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Tower Panorama

Matt Trakker

When we were on the roof at night, mainly in the tower, you could see the headlights of cars coming over the top of the hill way over on 128 in Beverly. The lights would suddenly appear very brightly then go down the hill and disappear, it was cool.
At that same spot on the highway, once you hit the apex of the hill, you could see Danvers State way off in the distance.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

Well Hung

Matt Trakker

Why are people getting offended by this!

It's just made of clothes found in the Admin and meant to scare kids who would sneak in. And I wasn't kidding, his given name was Bernie!

; D

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

Admin Doors

Matt Trakker

Nice.

The tattered curtains used to constantly blow in those short corridors because of the wind tunnel effect created on each side in the space between admin and the rest of the building. It was really unsettling. I think there is a scene in Session 9 that shows this.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

Cupola

Matt Trakker

Yes I know, but they didn't listen. The guy who runs the company tore down an historic building to construct his own crappy personal house in Lincoln, MA.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

Tower Panorama

Matt Trakker

Great pano! I never saw this!!! It feels like I'm in the tower right now.

The reason Danvers was lost was due to a number of reasons, high real estate values in the area, the litigious state of MA due to greedy lawyers and the fact that Danvers was an attractive nuisance for which DCAM was responsible, behind the scenes collusion between the Danvers politicians and Avalon Bay, (bribing, etc...) and the false "need" for affordable housing in Massachusetts, since it seems most of the people that move into these places aren't even from this state, so we shouldn't need it in the first place. Chapter 40B people...look it up....

"That...and the budget cuts...and POOF..."

haha

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

Well Hung

Matt Trakker

His name is Bernie. Or...was Bernie.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

Chair

Matt Trakker

As for the witch business, that DID all happen around Hathorne Hill and Danvers, nothing really happened in Salem. Danvers didn't want the notoriety associated with what happened, so Salem took and profited from it. The "Witchcraft Heights" area is more of a marketing thing concocted when they built that neighborhood I believe.
Nathaniel Hawthorne's surname spelling was changed to that from "Hathorne" to distance his family from the judge who presided over the trials, who was his great-grandfather, and refused to repent over his involvement.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

Chair

Matt Trakker

Great photo.

That chair was saved from the destruction by a salvage company, and was given to my friend as a gift...it's all clean now.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe