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Post Apocalyptic Boca Raton
Spring [1] and I were hanging out with Mark, [2] Kelly [3] and Adam when I
suggested we take a walk. It was an option earlier in the evening but we
found ourselves bowling, Denny's [4] and finally back at Mark's. All agreed
except for Adam, and after a long conversation about which vehicle Adam would
drive home, either the Mitubishi SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) or the BMW 325i
(he was renting both, but lending one of them to Mark—don't ask, long story)
he left (in the BMW 325i as he had a date later on) and the rest of us took a
walk through residential Boca Raton.
We ended up in a section of Boca Raton just east of FAU (Florida Atlantic
University) [5] where Mark and Kelly showed Spring and I an abandoned section
of Boca Raton [6] which was very interesting.
It seems that during the late 60s/early 70s a developer had built some roads
and put up four demo homes in this particular area and thought he could get
approximately $100k per home, when homes in that area at that time were going
for $50k-$70k per home. No one bought in, and after awhile the demo homes
were knocked down and the area left to itself.
The roads are still there but are mostly overgrown and you can't even see the
area from the populated roads immediately around it. Water and electrical
services are still there; it's just waiting for some developer to buy the
land and start building, but we decided to head back there during the day to
take pictures and document the area before anything happens to it.
It's about the closest you'll get to a post-Apocalyptic Boca Raton in Boca
Raton, and I'm amazed it's been like this for so long.
[1]
http://www.springdew.com/
[2]
http://www.conman.org/people/myg/
[3]
http://www.nevesis.net/
[4]
http://www.dennys.com/
[5]
http://www.fau.edu/
[6]
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=2952&Y=14592&Z=17&W=2
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