Just a FYI...

The owner of this hospital was made aware of these fans and they have been removed from the site. I believe out of 5 fans 2 were stolen in the last couple months.

as we briskly jogged up the stairs of building 7 we started to notice random maglighs, flashlights, a crowbar, and other such items on the stairs around the 9th floor. Didn't think too much of it, got to the 10th floor, the door was sealed from the top of the staircase but 2 large holes were in the wall. Needless to say as soon as one of us went through the hole, alarm was set. We actually have the video from that day (ill have to upload the clip) all you see is someone go through the hole, then the first second of the alarm, then we ran very fast. hah good times!!

the pipe is used as a lightning rod

ha actually now that i look at the photo better, its not the side im thinking of, motts you ever try to make your way to the otherside of that ward? its a rough ride. but in the basement you will find an original ward sign, its pretty neat. oh and ill second that many of the shots in this new update make you walk across some of the worst floors, ever. its only a matter of time really until somone gets really hurt... but hey whats life w/o risks...

nice job, you are one of the few people to have ever made it down that ward... great shot too!

the building next to the theater was the library, synagogue is in the kirkbride, and is also marked on the outside of the kirkbride. so motts when its the hospital only site coming??? :) looking foward to catching up with you sometime soon dude!

in responce to AndyO,

of course motts knows the name to the location, but for th web its better to call the good locations by faux names, so if you know the name keep it hush hush. as for letting anyone in, its a good thing they don't, serously if 100 photographers went into that place, its a very good chance one of them would die by falling through the floors.

"I guess that some people think it's all fun and games to deface thing's that are left behind or to take them w/.o ever really caring .. sad if you ask me .."

hmm i see i big difference between defacing a item, compared to taking it and preserving it. its not sad at all when (for example) someone takes spoons out of a old sewer at byberry that have "Comm of Penna" stamped on the handle and in turns someday uses the item in a documentary of sort...

"I have had equipment stolen and had to make countless repairs because of so-called "urban explorers" such as yourself."

someone likes to paint with a wide brush! and no your equipment is not being stolen from people like motts, but if you really care about whatever it is you leave at locations, why don't you fork over more money for active security that walks around the insides of the buildings?!

heh looking at it again, it looks like the face of a man, peering out, but also using one of his hands to block the sun, just as you would on a sunny day... its kinda late, maybe im seeing into this too much!

damn motts, now that i look at them both you got all the "cool" stuff in yours! I see a white "face like" thing in motts shot, but I don't believe in ghosts, so it must be something reflecting...

edens room is hard to find! but it looks like we also both found the same shot:

http://www.harlemvalley.org/motts_snows.jpg

:)

At this point it would be dropping of coal into the huge storage unit below.

Aw, hey guys don't beat on poor XX state hospital... :(

wow good eye Cecilia, I usually don't think twice about that sort of stuff but I can see the "faces" clearly in the rust, very cool.

Still erie looking at it today!