AutumnTwin Motts, what does the title mean? Do you mean "der Geist der stets ver·neint ?" (the spirit that ever denies)?

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	AutumnTwin This view makes me think that if photos were shown to family members, this one would be likely to be a large photo that would take up part or most of a page, or two pages across....along with that elegant room and the theatre, too.....to reassure them the place their loved one is going is a "good place". (sorry, dark thought of "what you don't see" sparked that comment)

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	AutumnTwin Lynne, you said it! Must've been very elegant before all that nastiness grew in there.

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	AutumnTwin Wow, such beautiful architecture going to waste. Wonder what it looked like in its heyday?

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	AutumnTwin Another awesome shot from Motts! Keep up the great work!

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	AutumnTwin Now THAT'S an awesome creepy shot, Motts! "The death of Chucky!" LOL!

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	AutumnTwin Like Baker's Pink for the quiet rooms, someone must have a title and mass production line for the color of painf for the boarded windows for all of these places.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	AutumnTwin One of your finest, Motts! Truly stunning! Tops the "lone chair" shots!

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

AutumnTwin Yes, I believe that looks like a chandeleir on the floor...there's one still hanging from the ceiling at the WAY far end of the shot. Looks like the object on the right could be a mixing bowl...like for sauces, dough, etc. as opposed to a big kettle for cooking....but a mixing bowl is unlikely to be painted with various coats of paint like that one. Creepy looking cafeteria though...more factory looking than dining.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	AutumnTwin See, this is the part that they show patients' families on the "tour" or in the "brochure" of excellent patient care facilities....but those tiny rooms are the reality.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin Is that more somewhat ornate woodwork in the divider post between the two windows?

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin The odd door...not as ornate here, either. Can someone turn off the color?? LOL!

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin It DOES remind me of The Changeling (and that was an awesome flick, one of my all-time favorites). That creepy door is so plain compared to everything else seen so far.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin I just noticed the crown moulding WAAAY up there. Who PICKED those colors....salmon pink and that barfy mustard?? EIW!

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin Makes one wonder what sort of patients ended up in that section.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin Revisiting this gallery is fun. I just noticed the lovely scrollwork on the mantelpiece! This must be in a ward where they could trust the patients enough to let them enjoy the fireplace.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	AutumnTwin What a waste of such a lovely large tub. Any plans listed for salvage sales?

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin I can only imagine how COLD the A/C would be being pumped directly out of those shafts and in through the screened transom.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin Stupendous, Motts, simply stupendous! With the palette of pastel colors, the lonesome chair and the odd afterthought a/c vent shafts, that's quite a nice piece ya got there!

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin ...much less a lot of daylight! Or maybe that's just the overgrowth and stripped walls/ceiling that's choking the sunlight.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin Is that a bit of charring on the wall from a fire, like maybe a lightning strike or something? Or is that just shadows from the overgrowth? Love the deep green-ness of the moss on the floor.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin What a lovely miryad of color! Were the lights just single creepy-looking bulbs mounted on the ceiling, or are those small fixtures moorings for fluorescent lamps that are no longer there?

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin How amazingly clean the tile looks.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin Looks like the A/C was an afterthought when perhaps patient and staff comfort became more of an issue.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	AutumnTwin What a lovely gallery, Motts! Lovely Valentines' Day images....Motts-style! :)

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Cupid's Demise