Inside Philly’s Abandoned Tastykake Factory with Ruin Porn

(photos by Ruin Porn)

Tastykake Co., the beloved Philly brand (whose Butterscotch Krimpets my dad has been eating for breakfast for about as long as I can remember, and) who are now located in South Philly’s Navy Yard, seem to have some left overs up in their original Hunting Park location… Or at least the people they sold their factory to have… But lucky for you (if you’re as into this sort of thing as I am,) one of my newest Philly obsessions, Ruin Porn, has done us all the favor of risking her life to get us some AMAZING photos of this quickly, very quickly in fact, decaying building. But first, a little back story…

Two months after a fire at their landmark factory on the 2900 block of West Hunting Park avenue in 2010, Tastykake sold it and its surround land to TKMG Associates and their guarantor, Metro Development Company. And while a groundbreaking on a 220,000-square foot shopping center dubbed ‘Bakers Square’ did take place exactly two years ago this month with hopes of coming to a completion by 2012, that project has obviously yet to be fully realized. The latest estimates (at least that I could find) for its opening are now slated for the Fall of 2013.

Today (or at least a month or two ago when these photos were taken,) the building is in a deep decline. Ruin Porn, who’s more typically used to exploring buildings that have been abandoned for at least a few decades, told me she was actually really shocked by the state of things inside the old Tastykake factory considering it had only been vacant for a relatively short amount of time. Evidenced by the photos you see here. In addition to the decay, there was a very creepy room she found and nicknamed “the party room,” which was an old employee lounge of some kind that showed obvious signs of recent alcohol and drug use. It was surreal, she added, mixed in the Tastykake setting.

More photos…

See Ruin Porn’s adventure inside the late Edison High School, Philadelphia’s forgotten castle HERE!