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Patterns

There was some interesting tile work on the floors of the connecting hallways... the noise from the demolition was getting louder and louder; we had to keep an eye out for construction workers walking around inside.
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Great shot Motts love the depth and light in this one.
greg
Tue 07-18-2006
Looks like a 5 1/2 minute hallway to me. (obscure book reference)

In other words, amazing depth.
Navi
Tue 07-18-2006
The light and shadows give off a vertigo effect.
Ladyhawke04008
Tue 07-18-2006
This reminds me of one of those hallways in a dream, where you keep running down but never quite reach the end...
Kadee
Tue 07-18-2006
What's with the incredibly preserved ceiling in this shot, Motts??!! And the floor tiles too??!! These were either put down by some real pros or the place is pretty weather resistant. Or both.
Martymizuno
Tue 07-18-2006
I really like the floor tiles and the shape of the ceiling in this one.
Jude
Tue 07-18-2006
I can't express enough times how sweet this place is! I'm so sad they're tearing it down. Look...rake up the leaves, put on a new paint job, and it should be as good as new ;-)
I like how the ceiling is bevelled like that (I think I used the right word).
Sara B.
Wed 07-19-2006
LadyHawke...yes, vertigo! IF you lok at it the rightway, you could be falling down a shaft!
Jude...The first thing I noticed was that ceiling, too! I love these long hallway shots!
Tony C.
Wed 07-19-2006
I know Tony C. ! : ) Motts has definately a talent for making a person think they have vertigo with his pictures like these. I've had vertigo two times and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy! : P "Bleahhh"
Ladyhawke04008
Wed 07-19-2006
I love the subtle patterns that the light coming through the windows makes on the ceiling (was that sentence gramatically correct? I really had to think about it hard. . .)
GirlJaye
Wed 07-19-2006
Nice hallway.. :)
hrm
Thu 07-20-2006
The painted squares actually help t prevent people from wandering. If you are a bit messed up in the head, the dark paint looks like a hole the middle paint a shadow and the light paint an island. You can see in that picture, you would get to the dark paint and stop if you thought you were going to fall in.
rae
Fri 07-21-2006
It looks as if it was only closed for about a week!
Long Island Irish
Sat 07-22-2006
i want to have a sock sliding race down this hallway but thats just me ^_^
from under your bed
Sat 07-22-2006
Lets take a walk down the hallwayyyy its along wayyy it takes all dayyyyyy
Heather
Wed 08-02-2006
this corridor looks like the one i actually ran down when i was trying to escape.
previous comment about having a sock race is quite peverse as we werent allowed shoes and socks whenever we left the ward so IF we did manage to escape we could be identified by staff immediately.
ex patient
Wed 08-02-2006
LOOKS LIKE A SUBWAY TUNNEL WITHOUT THE TRACKS
mE
Fri 08-04-2006
this asylum was a decieving place. maybe the designer didn't know it was supposed to be an asylum, maybe a nice hospital or something.
jam3996
Fri 08-04-2006
Reminds me of a reoccuring nightmare of running and not getting anywhere..

Beautiful shot..
AO
Tue 08-08-2006
We'd put on our roller skates & wiz those pts from one end to the other in less than 5 sec!!!!! hehehehe
student nurse/Kazoo
Tue 12-12-2006
I say a sliding sock race!
C-Note
Mon 04-16-2007
three and a half miles of corridor,and as big underneath as was above.
yaz
Thu 05-10-2007
This hallway is strangely tomb like in it's shape.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

12:24 A.M. / Saturday / 29 / July / 2007
Joseph
Fri 07-27-2007
Once Navi said 5 1/2 minute hallway, I thought immediately of the song by the same name, done by that authors sister (singers name is Poe). Very fitting. I like this hallway.
Taubin
Sun 11-18-2007
I take the sister thing back, sorry, I don't believe it was Poe's brother that wrote that book, he wrote House of Leaves which is a title of one of her albums also. Sorry.

Song still is fitting here though =)
Taubin
Sun 11-18-2007
Mr. Motts, this is defintely one of my favorite hallway shots!
Kathy W.
Sat 11-14-2009
A mental hospital was just another cover for brainwashing centers. These people had no chance once they entered here. The staff were controling their lives, and telling them they will leave which they never did.
In The Wind
Mon 09-12-2011

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