awesome

I can't wait for your photos. I only made it to this place once, and when I hear about it I think about teenagers being stupid and careless, but your photos have brought it class and remind me why I am a fan of my memories of it.

I see a date of 5-5-72. That's sort of suspicious.. I have well kept books from the 70's that are in a lot worse/yellow condition than these open notebook pages. Perhaps the building was shut tight and I shouldn't be so skeptical.

Is this the sooty building with hay that has stairs that appear to be covered in a thick layer of something resembling animal (cat) feces..

I think you've been reading my mind. I was nostalgic for some wintertime hospital, esp. norwich.

I totally read that as prubbs

Were they ever lived in? What was the point of putting so much money into renovations if they're now all vacant and not bringing in revenue? I wouldn't mind living in a partially abandoned building but I can't imagine the majority of people would want to.

Very interesting. Was this supposed to facilitate better airflow or something? No idea.

I ask only because the capacity of the freezer in the morgue I was talking about could only really hold about 2 gurneys at once. Seemed sort of asinine..

How many gurneys could fit in at one time? The first time as a nurse I ever had to wheel a body to the morgue the freezer was that style. It was an old crappy hospital.

Well, Motts, that's awesome. Because I'm pretty sure when I first saw that gallery that I missed the little asterisk stating that wasn't the real name. I must've been stoned, because I just figured "Hey no kidding.. maybe theres a twin hospital?!" Hah. Thank you for taking the time to point out that link for me, man.

The first time I ever went out of state to visit/photograph a place was to this hospital, I actually didn't even really know where I was headed, I had to ask locals to head me in the right direction. That was like 6 years ago, and my one roll of film got stuck in my camera and pretty much destroyed, so seeing GOOD photographs of the place is a treat. I'm still hanging in there waiting patiently for you to upload a gallery of the [name edited] Psych complex, which was a pretty stunning place in size and overgrowth and also a place I only managed to get a few photos on film that are long lost..

Now i'm racking my brain trying to remember the 'cute' little germ posters/stickers littering one of the floors in norwich s.h.

Oh, jeez.

That door absolutely reminds me of a famous francesca woodman photo

Nice, man.

You know, it just took me 5 minutes to realize the 'slashes' I couldn't find were actually the shadows on the doors I was seeing.

If I'm seeing that correctly that is a very odd ward lock key.. most arent curved and/or (stainless) steel.

What a freakin' great find. Id love to be able to bring my camera there, i'd be there all day.

I was thinking more along the lines that they could be chutes? I can't picture them from any other angle but from what I know or have seen, looks like chutes.. or perhaps those boxes..thingys.. rotated and seperated coal chunks? Or im just way off and wrong.

I dig the dead leaf hangin out towards the bottom.. maple leaf??

I almost commented on the birdies a few photos back, Eagles! How awesome.

You sure this was always a military hospital? It just seems odd that it's barred.. but perhaps it was put into use during battle? Just odd..

id imagine there was previously some structure that was build around/on the raised area... I work with individuals from state hospitals that would trip and kill themselves on surfaces like that... so thats my guess,. alex

Mesh shadow.. now that is awesome...