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Medical Underpass

Mnementh

This is an unpleasant picture...it reminds me of a cattle chute in a slaughterhouse...

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Setting Sun

Mnementh

Day is done...gone the sun
from the sky
from the world
from my soul...

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Bathroom

Mnementh

Looks like someone was here before w. some cherry bombs! ^_^

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Exits

Mnementh

Oh yeah - If I was homeless, I'd DEFINITELY like to live here...NOT!

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Metal Collars

Mnementh

hahaha...kid deflectors...sorry, that was funny. The fact that they're the same height as the room dividers makes me think of water stains from a flood...

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Shower Stalls

Mnementh

Another job for Mr. Clean! The stains on the walls in this pic & the preceeding one are creepy...do they look like blood spatter to anybody else or have I watched too much CSI??

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Pit Of Oblivion

Mnementh

Disturbing but yet, if you put it in the sunday school of a fundamentalist church, would it be out of place??

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Ward View

Mnementh

Jeez, that guy creeps me out...and here I thought the pic was so calm & peaceful - the window laticework reminds me of pics from the Titanic...

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Stagnant Playthings

Mnementh

Toys that were once loved & cherished now lie alone to rot...not unlike the poor children who once played with them.

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Curtained Doorway

Mnementh

This is the creepiest photo yet for me...I think it's that saggy, tatty curtain...!!

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Institutional Green

Mnementh

Well, it wasn't the basement... ^_^

I can see wanting natural light but having the whole freakin' ceiling one big skylight? That would be sooo great for an art studio...

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Typewriter Room

Mnementh

Nearly every abandoned building has a typewriter or two...they're the technologically unloved divorced wife...left by the trophy bride (computer)

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TV

Mnementh

From my experience in AV club in highschool, I'd venture that it's a closed-circuit TV monitor, ca early '70s...

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The Attic

Mnementh

Finding articles of clothing in an abandoned building creeps me out the most...I think it's how they're the most personal articles people have...

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Secure Window

Mnementh

I thought so too...that shelf in front of the window. Also the grate looks like it may slide up & down and was prolly for security to keep the unauthorized out of the pills...

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Book Pile

Mnementh

(LOL) I was just thinking how I would probably get caught under the load of 60# of books or they'd find me sitting & reading them for hours on end...

My work-study job in college was in the library and I feel a spiritual connection to books but here - this is incredible!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

Stairwell

Mnementh

An amazing cataphony of colors, textures and angles. My eye is drawn along the curve over and over again.

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Administration

Mnementh

This admin building strongly reminds me of my old highschool. It was built in the 20s, was abandoned about 10 years ago and is going to be torn down this summer to make a parking lot...

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Basement Door

Mnementh

This pic makes me think it must lead to a tiny monk's cell in a monestary...

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Ceiling

Mnementh

I'll say it again...parts of this building, particular details, are remarkably well preserved.

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Vast

Mnementh

Love the creepy air vent. Who knows what is hiding up there watching the party below?? ^_^

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Curved Stairwell

Mnementh

The lighting on this makes me think 'stairway to heaven'

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Safe Detail

Mnementh

I explored an abandoned business that had a walk-in vault. When I first visited it was open but when I returned a year or two later it was closed and locked, which, as silkster said (and I thought) was less dangerous...

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Banister

Mnementh

It's amazing how they put such beautiful things as these stairs & the fireplace into this building, considering it's function. I'm even more suprised someone hasn't discovered and removed this beautiful woodwork. It appears to be in near-perfect shape...

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Columns

Mnementh

The spiral scrolling on the top of the columns makes me think of screw jacks in the basement supporting the building above...

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