16 Comments Posted by Jinx

I realize this is a very old thread, but these images are just as wonderful as the day they were first posted. Richard, above, is correct about the ducal symbolism. Also, I just wanted to add that these were not crowns that were ever worn; they are burial crowns, meant to indicate poition/status, etc. Sometimes a burial crown was a duplicate of a real crown, cast in cheaper metal just for burial purposes.

likely a transformer tap switch which would be de-energized before being moved to a new tap position

They are electrical joints wrapped in insulating tape.

Could be radiators for cooling the oil in which the reactors would have been immersed in. Much like some transformers are oil cooled.

I'm thinking the openings over the tracks were to let the smoke out from the old time locomotives?

It's setup so you can shoot the shit.

Great shot! It looks like a vintage photo with the dirt and flaws of the window!

Really neat!

Are you sure there isn't someone still in that curtained area?

Looks like the Bradbury Building! Great shot!

it makes me think about the second world war, i don't know why...

wow!it looks brand new!...come to think about it, that's kinda freaky...

endeed, the banisters are beautiful, but they seem to b somehow outta place.u're more likely to find something like that in a mansion than in an asylum

the light at the end of the hallway combined with the pitch black darkness on the sides makes me feel like some unexplainable force is drawing me back, sucking the life out of me.it's as if the hallway were the eye of a dieing giant,breathing his last breath(damn, never knew i could b so poetic :)

it makes me feel like somebody/something is following me & i'm about to tip over, but once i fall i'm not going to b able to get up...or maybe i'm just beeing psychotic...

what is that very dark spot in the lower right corner?it can't b only shade, can it?