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some parts really dont seem old...it feels odd when you are there...walking through decay and such...and then its like you are just in a hospital at night...but no ones there and the floor could do with sweeping. :D
This place seems so clean compared to many other abandoned hospitals. It looks like there wasn't too much vandalism either. This hallway looks like all it'd need is a new ceiling and you're good to go!
i agree with tommeh some parts look in like there in total decay and others look like they might be in some modern office building (like this one here)
what are those squares above the doors?
They look like they used to be small windows over the doors that were covered up for some reason. These windows seemed to be prominent in the English asylum architecture http://www.opacity.us/...lackened_windows.htm
Bueno el encuadre y el pasillo, y la luz que se ve a lo lejos, se captura todo lo lugubre del lugar.
It doesn't look like part of the same building. It looks more like a dirty hallway in a regular home. not mega creepy like the other pics
Shiney , like new!
It's probably just my imagination, but it looks like there is a little girl with dark hair and a jacket standing on the right side of the window with her hands down by her side..Maybe it's shadows?
I see it too Starfish......uh....now I'm creeped out. Let's just say it's an imprint on the wall and call it good. I keep scrolloing up to get a good look. Any opinions Motts?
Sorry if anyone has already asked this as I didn't read ALL the posts. My question is why is it that most of the windows in places like this, with bars, are always missing the criss-cross in the middle, in the lower window? Is there a reason for this? Just wondering. I also realize that this is an old thread...any passer-bys that could answer would be great! Thanks!
Maybe the lower center section (without the crisscross in the middle) was a single fixed pane of glass, and the two lower side sections (with the dividing bars) were casement windows that could be opened for some ventilation, while still being small enough to prevent a person from getting through them.

I wonder if the windows so high above the doors (instead of the transoms right above the door that are common in US architecture of that time) in English construction have something to do with the latitude of England and getting more natural light into the rooms? I've tried to make a model that would demonstrate how light transmitted through a window might vary with the angle of the sun and the location of the window, but I clearly don't know what I'm doing. The latitude of Sussex is 51 degrees North. New York City is 40 degrees North. Calgary, Alberta is 51 degrees North. I know that the further north the latitude, the lower the sun angle. On one site I found an equation for calculating window placement based on latitude, the length of shadows on the first day of summer and the first day of winter, but when math starts talking about declinations and tangents, it's beyond me.

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