Exterior

I just heard from Long Island News that someone finally baught the property after it has been on the market for 10 years. The estimated cost for cleanup would be between 30 and 50 million dolllars. The buyers are making the State pay for the clean. Folks from Smithtown don't seem to be too happy about it all; traffic, over crowded schools

They were going to buy the land at 50mil, but the cost to rip it down was 80mil, so they chose not to do it b/c the only was they will profit off it is if they build a few hundred homes on the proerty.

this place is awesome, they should knock it down its been here since the 1800's.

you like this place yet you want it to be knocked down?

yea the land deal fell through- it was to much money, so the Kings Park Buildings are safe for a while longer- till the next big deal comes along.
its a shame- been there many times, and the buildings are in amazing shape- they could probably be cleaned up and used again, instead of ripping historic buildings down.

The reason why these buildings can't be used is because of the asbestos that was used during construction. I also believe that the paint used on all of the buildings constructed before 1979 contain lead. The price of cleaning up these buildings is over $80 million. No one is willing to absorb that cost.

According to the newspaper link on the KPPC front page, this building is doomed whatever happens. It's developed a serious list and is pulling away from parts of the lower levels. Pieces of masonry have begun to fall from the upper storeys.

I'd imagine it would take some serious underpinning to stabilise Bldg 93, which considering that no-one's prepared to fund the abatement process looks somewhat unlikely. I wonder if gravity, rather than a wrecking ball, will bring this place down in the end? It's a tragedy that such a fate can be allowed to befall something this massive and imposing.

Thanks for that Motts... I guess it goes to show that not everything in newspapers can be relied upon.

And that there's a distinction between whether a building can be saved and the will to save it being there - and generally those with money seem loathe to repair old structures.

Perhaps the stigma of the mentally ill people who once resided here lingers on - at least in the minds of those charged with marketing any apartments carved from the shells of these immense buildings...

Sadly those of us who care about places like this tend not to win the Lottery very often :(

80 million is ridiculous; it can be cleaned up for a lot less than that. The Book-Cadillac building in Detroit was projected at 150 mil for complete renovation, and that's a 1,000+ room hotel many times the size of this. If this building can't be rehabbed, it's because there's no demand for it, not because it can't be done.

The Book-Cadillac was a glorious hotel in its hey day!
The saddest part about that, if I remember my hometown street geography that is.. Is that the B-C was in a part of town that could have been restored and utilized rather than building a brand new eyesore near the "new" Comerica Park.

The one that is almost too far out of the "city" is the old Train Station. That building has been a favorite of mine since childhood.

*note to self* Next trip home, go to Tiger Stadium on Mich/Trumble

ive been to building 93 yesterday and after getting out, a mental health security guard saw us walking around the premises. he asked us if we had cameras but we didnt have any. He told us that the state is selling the land for $5 million dollars to anyone who wants it. He also said that those buyers have to clean it up...

i woudnt go in there if they payed me 9,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,i get creeped out just looking at the pictures i can image bieng there eww!!!!!!!!!

mellisa, that's a hefty sum to give up. How about we go together, and we'll split the money. Maybe pick up a few really strong, brave fellows to accompany us. (you know who you are).

I agree with Motts on 93...The problem appears to be with the FACADE and not the central steel columns or floors. I have never found a sagging floor in this building. Facades can be repaired, as they are doing at Pilgrim 81-82-83 group again. I tend to disbelieve the state finding the building beyond repair, since this lean has been reported since the 1950's, it should have gotten worse by now ! It is self serving BS to get funds for demolition just like it was at Edgewood after the fires... nothing was wrong that could not be fixed and a developer was willing to fix that one and it still was not allowed due to politics.

And kppc 7, 22, etc are all FINE as far as structure goes. look at the medial surgical at Central Islip... IT was renovated into modern office space a few years ago. When there is a will there is a way.

when i was a patient there back in the early 90's before it closed, i was in rehab, and i stayed on the 5'th floor of 93, i liked it there everyone was nice, but the ghost stories are real, i saw one once during my 2 years there, but other then that when it was operating it was quit nice

I first saw KPPC while traveling on the LIE around exit 56. I saw the outline of i93 as well as 22 I believe. Finally one day I decided to take a ride and headed north from exit 56. Since then, this building has captured my attention even though I have moved away. A friend of mine told he saw the building from a boat out in the sound, but didn't have a camera with him. Would anyone happen to have a picture of 93 taken from the water?

