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Grey

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...enemy mine....

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

Vacant

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...sadly, after being sedated... ramones

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 39, 138, 139

Tattered Reflection

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Yes I see those varmit teeth in the left window...
Tho I was looking at the whole uppers and lowers...they are nashing or noshing on the cross
8-

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

Chimney

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well, thanks, and I wore meself out on that one 8-)

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

Fold

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LOL :-)

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Hello Again

Office Phone

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p.s. this is a 1950-70s Western :-)

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

Office Phone

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oooh ~Me- quest collects and uses old phones: wall ones, candlestick, railroad, desk.-earliest one is 1898 (tho not all are usable yet). Their rings are musical!- you my friend :-)

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

Grounds

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no, this building will BE a walmart :-(

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Gatherings

Movable Type

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Martymizuno...that is SWEET!
yours,
J.Gutenberg

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

Chimney

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...but they did think about it...
the architect was the visualist...the vision, to build something good and neccessary...

kirkbridebuildings.com

...We all have a "junk drawer" or a closet we toss things in, don't we? We do so because we don't needs these things presently in our busy lives, or we don't want to be reminded of what they represent, or they are too much to handle...Yet, we don't want to lose them because we still somehow think they have a place in our lives or will later, or we still love them too much. That drawer is a part of our house. We hold responsibility for it.
We're not talking about "things", though are we? The vision was to build a retreat-a home for our lost and hidden.
Humanity.
The results are these intensely beautiful structures.
As to the blood and sweat of it...the craftsmen were hirees, and wonderful hirees they were. They did their jobs and made the visualist proud...because the beauty of these buildings is classic. From a solid plan, they built a foundation!
Seems to me a lot of love born of dignity (could be the other way around, too) was involved...

Are we not marveling at the lines of these buildings now?
Remember that I talk of the good and neccessity of it all...and that was the reason for the vision.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

Curved Stairs

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...yes...I was being polite, wasn't I !

Location: Bannerman's Arsenal  Gallery: The Island

What Is Left

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ah, Ed, I was getting too wordy...does look like it was stuck on there...I'm thinking of adding on to my house :-)....

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Tattered Reflection

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...oy, destroyed from the inside out is worse. I take it the panes were intact.
What is incredible is that you recognized and captured both the upper and lower jagged cuspids..."Jaws" would have been a fine caption, too!

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

Canisters

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thank ye, ~Me :-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Grossing Table

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where the heck are the glass blocks when you need them 8-0

Location: Malone Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Infiltration

York

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what say you, Mr. Motts?

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Rotunda

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uh un... "lordy", Mr. Motts!

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Canisters

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dirn ya'll. Could someone just send some hydrogenation for me, I'm thirsty :-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

York

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oh, Lynnie (may I?) I just posted to this and am gunna wrap around it!
Most important (after all, you connected the dots) do you see the little guy in his regalia?
I do find it fascinating that the wrenches and other equipment was left there. Mustav been state property ;-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Showers

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Bad stuff this...every high school lockeroom looks like this (sans sail-cloth partitions!)
Sad, slippery and gosh-darn dangerous!
>:-( I just spent 45 min. stating my unhappiness with it all...many political and darwinisms included :-)
Mr. Motts, Thank goodness I always proofread, else I'd be crying that you banned me from the site!

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

Tattered Reflection

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Also, the cross' bearing or meaning is illusive.
This is a most disturbing room....

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

Tattered Reflection

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Mssr' Motts, were the tatters inside or out?

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

York

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ah, yes. It was a cartoon from the 1930s-40s-wartime...he had a name, too. Goes to show that visuals are the best kept records! :-)
Lynee, any followups? ;-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Canisters

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Mr. Motts, your photo has created a world of confusion!
Can you date these canisters?
Then I could find out if they are bug spray or whipped cream ;-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

Rotunda

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Mr. Motts has been doing this for awhile...a master at it too, :-)

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures