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93 in the Distance

Radical Ed

This is a nice, not often seen angle of 93. Very cool dude.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Wisteria (Building 15)

Raccoon In Cart

Radical Ed

When I toured building 93, the piles of racoon shit on the stairs were six inches deep.
Foulness unsurpassed.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 29 (Power Plant)

Hallway

Radical Ed

Read what I posted.
They DID.
The movie is called "The 4th Dimension."
Here's the website for the film.
http://www.4thdmovie.com/

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

Hallway

Radical Ed

They did though...

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

93 from the Side

Radical Ed

Aside from the fact it's out in the open and surrounded by a ten-foot chain-link fence, the windows and doors are welded and boarded up. The tunnels are also welded shut.
Good luck.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Group 2 and Some Building 93 Exteriors

Ed's Tag

Radical Ed

I'm pretty sure they're the brothers of Mary, the one going by the three alias's above.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Ed's Tag

Radical Ed

I don't see any people in the photos and I don't see any mention of the source of said photos. They could've been found on the internet or shared by a third party via scanner, email, or cd/data transfer through a share program.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Manhole

Radical Ed

After walking literally MILES of tunnels with dozens of branches and even having to descend different levels like Spiderman over asbestos-caked pipes, our guide pointed this out and told us it went up into a great newer building that had a dynamite view of the courtyard with the wooden gazebo.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Down The Spine

Pool Table

Radical Ed

This was in the first room I walked into in the first building I visited.
If I was five pounds heavier (I weigh 185) I would've never seen this.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Down The Spine

Another Chair in Window

Radical Ed

It's upside down now, but still stuck in the window.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)

Laundry Building

Radical Ed

There were piles of raccon shit in 93 so deep you couldn't even get up the stairs.
Almost stepped on an expired cat too.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)

Morgue

Radical Ed

I thought it was strange how they go all the way through the wall to the other side.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 7 (Medical Building)

Window Holes

Radical Ed

I wonder why they only put the larger stones on that one small roof section?
It's a Hell of a throw to hit these small glass blocks from way up there.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 7 (Medical Building)

Flesh and Rust

Radical Ed

Best of the set.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum)  Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

Smiley

Radical Ed

That's funny stuff "concerned resident".
I don't cross the Poquessing Creek by wading through it, I walk across the Roosevelt Blvd.
I don't leave suits or respirators on neighbor's lawns, I don't trespass on residential land nor litter. I've never brought a tool to Byberry and never smashed anything there. When I go home, my hands are still clean.
I've never walked on Carter Road, nor parked there or used it to gain entrance to Byberry.
How does someone walking through an enclosed building expose the neighbors to hazarous waste? One would surmise that demolition and heavy equipment bringing down improperly-abated hundred-year-old buildings would put more waste into the environment than a pair of Timberland hikers do.
You really are reaching for a reason to blame the problem on folks visiting the buildings, when you should focus on the slip-shod operations going on across the street. The Vietnamese Tyrant running the demo is cutting corners and causing problems by doing that, while houses all around Londontown are going up for sale.
The folks aren't moving due to curiosity-seekers walking through the property, it's due to the quality of life being compromised by money-grubbing practices and their pollution of the environment.
Why don't you worry more about the unskilled laborers working there as well? I'm sure you're aware that some, if not most, are illegal immigrants from South America and the fines from illegal and improper activities so far equal close to a million dollars.
You're worried about me walking around in a condemned building and all of this is going on in front of your own eyes.
Maybe you should do some research yourself, put aside your prejudice for the kids, and look at the big picture.
You'll see it's not us, but the entire operation that's compromising your health and well-being.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Kitchen

Radical Ed

Just about every building there has a kitchen of sorts in it.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

The Tower

Radical Ed

This shot peeled my face off and pissed in my eye sockets.

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

Smiley

Radical Ed

Hey *Angry*. I was there the next day and saw the wall that injured Dave. I would like to know who told him it was safe in the first place and why THAT particular wall was even damaged by the demo crew? It was nowhere near the row of "C"s you demolished last week but it was quite close to the courtyard where you're taking the asbestos down through the boiler room and illegally dumping it in the steam tunnel under Southampton Road. Since that tunnel is owned by the city of Philadelphia and floods out every rain storm, eventually draining dry and sweeping the asbestos into the environment, don't you think you have bigger fish to fry than berating a bunch of curiosity seekers on a public forum?
I see you've been demoing buildings you never abated as well, like the Furey Ellis auditorium and the rear of N-10. Do you think the neighbors like breathing the poison air your selfish negligence has created?
We all know Byberry's going down.
Do you think you can do it right?
For everyone's sake?

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Smiley

Radical Ed

If you like this stuff, you can get more of it on Mott's fantastic FORUM.
I have a Byberry thread going with dozens of pics from all kinds of explorers.
Go here: http://www.opacity.us/forum/
and shoot to the "Photography" section.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Ed's Tag

Radical Ed

Someone took the painted-over plug outlet covers off looking for copper. That's about it as of last month.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Lab Cabinets

Radical Ed

...and in English?

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

Lab Cabinets

Radical Ed

Only about two or three visits a month these days. Of course they're 6-9 hour trips when I go.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

Morgue

Radical Ed

My bud Pazuzu has photos to prove it man.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

Spinal Spiral

Radical Ed

To see some more truly amazing shots of this stairway (and dozens more of Byberry), check out the Caveman's photos here: http://public.fotki.com/Caveman6666/312/

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

Auditorium Group Shot

Radical Ed

Although friends of mine did it, I agree wholeheartedly.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour