nice... i have some pics from about 5 years ago of the ruins... buddy of mines father has a house on the island, supposedly at that time the elevator on the sky needle was still functional, no way I would have ridden it, didn't look to well maintained...

as for the houses, there are quite a few on the north end of the island, but there are also many home "ruins" or construction that was started and due to lack of sales and the economy, were abandoned, as I recall there was a 4-5 story condominum building that was vacant at that time, I can only imagine the condition now.....

i will dig up the pics and put them up this afternoon....