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karen

this black and white photo is very atmospheric and eerie

Location: Fort de la Chartreuse  Gallery: Quieter This Time

Opened

karen

the sense of abandonment shows through i love this site for its psectacular photography its inspiring

Location: Usine Terres-Rouges  Gallery: Driving Rain

Flooded

karen

this is fantastic i love the water surface and the reflections

Location: Usine Terres-Rouges  Gallery: Driving Rain

Morgue

karen

well this is the room i worked in, I was a lab tech in the 60's...looks kinda different, but the truth it was weird then and spooky.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

Standing Tall

karen

my father served on the PC-1217 during WW2and was involved with the great atlantic hurricane.

Location: Staten Island Boat Graveyard  Gallery: Wrecks

Employee Room

Karen

My father worked as a bar hop in the 60's mostly during the summers. He said it was good money for a side job. The Jewish ladies loved to tip him big. My sister and I were friends with the Ehrlich children in the late 60's and early 70's. They lived in a house next door and the hotel was our playground. We skated in the rink, swam in the pools, played in the game rooms and had glorious dinners and birthday parties in the sumptious dining room. It was a paradise. I'm so sorry to see it has become yet another abandoned resort. If only it could have held out longer for a rebirth and a renaissance. The photos are absolutely haunting.

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

Padded Room

karen

if we can see your shadow in the door, mr. motts, why can't we see your reflection in the mirror?

Location: Harperbury Hospital  Gallery: The Search

Corridor

Karen

Wow this brings back so many memories. Both my parents worked at Pilgram....Mom for 17 years and Dad retired in the late 80 after 20+ years. I remember walking these halls.....seeing all the patients......Wow beautiful pics and THANK YOU

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

Bathroom

karen

yes there were walls that divided them but no doors used to work there

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Medical Room

Karen

Yep definetely a coffee/staff room. Which isn't sayin much.. LOL I can still see the small table in the far rite corner. Some of the Staff coffee rooms had windows that viewd the Day rooms so you could see the patients. At least building 22 did on ward 226.. But it was sooooo long ago.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Vine

Karen

This could be an illustration for Stephen King's story: The Plant.
One of my favorites, Motts.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: Solitude

Wooden Wheelchair

Karen

Do you have pictures of old broken down houses that were abandoned from the 40's?

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

Creepy Elevator

Karen

Isn't that a potty chair??? Didn't want to yell clean-up in elevator to hell!!..lol..

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Snoopy

Karen

I wonder how he walked with that too small upper paw though..lol..
poor POOR SNOOPY!!

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Circus Train

Karen

I remember those, it had a string to pull it as you walked..lol..

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: Lockdown

Decrepit

Karen

Couldn't you just see a beautiful Giant X-mas tree in that big window??? I mean after it was all cleaned up by Sketch..

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Uncovering the Past

Basement Sink

Karen

Now this makes my bathroom look luxurious!! Even with the towels tossed in the floor!..lol.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

Carousel

Karen

It was a crime, the horses got swiped!

Location: Rocky Point Amusement Park  Gallery: Chaser

Slab

Karen

Oh, feel the chill!!

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison  Gallery: Live Wires and Dead Places