False Exits

Motts, is this all one building?... it seems pretty fragile and deteriorated to be renovated. But, if they can do it, how wonderful it is that someone out there is saving something!

That is really sad, Motts! I wish they'd renovate them...bums!

What a sad commentary on our society, to destroy something as beautiful as Danvers. The architecture of that place as seen in your photography is so stunning, I don't even want to know when they start the destruction.

I think the saddest thing about the passing of these places is that we don't build anything that has a soul anymore. Everything now is hideously sterile and square - the old craftsmanship is gone, and now even the memorial to the great craftsmen are gone as well.

Maybe the developers should spend some quality time in one of the isolation rooms......

It's a shame that we live in a throw away society today. People don't care or under stand what these old buildings mean. What we and all people can learn from them. It's a shame we keep throwing our history and past away. At this rate we wont have a past to look back on. Today we build it, use it, let it sit empty for a while, tear it down. Rebuild with a building that will only last a 1/4 of what they tour down. Today's builders are just that builders, back in the day of this place, Danvers, and Dixmont those people were craftsman. They put there heart and soul in to there work and you can see it. Today just slap it together as fast as ya can and move on. It really is sad, and makes me sad and my heart ache.

* Shouts numerous obscentities at those that are tearing down Danvers* GRRRRRRRR

Now back to this photo. If you look on the second door back from the front, there is what looks almost like a picture of a woman drawn in the dust or something. Does anyone else see that (no, I'm not saying there is a ghost, jsut a strange design)!

Yes I see the shape too, don't know if it's drawn in or if it's from decay though.

This is another incredible hallway shot Motts! And I agree with what everyone has said about tearing down the old beauties.......it's just so sad.

Barbara, I see that "design" too. Motts, aren't those screens on the doors? It could be an optical illusion....the sunlight shining off of the screen....Cool shot, too! The red exit sign looks almost like a red evil eye, looking at you...

i cant believe they are actually tearing down danvers - those bastards, they have no idea what they are doing! id say there has been some greasing of palms done here, how else could they agree to tearing down such a beautiful structure?

It's a little late on the topic now, because of the ruling but couldn't they have used Riverside as a prime example of renovations that work? Or, even this place, for instance.
Or did they do it, and it didn't work?
Or do we even know?

I live in England and signed the online petition to save Danvers, not far from me is an asylum that is going to be torn down so it seems no matter were you live these old buildings mean nothing to some, which is disgraceful 8(

all the doors and the hallway remind me of my old middle school, minus the wire mesh.

It's like your dead and walking to the light but you see people beckoning you to come with them to stay and you know you have to go but its so inviting and i probably seem really wierd. LMAO, check this out....
www.12e-tractions.com/snowglobe.globe.htm

There, There little buddy, you meant well :-)

i wish they wouldn't take down Danvers

Supposedly there's a ghost on Byberry road and a few inside maybe they'll scare the developers away. ;-)

Now that would be nice, Ron!

great shot, it looks and feels as there is a presence from the past.

all those developers are doing is tearing down history!!

Alas, tis sad, Craftsmanship is dead in this country. But then why not. Just go to Wal Mart and buy it from China. It's cheap, like everything else these days. But I said it was cheap didn't I? That what you want right? Must be, they're the largest corp in the World. Maybe they'll build one here!

One day it will be abandoned Walmarts and malls that will be featured on sites like this, beautiful at last in their decay. One kind of modern site that becomes absolutely strange and fascinating in only a few short years are large-scale greenhouses. I explored one in Hadley (since torn down) ; extremely dry heat, huge, distorted plants, broken glass everywhere, dusty, filtered light...

Wow, this place looks gorgeous, It would be so much fun to go to at some obscene hour of the night, not alone of course. Where is it eh?

Nice shot

Wow.....

its seems that it would take more effort to tear downa place like this

All though some of the architecture is beautiful, I beleive a place like this should be torn down. There would forever be a faint presence of the former patients that would be just to creepy.

mott's, i was just wondering if u could email me some info on this site. i live about 20 miles from a recently demolished kirkbride and i missed out on a good location. i would never usually ask this but i figure its all demolished now, if so my email is gp_tint at hotmail dot com

thanks again