A new documentary explores the many faces (and vacant lots) of this "cement roots" movement growing in urban areas throughout the country.
Will Ellis hosts Episode One of Vocativ's new series on abandoned NYC area structures. Up first is the old Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital on Long Island
Forgotten Mau Mau Island near Mill Basin in Brooklyn hosted a free-for-all artistic naval battle hosted by Swimming Cities in 2011. Sabotage was highly encouraged.
Off the coast of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx lie the uninhabitable Chimney Sweeps Island and High Island, abandoned islands part of The Devil's Stepping Stones
An intimate look from the abandoned observation decks of the towers of the old World's Fair Pavilion in Flushing Meadows.