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A patient's room lies in disarray.
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sheesh, it looks like someone just left. creepy
anna
Wed 09-14-2005
Wow, the scratches on the, the mattress, is incredibly moving
RedDragon
Fri 09-16-2005
Ugh. This place is freeky. Look, someone left their hat on the ground. :(
Allie
Thu 09-29-2005
Looks like someone finally flipped, tired of marking the days in scratches on the wall, and trashed the place in a fit of frustration...
rich_edwards79
Thu 09-29-2005
Motts, what is that dogfood-like substance on the floor?
Twug
Sun 10-23-2005
This reminds me of the remnants of middle eastern war zones that are being so frequently splayed across the airways on CNN these days, usually with some poor arab child squatting in the corner, When i see this, i expect to see a weeping mother kneeled over her dieing child on that matress in some sort of hospital ruin.
Viveka
Sun 10-23-2005
That ~is~ dogfood. My aunt resided in both Ancora and Graystone, and insisted that the food served was really dogfood. I can still hear her...
"It looks like dogfood, it smells like dogfood, it tastes like dogfood. it ~is~ dogfood"
Puddleboy
Mon 10-31-2005
Excellent photograph.. almost disturbing. the very fact that someone was once constrained to this room and we see the bed they once slept in is a powerful aspect...
Paul
Thu 11-10-2005
Entropy is a dynamic force that is unavoidable and unrelenting. Decay is nature's recipe for natural recycling. Death is everyones anodyne.
Nick Santa Monica, CA USA
Sun 12-11-2005
I could be wrong but I believe the substance on the floor is some sort of wood shavings.
Orchid Lunar
Mon 12-12-2005
The substance on the floor looks to me like the foam from a busted pillow.
Secretattic1
Mon 01-02-2006
I think its that weird foamy stuff in couch seats.
Andy
Sun 01-22-2006
all i can say is wow
Meghan
Sat 02-04-2006
that bed looks suprisingly comfy did you touch it.
jeff
Tue 02-28-2006
umm kinda creepy, and it does look like dogfood on the floor
Amanda J
Thu 03-02-2006
Yes, the bed does look suprisingly comfortable. Nice and firm. I guess it all depends on what "sleep number" you are.
Danny Being Manny
Sun 03-19-2006
I love looking back on pictures and thinking what could have been going on many years ago, how the people felt etc
Charlotte
Wed 04-12-2006
You're pictures are incredbile. Unlike countless other urban expo photos, they actually speak to you and you can almost see the person in that room, scratching the walls. Going even crazier in such a small space.
Bruce_Aisher
Thu 04-19-2007
That "Small space" is about 3 times bigger than a jail cell
Leslie
Wed 10-24-2007
if anyone has ever seen "In Dreams" with Robert Downey jr. and Annette benning, which was filmed here, the scratches look really similar to the walls in the movie when Annette is freaking out in her hospital room.
bee
Wed 02-13-2008
theres like claw marks on the walls!
alex
Sun 04-26-2009

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