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Across the Grass

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ugh, i cant stand the brick/flagstone combo.
fashionpage88@yahoo.com
Tue 09-20-2005
it does look hideous in photographs ...

but really, in person? It's beautiful.
euth
Wed 09-21-2005
euth: Mr. Motts photos are so very sharp. I can clearly see the beauty in the contrasting colors The red brick is disruptive but intriguing...A similar stone structure can be seen on Blackwells Island in NY. The picture I saw was of a lighthouse-when i saw it , it put me in mind of Mr. Motts photos. I wish Mr. Motts had another location (Blackwells Island)...hint, hint :-}
quest
Thu 09-22-2005
Hey, Renwick is on Blackwell's Island! There isn't much left on that island though, except for Renwick, the lighthouse, and part of the old New York Insane Asylum, usually called "The Octagon", which they are renovating into million dollar apartments right now.
Motts
Fri 09-23-2005
Yes, Mr. Motts! Thanks to you I've been looking into places such as Blackwell's...I thought it was named after the builder, Maxey?
I looked at articles about the "octagon"... those new structures are really, really gross :-(
quest
Fri 09-23-2005
The red brick looks like a fresh wound on the stone.
Tina J
Fri 09-30-2005
I love the color contrasts, it gives the building personality.
Paulina
Tue 10-18-2005
the buildings almost have personalities of their own .. not to mention the "help" from the facilities still in use .. My favourite client ( we were never allowed to call them patients) was a woman named Karen .. who loved to pee in her purse and throw it out the open window at someone on the sidewalk.

I love the brick and flagstone .. I guess growing up around the buildings and then later working there left a soft spot in me for it, especially now that I'm living so far away.
euth
Sun 11-20-2005
The enormity and stark entity just blows me away. The setting sun, the feeling of power and the loss of. Great pic.
Johnny Mac
Thu 03-23-2006
Ive been up there recently and the fire escapes seem like they keep repainting them simmilar to how they do that with school's. Im just wondering if the city still has some minor maintenece to the building.
Erik
Sat 04-28-2007
this bldg was where employee's lived. the main bldg housing patients had no out side fire escapes I worked on ward Salisbury 1. the admission ward
william schafer
Mon 07-16-2007
looks like a baby Buckingham palace
wanderer
Thu 12-29-2011

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