Vancouver McBarge from MacGyver Era Abandoned
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Joe SAKic
Posted: 5 March 2017 - 07:28 AM                                    
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I only post this because it is a 'houseboat' in Vancouver .... and with a history firmly within the MacGyver years ..... and wouldn't be at all surprised if it appears in the background in a clip or 3 in the old series .... perhaps a quest for sharp(er) eyes ....



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Want fries with that? Creepy floating McDonald’s that has been abandoned for nearly 30 years …



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Nice. After seeing several photo galleries of deserted places, I really got an interest in this stuff. Now this is a floating restaurant and like all the other stuff it tells you something. A deserted school, castle, church, hospital or an amusement park. Heck, even cities, has their charm.



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Posted: 5 March 2017 - 09:59 AM                                    
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QUOTE (MacGyverGod @ 5 March 2017 - 06:35 PM)
Nice. After seeing several photo galleries of deserted places, I really got an interest in this stuff.

Yes, me too!

I've recently seen pictures of the abandoned hospital where they shot the "Blood Brothers" Episode, and it's so creepy but still beautiful to look at. They also shot a lot of TV Shows there (e.g. "X-Files" or "Dark Angel").

That's also the reason why I was so interested in the Reboot after pictures of the filming process in the abandoned Shopping Mall (Hawthorne Plaza) popped up.

There are entire websites dedicated to abandoned places...



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Yeah, people seem to like that touch with the past ..... for better or worse. There might well be an inspiration connection between this rig and Mac's watery digs. I mean, the timeline is right and whether these floats were real trendy at the time and/or always popular in such a region ... dunno .... but the McBarge launch undoubtedly made a lot of news clips leading up and into summer '86 and you never know who had/has their ears on for that kind of thing.



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Whether you think you can or you can't .... you're probably right!

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I'm sure it's somewhere to be seen in the marina shots between season 3-6. We even found Jack's plane from Rock The Cradle in The Odd Triple episode when they landed in Toulon, France.



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Fascinating!



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QUOTE (MacGyverGod @ 6 March 2017 - 01:14 PM)
I'm sure it's somewhere to be seen in the marina shots between season 3-6. We even found Jack's plane from Rock The Cradle in The Odd Triple episode when they landed in Toulon, France.



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