover more new exciting locations to document and to strengthen my connection to this site. I feel this promotion is well-deserved after my years of commitment to this community, and I hope you guys do too. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Bigdaddymikey • 1 month ago

Dear Admin Team and Community Members, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to request reconsideration for my promotion to Level 2 within our community. Since my previous application, I have continued to actively contribute by adding five new locations, all accompanied by photos to enhance our database. In total, I have made meaningful contributions across 16 places, focusing on quality and accuracy. With my 6+ months of active participation in the forum, I believe I have demonstrated my commitment to our community. I am eager to take on more responsibility and contribute even further at a higher level. I appreciate your consideration of my request and look forward to your feedback. Thank you for your time!

Approved

UrbexGal • 1 month ago

Before being introduced to OAP by an Ontario friend, I was only exploring for the thrill of the adventure and internal thoughts of "What could have happened here?". But after joining the community and looking at the albums I was able to view, I started changing up my photography aspect of exploring as you'll notice when comparing my early albums to more recent ones. Still have a lot of improving to do though, especially when it comes to more dilapidated locations so I'm open to any constructive criticism! Tried keeping this one short since I'll get into my life story with urbex when the time comes but for now i'm hoping my contributions can speak for me. Thanks for your time:)

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Claycat • 1 day ago

Where are you located and how old are you?

ishootthings • 5 days ago

Half or full face respirator and p100. N95 is no good for asbestos, and asbestos is quite common in this hobby. Worse than mold IMO.

Imperia • 5 days ago

Im pretty sure an n95 is good enough but i have a p100

Claycat • 5 days ago

is an n95 mask good enough or do I need more?

Imperia • 5 days ago

ya also bing a mask dont be like me and go to tons of places without protection because i didnt know what asbesots was

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Anonymous • 2 days ago

I have the exact count of everything listed out in the posting/description yes. It's not something I try to do, but it's what I've got! That being said, not that I would do this, but to make a point, I could have deleted 4 or 5 of them, still have the location addition count req hit, and the ratio wouldn't appear as unfavorable, but that's just not right. I'm more of a big picture person, but not everyone is, so that's a fair concern! Your vote is what you think is right, not what I think

Anonymous • 2 days ago

Aren't a third of them "exterior only" albums

Anonymous • 4 days ago

Sure does! Started posting in January

Anonymous • 4 days ago

lol

Anonymous • 4 days ago

I swear you were just a level 1! time flies!

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Anomunus • 1 month ago

I am unable to set the status to demolished, but it was demolished sometime this year (2024). RIP.

Lsinapi • 1 month ago

These r officially gone

Imperia • 2 months ago

house is no longer there

fuzzy • 5 months ago

The main part (right side) was a far far older house, some sources indicate it may have originally faced Highway 7 and been rotated/moved 90 degrees to front onto Lansdowne when the railway underpass was built in 1929-1930. The addition on the left appears to have been added at a later date. All gone, apartments or condos going in now.

JamesDDD145 • 6 months ago

And the drug store trolley too

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JamesDDD145 • 6 months ago

Yes, every building here is abandoned, aside from a public bathroom for hikers to use.

B-Roll • 6 months ago

Bark Bark

2CrwnTh3mWithHal0s • 8 months ago

yeah it def looks way too new especially with how the cotton is still on the ground nearby. makes for a great photo tho i gotta check it out soon

dissatisfaction • 8 months ago

I didn't check there the first time I came here either so I'm not too sure... it doesn't look so old but at the same time who is even bringing a couch there?

2CrwnTh3mWithHal0s • 8 months ago

is that couch a new addition? I don't recall seeing in the past unless maybe i didn't look hard enough.

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begottenconch • 1 month ago

Yeah, i think they’re doing construction on it or something. When I went there was a bulldozer parked out front, but if it’s still there it should be just past the bulldozer on the right.

Emily Snow • 1 month ago

This is right across the street from me…I’m new and I’m going to check it out tomorrow Any tips?

Timo • 1 year ago

How do you get in?

maple • 1 year ago

They bred fish in here to study.

2CrwnTh3mWithHal0s • 1 year ago

bro as an emerging photographer I'm rlly proud that a small part of my work has moved someone 2 go ahead & add a it to the scenery of their daily life.

Abandoned places in Regional Municipality of York, ON, Canada

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Locations of York

6 Richmond Street

Why You Only Call Me When You're High

Overgrowth

Sewer Drain

The Vault - Maple Cemetery

Patterson (Ghost Town)

East Don Headwaters: Mnr Lands

Dilapidated & Forgotten

Wonderland Car

Abandoned Sail Store

Row Full Of Abandoned Homes

Little House In Kleinburg

Aurora House In The Woods

Newmarket Radial Arch

Suburban Cabin

Houses On Islington

Heritage Mini Mansion No More

Everything Left Behind (Sad)

Skeleton House

House Graveyard

John Wright House

Hope Methodist Cemetery

Jacob Lepard House

Fungus And Monkeys

Mcewen Bridge

West Of Windrush

Drug Store Trolley

Zoned For 12000

Erica's Place

Teston Road Barn

Poor Little House, Leslie St.

Holland River Diversion Locks

Wells St. Public School

Abandoned Edwards House

666 House

Spanish Villa

Retro 80S Mansion

The Dead House

80S Special

Death Of The Dragonfly

Frosty Fate

George Bailey Public School

Indoor Play Park

Abandoned Dealership

Nice Abandoned House

Abandoned Foundation And Truck

Abandoned House With Truck

Tightly Boarded Up House

Peter's Place

Message In A Bottle

Speakeasy

Tired Garage

Boring Backsplit

The Airbnb Mansion

Unblooming Emptiness

Baldwin House

Old Brothel

Epic 70'S House On Bloomington

Sleazy Staircase & Rusty Springs

Arched & Destroyed

Passion Unites Us All

Sitting On The Porch With No Bay

Winerys Neighbours

The Bird House

A House Is Not A Stone

Mold House

Power's On

Little Stone Bungalow

Wine For The Maytag Guy