Welcome to where time stands still, no one leaves and no one will..."

This site is truly inspiring. Really hooked.

I was at kppc last night, I dont think it is haunted but I guess that is something you should find out for yourself. Dont go inside though. SHITLOADS of cops, asbestos, rat crap, a few homeless people, alarms (yes inside also) and a decaying support beams. Be safe.

I've been to the old sanitorium in Kazoo a dozen times (not in a couple years though). Real creepy, but never seen anything to suggest its haunted. The morgue is freaky, especially if you get in the those body drawer things and close the door. Used to sit on the roof and drink beers, and came across a bum up there once. Thats about the scariest thing I've seen there.

I remember that view. We followed Bill Monroe on that stage in 1988. It really did look grand back then, in a way only possible in the Catskills. Our mandolin player backstage was impressed that Shecky Greene probably used the same mirror he did to get ready.

Played a winter bluegrass festival there in 1988 - one of the promoter's big selling points was "you never have to go outside". These hallways took care of that.

as a teenager i would go on this ride to smoke

Hey Chris would you call me at 785-650-3800. I would like to talk to you about the green thing that goes with this machine. Thanks.

Right. This is a regular bathtub. In the late 60's there was a hydrotherapy room at Danvers with canvas covers on the tubs that were used to contain the patients in an ice bath or hot water. However, to my knowledge, no hydrotherapy was used when I worked there. 1968-71
I loved picking the brains of old time employees who were working there at the time.

Ward "A" had 3 levels. A-3 was the "violent ward." In the late 60's when i worked ayt Danvers, the A wards were male admission wards. I worked on A-2 ans A-3. I was also told I was the first full time male employee of A-3.

THE CEMETARY IS ON CALL HOLLOW ROAD.

Notice above the casket. Above the middle stone, it looks like a face. You can see the nose, lips, and eyes.

I was the Head Physical Therapist from 1994-1996. When I first started in 1993 they were still using this with a fwe patients who had pressure sores and ulcers. I was working there in the winter of 1996 when the "Clinic" building was flooded. It occured shortly after the blizzard of 1996 in early January. The 26" of snow that shut down NYC for a day evenutally melted and rand down the hill off the Palisades and flooded the basement of this building rendering it completely useless. At the time is was the main building on campus. It was the medical clinic for Dental, outside MD's that treated LVDC clients, Physical Therapy and it also housed some of the LVDC Administrators.

It was the beginning of the end for LVDC's campus. This picture brings back a lot of memories. I only worked at LVDC for 3 years (had a scholarship from NYS and chose to work with Developementally Disabled individuals....ended up at LVDC.)

I just happened to google LVDC, just to see if there was anything on the web...and got to your site. The pictures are very eerie. I spent three long years there.

This building could serve as a museum , office and event venue that could serve as a means of introducing mental health issues and the State Hospital to the general public, i.e., public relations. Instead, it will be allowed to fall down and be forgotten.

I assume the calcium deposits in subterranean places comes from water leaching calcium out of stone and soil as it filters through those layers, but I wouldn't think building materials would have much calcium in them for the water to draw out. There's obviously *something* there for the water to absorb, though.

The fingers digging into the legs...wanting to claw and share the pain... Nasty, but vividly accurate.

If I didn't know better and the wings weren't there, I'd think that was a shot of my daughter. Her institution has better paint and lighting though.

This one and the subject matter hit a nerve VERY hard... My daughter is that age and IS in a nut-hut. This one brought back her "I'm going to scratch your face/eyes out !!!" effort. VERY realistic and makes for shudders.

Keep doing the hallway shots. They are great. I feel like i'm being darwn into the picture and want to see what is beyond.

I see a dog face on the right side of the door.

Ned Moran, I didn't know she was built as the Apollo - I didn't know that Mescek owned the Apollo, Since the Ned was formaly the Fredrick T. Mescek, but then again the TES and Steven Lang could be wrong. No Matter what name she was she still is a Lady and yes she did help dock some of the great liners, I very sure she helped dock the Queen. Didn't mean to step on any toes.

Im not really sure why but when I look down the hallway...it kind of reminds me of The Shining. Just popped into my head when i first looked at it.

Once a ship is up on a reef like that, you get so many holes in the bottom that it is both incredibly expensive and dangerous to attempt to move it. You have to have a number of powerd pumps on board and to plug or weld each hole. Also, as you move the ship, it will twist and continue to break apart. As it floats, new holes will open. Add time and deterioration of the hull structure and you can forget it.

Finally, once it's been there a while, it gets so deeply buried that it becomes even harder to move.

Unless it is a hazard to navigation or to the environment , I don't think it will get moved. The only way to remove this would be to cut it up a piece at a time by hand and haul it away ... Bangladesh style. And there, the ships dry out at low tide. I don't know if this one does.

I also disagree with Carl. The subject was dark. The photo renders it beautifully. The detail is more than sufficient. Whether it was the original lighting or use of the Photoshop 'Shadows' function, I think he got it right.

If I had my 'druthers, I'd shoot these ships near sunrise or sunset, for more dramatic light and less contrast, but I can't imagine a much better job being done given the time of day.

I'd love to get in here with a rowboat and a wide angle lens!

Never mind ... I just saw the next frame. It's a subchaser or minesweeper all right.