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Abandoned government buildings that cost a fortune

Expensive buildings left abandoned
Cincinnati subway, Ohio, USA
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, New York, USA
Berlin Olympic Village, Berlin, Germany
City Hall Station, New York, USA
Maunsell Sea Forts, UK
1964 World Fair Towers, New York, USA
Presidio Modelo, Cuba
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, USA
Old Essex County Jail, New Jersey, USA
Buzludzha Monument, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
Council of Ministers of Abkhazia building, Georgia
Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital, Beelitz, Germany
Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, USA
Hudson River State Hospital, New York, USA
Long Island, Boston, USA
West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Campus, California
Greenbrier Bunker, West Virginia, USA
Central State Hospital, Milledegeville, USA
Camp Century, Greenland
Houston Astrodome, Houston, USA
Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
Saddam Hussein’s Palaces, Iraq
Ryugyong Hotel, North Korea
Athens Olympic Park, Athens, Greece
World Cup stadiums, Brazil
Beijing Olympic Venues, Beijing, China
Sochi Olympic venues, Sochi, Russia
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, North Dakota, USA
Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, USA
Block 37 Superstation, Chicago, USA
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Greater Philadelphia Film Office/film.org

Expensive buildings left abandoned

Government spending is always a hot topic, particularly when taxpayers' money is used on projects that are later scrapped or abandoned. Read on as we take a look at some expensive government buildings around the world that have been left to ruin.  All dollar values in US dollars.

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Amy Palmer

17 April 2022

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