ISU Urban Exploring Thread Redux
- Thread starter RayShimley
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I just stumbled across this thread and read the original from beginning to end. I was a student during the bulk of the original thread and my friend group did some exploring during that time. I hadn't heard of The Shrine before and I wish I had because we would have been all about checking it out. Does anyone know if it is still standing? The old thread is full of broken links and 404 errors being 10-15+ years old and all. I'm pretty sure I've found it on Google Maps, but there isn't street view down that road. I'll have to drive through the next time I'm in the area.
I lived in Wallace hall when it was single occupancy and Wilson was mostly empty. The commons between the buildings was used for mail, computer lab, and a C-store, but the upstairs dining area was locked and used for storage. We gained access to the dining portion one night and checked it out. Inside was mostly dining equipment, tons of table cloths and probably a thousand of those plastic trays. Towards the loading dock there was a room with lockers and on the floor between the lockers was blatantly an area where someone would sleep. At time time we thought maybe a janitor would sneak in and take a nap during the day. Looking back now, I bet someone was living in there. I also wonder they were in the building and hid when they heard us coming.
I was able to track down some aerial photos from 1995. Definitely an interesting structure.
