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Playhouse

Playhouse

View of the theater from the stage.
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Someone took all the seats?
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 12-21-2010
I see a few crumpled seats out there. They must have been trampled when the other seats stampeded.
Larry D
Tue 12-21-2010
That's great Larry D. :) LOL LOL Wonderful.
BKW Ontario
Tue 12-21-2010
The sun coming in at that angle complements the shot.
A D Nilsen
Tue 12-21-2010
And this was distroyed by arsonists too?
Ferdy
Tue 12-21-2010
Wish I had been there, I'm so jealous. :)
coco
Wed 12-22-2010
Could imagine how great that room would of looked all blue and clean.
Matt
Wed 12-22-2010
Why would a state hospital have a theater?
Winter-Stardust
Thu 12-23-2010
Patients stricken with TB had to remain isolated within the hospital complex for months or even years to prevent spreading the disease, creating a kind of institutional lifestyle. Entertainment was an important way to relieve these stresses of being "cooped-up" too long, so movies, plays, music, and games were circulated well throughout the hospital (remember too that television was still in infancy when these buildings were constructed).

The same thinking applies to the old psychiatric hospitals, although focus might lean more on the therapeutic values of entertainment.
Motts
Thu 12-23-2010
*nod* I get it now. Thanks, Mr. Motts. Your photos have inspired me to do some studying on the history of old buildings in my area.
And I don't know if you celebrate it or not, but Merry Christmas to you and yours :)
Winter-Stardust
Fri 12-24-2010
It is so sad that this was all destroyed by some idiot with a box of matches. Not only is it a piece of history, but I know of many small community theater companies desperate for performance or rehersal space.
Ms. BritBurgh
Sat 12-25-2010
This reminds me of my school auditorium...

Yikes.

LOL @ Larry D. you have made me laugh for the SECOND time in a half hour! :)
PaMamaOf5
Wed 01-05-2011
The lost art of theater balconies. I used to love watching films from up high.
Stare Girl
Tue 01-11-2011
The crooked remains of the chairs look like cockroaches.... well, big cockroaches^^
Violet
Tue 02-01-2011
I love this photo. the colors are spectacular. This is one of those shots where blown up big you get the feeling you could just walk right in. I say Wallpaper for this!! :)
rtotten
Thu 02-03-2011
This is the best picture you have taken, in my opinion.

Utterly superb ...
AK-47
Sun 02-13-2011
What lens did you use for this? I Love it.
Olivia Clark Photography
Sat 06-04-2011

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