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I was digging the columns, they were made of steel.
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Those are powerful photos...
hrm
Fri 10-14-2005
This is an absolutely fabulous shot! Actually puts me in mind of the French Quarter in New Orleans.
Lynne
Fri 10-14-2005
Kind of looks like an old train or bus station.....Those columns are awesome..
Tony C.
Sun 10-16-2005
Dang, this would make an awsome movie set. And they should pay *you*, Motts, to do the photography. That would be one stunning visual feast of a movie.
elbowgeek
Sun 10-16-2005
The columns are fantastic Motts! Is that curved bannister a stairway going down?
Jude
Sun 10-16-2005
Does anyone else feel as if they are looking at this scene in a dollhouse? When I first looked at this shot, I thought it was a miniature.
melody
Mon 10-17-2005
It does look a little like something from a dollhouse,well dollprison.Elbowgeek is also right I think it looks like something built on a soundstage for a movie.
Orchid Lunar
Mon 10-17-2005
This does not belong in a prison.
Sandy
Thu 10-20-2005
You can still hear the chatter
Charleen
Thu 11-17-2005
That's just the squirrels.
Amanda's Mom
Fri 11-18-2005
I'm here.. eating boiled Interstellar Squirrels for dinner.. But I am here
Lyric
Fri 11-18-2005
Twug, are you gonna weigh in here on the choice of Interstellar Squirrell of Doom under glass for a main course??
Grifspop
Fri 11-18-2005
Don't worry, Twug, it wasn't one of your family members. I checked it's lineage first. It was related to those /other/ Squirrells.
Serrena
Fri 11-18-2005
The shot reminds me of one of those "Ferret Castles."

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Serrena
Fri 11-18-2005
Aside from the gastric discomfort I spoke of earlier, if it's as light and fluffy as it claims to be, and it's absolutely not of this earth, maybe...
Twug
Fri 11-18-2005
Just remember, the people around you probably suffer more from your gastic discomfort, if you catch my drift.
Grifspop
Fri 11-18-2005
It looks like a deserted saloon in the old west. A player piano, some dancers and card tables would complete the scene.
Lc
Tue 05-02-2006
Can't even describe how fantastic I think this photo is. Wonderful, wonderful job!
Nancy
Wed 05-31-2006
Is it just me or does anyone else feel it comical that there are large Exit signs on each floor. I can't imagine what each inmate thought about every time they would pass those signs.
StaticLan
Mon 11-05-2007
I believe this was a central administration area, where people other than correction officers would be working (secretaries, etc). The prisoners most likely only passed through on the bottom floor to be admitted and expelled from the cells (behind the far wall).
Motts
Tue 11-06-2007
Is the curved railing below the stairs another stairway? Like a spiral staircase?
Taubin
Fri 11-16-2007
Very light very linear.Symetrical.

One has to be reminded this is an access to a prison.
Guitorman
Thu 01-03-2008
This is a shot of the "Rotunda" where the visits occurred and some administrative offices were located. It was also used as the booking area for years until a new intake area was built in the basement below this area.
Old Timer
Sat 01-26-2008
This also reminds me of the French Quarter or some grand STEEL ballroom............
Amazed
Tue 02-19-2008
Well.........today i took those columns home, bought them........they are 27.8 ft tall and weigh appr. 8000 lbs each! They are simply wonderful!
And the curved railing (which I also bought has a spiral staircase going under the jail, lots of little rooms down there.
michael
Thu 03-13-2008
this is the main rotunda where the visits happend and the brass had offices.
way back in the day this is where inmates were hung,the stairs lead to platforms where citizens would watch the hanging. The last person to die by hanging in massachusetts was hung here for killing his family...
scott
Thu 09-17-2009
stairs to hospital annex and a section
Horror_child
Thu 10-29-2009

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