You will find below a list of books and videos which have been helpful/useful to us over the years. Look these over if you wish to learn more about exploration, infrastructure or industry. Most of what you need to know to get started is listed under the ‘How to’ section.
How to / Start Here
Access All Areas : A User Guide to Urban Exploration by Ninjalicious
Photo how to by Dsankt of Sleepycity
Predator’s Approach to Draining on Sleepycity
Books
Abandoned Places I & II by Henk van Rensbergen
Beneath the Metropolis: The secret lives of Cities by Alex Marshal
Corporate Wasteland : The Landscape and memory of Deindustrialization by Steven High & David Lewis
Engineering the city: How infrastructure works by Mathhys Levy & Richard Panchyk
HTO: Toronto’s water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low Flow Toilets by Wayne Reeves & Christina Palassio
Infrastructure: A field guide to the industrial landscape by Brian Hayes
Ontario’s Historic Mills by George Fisher & Mark Harris
The works: Anatomy of the City by Kate Ascher
Video/Media
Urban Explorers : Into the Darkness