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This hallway reminds me of the queen's castle from Alice in Wonderland.
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It reminds me of my worst nightmare:O
Bas
Thu 07-28-2005
reminds me of phycological movies
tanya
Fri 07-29-2005
reminds me of a hallway in the computer game American Mc Gee's Alice...
cecilia
Fri 07-29-2005
really nice use of light on this one. it's beautiful
medea
Tue 08-02-2005
Reminds me of the hallway in The Shining.
Adam
Tue 08-02-2005
Actually, this hallway doesnt look half bad, if it werent for that stuff on the floor, it might look like its still in use.
very nice lighting in this picture.
silkster40z
Wed 08-03-2005
That is a great hallway. I love that floor its wonderfull.
Kaie
Thu 08-04-2005
Nice floor
The Chocobo
Fri 08-05-2005
Hey uhh...maybe you can start listing what state these places are in =D
Adam
Fri 08-05-2005
Nah, that'd take away the fun of it all ;-)
Motts
Mon 08-08-2005
Motts, another gorgeous find.
Kassie
Mon 08-08-2005
Come play with us, Danny....
Max
Mon 08-08-2005
Riverside State Hospital was a clever name to make for this place... [edit] is maybe a bit more accurate. Either way, the place is beautiful and a photographers dream. Everyone should be able to get in for photography perposes.
AndyO
Sun 08-14-2005
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.
'Snows
Mon 08-15-2005
AndyO, that may be your opinion, but I ask that they not be named on this site, which is stated underneath every "submit" button.
Motts
Tue 08-16-2005
Iron fist of deletion. I love it. And I think the hallway would be quite lovely if it weren't so dang narrow. It makes me feel like the Iron FIst of Claustrophobia is closing around my throat.
Twug
Sun 09-18-2005
crazy dreams can deffinatly involve this hallway
eddie
Mon 09-19-2005
Hey , you can play chess on the floor :)
Latvietis
Tue 11-01-2005
Motts-I know this is a dumb question, and I know most of the asylums have their own generators, but by any chance have you come across an asylum that has no generato and is powered by the state?
poisonousxbeauty
Thu 11-17-2005
Yep most psychiatric facilities were built in rural settings, so there were no towns or cities to draw power from, so they needed power plants. These usually hooked into the local power grid eventually, although some still burn coal or oil. I can't think of any state hospital that didn't have it's own power plant. although I suspect the newer facilites use the local power grid which I don't really frequent because they are still in use!
Motts
Thu 11-17-2005
The PHF where I work is on the local power grid; but it does have a generator backup in case the power goes down.
Serrena
Thu 11-17-2005
this si so colorful and nice...like new
Meghan
Fri 02-03-2006
Awesome!! Love the tiles!
Lola
Mon 03-06-2006
Very very nice photo!
Nancy
Thu 06-15-2006
I have an old generator but its the stupidest invention in the whole world it needs 120 volts to turn over the engine and start it up.... And it does not have a cord to pull or a crank to start it with... I use it as a door stop
Tom
Wed 06-21-2006
Well, that's convenient, Tom.
Bex
Thu 06-22-2006
She stepped through the doorway, not knowing what awaited on the other side. What met her gaze was nothing more than amazing...
Xander
Sun 07-30-2006
It reminds me of my grandmothers hallway o-0
Violet
Sun 08-06-2006
This is very "Alice in Wonderland". It also sort of reminds me of a museum, with all the intricate molding and ceiling details.
Amy
Sun 08-27-2006
Motts I know that this is a stupid question but I was told that some of these buildings are now being used for a prison is that true? I dont know if you are even allowed to answer this.
Renee
Wed 12-20-2006
No, it is being renovated but not complete yet.
Motts
Thu 12-21-2006
Nice shot reminds me of the shining for some reason.
Thorn
Tue 12-18-2007
yeah, it remind me of Alice in Wonderland aswell, maybe because of the soft light and colors.
I guess it also has that dim contrasts like in the hotels from "the Shining".
Coreena
Tue 10-28-2008
Did they ever decide what to do with the property once the fire gutted part of the Kirk? I have not found any recently updated info on it... it's like everything just stopped once it burned.

Maybe it was re-abandoned?
Rekrats
Fri 03-13-2009
It's still sitting there, a burned out shell of what it once was... I believe whatever is left inside will be salvaged soon.
Motts
Sat 03-14-2009
Too bad!! ...Maybe at least the admin areas at the front of the Kirkbride would be good for something...as a reminder (like Avalon Bay Danvers) that ...Something Was Here.
STL girl
Fri 01-22-2010

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