583 Comments Posted by Mike

Looks like all the light posts were salvaged.

In robotics this is called the Uncanny Valley.

it's like the giant baby head in Phineas and Ferb!

What's really gross is to think what is under that grease shield on top of the fryers. When all the grease/oil rose with the water, the fry vats would have filled with water. As the room level came back down, the grease formed a layer on top of the water sealing it in.

True that this would have happened in any restaurant, but most would have been restored or demo'd long before now.

That was some storm.

What, too soon?

Well I think a few people finally got it right. I am pretty certain that it is an orthopedic table used for casting different parts of the body especially the spine. It does have the capability to apply traction forces as needed for casting the spine or aligning severe fractures in limbs.

you all might think it is funny but they kept us in cribs like this for years at a time allm the way to 15 years old and longer in the old days

Anybody remember the turnpike ride ? I have not read anything about that ride I was a mechanic for that ride one summer I would guess 1967, these were gasoline cars with fiberglass bodies (like fancy go carts ) I remember seeing them stored I think in the tunnel, a few years later. Was the tunnel closer to the water ? Anyway that's where I saw them stored. I lived very close to the park until 1969 I used to ride my bike there many times.

Hi. I worked at The Training School from 1988 to 1991 on the maintenance staff. There were a few occasions I was able to make it out to the Menatico Campus. At that time, there were a few of the cottages being used as housing for management personnel. Some of those buildings, even I was afraid of entering. The buildings there are very similar to the ones on the main campus. Very nice, detailed architecture. I'm surprised you don't have any pictures of the chapel. I was back there a couple years ago, and that is still in decent shape. There was a time when I was thinking of trying to buy it and convert it to living space. Yeah, like Alice in Alice's Restaurant.

If you are ever out there again, if you go all the way out to the end of the fields on the left, there is a lake and an old recreation area you might find interesting. Also, somewhere in the middle of the fields, there is a building where I think they used to raise cattle or some kind of livestock. It's hard to find because it is in the middle of an overgrown area.

Room looks surprisingly large.

While there is no way to be certain... having kids and having done hand prints with them, it's very likely that the extra fingers were just kids moving their fingers while making the print. It also looks like kids were making multiple prints as some of these are almost identical. Strangely, based on the size these look more like adult prints.

Was the steel structure original or part of the effort to stabilize the remaining structure?

you should update your site to reflect the fact that the main building was demolished. Im not sure when but my wife & i passed by about two weeks ago, the building was nothing more than a huge pile of rubble still surrounded by a chain link fence. It looks like they didn't bother to abate & destroyed it in place

An answer for the questions regarding the slats in the window and construction above the window. In Italy, a lot of windows have built in roller shutters for security/light control. There are operated by a series of gears located within a mechanical space above the window. The construction above the window is likely the access panel to the mechanical space for servicing. You can see the wire/chain on the right hand side of the right most window that is used to control the shutters.

I live right near those buildings. Me and my friends always go in them. There is woods behind them and a little while back they found an unmarked grave that was buried alone. They dug it up now. But the buildings that are left standing are pretty creepy. There is a doll in one of them. When my friend picked it up it scared the crap outta me. Even in the new buildings, the halls ways kinda scare me. They look sinister. My friends have told me they hear stuff but I never did. I wouldn't be surprised if it was haunted though.