Opulence in Darkness

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All Right! I've got the afternoon off, AC cranking, and new pictures. It doesn't get much better that this!

Tue 07-18-2006

Hey, the first for me, landing near the top for a comment. I love this staircase, looking almost like fresh gloss paint. The railing is what really grabs my attention. Nice photo, Mr. Motts!

Sketch

Tue 07-18-2006

ooh! i've been really looking forward to this gallery - this hospital is only 30 minutes down the road from me. sadly it seems i'm either too late or i'm going to have to get a move on to see it in real life....

surly girl

Tue 07-18-2006

W00t new gallery! I love how the staircase looks nearly perfect, except for a few crumblies up top.

Navi

Tue 07-18-2006

Motts~ I wouldn't be surprised if you every toyed with the idea of being an architect. I just LOVE your staircase pics! Well, and your window ones, and the hallways, and the doorways...I just really love seeing these things from your perspective! I would love to see what it would look like if you designed a building. : )

simply beautiful

Are those solid marble? Sweet in any case.

Weebs

Tue 07-18-2006

Do they really destroy all of these gorgeous railings?? People would pay huge money for those, they are so beautiful. :-(

This is beautiful!

I LOVE THIS ONE AND THE TITLE IS PERFECT!

JAVA

Wed 07-19-2006

this is the room where my friends claim they saw someont running up the stairs. kinda odd cos i did feel odd in there...and im really not sperstitious. do anything for you Sir Motts?

Tommeh!!!

Wed 07-19-2006

Motts---Those stairs, are they marble-topped, or all marble? Personally, I think they're marble topped....

Ladyhawke04008--From your 7/18 comment...If Motts designed a building, it would cost millions, if not more...They would have to search the world over to find the builders capable of creating a building to ~Motts' ~ spec's!!

Tony C.

Wed 07-19-2006

Tony C. ~ Well, then we all need to win lotteries, so he can get started!!! : )
He could call it the Opacity Asylum and we could all just hang out there. That way we'd all be right there at his beck and call, and bug about when he's going to post new pics. "Are they done yet? Are they, huh?...huh?...huh?" Hmmmm. why does the door to his office have that drawbridge up and moat in front of it? Mannnnn....he thought of EVERYTHING in his design!

Absolutely stunning

alright motts a new gallery a new hospital
and some time to kill
things couldent get much better ^_^

from under your bed

Sat 07-22-2006

You would have had to post pics when I'm under an extreme timeline wouldn't 'cha?

In all seriousness, I love your stairway photographs, and outside of the angels climbing up to "Hell" this is my favorite of yours.

StareGirl

Sun 07-23-2006

beautiful as usual Mr. Motts

Joe

Mon 07-24-2006

Thank you for another new gallery Mr. Motts!! Ed from Oregon

Mon 07-24-2006

as allways nice job motts

figusmakem

Thu 07-27-2006

Great shot Motts.... You do fine work.

Spirit Dweller

Fri 07-28-2006

I can't believe they will be knocking down something this beautiful. It really makes me sick.

Nance

Wed 08-16-2006

I have a thing about staircases anyway, so this is an intriguing shot for me. Nicely done.

Sapphyre

Fri 08-25-2006

this looks like something they could referbish!

Darice

Thu 09-14-2006

This staircase is really spooky. It reminds me of one I had dreamt about! Very beautiful in a non-beautiful way

Robert

Tue 10-03-2006

Mr. Motts, Please tell me they aren't going to distroy this one also???? like St. Mragarets Hosp. Is just tearing me up. Wouldn't you like to see the Hanging Gardens of Babalyon, The Colssus at Rhodes and the rest that are gone??? I'd even like to see the nose back on the Sphinx. What is wrong with people???

NEVERMORE

Thu 11-09-2006

Well said, nevermore. Well said. I too would like to see the nose back on the hanging garden of babylon and I think it's a crying shame so much brilliant design work is going under the wrecking ball in the uk and the usa. We here have nothing of historical value except the laws of our parliament, therefore nothing worth salvaging really.

ozpsychnurse

Mon 01-08-2007

Unfortunately, most of society is more interested in sprinting forward instead of standing still and admiring the beauty of the past. Most people dont see these buildings for what they really are, only what they were used for.

Kristiara

Tue 02-06-2007

i was a domestic at severalls for years as a young girl, those railings were hard work to keep clean!

Wed 02-14-2007

p.s but beautiful.

Wed 02-14-2007

Motts, the awesom beauty as you have shown through out your galleries we have alll become subservient like in a fan base whole!!!

C-Note

Mon 04-16-2007

to think i had the privilege of climbing these a time when all was well

yaz

Thu 05-10-2007

is that stair case still there if so were can i find it?

grant

Wed 08-19-2009

My God, that's beautiful. I wonder if it's fallen to the wrecking ball by now. Heart breaking to see it destroyed.

Larry D

Wed 12-15-2010

To know something as breathtaking as this has probably been destroyed makes me sick. A grand photo, Mr. Motts, simply grand.

Beautiful!!

People care more about the staircase than the hundreds of patients who probably checked in here, and didn't check out.

In The Wind

Mon 09-12-2011

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Date Shot:	May 2006	Image ID#:	4097
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Built:	1910	Closed:	1997
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