I Found the Emerald City

[adversus]

...not as advertised.

 

[jackiejay]

cool shot pretty place

 

[adversus]

Thanks!

 

[iPhoto17]

interesting

 

[Helter]

I really like this shot.

 

[briarder]

Was the stone wall really purple ?

 

[adversus]

It had an interesting color overall. It was under a large canopy of overgrown trees so the light was really neat.

It was more of a dark blue-ish color seen with the naked eye. Here's more of a true color of the same structure:

I'm sure someone smarter than me can explain how normal grey stone turns colors over time

 

[LiveStrong2009]

These types of structures really spark my interest. Was there more to the building or was it just the wall/stairs? Any idea what the building was? Cool pics!

 

[adversus]

There was more to it, I'll post some pictures from other angles. It was built in the early 1930s as a bathroom after the area was turned into a park (it's within Forest Park, the largest urban park in the US at just over 5,000 acres). It was abandoned in the 1960s.

Some more pictures showing other details: