The Abandoned Forest Park Hospital

When Nick Zulauf arrived at Forest Park Hospital, 6150 Oakland Avenue — and closed since May 2011 — he says he saw a lone police officer a...
05/07/2020
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When Nick Zulauf arrived at Forest Park Hospital, 6150 Oakland Avenue — and closed since May 2011 — he says he saw a lone police officer at the entrance, seemingly there to keep out the riffraff.

Zulauf says he asked if it would be alright to take some pictures of the otherwise abandoned 567,000-square-foot building, and the cop said that was fine. Zulauf may have failed to mention that he meant pictures of the inside of the massive hospital.

Continue reading “Post-Apocalyptic Portraits of the Abandoned Forest Park Hospital” by Jessica Lussenhop. Photos by Nick Zulauf.

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