3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Cool stuff Puddleboy. If you ever get tired of "The Trail", these old state hospitals usually have tons of bottles and vintage equipment buried in the woods around the buildings... the older the hospital, the better!

This was in administration, so it would probably have been an office.

I experimented with some photos from this set afterwards.

Looks like a wood shelf on the right side...

It's an effect that occurs when you shoot with a wide angle lens, the building is very straight in life.

Yes it was still legible.

BeenThere (AKA Mike),

Oh, when you guys learn... advertising the name of the place only hurts your organization and what you are trying to do.

You can keep posting all your childish comments on my site too, they will just be deleted. I'm keeping track of it all though, perhaps your supervisor might find your representation of the agency you work for and what you are doing while on the job very interesting. E-mail me if you'd like to discuss this further.

I don't think it's lewd personally... there isn't all too much that shocks me! But people coming to this site are from all backgrounds and ages, and my photos aren't very edgy, so I was trying to take it into consideration.

There also aren't signs like this in the men's rooms I've been in

The roof here is pretty solid, the problem areas are where the original slate roof is gone, exposing the wood underneath to the elements, which in turn makes the hole bigger, drips down into the interiors, and starts a chain reaction of slow destruction.

I've seen them in many Kirkbride buildings, I'm not sure if they are a standard form of their construction though.

It's those glass cubes... this area was renovated or added onto the original Kirkbride - the doors in other sections were all wood.

Other than for supporting the weight of the building, the basements contained steam pipes, passages for maintenance personnel, equipment for storage, and was also used as a fallout shelter.

I think the skylight is to shed natural light down the center staircase in administration.

Twug, the clippings did not look related to each other in the sense of it being a collage.

Ed, I believe the Session 9 wall was either partly or entirely created by the film crew, this is the real stuff!

Yes, there are a bunch that are still being used as psychiatric hospitals, including the ones in Independence IA, Danville PA, and Dayton OH.