Skyline and 93

^Asshat!

Pepper Pot, you are too funny!

Great Picture!

i was there for 4 months in the summer of 68, so many souls were lost in the halls of the devil

ye bldg 93 kicks ass :-)

I am so fascinated with building # 93

Apparently they have jacked up the security with motion detectors and cameras in this building.

Another unreal Mott photograph !!!

How do you do it ! ? ! ? ! ?

My very first reaction to this photograph is how scary this building looks.

It has the look of a building that is waiting for lost travelers so that the evil demons that dwell within can devour the helpless victims and capture their souls forever.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.

wow, this picture gives me the heebe jeeves

Building 93 does look very sinister- almost like the architects were trying to design it like that deliberately, as some kind of a cliched image of a hospital from an old Hammer Horror film. No imagination, or what??!
Can appreciate the need to keep ground space to a minimum, but even so....
Looking at this amazing portfolio of pictures, I can't believe that such a massive complex has just been left disused to rot away and decay like this. If it was a single block of flats or something it'd be less remarkable, but this place is HUGE!! There are loads of homeless people in New York City and it's environs- couldn't it be used as a big hostel and rehab centre for them, where they could learn basic skills to help them get back on their feet again?
And what about all the struggling buisnesses that can't afford the stupid office rents of Manhattan? That old hospital would make a terrific buisness park if refurbished!! It all seems such a pointless waste....

is there any way to get on top of the cube of 7 ???

Beautifully haunting.

not much medical in the "medical bldg" *sigh*

ii was a patient at this hospital in 1964-65 alot of the people were holucost suvivors. i saw #s tatooed on their arms. 93 was for uncontrolled people. it was like hell if you were locked up! if you had a day pass it was like a country club.

" house on a haunted hill" pt 3 is what that looks like!!!!!!

The view from the top of 7 is absolutely amazing.

And Scott, yes, there is a way.

When I went there, my friend & I met these 2 boys & they brought us all around.
We walked up to the top of 7 where the flights of stairs ended.
Then the stairs start getting a bit sketchy.

My friend & I were both nervous, with shaky, sweaty palms when climbing up the tiny metal stairs going to the roof, but it is doable.

When up there, the view is beautiful, but you are right next to the cube.

When inside the cube, it is almost completely dark, except for light coming in from the one door that swings open & closed in the wind, & leads out onto the roof.
It's very eerie & you hear noises coming from down in the lower levels of the building (because of all the open windows & constantly swinging doors).

You can get on top of the cube...
BUT there are no stairs like you encountered before.

Instead, there is a metal ladder attached to the wall, which you have to jump to grab a hold of (if you're short like me) & then hoist yourself up (if you're very strong). The ladder is rusty & very scary looking.
When you climb, you need to pull yourself straight up vertically, there is no incline.
Then, abruptly, the ladder runs out of rungs.
You need to let go with one hand & let yourself back a bit to grab on to another ladder to the left of you & almost jump onto it (with risk of falling a good 15 feet down onto a floor who's stability is questionable).
Once you're finished climbing that part of the ladder, you reach metal grating that is suspended above the floor high up.
Then, you must jump, grab on & hoist yourself up onto another ladder (which shakes, swings forward & makes you climb on a backward angle) in order to go through a little open hatch in the roof, which brings you to the top of the cube.

Now, all this is in fact how you get onto the top of the cube.
BUT I myself did NOT take part in traveling up to the top along with the boys, nor did my friend.
I was extremely nervous watching them do this & remember every part of what they needed to do in order to get up there because I was contemplating it.
After watching them, I decided I really didn't want to take that risk.
The 2 of them had done it before, were agile/strong, experienced & relaxed when going about it.
My friend & I, on the other hand, are two tiny, short, weak, nervous, 20 year old 'city girls', with bags, cameras, jackets, etc.
We both watched, held our flashes down on our cameras so they could see where they were going & kept yelling at them to please be very careful as they did all these insane maneuvers in midair (& practically in the dark).

The 2 of them kept egging us on to come with them to the top & assured us that the view was amazing & totally worth it...
But me, being a complete nervous klutz, knew I'd probably fall to my death & did not chance it.

The whole process of getting up there was very scary, even just to watch. Literally just remembering it & typing it all got my adrenaline pumping & my hands sweaty.

It was very dangerous (being in the buildings at all is dangerous on the best of days) & the ladders were extremely rusty & deteriorating (not to mention, they were covered in bird droppings).

I would not recommend going to the top of the cube.
But again, as I saw, it is possible.

getting to the top of the cube is hard, but its very very possible. i couldnt really go up all the way, my fear of heights really started to get to me, but if ure strong enough to hold yourselfup for a bit you can get to the top of the cube.

haha maria.....those two boys were crazy but amazing