Today while passing by working on a project the front door was wide open. The lock was cut and the gate has been broken into. The ply wood that was barricading the door has been unscrewed. The Bud, as it appeared, was open for business. I poked my head in and made a few photographs. The Bud was a backdrop back in 2009 for a project I have been working on Yoga In Unusual Spaces. Since then I have heard lose stories and bits of information. Until today, I had never seen the interior space. It was a walk back into time.
There is a certain charm and aesthetic to this building. To my knowledge, this charisma has already been sought out before me. I advise, with strong caution, please do not enter this space. The conditions of this building are very poor. The middle section of the building has folded in on itself, on every level except the ground level. Very shortly the front gate will be relocked.
This place is such a terribly wasted piece of history...To see a building come undone to this degree is a shame, and it should be a crime...Great photos as always, sir...!
ReplyDeleteIt was such a beautiful place had a lot of good times in that building, a work of true craftmanship.
ReplyDeleteI hope someone can save it, great pictures.
thanks for the pictures Jeffrey! I would like to talk to you privately. liv1946@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place.There were rumers years ago that the place was haunted.Seen the Clancy Bros. there in the early 70's.
ReplyDeleteGreat old place.I remember years ago,they said the place was haunted.Seen the Clancy Bros. there,back in the early 70's.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat is just a damn shame, I loved that place..
ReplyDeleteI remember this place well as my friend's father used to like to imbibe a few back in the late 40s and early 50s. I well do remember the foot prints on the ceiling and also the sign over the mens room urinals that read, "Bulls with short horns stand close, the next bull may be bare-foot."
ReplyDeleteBy today's standards, politically incorrect. Go figure ...
David C.