Motts I have actually, a pretty amazing place indeed!

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	Motts Not personally, they keep the place buttoned up pretty tight and it is patrolled regularly.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Dropping By

	Motts Thank you DOG! I've updated with the correct information.

Location: Irrenanstalt Weiler  Gallery: Leichenhalle

	Motts I'd love to post them, I've had some difficulty finding historic photos of the hospital online. Shoot over a link or email. http://www.opacity.us/about/contact/

Location: Glenn Dale Hospital  Gallery: Vines

	Motts Yes, it's a stairwell leading into the basement.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Thanks, that one always gets me!

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Looks like they were busted out for scrap or salvage.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts I hope to travel to Pripyat and Kiev at some point, just a matter of money and time. Moscow and St. Petersburg look like fantastic places to explore as well.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Just some spray paint...

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Looks like plaster fell off the ceiling in sheets.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Motts Through the doorway is a curving staircase to the basement.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts There are metal rungs attached to the smokestack wall on the right; possibly vestiges of an outdoor ladder if this spiral staircase was built after the stack.

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts This was shot out a window of the building it connected to :-)

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts I would imagine the stained glass comes from what was a chapel located in the hospital complex, but it's possible that it was used in other areas. Some old psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. used touches of stained glass in the wards: http://www.opacity.us/image7225_tin_heap.htm http://www.opacity.us/...3_colored_curves.htm

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Bricked ceilings don't look very easy: http://www.contractort...gh-17974/#post192002

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts Thanks diggya!

Location: Heilstätten Asklepios  Gallery: Krieg im Paradies

	Motts What a shame. Thanks for the update

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: The Mansions

	Motts Thanks AmazingViewer - I do have some places in KY shot, just need to get to them (I'm pretty backlogged) :-)

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Delicate

	Motts Thanks, some of these old galleries have many typos :-)

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Motts Thanks, the seats and arm rests are wood, while the frame is stamped metal.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Dropping By

	Motts There's a kind of scissor lift that's used to get them up and down from those high drawers, called a morgue lift or cadaver hoist I think.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Dropping By

	Motts I should note that this particular wing was not part of the original Kirkbride plan, but rather added on to it in later years (early 1900s I would estimate).

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Motts Yes, I think most of the bedroom doors in this wing were metallic.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Motts I think the sloping is an effect of the super-wide angle. I think this particular wing was constructed pretty much as-is, with the top floor; I haven't been able to pinpoint what date it was constructed. It's definitely not part of the old 1848 construction (concrete floors, metal doors, etc). Early 1900s I'm guessing.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Motts I think this is the other side of the room; I believe they were symmetrical for the most part. Right side of this photo: http://www.opacity.us/image8295_mottled.htm

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam