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Tire

gypsy

Must be a train tire. Hehe kidding.

Location: Michigan Central Station  Gallery: To the Top

Dust

gypsy

Agreed, agreed!

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

Elbow

gypsy

You are just a genius at composition. Fantastic.

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

Central

gypsy

Gor-geous!! Decay can show such color...!

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

Circular

gypsy

I think the misconception was: no corners, no place for dust to collect...

Location: Samuel R. Smith Infirmary  Gallery: Cutting Through the Atmosphere

Depths

gypsy

Another wonderful set of shots. My eyebrows went up when I came upon this location, and read that it was known as the Physical Culture Hotel, owned and operated by the same man who headed PC magazine. Instant recognition to an antiques dealer/ hopeless collector such as myself! I ran to my old mag collection, dug out a Sept. 1937 issue of said mag, and flipped through hoping to find an ad for this place. Sure enough, near the back is a half-page ad almost completely devoid of graphics detailing two happy clients' accounts of their stays here and why they promised to return: "A Physical Culture vacation is the best I can imagine for a business woman. I will return home feeling on top of the world and not in need of a vacation to 'rest up'- as is needed after a vacation wherein one must rush, rush, rush, eat wrong food, and generally tear down one's health. I expect to spend many more vacations at P.C.H."...says a Miss Dorothy Sloan. And, apparently, a Mr. Frank M. Kenney "agrees 100%"! Hehe... just an interesting extra tidbit for whoever's wanting more:)

Location: Jackson Sanatorium  Gallery: Up in the Air

Oven

gypsy

Wow. Nice finds.

Location: Jackson Sanatorium  Gallery: Up in the Air

Narrow

gypsy

Ther are those narrow doorways again.

Location: Jackson Sanatorium  Gallery: Up in the Air

Tricks of Light

gypsy

There's one smart piece o plaster, anyway... all comfy in a front-row seat...

Location: Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC)  Gallery: Passing Through

Torch

gypsy

...how many hands grabbed that thing as people bounded up those steps....

Location: Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC)  Gallery: Passing Through

Tumble Downward

gypsy

Gorgeous. I've never seen a staircase quite that ornate.

Location: Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC)  Gallery: Passing Through

Depth

gypsy

Awesome!!

Location: Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC)  Gallery: Passing Through

Sputum Refuse

gypsy

Oh, my.

Location: Constance Sanatorium  Gallery: Hospital Two

Shattered Lights

gypsy

Surprisingly lovely subject matter!! Nice!

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

Morgue

gypsy

Another great shot. What I love about the morgue shots, by the way, isn't that they churn a morbid curiosity, but that they humanize things... morgues are so hidden (not that they shouldn't be, death's not an easy subject to face) from normal life while they are such an integral part. These shots and ones like them are the only contact some will have with this type of situation, in life anyway, and it's a cleaner, safer way to ponder and observe, far from the last activity it held....

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

Writing on the wall

gypsy

Love it.

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

Basement Chair

gypsy

.................o boy

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

Attic

gypsy

Oi...you one brave soul...

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Attic Electronics

gypsy

...my kinda STUFFFFF.....!!!:)

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Unknown Substance

gypsy

Thought provoking, definitely.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Factory-like Window

gypsy

Oh my GOD this is beautiful! I'd love to have these windows in my house...

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Last Look

gypsy

Stunning work. This place obviously touched you, and it carries through strongly. Long live NSH.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Final Winter

Atop the Hill

gypsy

Mmmm..... eerie.... normally I wouldn't leave just that as a comment, but that feeling is overwhelming here...

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Final Winter

Marked

gypsy

They did. This was Cupid's room, nes pa?

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Final Winter

Lens Fog

gypsy

It doesn't look like a similar room, it looks like THE room. Fascinating.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Final Winter