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This large complex of buildings situated in the town of Collegno Italy was originally a "Certosa," an Italian word for a Carthusian monastery, or "charterhouse." Construction of the monastery was ordered in 1641 by Christine of France, after King Louis XIII made a pilgrimage to the Grand Charterhouse and vowed to build one near Turin. Grandiose plans were repeatedly scaled back due to financial difficulties, however a grand entrance hall was constructed by the architect Filippo Juvarra in ...
by Jennifer Learn-Andes via The Times Leader
County Council must OK demolition. W-B, county, CityVest must OK cooperation deal. Fed probe results may be awaited. The Hotel Sterling will stand at least a few more months – maybe longer – because the new Luzerne County Council must take a stand on the proposed demolition, officials said Wednesday. The now-eliminated county commissioners had voted in November to allocate $1 million in community development funding to demolish the landmark Wilkes-Barre structure and develop a ...
by Bob Kievra via WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
WORCESTER — State officials are seeking approval to demolish the historic Worcester State Hospital Clock Tower building, but local preservationists hope a compromise can be brokered to save some of the structure. The Division of Capital Asset Management and the state Department of Mental Health this month filed paperwork with state environmental officials and the Massachusetts Historical Commission to tear down the five-story, 52,000-square-foot building off Belmont Street after ...
At the foot of the Swiss Alps, in Northern Italy once rested the ancient village of Consonno. Residents had survived here by growing and harvesting leeks, celery, and especially chestnuts from the bountiful trees which grew on the mountain slope. The labor was difficult but fulfilling for the residents - there were around 300 people living here at the beginning of the 20th century. There was one small catch for those that lived and worked at Consonno, however. The land and surrounding ...
Nestled in a Swiss valley, a small sanatorium lies at about 3,770 feet above sea level and surrounded by beauty. The institution was constructed in 1905 as a private hospital to treat tuberculosis. The 5-story main building is symmetrical and decorated in Art Nouveau style; inside were 76 patient rooms, a breakfast room, a recreation room, sterilization rooms, and various offices. Two large verandas faced south towards the opposite side of the valley, and were used for heliotherapy (light ...
This old mill was built in 1872 and was used to process sugar, but it had been converted to a variety of different uses over years. In 1910, it was a chocolate factory, and by World War II the facility was used to manufacture aircraft engines, and lastly, for grain storage and processing. It closed in 1990, but remains in private ownership.
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This site is dedicated to documenting various abandoned places through both text and photographs; recording their transformations through time before they are demolished. The abundance of abandoned asylums and psychiatric hospitals in the New England area create the bulk of the locations here; these beautiful state funded structures are vast and complex, giving insight to both the humanity and mistreatment towards the mentally ill over the past two centuries.
In recent years, there has been a surge of redevelopment projects for these places, and states have been lowering land prices and pushing for bids to buy. Soon, all of these beautiful structures will fall down to meet their fate of becoming golf courses, condos and strip malls.
This project has been collaborated by myself, with help from many others, and all photographs and images are copyright opacity.us unless otherwise noted.
Do not email me for directions or information on how to enter these sites, otherwise your e-mail will be ignored. Comments, both good and bad, are welcome in the comment boxes underneath each photo, but inflammatory and "trolling" remarks will be deleted, and you will be banned from this site. Posting unmentioned location names will also be removed, it kinda defeats the purpose, no? With that all said, enjoy the site!
