AutumnTwin Reminiscent of the old prison that was used to film A Nightmare On Elm Street....especially the hallway in the beginning where Tina first encounters Freddy at the start of the movie. Looks like the fire didn't get too hot to leave soot stains in the peelig paint but was hot enough to cause a lot of rapid peel.

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors

	AutumnTwin I think the time limit is 10 years then destroy records after that.....but they should be archived before destruction, I agree.

Location: Broadacres Hospital  Gallery: Meet the Neighbors

	AutumnTwin Motts.....urban warrior.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

	AutumnTwin The blue works well for it though....makes it look more antequated of a photograph. Neat that the terminal below has such lovely details.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

	AutumnTwin Glad to know it's going through restoration and cleaning.....instead of demolition, like so many of our architectural treasures.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

	AutumnTwin Kind of neat the way that ONE window was spared the fate of bad weather, stupid kids and vagrants.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

	AutumnTwin I love the old architecture....the transoms made hallways a little less claustrophobic feeling, let in natural light, and something a bit more interesting than a plain ordinary wall to view while walking to each office.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Baggage

	AutumnTwin Hey, if you get rich enough to afford THIS baby (and all of the repairs to restore it) you could have the main floor as your gallery of ruins and live more than comfortably in the upper floors....save the big looming tower for the tourists' view from the top.

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	AutumnTwin Maybe it was either to keep people from climing the posts....OR maybe the plaster was crumbling and it was used as a cover for it instead of repairing it (like a pressed tin ceiling was sometimes used to hide cracking plaster ceilings).

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	AutumnTwin Looks like they tried to teach typing to the more capable patients here for some meager hope of life outside Pennhurst.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	AutumnTwin Motts, how do you know this?

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	AutumnTwin A shame such beautiful decor is left to rot away into nothingness.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin I've seen polished chrome mirrors at a few high schools in not-so-nice neighborhoods for the same reason....to prevent them from being shattered and the shards used to harm people.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin IS that a wheelchair or is she riding one of those turn-of-the-century bicycles with the one giant wheel? Hard to tell amongst the cracking. Interesting that it's "politically correct" images.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin Sick as it sounds (and as dangerous as it would likely be).....it would be kinda neat to see what kind of fireworks come out of THAT baby if you turned it on in its present state!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin PSST - It's bad luck to view your reflection thorugh a broken mirror! (if you follow that belief)

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin Maybe they left select lights on for "security" reasons. There are a few closed down restaurants and stores in my area and the power's been on there for a LONG time with no occupants. (too bad I missed out on the three-day demolition project of one old dumpy restaurant)

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin Looks like the vulture, the bird of death, reigns supreme at this place. He's got the luxury suite up there, it seems!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	AutumnTwin Now you know what it's like to be IN the maze in Pac-Man! LOL!

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

	AutumnTwin You can tell this was private at one time from the fancy things like this.

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

	AutumnTwin Amazing that it's so clean....the ceiling tiles are intact, the floor looks saveable....just need to repaint and get the power on and voila!

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

	AutumnTwin How many hours were you there taking these amazing photos?

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	AutumnTwin There's that asymmetry again.....subtle asymmetry.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	AutumnTwin Were there words on the keystone, or just some ornate pattern?

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	AutumnTwin Interesting how the symmetry of the Kirkbride design is quietly altered with the placement of the chimney on the right and the chimney protruding from the central tower.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland