lithium Who doesn't love those old european concrete water towers? :)

Location: Continental Rubber Works (Hannover-Limmer)  Gallery: Faces of Industry

	lithium Looks very military. Remembering that these were largely unfinished, when they were occupied by the military, they would have been finished in a spartan manner. Still icky, however...

Location: Prora KdF Seaside Resort  Gallery: Slice

	lithium There appears to be a ghost shadow for some wood stall framing above the toilets. When these buildings were taken for military use, those stalls might have been removed since the military custom at the time was for open toilets.

Location: Prora KdF Seaside Resort  Gallery: Slice

	lithium Spectacular! Amazing that this dark corner of history hasn't yet been sanitized.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	lithium Everything about this tableau is tragic.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	lithium Given the age of this sanatorium, one can only wonder at what horrible abuses occurred during the Hitlerzeit when "abnormal" children were routinely euthanized. Not saying any of that took place here but who knows?

Location: Erich Wagner Kindersanatorium  Gallery: Lost and Found

	lithium The BCT is in flux right now as it appears and then disappears off the list of potential high speed rail hubs that are being proposed. If the BCT gets on the list, and the HSR plans for New York State are approved and funded, then it might be finally (!) fully renovated and opened for rail passengers. Stay tuned...

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Tour

	lithium The Richardson Center Group has issued their plans to redevelop this property and restore most of the buildings on it. Soon, there will be an opportunity for anyone to come into these buildings and gain some sense of what HH Richardson had intended.

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Lithium That's a really great tank!

Location: Verden Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: The Other Wing

	Lithium I believe this was a hospital that specialized in geriatrics.

Location: Clinique de la Faisanderie  Gallery: Suburbia

	Lithium Spectacular space. Those Art Nouveau arches are totally steampunk!

Location: Usine Terres-Rouges  Gallery: Driving Rain

	Lithium It's a drag that those bars got cut. The great thing about these old jails and prisons are the bars shielding cells from common areas. I bet they cut them worried they would scare off potential buyers.

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	Lithium Outstanding pix and article! They really open a window on that era. Those Toyota workers might have some idea if they view this.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Lithium Those kids in Cleveland and Buffalo are good, but you're the best, Motts!

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium Gurgle Gurgle!

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium Such a busy little shop! How did they replace it? Did business slow down?

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium Livers, hearts, lungs, I guess they usually left the sweetbreads inside. I'd probably be creeped out if a flour can was nearby.

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium An autopsy factory!

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium Total meat locker! Thirty corpse capacity? How many could the morgue at Pilgrim store? Was this the morgue for the entire community?

Location: West Middlesex Hospital  Gallery: The Mortuary

	Lithium Those toilets are amazing relics! I wonder if anyone can date them.

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

	Lithium At the time these showers were built, many public schools had rudimentary showers or were installing spartan group showers. Public hygeine overruled privacy concerns, especially for boys who were going to be of draft age anyway and would end up in military style accomodations. No big deal.

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

	Lithium Tagging up an old morgue is just whistling past the graveyard. There's a drawer waiting somewhere for that tagger, for that very special day.

Location: The Ladd School  Gallery: Brownfields

	Lithium beautiful verdigris.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Lithium Were those lights buzzing?

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Lithium Totally Ansel Adams!

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Restraints