-Tom (Mr. Motts)
Archived Sites: Acme Coke Plant, Adonia State Hospital, Armorcast (Birdsboro Steel Foundry and Machine Co), Ashley / Huber Breaker (Blue Coal), Bannerman's Arsenal, Barnes Hospital, Beelitz Heilstätten, Belchertown State School, Bennett School for Girls, Berliner Bunkerwelten, Bethlehem Steel Mill, Broadacres Hospital, Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo State Hospital, Camp Bluefields (Tweed), Central Islip State Hospital, Château de Mesen, Château de Noisy (Miranda), Cherry Knowle Hospital, Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo), Citadelle de Namur, City Methodist Church (Gary), Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital, Cliffside Hospital, Clinique de la Faisanderie, Coal Brook Breaker Power Station, Consonno, Constance Sanatorium, Continental Rubber Works (Hannover-Limmer), County Morgue, Crypt of Barons, Cynthia Lee Memorial Hospital, Dadipark, Danvers State Hospital, Demon's Alley (New City Village), Dever State School, Diamant Brauerei, Dixmont State Hospital, Eagle River Power Station, Eastern State Penitentiary, Eden Hall Chapel, Erich Wagner Kindersanatorium, Fort de la Chartreuse, Fort Marabout, Foster State Hospital, Foxboro State Hospital, Franklin Power Plant, Fuller State School and Hospital, Gaebler Children's Center, Gentzrode, Glenn Dale Hospital, Glenwood Power Plant, Gravesend Asylum, Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital), Green Hill State Hospital, Harperbury Hospital, Hartford Drive-In, Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine), Haverford State Hospital, Heidelberg Thingplatz, Heilstätten Asklepios, Hellingly Hospital, Hendrik Monastery, Henryton State Hospital, Heptner State Hospital, Heusden-Zolder Coal Mine, Hewitt State Hospital and Prison, High Hills Developmental Center, Hinchcliffe Stadium, Hotel Heinrich Heine, Hotel Sterling, Huy Mill, Irrenanstalt Weiler, Isolation Hospital, Jackson Sanatorium, Jacob Tome School for Boys (Bainbridge USNTC), Kahlenbergstift, Kings Park Psychiatric Center, Kingsley Psychiatric Hospital, Kokerei Zollverein, Königin Elisabeth Hospital, Königsberg Sanatorium, Krankenbunker "Breuning", Krankenhaus Eichelberger, Krankenhaus Staacken, La Crypte des Fleurs, Letchworth Village, Linfield Industrial Park, Linton State Hospital, Lorton Reformatory, Lungenkrankenhaus Thalberg, Malone Psychiatric Center, Manicomio di Collegno (Certosa), Manteno State Hospital, Margate State School, Marquette State Hospital, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Medizinische Klinik (DRK Kliniken Westend), Mentha State Hospital, Mesa State Training School, Metropolitan State Hospital, Michigan Central Station, Middlewood Hospital Chapel, Mount Rose Cemetery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Normansfield Hospital, North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum), Northam Manor Psychiatric Hospital, Northampton State Hospital, Northwood Asylum, Norwich State Hospital, NRL Satellite Facility, Old Essex County Jail, Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker, Peenemünde Army Research Center, Pennhurst State School, Philadelphia Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum, Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry), Pilgrim State Hospital, Plymouth County Hospital, Pratt Greenhouse, Prora KdF Seaside Resort, Rathen State Hospital, Renwick Smallpox Hospital, Riverside Hospital (North Brother Island), Riverside State Hospital, Rochester State Hospital, Rochester Subway, Rocky Point Amusement Park, Roseville State Prison, Roseville State School, Ryhope Pumping Station, Saint Michaels State Hospital, Saint Remigius Military Hospital, Salesian School, Samuel R. Smith Infirmary, Sanatorio Lohner, Sanitarium Joseph Lemaire, Sankt Marien Heilstätte, Säuglings- und Kinderkrankenhaus Weißensee, Severalls Hospital, SNCB Train Works, Springfield State Hospital, Staten Island Boat Graveyard, Stella Artois Brewery, Studebaker Stamping Plant, The Enchanted Forest, The Ladd School, The Pines Hotel, Toronto Power Company Generating Station, Université de Dubois, Usine de Senelle, Usine Terres-Rouges, Valmea Convent, Verden Psychiatric Hospital, Vineland Training School's Menantico Colony, West Middlesex Hospital, Western Center, Westport Generating Station, Whittingham Hospital, Worcester State Hospital, York County Prison, York Street Jail, Ypsilanti State Hospital, Zuckerfabrik Greußen
