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Mural

A painting brightens up a dormitory.
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That mural really doesn't look that old.Well it's cheery and I think the patients here probably needed as much cheering up as possible.
Orchid Lunar
Thu 08-04-2005
It's a pretty mural..gives a sense of relief from all the gloominess inside the institution.Or maybe it was just painful to see it every day for someone locked into a mental insitution like this one.
nitedrive73@hotmail.com
Fri 08-05-2005
Ditto, one of the more relaxing ones.
kty
Wed 08-10-2005
This is an image of the fisherman's shack Motif #1 in Rockport Mass. (Hence the MS on the boats.) I have a photograph that matches this painting if you're interested Motts.
Roxie Z
Wed 08-17-2005
What may once have been helpful, is now wasted.
Twug
Tue 08-23-2005
What a bright spot for such a gloomy place.
Sandy
Thu 10-20-2005
kind of weird how no one has ruined that and it stays nicely intact, in most other places the thing would be tagged all over, nice shot
Kyzer
Sun 11-27-2005
Maybe even taggers have some respect? It's a nice thought, but they probably just haven't found it yet... stupid taggers.
Sketch
Thu 12-15-2005
If you look at the opening page of this building it tells you about the building and the people that lived there. the people were keep active in the community by going on trips. maybe the reason the mural is not tagged is because there is a 800 bed meduim secuity prisoin on the rest of the buildings. so it helps to read the very first page.
kim
Mon 02-27-2006
that mural looks freshly painted, nice colors
Amanda J
Sun 03-05-2006
I'm a huge boat fan
jeremy
Wed 06-21-2006
Im amazed in how well of shape this building is in and how modernized it is
Stephen19
Mon 07-31-2006
it would make me want to drown myself if i had to stay in the hospital all the time though!!
Trish
Tue 09-09-2008
I think this is a beautiful mural. No doubt the work of patient. Mr. Motts you should photograph a comprehensive compilation of the famous murals at King's Park. I believe they are on a lower floor in Bldg. 93. There has been a lot of community interest in them They don't presently have the funds needed to preserve them. There are no hints as to who the artist was or when they were painted but it is believed they predate 1955. This is because the subjects seem to be in despair and psychotropics weren't introduced until '55.
DavidJ
Tue 02-03-2009
Wow, this is a good one!
STL girl
Mon 02-01-2010
I like that painting. It's so cheery and so forth... blah, blah, blah.
Dexter Morgan
Mon 04-26-2010
holy shit, that's a famous painting of a building in Rockport MA.
colin
Wed 02-16-2011
Really pretty :]
Jayden
Fri 03-11-2011

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