terie5 surprizing finds when I stop to remember what this building was. Such stark difference from the wheelchair in the basement and vastly distant from the isolation wards....

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 the details here, the stained glass windows, the intricate fireplace. What a spectacular place this once was! Never mind the purpose of the place for a minute, the arcitecture and design is very interesting.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 it conveys motion. It kinda caught me off guard, but it is a very cool shot.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 it once looked like a cheery hallway...I can see that.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 very thought provoking. I like it a lot.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 it surprized me to see a fireplace! It is beautiful tho...

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	terie5 all that stuff left behind, yet it lingers...like the memories of the patients who passed thru here

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	terie5 awesome angle, great shot!

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	terie5 lush and beautiful outside, from this shot you kinda might forget the condition we know the inside is in!

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	terie5 is it common that the upper floors are always more intact? (sorry if that is a stupid question)

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	terie5 haven't seen it anywhere else? that is interesting.

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	terie5 Mott, you must truly feel the power of these places you photograph, because you convey it so well in the shots you take.

Location: York County Prison  Gallery: Quickly

	terie5 I like that someone commented on us looking at the building and not just at the "asylum" and patient's point of view. I see both, one in some pics and the other in some pics.

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 wow, I did think it was a reflection... It would be awesome to go see this place. You are lucky you got to go, and thanks again for sharing your pics and experience with us!

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	terie5 I dont think its the same room as the one with the bed in it, this door doesnt have the "big ass hole" the other one did, lol. Now this pic reminds me again of Dachau...they had little windows like this door has...

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	terie5 I believe simply put that now isolation is when you are contagious, and that in "asylums" the correct term would be seclusion which islike being separated for behavioral safety. I think back when this place was in use, they still used the term isolation to mean being out of the general pop. someone correct me gentlyif I am wrong, thanks.

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	terie5 in this condition, it looks so stark. seclusion was meant to be a place for them to calm down, to be for their own safety. Not to punish necessarily. Many of these photos really get me thinking... (If anyone cares, I am an RN & have worked psych)

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 wow, even tho you described the size of the viewing window in the last shot, seeing it in this door puts it in perspective.

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	terie5 again, I echo what has been said...the shot and the wording are amazing! I get a sense of rue isolation here... not just isolated from the other patients, but inside myself...you are very very good at this!!

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 You said the place is still open...obviously not this building of it...but what are they going to do here? let it finish rotting? tear it down soon? How long has this part of the hospital been out of use?

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 photographically, this is a great shot. That being said, I gotta tell you my first impression of it: A couple years ago I visited Dachau. The doors and the hallway brought that trip back to mind... ...sigh, but of course this pic is much brighter, it only brought a memory for a moment.

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 I dont know why, but this particular pic calls out... it is my fav of the ones I have seen so far. What did this room look like in its heyday?

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	terie5 If this is an open ward, I wonder what the doors on either side led to... nurse station kind of place? stairways? iso room?

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	terie5 right away I noticed the room being in better shape than those on the lower floors...hmm

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