132 Comments Posted by AutumnTwin

Is it customary for institutions that are closed down to leave all the doors to the rooms open (like maybe for security purposes)?

Yes, it would be tempting to close the doors if you knew you could get away with it....but I'd hate to get stuck in one of them accidentally and not have a key to unlock the door!

That shutter on the window and the frame it fits into when the window is more open is just C-R-E-E-P-Y!

That little vent to the left of it is even stranger!

Hey, Motts, just what IS that stuff on the floor in the foreground?

Kadee, it looks like transoms above the doors....small ones used for air circulation

VERY lovely, Motts! Wallpaper shot?

I love how the paint has been peeled (either by age or by fire) away to reveal the orange and ugly stripe pattern underneath the more bland gray/white.

Lynne - when you read this, can you look at the first image of Hellingly and see if you have an idea of what my image (link in comment) is?? THANKS, HON!

thanks for letting me post this, Motts)

Can someone tell me what the large panel is used for? not the electrical and telephone outlets)....

http://i55.photobucket...win/MysteryPanel.jpg

This has what look like 4 sections to the black-faced panel, but I've never seen one in use, so I wondered what it's used for?? THANKS EVERYONE!!

Makes you wonder if some poor patient who was experiencing delusional issues might have thought those WERE eyes staring at him/her all day long.

Motts, these places must be even more creepified when there are vicious storms raging outside (even when they were operational)....did you ride out the storm here?

That's a pretty rudimentary wing chair...it does look alien-like.

They look like they're a bit high up when they WERE used as observation windows, too.

Motts, what does the title mean?

Do you mean "der Geist der stets ver·neint ?" (the spirit that ever denies)?

This view makes me think that if photos were shown to family members, this one would be likely to be a large photo that would take up part or most of a page, or two pages across....along with that elegant room and the theatre, too.....to reassure them the place their loved one is going is a "good place". (sorry, dark thought of "what you don't see" sparked that comment)

Lynne, you said it!

Must've been very elegant before all that nastiness grew in there.

Wow, such beautiful architecture going to waste. Wonder what it looked like in its heyday?

Another awesome shot from Motts! Keep up the great work!