Originally published at: Huge closed prison for sale, a real fixer-upper with great potential | Boing Boing
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Imagine what @beschizza might find while renovating this one!
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First thing I thought of was Shutter Island
More like shudder island!
Property looks pretty though, after a liberal application of elbow grease.
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Can I turn it into an escape room? Too on the nose?
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Arkham?
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I would buy into it, except that I’m not so sure about the other people in this co-op
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Maybe all the ghost-hunting ‘celebrities’ can pool their money and buy it. Then they can spend the next four years walking around in the dark saying “What was that?!?” in one place.
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But… why? Seems like a casino group like Harrah’s would be one of the few groups well monetized enough actually renovate it. Otherwise it will be a knock-down attractive nuisance in 10-20 years.
Right. Cause that usually works out great in the cities that have poured millions in tax credits and outright disbursements into “entertainment districts”. Hell, why not make it an Olympic village and petition for the 2030 games? Real benefit to the city, there. Or maybe give Foxconn a call.
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Yard of Dreams, where it attracts the ghosts of the great prisoners of the past.
Place looks like a prison.
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It’s got good bones. Lots and lots of them.
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If you build it, they will stay.
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If I had to guess, the city probably has some kind of exclusivity deal with Rivers Casino. But that’s just a guess based on the kinds of short-sighted and semi-crooked deals Pittsburgh specializes in.
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