Jaipuria Mills

this is the Jaipuria textile mills near ghanta-ghar on g.t. road.
been abandoned for many years. it is possible to go inside the compound without much difficulty. the different buildings have been let out to different people mostly as godowns and small factories....


from the terrace you get a very different view of the surroundings. many areas have been abandoned as they were made for a specific task and are difficult to reuse. some of the labour that works here lives in some parts of the building.



has awesome brick construction. the quality of bricks and the workmanship in laying them are to die for. it would be difficult today to find bricks of this quality. even more difficult to find masons who could do such imaculate work.




a room without a roof.... and a arch on the floor!


one of the areas is used by a gum-arabic godown. the gum is imported in large chunks from nigeria. here they seperate different kinds and grind it further.... then it probably goes into our colas among other things....



the chimney. of no use today since the factory has shut down. there is an exhaust pipe (brick-vault) that leads to the bottom of the chimney.


completely empty from inside.... again really good quality bricks.


a flash for better visibility....


want to climb this fucker. got to climb it.

death of the food depot

this is an old building constructed by the british. was used last as the food testing depot for the indian army. basically testing that the food supplied to the soldiers is upto grade. apparently abandoned 8-10 years ago. near rajpur road.


the long use of this building has left very intense marks on the materials.



trees are growing on the roof while the roots dig in.



the outside is moving in. trees and plants have started occupying the leftover spaces.



alleged pilfering of building materials has left big gaps in places. the roof of one area has collapsed and a pepal tree has erupted from the floor. although well in its grave you can see signs of good construction and detailing. Huge metal and wood sections have been used with very well made joinery....



here you see a brick vault to make the roof. each vault ends in an I-section of considerable size.

empty Palace

the Palace theatre on roshanara road near pul-bangash. been closed for 6-7 years. the gate is open but a guard is around usually.


the waiting area inside has old plastic bucket seats... the walls are beautifully decaying.



rumour has it that pvr has bought it and, guess what, its is soon going to become another 150 rupees ahead multiplex.