Appendage

fitting name for this photo
that floor is not easy on the eyes

Can you imagine the tile with the green wall paint fully intact? Yeesh!!

That's some crazy peeling action on that ceiling...

I love that floor

Is the ceiling actually on the verge of collapse, or is it an optical illusion?

how can a room look so bad only after 9 years? it looks like no one was here since like the 1800's

why is there a soap dispenser on the ceiling

I dunno....maybe there wasn't any room on the wall? Love this shot...the floor looks like it was repaired...hence the two colors.

I dont like the colors at all on the floor or walls, that green is sickening

Yeah not loving those colors either & the floor looks kinda busy.....hey someone took my soap dispenser idea.....LOL.....the paint peeling from the ceiling is really bad......

Lots of interesting , unusual colors and textures in this one!

Once again..I am drawn to the floor pieces. Doesn't seem like it would take much to fix this up. Why let it rot?

Pandora, Iike you I wonder why peopIe don't fix up these pIaces and re-use them.

But when you start reaIIy Iooking into it, you understand why. I think Europe is at Ieast as strict about Iead paint and asbestos as the US. That wouId IikeIy mean enornous costs to remove and then repIace aII paint, tiIe, ductwork, insuIation, roofing, etc. Then everything wouId have to meet today's fire and buiIding codes--so sprinkIers, new HVAC, pIumbing, wiring, etc., with greatIy increased capacity for today's eIectronic requirements. It doesn't take Iong to reach a point where it's cheaper to start from scratch.

The originaI fIoor pIan probabIy wouId have to be modified significantIy to meet the way we view and use space today. Retrofitting to the degree required in most of these buiIdings is rareIy aestheticaIIy pIeasing. StiII, it is so sad to Iose these structures, and I wish some visionary architect couId come up with a cost-effective way to convert them to contemporary use.

Ok, I've been obsessively viewing all the fabulous archived galleries, someone fill me the heck in on the "soap dispenser" joke!! Link to the initial comment thread? I feel out of the loop!

I can understand about the lead paint etc that dme is talking about but it is still sad that these buildings are allowed to rot away, allthough I think the peeling paint, "mystery" etc. leads to a lot of the facination

Love the tile. The amount of decay in only seven years of abandonment is astounding. There must have been a breach in the roof.

The room has such personality! The tile, the door! Beautiful.

I fist noticed the eerily shadowed cracked door leading into the next room. Well Mitts, surely you didn't pass that opportunity.

Those who walked alone and died alone...