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These halls were very tall and wide.
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Not many signs of vanalism, no grafitti tags etc...
hrm
Thu 08-11-2005
until u get the the room where i taged...MOCK check it out
mark
Mon 08-15-2005
I never understood why people would grafitti places.. I guess I have a strange sense of thing's
sage
Mon 08-15-2005
to Mark ~ Why would anyone want to deface such a hauntingly beautiful place with grafitti? Would you "tag" the Mona Lisa or the statue of David? Puzzling & sad.
Ouroboris
Sat 12-31-2005
I wouldn't tag David, but I WOULD put some pants on him. Damned nudists...
Sketch
Sat 12-31-2005
You're jsut jealous!
~Me
Sat 12-31-2005
lol! Thanks for the chuckle, I needed that :-)
Ouroboris
Wed 01-18-2006
da miedo esta pagina pero
me gusta el miedo
rusta
Wed 01-18-2006
Damn, I wished I understood French.
Johnny Mac
Tue 02-21-2006
Actually, it's Spanish man, not French. He said:
"it gives to fear this pagina (??) but I like the fear"
Or, less literally "This scares me, but I like being afraid."
Dr Sketch
Wed 02-22-2006
Pagina= page, Dr. Sketcheroo. Good translation! You win! :0)
Bri
Wed 02-22-2006
Hey doc., really?
Johnny Mac
Fri 03-17-2006
Motts, the visuals are phenomenal but what do you hear... when you're listening.
funkthumb
Thu 03-23-2006
Thanks! The sounds of dripping water usually echo throughout the place. It's always very quiet unless it's a windy day; then you hear the wind howling through the structure, panes of glass rattling in their frames, and doors slamming shut and creaking open.

Some of the more unpleasant noises I've heard quite a few times: the crunch of tires on gravel from a cruiser patrolling outside, the thumping and screaming hiss of steam through semi-active tunnels, the noises of construction workers and hospital staff working just outside, and the heavy boots crunching along the paint covered floor as you're hiding out from the officer looking for you!
Motts
Thu 03-23-2006
Motts, I remembered the howling winds in the winter used to sing a strange song, like voices that wer'e trying to tell you something. I never found it unpleasant, but a force that was trying to communicate a message. Again, Motts, you have given me a venue for feelings that have been dorment for a long time. It could actually a cartharsis to understand what it was about and what it will be about.
Johnny Mac
Tue 04-04-2006
Motts do you ever fell panic when you adventure in to these places? I read a comment that you dont belive in ghosts.
CSA fr USA
Tue 10-31-2006
were these particular halls made extra wide to accomodate wheelchairs? just a thought
KBWS
Sat 11-18-2006
KBWS, I can imagigne the wwidth was to accomodate tables along the walls where kerosene lamps could be placed for lights. Maybe a chair or two to sit and read.
Duane D
Sat 02-03-2007
I would give anything, well almost anyting, to see pictures of this hallway in use in the 1800's.
Duane D
Sat 02-03-2007
I like the very slight tilt. The symatry is awesome too.
Hikaru-chan
Mon 10-22-2007
Kirkbride's proposal for psychiatric hospitals specified that corridors be 12 feet wide, and that ceilings be 12 or 13 feet high. In the center building the main corridors were to be 16 feet wide, with ceilings of 18 feet. In some places, the corridors were used as sitting rooms. The alcoves were also a feature of his plans, with the recommendation that they be on the sunnier side of the building (if only on one side) to get as much natural light as possible.
dme
Mon 10-13-2008
Sends a chill up that spine!
Cynder
Sat 09-24-2011

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