Tock's Island, Part One

The Tock's Island Dam Project was a briefly lived government project that left many a home sitting vacant.  Originally designed to prevent more flooding from occuring after a particually bad storm, the government bought up tracts of land out in the Delaware Water Gap.  However, the Tock's Island Dam Project never came to fruition and so these once loved houses still sit, slowly fading back into the woods.  This house was and is still beautiful.

kitchen sink

peel

settle in

Camp Sussex - The Theater Building

Camp Sussex was founded in the 1920's and offered a variety of enrichment to the youths that attended over the decades.  The theater building was fully equipped with a sound booth, stage lights, and costume room.  Now it entertains audiences of insects and hopeful explorers.

Camp Sussex - The Recreation Building

Camp Sussex was a Jewish sponsored camp for city children that allowed them to come up to the country and experience team building and a different way of life.  Located by a lake, it features the standard boys' and girls' bunks, dining hall/kitchen, shower and bathroom combo, infirmary, administration office, theater for stage productions, arts and crafts/recreation building, and an indoor gymnasium.  The camp closed for the season in 2006 and never re-opened, due to lack of funding.  It now sits vacant, slowly rotting back into the very hills that teamed with happy, beaming campers.  I've been photographing Camp Sussex for about a year now, documenting the slow process of decay and vandalism.  Every trip out there brings something new to see.

The White House

Out in the woods, down the road from where The Yellow House once stood sits The White House.  This humble abode has suffered from vandalism over the recent years since its abandonment.  Still equipped with a satellite dish outside, The White House has personal effects from the previous owner strewn about haphazardly, holes kicked through floors, and some rather impressive mural sized graffiti.  Someone once loved this house and called it a home.