kittymao that damned wheelchair is stalking, you motts- RUN!

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	kittymao I dunno, tom. I imagine if you're too mentally ill to be among the general populace, you're in hell no matter where you go.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	kittymao stencil artist leaving his mark. graffiti, really. Think Shepard Fairey or Bansky.

Location: Linton State Hospital  Gallery: Deep Breaths

	kittymao tee. fan fans. *snarf*

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	kittymao very clever of motts to situate himself so his reflection could not be seen .Lesser fellows would have botched this shot hardcore.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	kittymao what I wouln't give to have seen this place in its full glory.

Location: Bannerman's Arsenal  Gallery: The Island

	kittymao Interesting to think that all our high schools- which BTW, are state owned and run- will fall into disues and become abandoned in the future. Some are already becoming defunct.

Location: Belchertown State School  Gallery: The Theater

	kittymao sometimes, I wish I had a seclusion room of my own at home.

Location: Severalls Hospital  Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	kittymao This makes me want to cry. Beauty destroyed in the name of utility. Soon we will all be living in an Apple-styled world. kill me now. :(

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

	kittymao I think it's quite beautiful. That golden carpet with that ornate silk-like shimmer on the walls... early 20th century style.

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

	kittymao DME- The town that was abandoned was Pripyat. And if I recall, a russian girl pulled some strings and was able to get in about 10 years ago and took photos. She said it was kind-of-safe, as long as she stayed on the cement. I read entries about it some time ago. If I find it again, I'll link to it.

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

kittymao Graham: These places were created before the advent of many of our modern medicines. Once we started finding drugs that could fix the chemical imbalances- not to mention huge steps forward in psychiatrics, massive facilities like this were no longer needed. It's very possible that the people that were here may be productive people in our communities. Of course- some can never be worked back into society, and were probably moved elsewhere, to other facilities.

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

	kittymao idunno, look at the contrast, that seat's meant to be a bit bigger than a human bum, that hatch is around the same size, give it a bit of leeway due to perspective... I could probably fit.

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

	kittymao It must be like when I go hiking, only you gots to worry about junkies and police... I only gots to worry about skunks and mountain lions.

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

	kittymao thanks for the language info, guys! I love finding origins for commonly-used terms just as much as I love perusing these galleries.

Location: Ryhope Pumping Station  Gallery: Victorian Industry

	kittymao its seeing things like this that make my heart beat fast. Your photography takes me to place I could never hope to go, yet makes me feel as if I'm right there- seeing it all with my own eyes.

Location: Ryhope Pumping Station  Gallery: Victorian Industry

	kittymao this totally just reminded me... i think my Sister wore leg braces. I was very young when she wore them (she was a year and a half older than me!) But i distinctly remember her wearing them...

Location: Kingsley Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Faded Memories

	kittymao i'm amused by the fact that he's trying very hard to not touch anything if he doesn't need to- the hovering crouch, the crossed arms...

Location: Sanitarium Joseph Lemaire  Gallery: Modernism

	kittymao I feel like i should be all done up in a sping gown with a corset, watching the groundskeeper groom the labyrinth junipers while I sip at a cup of earl grey and wonder if the weather is good enough for a ride on my horse.

Location: Château de Mesen  Gallery: Break

	kittymao some folks can have stimuli issues (autistics in particular)- too much information coming in at once... a room like this could easily help them down from a stimuli-frenzy.

Location: Massachusetts Mental Health Center  Gallery: Movie Crew

	kittymao It makes me want to cry... such beauty left behind. Years of craftsmanship, of pride into this building... souls saved, epiphanies reached. reduced to a shell of a building, disrespected by vandals and returned to the earth under a bulldozer's tread. That is the way of us all, I guess.

Location: Eden Hall Chapel  Gallery: The First and the Last

	kittymao Axle grease is a step down from tar.

Location: Eden Hall Chapel  Gallery: The First and the Last

	kittymao sevensevenseven is my name- seven come, and seven go, and seven still remain.

Location: Marquette State Hospital  Gallery: Cold and Empty

	kittymao How grotesquely romantic.

Location: County Morgue  Gallery: Transformation

	kittymao That Soap Dispenser reminds me of jr high school. I love that powdered soap- the rough washings always made my hands feel SO CLEAN...

Location: Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Creep