Walked through the old CDC building in Atlanta last week and something felt off

I was visiting a friend who works at Emory and we walked past the old CDC headquarters on Clifton Road. The place is mostly empty now since they moved most operations to the new campus, but I noticed all the old satellite dishes on the roof are still there, pointed at weird angles. The weirdest part was how many security cameras were still mounted on the outside of an abandoned building, like they're still watching for something. Has anyone else noticed stuff like this at old government sites that just don't add up?

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miles_young5913d ago

Man that's exactly the kind of thing that bugs me out. There's an old VA facility outside of town here that's been sitting empty for years, chain link fence all around it, but you can still see those old flood lights on the corners flickering on at night like clockwork. I drove past it one time around 2am and noticed a bunch of vans with no plates parked inside the fenced area, just sitting there with their engines running. The whole vibe is that nobody's supposed to look too close at what used to happen there. It's wild how these places stay maintained even when they're supposedly abandoned, somebody's still cutting the grass and changing the bulbs.

torres.grant12d ago

I mean I kinda see it different tbh. Those old government buildings usually have some kind of maintenance contract that runs for years after they shut down. My uncle used to work for a company that did that stuff, they had to keep the lights on and mow the lawn at like 5 different empty facilities because the contract said so. The vans with no plates could just be some contractors doing night work, maybe checking the electrical or something boring like that. I think people just want it to be creepy because of how those places look, but usually its just red tape keeping them alive.

lunag3012d ago

Right, because nothing says "boring red tape" like a bunch of satellite dishes pointed at weird angles on an empty building (they're probably just looking for a good signal, right?). And those security cameras, they're definitely just filming the nightly possum parade for "maintenance records." I bet the vans with no plates are just really dedicated Amazon delivery drivers who got lost and decided to hang out. It's totally normal for abandoned buildings to have better surveillance than my own front door (which is just a nice sticky note that says "please don't rob me"). Maybe it's all just a really elaborate government prank to mess with people like us who wander by with too much curiosity.