Motts Thank you for the detailed descriptions, it's difficult to imagine what life was really like inside these empty rooms.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

	Motts It was on the top floor of the building... either they followed the angle of the roof or the space was used for pipes, supports, etc.

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers

	Motts Interesting... there aren't any handles on the inside of a morgue door, although I doubt anyone actually got locked in a freezer. So the moral is, if you're in an abandoned morgue, alone, and decide to somehow push the tray inside with you laying in it, leave at least one door open.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

	Motts A place to live takes priority before it's aesthetics.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts It was taken late 2004.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	Motts Gotta be quick ; ) Thanks for the offer though!

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

	Motts Yeah that was really weird. I wish I had moved them out of the shot!

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Visiting Hours

	Motts Quite a few large abandoned state hospitals are still partially active, although they have been downsized greatly, and there are numerous smaller ones that still exist. The New York State archives report that in 1986, NYS had 33 mental health facilities: 23 psychiatric centers for adults; 6 psychiatric centers for children; 2 forensic psychiatric centers, and 2 research facilities.

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

	Motts Well the other side was labeled "solution", and sitting outside for all these years, it probably accumulated some condensation inside the jar. Either it's rust from the bottom of the cap or diluted blood, and I'd bet it's the latter of the two.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Hello Again

	Motts Someone probably forgot to shut off the line, and since the windows and doors are boarded or cemented over, no one knows about it. A few extra lights on aren't gonna run up the electric bill for a decent sized hospital enough to notice either. I'm just surprised the place hasn't caught fire yet.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: August Haze

	Motts E-mail me: motts at opacity.us

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts Nope!

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

Motts It might be, but it was more than likely put there after abandonment... there are footprints on the table, so someone has been messing around in there. Morgues and autopsy rooms are kept extremely clean after every post-mortem operation anyway; the likelihood of finding any human remains is pretty slim. I'd bet that faint yellow stain in the center is a more authentic remnant of the messy work that was performed here.

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

	Motts Not much of a helpful critique.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Restraints

	Motts Thanks GD; this was a difficult shot to expose correctly.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Motts Heh, actually the room is almost pitch black, I took several exposures of me lighting various parts of the room with my flashlight.

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Hello Again

	Motts Thank you.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: The Mansions

	Motts In a land far far away...

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Motts It looked like a nice porcelain one too... http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/p_22050.html I remember the guy was also trying to sell the morgue freezers too.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts Ah, nothing a flathead screwdriver couldn't fix... thanks!

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

	Motts Maybe because the equipment was antiquated and not worth saving, like this wheelchair... or they could've just packed up and left in a hurry... who knows.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts These little numbers were curiously stenciled on the walls, I'm not sure why.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts Wow I didn't notice someone was standing there...

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts It's not the safest thing in the world but yes.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts It is most definitely patrolled.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness