1 Comments Posted by Ira

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I worked at Letchworth for 14 years. Did several jobs. To see these photos brings back many memories. Good and bad.Many of the residents there were just homeless,and were stuck in there. others needed to be there.When I started working there it was very overcrowded. There were 4,000 residents. As time went by, the population was reduced.The scariest place was walking through the tunnels under the buildings. Myself and several coworkers did it, in mid winter, and it must have been 100 degrees, due to steam pipes located in there. In the tunnels were traps, with dead cats in them. What horrible sight! Letchworth had an out of control cat population, so I guess they tried to control it by trapping them. The best memory was the friends I made up there, residents and coworkers alike.Memories that will last a lifetime. Sad to see it now abandoned and over grown with vegetation.