EricaM All those pegs on the wall were probably the faucets and soap dispensers at one time...

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM Yeah the entire door is covered with mesh... perhaps to keep violent patients from wandering and trying to get in... thats how it is where I work anyway..

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM Ooohh Alex that is indeed cobalt blue. I love it. It relaxes me.

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM I think I wrote this in a previous gallery... being an ex patient of a psychiatric ward.. the mesh is very depressing to look at and see when all you want to do is be at home..

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM Perhaps if I never had dabbled into psychotic drugs this room would be fine... but. Damn. If I had to be holed up in there the walls would be swimming like ocean waves. Wish I could enhance the photo to actually see the pattern...

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM "There were no broken windows, graffiti, or any sign that people were getting inside." Ahh... i love locations like that. Brilliant yet again.

Location: Saint Remigius Military Hospital  Gallery: Terrain Militarie

	EricaM oooohh......VERY NICE

Location: SNCB Train Works  Gallery: Inside Out

	EricaM Can't believe such overgrown tracks are still in use... then again a few measly weeds wont stop a solid steel train.

Location: SNCB Train Works  Gallery: Inside Out

	EricaM Im assuming that isnt real marble if the freakin' paint is peeling off it.. boo.

Location: Valmea Convent  Gallery: Tangled

	EricaM This is awesome, right across the street from Utica State Hosp.... my grandma worked her entire life, and grew up in a house almost 300 years old... I got about 15 ward lock/skeleton keys from her house. ..very neat find

Location: Valmea Convent  Gallery: Tangled

	EricaM Reminds me of Rockland.. everything there is/was covered in overgrowth of vines..

Location: Valmea Convent  Gallery: Tangled

	EricaM Um... aside from the last sarcastic?/dumbass comment.. this seems like it was once a pretty awesome walkway, sunny.. etc. I would hang out here and draw or paint.

Location: Valmea Convent  Gallery: Tangled

	EricaM Oh wow, see... Motts I would buy a print of this, if it's available... I'm not sure where on the site to look. 'Suppose I can just go look right now. I want a print of this! Amazing.

Location: Valmea Convent  Gallery: Tangled

	EricaM This is a pretty incredible photo. I can only imagine what it would've been like to stare down and walk through that hallway.

Location: La Crypte des Fleurs  Gallery: Moisture

	EricaM dunno why but that railing kind of strikes me as pretty neat

Location: La Crypte des Fleurs  Gallery: Moisture

	EricaM It would be helpful if the person were suffering substance abuse related problems. Being over-looked without escape while going through withdrawl. I've been there, done that. Trust me, it's useful.. especially when someones life counts on it.

Location: Massachusetts Mental Health Center  Gallery: Movie Crew

	EricaM i dig this photo... reminds me of my lovely visit to rockland

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

	EricaM Whoa.. wide angle lens? Or just.. trippy. Nice either way.

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

	EricaM However much I dislike inhaling mercury, I always dig the way the falling lights look in photos.. kinda like the building is crying.

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

	EricaM shinnneee down on me e e me e e

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

	EricaM Does this have to do with the Gennie that I learned about in Human Development in college? She's pretty famous... shit I better read more into this before commenting.

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

EricaM The paint peels because there is no regulated temperature any longer...oil paint reacts with oxygen in the air..oil paint never stops curing & as it ages it continues to oxidize therefore becoming more brittle and typically the resins in latex paint are too big to seep into anything ... i guess in my stupid college classes jargon, no paint is permanent . OH GOD, i still remember the=formular for a redox reaction = c6h12o6 + 6o2 = 6co2 + 6h2o. Motts, im a dork.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: The Other Wing

	EricaM Nah, jackieb, green mold isn't typically toxic. If the walls were covered in BLACK mold, then THAT would be cause for concern.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: The Other Wing

	EricaM This really is a phenomenal subject to photograph and you've done it good justice.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: The Other Wing

	EricaM Oh yeah and Jason, One of the first Psychiatric hospitals in america was in the city I grew up in, and In the basement the fallout shelter signs were on every corner and in perfect condition. I actually still own one I found laying in the dirt.

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: The Other Wing