Spring

tell me something Motts in your research of all the places you been to there on the East Coast, it seems as if there are more abondon hospitals and such then I can think of anything here on the West Coast. I swear they take down anything here before it has a chance to get old. There's only one mental hospital remains left but they let the military practice on it. I'm here in Washington, so I guess my question is are you traveling little by little all over or just staying close to home? I'm sure there are great finds all over the US. If you get a chance there's these guys that renovate cool old places in Oregon check it out: www.McMenamins.com
Thanks for all the wonderful photos and risking your skin just to take them.
-G

The Bland building makes the colors of nature all the more beautiful.

okay, so I'm curious. I'm a great fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She talked about encountering people with consumption (the old name for TB, because of the way it consumed its victims) going west to take the Prairie Cure. So I wonder why there is a lack of TB hospitals out west. Does it mean that the dry air actually did cure the disease, or did they just die too quickly to need a hospital? Or maybe that predates the understanding of the nature of the disease and the need to isolate the victims to prevent the spread of the disease?

could someone please tell me where some of these places are located??? i'm in portland oregon so anything around here would be cool... thanks seabass649@hotmail.com

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Except for all the pictures of Danvers which are my favorites -- this is my other favorite!! Such depth -- the building, the sky and the tree -- absolutely beautiful

The building is kind of drab and blah, but I love those little terraces, and that tree in the courtyard (or what I'm assuming is a courtyard) is beautiful. It must've been nice for the patients to wheel themselves out onto their balconies to get some fresh air and enjoy nature for a bit.

Ah, Dogwood time.My birthday. How I Long for spring.

Reminds me of Brunswick Psych Center in Amityville, NY. Very similar looking building.

LOVE the live bloosoming trees against the aging old wing.

It's a relief to get out of the building and see a blossoming tree. Looking at all those crumbling walls and flaking paint makes my lungs feel as though they are full of toxins.

Jane, I think the reason there weren't as many T.B. hospitals in the days of Laura Ingalls Wilder is because when she speaks of the "prairie cure" for consumption, she was referring to the late 1880's, which was before most of these T.B. hospitals were built.

Its fascinating to see all these abandoned hospitals. I live in Australia and theres no way they'd have a psych hospital and not have it operating or being renovated for patients!