K.C.'s Garage

I revisited the Glidden Paint Factory today with a local group of explorers. This time around I decided to photograph some of the more impressive graffiti at the site.

Browsing the web this week, I ran across some pictures that a fellow explorer took of the defunct and decaying Tele-evangelist Theme Park known as Heritage, USA. Heritage, USA was operated by the infamous PTL, headed by Jim Bakker until the Jessica Hahn scandal. I was curious to know if anything of the theme park remained. I'd never actually been in the park, but I remembered the approximate location from my childhood in Charlotte. I found the site in Google Earth and plotted the location on a sectional chart. I had assumed it would be too close to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport to fly over, but it turns out it's a couple of miles outside the Surface-area Class-B airspace, under an 1800 MSL shelf. Tight, but flyable. I plotted my route carefully, planning a stop at Lancaster airport (LKR) to refuel and stretch my legs before beginning the more attention-requiring low-level flight to PTL. I made special note of all towers in the area, and highlighted the ...

A funny thing happened to me on the way home from work... I noticed that an abandoned set of warehouses near my house had suddenly been demolished, and a construction fence was up around the remaining building - the old Breman Steel building. I've checked out this site in the recent past and not explored much - the only accessible building was empty, and the interesting looking historic Breman Steel building was locked up tight. Well, the demolition crew changed all that. I wonder if the three story building is going to be converted. It's very pretty, it would be a shame to tear it down. The outside is all brick, and the inside is all large wooden beams. (Though it needs some serious restoration work.) Enjoy!