That sounds like a photo I'd like to take, but I don't have a boat... oh well. I first fell upon this place a few years ago while taking a random drive. I couldn't stop thinking about getting into 93. I think I could get over the creepyness with enough friends and alcohol, but the thought of a tresspassing summons stops me. This building's history really makes it a haunting sight. I kept thinking I was going to see a little pale girl in a white dress standing in a window =). I love the photo's, Motts. I took a few of my own here, but I really need to get back and take more. There's no shortage of great scenes here.

charlene, how could you see building 22 from 56, the only tall buildings on the property are 93 and 7, i was a patient there and i was in many building both being 93 and 7and you cant even see the outline of 93 from exit 56,

She probly meant Building 7. But I know you can't see the buildings from the L.I.E

wow this looks like edgewood

i hope the Kings Park Psychiatric Center Stays up 4 ever ,i hate when people mess stuff up their is a historic place ,

its a part of history

i was just reading some of the comment posted before (heheh sorry i havent posted anything inawhile ive been moving!)
anyways
about how all the kirkbrides wil be saved and how you see what happens next time danvers and kings park is too far gone.....

to bad both of those buildings are in the process of being torn down

damn sahme if i had the money i would buy the land that they all sit on and renvate them turn them into musums or historaical monuments

Oh, I remember the good old days of 1998 breaking into this place and exploring, climbing the 12 floors to the rooftop balcony, the view of the rest of the grounds - good times indeed

I hate to be redundant, but yeah, those big buildings around Exit 56 are not KPPC. KPPC is no where near the LIE.
I am actually writing an essay at this moment on the importance of keeping the memory of abandoned institutions alive.
It was funny, over Christmas holiday my mother-in-law was telling me about how she got lost in this strange place with these giant red and white brick buildings with boarded-up windows. She was not to happy to find out that she was on the grounds of an abandoned asylum.

I passed it tonight in the dark and was like shit i forgot how creepy this place was!

No one should ever knock this place down....it is a reminder to all who act like life is just full of sweetness....this a reminder of the Darkness.

the building should be renovated and turned into a hotel or apartments. It would be a tragdety to domilish them. Ive seen buildings in very poor condition renovated before its definely worth fixing this building.

Done someone know if you can still get in here?

This place is welded shut, they didnt miss a spot! Its patrolled by state park rangers and the actual NY police. I just got back today and was almost arrested. We got in thru a single broken window with maybe a square foot to squeeze thru but someone saw us in the area. You can walk around the perimiter of the fence without anyone saying a word. 93 is a wonder to see!

The tunnels to 93 are welded tight shut, but does anyone else like to do exploring in the tunnels? I discovered ways to a few different buildings without outside entrance...maybe we can share some knowledge over a few beers in the Park..

How the hell do you get in

Trevor; there are a number of ways in, what part of N.Y. are you from...

I'd love to see the inside of some of those buildings. But as someone else stated, the thought of being charged with trespassing makes me wary. Though I still am tempted...I'll have to see if I know anyone who knows how to get in.

this place is fascinating. i live a 10 minute walk away from it. its gorgeous. and there ARE still ways to get in, you just have to know your way around the place. the inside is pretty interesting too.

Its not getting cleaned up, i live near it too. Most of them are sealed up tight, but theres ways..... There's ways..

ive been inside this building more than 20 times....have hundreds of photos from years past. if you have AIM my screen name is AH92387. ill tell you about the place if you want to know more

ive been in buildings 21,22, and 7 numerous times.. but ive never been in this one, i love kppc so much its such a thrill to be in there, but now im hearing bout all these security sensores they put in the walls, i havent been in any in a whilecause the cops are keeping close eye on 7 now, but i always wanted to go into 93, idk if its safe at this point anymore with all the omh's everywhere

I've always wanted to get in, but nobody ever knew how... and now that I know that the tunnels are sealed as well, then that's that, I guess. I'm 900 miles away now...

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im actually not sure why i said that sceptics haha i guess I just wasn't thinking or something

Well what the hell do you think is going to happen to KPPC? Repair itself?

I was just in this today and it was amazing...but in terrible shape. You have to know exactly where to get in and how to navigate through the disgusting tunnels and pass the many obstacles to get into this building.

Such an extremely tall, and majestic building! I love the shot of this building when it appears to stand alone, in a field, in the middle of nowhere...it looks so lonely and abandoned.

If only those walls could talk...

I've nick-named this building, "The Silo." It sort of looks like an oversized silo on a farm, especially when viewed from a distance! : ) The view must be very impressive while looking up from the bottom-great shots!

me and my friends wanted to go to kppc so my sister drove us one day. in a matter of 5 minutes of being there, we got arrested. i want to go back so badly